Giants vs Yankees

This was by far the best game yet! SF was colder than expected, as usual, but the seats were great, it wasn't cold inside the stadium (b/c it's really the wind that makes it cold), and the game was great. We got there early enough to get our NY Giants cap (the Giants were originally a NY team) and walk around a little bit.

The game was fast paced for the most part - after the 9th inning though it got a little slow. We got to see Barry Bonds at bat several times and playing in the outfield. We walked around the entire stadium and stood by the bay when Bonds was up to bat - just in case his 750th out of the park homer was hit over there (but it wasn't). The Giants won 6-5 in the 13th inning after a 4 1/2 hour game!

In the 7th inning the bases were loaded - Bonds came out to bat - and the crowded got to their feet when it came up to a full count and he had 1 hit left (assuming he didn't foul out). And I don't just mean the crowd got to their feet, we were all up yelling and hoping that he'd just knock it out of the park. He was trying hard - every swing was full blast - but he ended up walking to 1st base. (I swear it's him - click on the picture and it'll show it to you almost life size!)

We also saw another bases loaded situation and the batter, Vizquel, hit two to left field that went just foul. There were a lot of great things that happened at this game but maybe the biggest was that it was the first time, since 1962, that the Giants beat the Yankee's in SF! And, it was b/c rookie Nate Schierholtz hit a single bringing in Kelsko to break the 5-5 tie that had been holding strong since the 9th inning. And, to top it all off, the attendance that day was 43,485 which set a regular season attendance record for the 2nd day in a row.

The next day we spent most of the morning waiting in line and eating at Dotti's True Blue Cafe - but it was well worth the wait. We walked around Union Square with a quick detour to China Town - definitely getting our exercise on the famous hills before heading back to Oakland for our 1:30 flight.

By the time we got home we fell promptly asleep. Too much excitement, what with the condo being accepted and all, for one weekend.