Take Me Out To The Ball Game

Go Doyers

Paul maxed out his vacation time, so he took an extra day off this week. The boy found some awesome tickets on the Internet for the Dodgers game so off we went. It was USC night so we got these lovely hats in their colors.
The evening was sooooo WINDY and cold!
We thought the wind would give us an interesting game. We. were. wrong! In the first inning the Dodgers walked two and then allowed a triple scoring 2 runs. That was it! The end.
This guy was pretty entertaining singing "Don't stop believing"
With one out left in the game. The dude below decided to jump onto and run across the field. I was quite amused, the security guards were not.

Hey Batta Batta!

August 8, 2008

Kenny's uncle got us 4th row tickets to see the Mariners / Rays game at Safeco Field. It was Yuniesky Betancourt bobblehead night. Yeah, I know you're jealous. Random fact: This was the second straight year that the road team we saw while on vacation ended up going to the World Series (we saw Boston play in Baltimore in 2007).

The starting lineups...

The field while we were getting food. Our seats were straight ahead just on the other side of home plate.

Rays star rookie Evan Longoria, whom I have since come to hate...

The one decent Seattle athlete left: Ichiro!!

Maybe the 101st try will be the lucky one...

Friday Night Baseball

On Friday night we took a trip out to Dodger Stadium. The day before, the most exciting player on the Red Sox, Man-Ram himself was traded to the Dodgers. I think it will weaken the Red Sox enough to keep them out of the playoffs, and put the Dodgers in the playoffs just long enough to be swept out of the first round. Again. But, for at least the next two months, we get some Manny Being Manny here at Dodger Stadium. It was his first game in Dodger blue, so the crowd went nuts every time they mentioned his name. Field a routine fly ball? Make an out? That's a standing ovation there. Even though the Dodgers lost, it was still nice thinking that they still had a chance as soon as Manny came up again.

Best trade the Dodgers have made in years...


Future HOFer Manny's first at-bat vs. future HOFer Randy Johnson...


Us after the game...

Sorry Angels fans....it was good while it lasted. At least he's still in LA!

Who are you rooting for?

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Biola's Dodger Day

On Sunday the 16th Paul and I headed out to the Dodger game with Jeric. It was so HOT! (I am still peeling from the sunburn) We sat in the all you can eat section with hundreds of other Biola students, staff, and alumni. Highlights: the new president threw out the first pitch to his son, there was a crazy man who jumped onto the field in a straight jacket and got pretty far around the field before being tackled to the ground(the thirdbasemen thought it was pretty funny), and hanging out with Jeric is always a good time.

Hey Tate...

Ready for round 2? Didn't think so. Seeing as how you have an amazing 3-22 record in the last 25 meetings, we'll go ahead and throw you a softball with Tavarez.

Hmm....with an ad campaign like this, it makes me think they've given up already. Hey Job, here's to 10 straight losing seasons!