Monday, May 26, 2014

BUCKET LIST UPDATE No. 152: Attend a Montgomery Biscuits baseball game

Once upon a time, I used to live in Montgomery, Ala., but to the best of my knowledge, they didn’t have a minor league baseball team at that time. A few years after I moved from Alabama’s capital city, the Montgomery Biscuits began playing in Montgomery, and I’ve wanted to go watch them play ever since. I added a trip to one of their games to my “bucket list” a few years ago, and I finally got the chance to watch them on Sunday night.

The Biscuits are a Double A affiliate for the Tampa Rays, and they played their first season in Montgomery in 2004. The Biscuits play their home games in Riverwalk Stadium, which seats 7,000 and opened its doors in 2004 on Coosa Street in downtown Montgomery.

On Sunday, the Biscuits faced their Southern League rivals, the Huntsville Stars, and we had seats right behind home plate. In fact, we sat right behind the team officials who kept up with pitch counts and who used a radar gun to clock the speed of every pitch. You might think these seats were expensive, but they were only $12 each. I've been told that there isn't a bad seat anywhere in the stadium, so you really can't go wrong wherever you decide to sit.

Being Double A professional baseball, the quality of the game was pretty good. The pitchers threw hard, and between the two teams, they recorded 16 total hits, including two home runs. Defenders on both teams made more than a few outstanding catches, and the crowd seemed to be really into the game. Unfortunately, the Biscuits came up short against the Stars, falling 6-1.

The game and stadium were very family friendly. Everything was nice and clean, and between innings they had all sorts of silly contests, including a baby race, a tug-of-war contest, and dancing and trivia contests. My family also got a big kick out of the theme music and the singing of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” during the “seventh inning stretch.”

To me, the food and beverages at the stadium was a little over priced, but I guess that’s to be expected nowadays. They did have a wide variety of food to eat, everything from hotdogs and nachos and cheese to boiled peanuts and other stadium fare. 

We also picked up several souvenirs, which were reasonably priced, and also checked out the team store near the stadium entrance. We also collected a number of “freebies,” including nice team posters printed by The Montgomery Advertiser, as well as pocket schedules and a magnetic refrigerator schedule.

Being the Sunday before Memorial Day, the stadium had a lot of promotional activities going on, especially for children. Before the game, children and their parents were allowed to play catch in the outfield. After the game, they had a big fireworks show, and then children were allowed to go back down to the field, where they could run the bases. All in all, we had a great time, and we’re already talking about going back again sometime soon.


In the end, how many of you have ever been to a Montgomery Biscuits baseball game? What did you think about it? Did you like it or not? Did they win? Let us know in the comments section below.

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