On my second business trip to Tacoma, Washington for ABF Freight, I had an afternoon opportunity to visit some local Seattle baseball fields. One field that caught my eye (via Google Maps) is the summer home of the DubSea Fish Sticks, Mel Olsen Stadium. Mel Olsen was about 15 minutes or so from SeaTac Airport, so I took the backroads drive up to Burien, WA to check out the stadium.

On the drive up, it started raining. Then it stopped. When I exited my rental car, it started raining. Then it stopped. Lucky for me, there was a baseball game going on. Then, it started raining. Then, I found an open gate to enter the park. Then it stopped raining. I asked a fan who was playing and she mentioned it was a men’s adult baseball league. Then, it started raining. Then, I found a seat and watched the end of the inning. Then, it stopped raining. See a common theme here?

In between innings, I walked around the backstop area of the stadium and found the DubSea Fish Sticks logos. The Fish Sticks are a summer collegiate wood bat baseball team in the Pacific International League and play a healthy schedule home and away from Mel Olsen every summer. Their summer schedule includes games versus the Everett Merchants, Northwest Honkers, and the Redmond Dudes just to name a few. Like most summer collegiate baseball leagues, they typically start their regular season after the various NCAA divisional and postseasons are wrapping up.

After a few innings in the stands, I got out to the perimeter of Mel Olsen Stadium. Then, it started raining. I found a tree to shelter myself from the rain. Then, it stopped raining. I grabbed a few perimeter photos of the park. Then, it started raining.

I hustled back to my rental car to escape the rain. Then, it stopped raining. I hustled back to center field to take another photo. Was successful, then it started raining. So, I hustled back to my rental car. Was this a trick being played on me by Mother Nature of the Pacific Northwest???

As you can see from the photo above, there were plenty of blue skies. I didn’t get the rain making situation at all. There I was dodging raindrops for most of my time at Mel Olsen Stadium. And having a really good laugh about it. Doesn’t it rain a lot in Seattle, isn’t’ that what Seattle is known for? Regardless, I had a ton of fun at Mel Olsen Stadium. I loved all the Fish Sticks logos and fish references everywhere in the park. The men’s game was pretty interesting and I applaud those young men for picking up a bat and glove and making the most of their Sunday afternoon playing a kid’s game. It was another great Seattle baseball experience. Go Fish Sticks!!!