Baseball

On Sunday I went to see the local derby between San Francisco and Oakland at San Francisco with the NZ crew. This was at Candle Stick Park, supposedly one of the nicest baseball stadiums around, and indeed it was :]

So upon entering the stadium it meant we had to climb a few stories to reach where we were sitting. The sides actually turn out to be pretty steep, with the seats all pretty jammed in there. This has meant that I can now understand why they have stadium people selling food (as the cliché image has them) because it's hard to move in and out of your seats - however you pay for this convenience with ridiculous prices..

The game atmosphere was pretty good and I wasn't finding myself getting bored at all. Like they managed to have something going on when the teams were changing over. Whether it was fan trivia on the big screen, or everybody getting up in the 7th innings stretch to loosen and sing..

In the end it was a pretty tight game, with Oakland winning 2-0, as it was 0-0 until the 8th inning. Barry Bonds could have tied the game had he hit a home run on his last bat (the chants and pressure were really on him hehe..), but he failed and was struck out I think.