We landed in Phoenix on Saturday at 12:30 PM. This was perfect since we had tickets to see the Cubs split squad at Ho Ho Kam Park at 1:00 PM. But for some reason Hertz (linked with nofollow, no Google juice for you) didn't want to get us there on time. Over two months ago my Dad placed reservations for a yellow Mustang convertible to be ready for us. Of course it wasn't. We settled for a red Mustang and they assured us it would be ready in ten minutes. Forty minutes later we were in a half-washed red Mustang convertible with Sirius satellite radio.
We arrived at Ho Ho Kam in the fifth inning and saw the Cubs throw a combined no hitter against the A's through nine innings. With the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the ninth the Cubs failed to score so we headed into the extra frame tied 0-0. The A's broke-up the no hitter in the tenth but didn't score. Then in the Cubs half of the inning with a runner on first Brandon Sing hits a broken bat double off the wall that scored the runner. Cubs win 1-0.
Later that night we ate at our favorite Mexican restaurant here in Mesa, Mi Tia's, er, Tia Rosa's. One huge burrito and a full stomach later we called it a night. It's good to be back in Cubs spring training.