Pulling up to the Kalamazoo Kings stadium, it doesn’t look like much. It is amongst some other city parks & rec fields. Free parking though. Walking up, there is a statue of Homer Stryker, who the field is named for. The park has aluminum temporary looking grandstands, with mostly bench seats, although they do have backs. There are some box seats with fold down seats. The crowd was pretty good sized, and they got into in pretty well. The speakers were terrible, only having speakers behind home plate. They had giveaways throughout the game, cheap frisbees, tshirts and stuff thrown into the crowd. It looked like there were a lot of diehard Kings fans. Not bad for a independent team. The Kings ended up winning 5-3. Being 4th of July, there were fireworks after the game. They allowed all the fans to sit in the outfield for the show, which was over the 3rd base grandstands. The show started over 30 minutes after the game, which is too long. But there was also a autograph line, which we had to wait on. The fireworks were pretty good, about 20 minutes worth. A slow pace, but good variation.
Another great part about this game was a lot of family was there. My parents, two aunts, and uncle, and Beth and her family. So this was Conner’s first live baseball game. Being 5, he did get a bit antsy, and tired too as the game went on. But It was fun to have everyone there.
What fun it was!!!!
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