Safeco Field Seattle, Washington Team R H E Texas Rangers 5 6 1 Seattle Mariners 9 14 0 Highlights The Mariners scored early and often as they sent nine men to the plate in both the 1st and 3rd sending home 7 runs on 9 hits (all singles) along with a walk, a hit batsman […]
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Game 14
Yosemite National Park
May 24 – we spent most of the day in Yosemite National Park. The views are breathtaking and one could spend a lot more time here. We took a two hour tram tour of the Valley Floor which was guided by a Ranger. This allowed us to see most of the most famous views and […]
Game 13 – AT&T Park
Tuesday, May 22 – We had really great seats at this park for a while. We had tickets for Row 1 Sec 328. That is where we sat until the beginning of the game when season ticket holders informed us we were in their seats. Apparently we were in the Upper Box Sec 328 and […]
Game 12 – McAfee Coliseum
Sunday, May 20 – This stadium is showing its age and with talk of building a new one, it is no wonder it has not been through the renovations that some of the others the same age have. This game was between “cross bay rivals” – Oakland A’s and San Francisco Giants. The place was […]
Game 13
AT&T Park San Francisco, California Team R H E Houston Astros 2 6 0 San Francisco Giants 4 10 0 Highlights This was a good one—good pitching, timely hitting and error free. Both starting pitchers (Roy Oswalt 6-2 w/2.88 ERA for the Giants & impressive rookie Tim Lincecum 1-0 w/3.34 ERA) pitched perfectly for the […]
Game 12
McAfee Coliseum Oakland, California Team R H E San Francisco Giants 4 11 1 Oakland Athletics 1 2 0 Highlights The story of this one was the 2 hit pitching performance of Matt Morris for the Giants who baffled the A’s hitters all day with a tantalizing curve ball in front of a capacity crowd […]
Game 11 – Angels Stadium
Since the Angels were playing the Dodgers, we saw Nomar again but we also got to see another former “Let’s go Angels” were followed by “Let’s go Dodgers”. Just what you would expect in a “Freeway Series” as this rivalry is called. Before the game we heard the best rendition of the National Anthem yet. […]
Trolley Dodger
Thanks to Robert Daeley for mentioning our site on his Blog – http://www.trolleydodger.comIf you are a Dodgers fan, you will definitely want to check out his site and if you aren’t, you might want to go there to see what he said about us and to learn where the term Trolley Dodger came from.
Game 11
Angel Stadium Anaheim, California Team R H E Los Angeles Dodgers 1 8 3 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 9 11 1 Highlights We’ve been to 11 games now with 7 of them National League contests and it’s made me realize how much of a purist I am with respect to the game. No DH […]
Game 10 – Dodgers Stadium
Dodger Stadium is situated on a hillside overlooking Los Angeles. It is 46 years old but has been updated as have most of the older stadiums. Prior to the game, the Covina Charter Oak Youth Baseball Champions were introduced and took their position on the field with their Dodger counter parts. During batting practice, trivia […]