After some great omelets this morning, off and running up to Higgins Lake. We got a nap and a boat trip out of the afternoon, with rain early on. Off to Midland, home of Dow Chemical and the Great Lakes Loons. Funny enough, it is called Dow Diamond. How creative. Round Rock (Dell Diamond), I am looking in your direction. But the park was beautiful. Another HOK design. Had great lawn seating throughout the outfield, and a large space in right field, and it had a great row of adirondack chairs. The concourse was very wide, with plenty of concessions for how few people the stadium holds at capacity (4500 ish?) The team store also was spacious. And sold cool hats. They had a picnic area down the left field line that reminded me of the GrandStand in Greensboro. The field seemed like it had a lot of foul ground, and the way the dugouts were made you seem a bit further from the action. But there was plenty of legroom, and that means a lot when I say that. Not much of a view beyond the outfield fence, just a few trees in left and a chemical plant in right. Great speaker system, had one posted every twenty feet all the way around the stadium(See Kalamazoo, not hard.) It was ‘Polish Heritage Night’ at the ballpark, but they didn’t do as much for it as I had hoped. The between inning entertainment was weak at best, but the fans that were there (~3012?) were into the game, and the stadium looked more full because it is smaller to begin with.The game itself, the Loons got out to an early lead, and ended up winning 8-0, and it probably should’ve been 15-0. Also, the Loons pitcher threw a 3-hit complete game shutout, the first CG for the Loons franchise.
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