Unlike most of the other spring training parks, Talking Stick had different levels of parking. You could get up close for $20, preferred for $10, or the grassy field for $5. The regular parking was fine and it wasn't that far of a walk to get to the complex.
As we walked up to the stadium, we passed the Diamond Back batting cages. Batting practice was just beginning and we were able to watch some of the guys take batting practice (and lessons) in the cage. The batting cages were set down below the walk way so we looked down into the cages but it still very open unlike the Brewers which you could not look into at all.
Talking Stick has plenty of shady spots.. some you just have to move with the sun. We sat on a ledge in the shade before and ate our lunch. Our seats were not in the shade but if we sat farther back we would have been in the shade. I liked how some of the seats we in the shade.
Speaking of seats, our seats were right by the Brewers bullpen. We got to watch Hader and some of the other relievers warm up. It is impressive to hear the whomp of Hader's pitches hitting the glove. Sure our seats were close enough to in the autograph hounds' territory but by avoiding our seats until almost game time helped deal with the autograph seekers.
The game itself wasn't too memorable. Yelich and a couple other "big" name players made the trip across town which was cool.
Salt River Fields at Talking Stick is a great place to catch a game. We would definitely go back.
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