Diamondbacks vs. Giants
Giants Lose 3-5
This park has moved to the top of my list of the parks we have visited. First impressions are just how nice it looks. McCovey Cove, statues and brick make the area very attractive. Inside it's very open with lots of field level seating. The huge widescreen scoreboard makes any other scoreboard look like it is from the stone age. A nice feature is the "Express" restroom with a long line of facilities to alleviate waiting. As of the writing of this post, this is the #1 stadium on our quest.
The game was set up to be a phenomenal pitcher's duel. The Giants' Tim Lincecum faced of against Brandon Webb of Arizona. That said, pitching can only get you so far when the other eight Giant fielders like to boot the ball around. Even though their team was having an awful season, there were many fans in attendance. Most of them were paying attention to the game as well.
Note: Another quirk to our quest. This day we attended games in both Oakland and San Francisco. We made use of the BART to get from one game to the next. It was a great experience overall. Surprisingly, we weren't the only ones on the train to go to both games on the same day.
July 26, 2008
McAfee Coliseum (#23)
Rangers vs. Athletics
A's Lose 4-9
The currently named McAfee Coliseum is a giant concrete stadium from pre-1990. This can be interpreted as it's not a very pretty stadium. The concourses and seating areas are all reminiscent of 1980's baseball. As you can tell, I was not impressed. The entire upper level of the stadium was closed off. Obviously that's a sign of poor attendance since this was a Saturday game. I do have to complement the A's on the variety of beer selection. I really enjoyed a local microbrew called "Curve Ball."
The game was slow to get started, but then the scoring opened up for the Rangers. It is at this point I must point out the ESP like quality of my friend Paul. He out of the blue said that Josh Hamilton will hit out one out. On the very next pitch, Hamiltion took one deep to left. Truly an amazing prediction. With the late glut of scoring, came many pitching changes. A flaw with AL baseball, no worry of the double switch.
A's Lose 4-9
The currently named McAfee Coliseum is a giant concrete stadium from pre-1990. This can be interpreted as it's not a very pretty stadium. The concourses and seating areas are all reminiscent of 1980's baseball. As you can tell, I was not impressed. The entire upper level of the stadium was closed off. Obviously that's a sign of poor attendance since this was a Saturday game. I do have to complement the A's on the variety of beer selection. I really enjoyed a local microbrew called "Curve Ball."
The game was slow to get started, but then the scoring opened up for the Rangers. It is at this point I must point out the ESP like quality of my friend Paul. He out of the blue said that Josh Hamilton will hit out one out. On the very next pitch, Hamiltion took one deep to left. Truly an amazing prediction. With the late glut of scoring, came many pitching changes. A flaw with AL baseball, no worry of the double switch.
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