Posts Tagged ‘baseball’
Damon is a good guy
Apr 7 LF Johnny Damon had an interesting explanation for why he didn’t offer up more of an argument after a fan kept him from catching an Orioles’ home run Monday. Damon, who didn’t gripe about switching from his long-time leadoff spot to the No. 2 role, basically believes there’s no crying in baseball — because he doesn’t want to hear any at home. “I was hoping they would at least look at it,” Damon said of the umpires reviewing the play. “I guess I would have to just throw a hissy fit, and I don’t condone hissy fits. I don’t want my daughter to see that and think it’s OK to do that at home.”
And that is why I like Damon. I was sooooo mad too!
Angels vs. Mariners and a ML Record
I went to an Angels game last week. Blizzard was having a company picnic of sorts and my friend invited me to go. Yay free food! The asian inside of me is pleased.
Not only were our Angels (because the stadium announcer always says they are mine, so they are mine…ours) playing against the Mariners (Ichiro!) but Francisco Rodriguez was set on breaking the record for most saves in a season. Wooo.
Sorry about the sun. I told him to go away for a bit but he just wouldn’t listen.
A little better? There weren’t that many people in the beginning. Still about 10 minutes to go.
Ichiro throwing the ball.
Yeah, there was a security guard there between innings. Why? Does he think people are going to rush over to pants Ichiro? I wonder what he would say anyway “I am happy to have this opportunity. Not many baseball players get pants-ed. The stars have aligned. It is very special.” That’s so Ichiro.
Sigh…what am I doing here in this Angels stadium again? Just make it go away…
The peanut gallery. Actually they cheered for the Angels quite loudly. And then yelled Ichiro’s name a couple times. “Seeeeeeee no, Ichiro!!”
He was always doing something. Stretching, rolling out his ankles, squatting…
And the crowd went wild when he ran out of the bullpen. Standing up, waving arms. Every time he didn’t get a strike, the crowd went “aww…..” and when he did “yeeeeeeah!! Frankie!!”.
Heh….The only substantial video I have was when he pitched against Ichiro and he got a hit. Whoops.
Angels vs Yankees
8-8-08 (Day of the Olympics which I haven’t watched the opening of)
Is pretty pointless. It’s a sea of red out there.
The highlight was just being able to be close to them and think “wow…they are really here.”
This is a crop. I was taking a picture of who I thought was a-rod, zoomed in at 5x, but I think it was actually Betemit. Good thing he was at the very right of my picture and my picture size was at 8 megapixels or this would have been a tiny tiny blur.
He was warming up, and I wasn’t really allowed down there. He started walking toward the people hanging out right next to the field. You could feel the tension and excitement as he got closer, and closer…and this lady next to me practically had a heart attack. She was like “aahhHhHh!” before she caught herself and realized that she wasn’t just screaming in her head. And then, to make matters worse, he took off his helmet and flashed a smile. Game over. My camera was out. (and taking the wrong picture but I don’t really want to talk about that anymore).
It’s my Damon! He looks hug-able right? Like a comforting uncle or something. He’s so-so for fantasy baseball but I like him anyway.
“Hey guys, don’t fall asleep!”
“Hey, do you want to trade places with me?”
Whoa lots of people
Jeter was booed pretty badly. Louder than A-rod, except with Mr. Rodriguez, you also got throngs of high pitched shrieks from the ladies.
This is an action shot, although he didn’t get much action.
At least the fireworks are good. They chose Beach Boys music this night.
I didn’t have a tripod. I used my leg.
The fireworks went on for about….7-10 minutes?
Sparkly!