Crossing GIANTS GAME off my "to do" list
Yesterday I finally got to cross one of my “to-do” items off my Things to do in 2009 list, as I headed to the ballpark yesterday to watch my first SF Giants game with Alana and Jason.
My day in Berkeley started off with a nice 25 minute morning walk to the Bart station to get my car, which I left in the MacArthur Bart parking lot sort of inadvertently after I hitched a ride back with Dan back to Berkeley the night before and completely forgot that I had driven my car to the Bart station earlier that day. I could have just walked back to the Bart station later since I was going to go back into the city, but I didn’t want to get there and either 1) not find my car or 2) find my car broken into.
To get to the park I hopped on Bart, took it to Embarcardero and then hopped on a crowded Muni to the ball park. Alana and Jason graciously picked up some Subway footlongs for us for lunch which we were able to take into the ballpark (a big plus). Jason is a AT&T park pro and showed me how to pick up our will call tickets from an automated machine outside the ballpark in 5 seconds without having to wait in line.
We had pretty awesome seats for only $13. The players were definitely bigger than I thought they would be from our seats so I was happy camper. For the Fourth of July, the players on both teams wore special red white and blue hats. Lincecum, the Giants star pitcher, was the starting pitcher and pitched a shutout while he was in. Giants won the game 9-0 against the Houston Astros, which followed a 13-0 romp from the night before. I even got to bump into a few Pomona people! I was watching the game and all of a sudden I hear someone calling my name coming up the steps to our section and it was Ben Meyer! Ben was getting together with another Pomona classmate Alex Perkins, a southpaw pitcher himself, to watch the game. Haha, out of all the sections in the stadium…what a coincidence!
Here’s a picture of the giant coke bottle and glove on the left field side.
After the game we walked down to close to field level while the field crew was cleaning up. Next time, hunt for cheap craigslist tickets to get these lower level seats.
After the game, I thought that I’d walk back to the Bart station instead of getting involved with the post-game crowds on the Muni and save a couple bucks. It was such a beautiful day that the 20 minute walk was actually really nice. For the people not familiar with the Bay Area, this is a picture of the Bay Bridge which spans from SF to Oakland.
Next up on the To-Do list, OAKLAND A’s game!
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