That's the Way it's Done!

What a ball-game!

Zac treated my sister and I out to the game tonight, just to hang out. We left early, and it's a good thing we did. Traffic was a bear in Bellevue and when we got to Seattle. They did have a good deal with the parking garage right next door. The seats were in the left field bleachers; one of the nicest spots to sit, I think. We watched a little batting practice and then had hamburgers and fries. Mmm! Good ones! They closed the stadium roof as it started to rain softly. Early on, we had people on base, but they just couldn't score. It was kinda a bummer. And then around the fifth inning, while Meg and I went to get a little bit of clam chowder and fish & chips from Ivar's, a big collision happened on the field for a pop fly and they took one of our boys off the field on a little truck. That's always awful. Once at a Husky football game at Oregon State in 2007, they took our quarterback off the field in a neck brace, on a stretcher in an ambulance with flashing lights. Gosh, I hate to see that sort of thing.

Ichiro doesn't get a chance to score in the 1st inn.

We were thinking it would be a complete bust, as we were behind 3-0 in the eighth inning. But then the lead-off batter blasted a home run... and then someone got on base and there were two outs... and then they had Ken Griffey Jr. pinch hit... (this is the first time I've seen him play in years!) and the first pitch he gets... GOODBYE BASEBALL!
My, Oh, My! So we're tied at three all of a sudden. Zac and Meg and I jumped up and down, screaming and hugging. And then they get a base hit, and then they steal, and then another base hit... and we're ahead by one! And then the closer comes out for the ninth, strikes out two, and then gets the last guy out on a ground ball. Just like that. Wow! What fun! So we beat the AZ D-Backs 4-3!

It took a while to get out of the garage, with all the pedestrians and trains crossing the street, but we finally made it home, rocking out to Toby Mac and the Newsboys.

Wow!
Jp