I'm currently on the last bus out of the Giants hotel, called the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass, feeling very wasteful. The bus could probably seat 100 people and I'm the only one on it. Everyone else must have driven or left already, but I'm glad I didn't try because the G-Men are staying in the middle of nowhere, out near the Cardinals Stadium in Chandler, Arizona. It felt very far from downtown Phoenix, but rush hour traffic had something to do with it.

Perhaps I've just lived in New York too long, but it was amazing pulling up to their hotel, passing cactii, open spaces for miles, and an Indian Reservation golf course. There is some crazy waterboat racing lake without speed limits nearby.

The Giants will have to travel a long way to go to any parties this week, but that doesn't mean "distractions" are far away. There is a casino across the street, and the bus driver tells me it has the worst slots in the desert.