Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Bay Bridge Baseball

Pedro Martinez pitching for the Mets at AT&T
Dontrell's Mom
Willis' high leg kick
Willis congratulating teammates
A fun baseball evening...Taking advantage of the rare dual scheduling (A's and Giants rarely are in town together), we decided to take in both ball games. First we drove to Oakland to take in the A's vs Tigers at the Mac for four innings, then we rushed to the AT&T to watch the Giants vs Mets. I'd never seen Dontrell Willis pitch "live" and so it was a great treat to sit only 13 rows away from home plate. He wasn't in the best of shape because this was his first game after coming back from a hyperextended knee injury but he still displayed his high leg kick and great emotion. Wonderful to capture his mom in the stands too!
We were walking to the AT&T park during the 5th inning Zito debacle where 6 runs scored so thankfully we missed that. The Giants ended up losing but they made it close, coming back from a 9-1 deficit to 9-6 but Wags came in for the Mets save. One more game today at the AT&T.