He took me out to the ball game…

Oakland A’s vs Detroit Tigers. Actually, we were given a pair of tickets for tonight and George and I seemed to be the only people around to use them. So we hopped on the BART at North Berkeley and got off directly at the Stadium.

The A’s are not doing well this year as they so aptly demonstrated tonight.

the final score

In spite of that – I took some pretty good pictures and had a great time.

: the windup

: the throw

: the ball on its way

and then there were the batters. With shots from both teams, some hitting the ball, and some not

and then there is

an umpire brushing off the plate

and

some kind of entertainment involving oversized bobble heads running 1/2 way around the field.

It was obvious that some who were attending were mainly interested in junk food and talking continuously. Which made for very interesting people watching. As George reminded me; not only are these the least expensive games anywhere in Major League Baseball, but no one expects you to dress up.

It was all good.

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He took me out to the ball game… — 6 Comments

Christiane on 2016-05-28 at 02:09 said:

I should send the pix to our grandson. He loves and plays baseball

Santorini from the ship. We are not going ashore.
3 ships here, Rhapsody, Jewel and an old RCI ship, I guess Captain said something like Song of America !?

We enjoy the ship, almost alone …

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Pat on 2016-05-28 at 05:44 said:

What fun! I haven’t gotten to see a ballgame in years.

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Vicki on 2016-05-28 at 09:40 said:

Looks like you and George had a great time. The Cleveland Indians used to have their spring training just 3 miles from where I live, and I loved going to the games, but alas they moved to Arizona, darn them!

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Brad on 2016-05-28 at 09:42 said:

I love going to ball games. Baseball. It was one of the few things my father and I could do together.
I really don’t care who wins, or even which teams are playing. The pictures were well done. I felt like I was there.

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- Holly on 2016-05-28 at 09:45 said:
  
  for me it was listening to the Minnesota Twins at night when I was supposed to be asleep in the 1950s. It was quite and sparked my imagination, sneaking the small radio in my room after lights out
  
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George aka the DH on 2016-05-29 at 11:12 said:

For baseball trivia buffs, the racing bobble heads are, respectively, Rollie Fingers (owner of one of baseball’s iconic mustaches), Dennis Eckersley ( owner of a wicked sinking fastball), and Oakland’s own Rickie Henderson, perhaps the most complete ball player of his generation.

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