Going to an M’s Game

In order to make it over for the baseball game I got on the road early, but I had to wait until eight o’clock in the morning because I had to go get my softball mitt which was up at the parks and rec office.

I pulled into Issaquah close to the time the guys were leaving on the bus. I called Jon and he said he was putting out a fire at work so we was going to be late. I went to Dairy Queen in Eastgate then I stopped in at the park and ride to wait for Jon.

We got underway, but with the traffic and parking we were not going to make it for the first pitch. We did make it without missing too much of the first inning. We were able to listen to the game as it was being broadcast on the speakers.

Around the seventh inning I got a call from JT in Bellingham. He asked if I was at the M’s game. I told him I was. He said he saw me on TV. Later on that night while the game was being rebroadcast I got a text message and a second phone call from people who saw me there.

I was on TV second time was a ball came down to our seats. It was a pop-up and it was coming right to my brother. I was next to him. He had his mitt up. The ball was coming right to him. Then a guy, who was a Boston fan, stuck his hand over Jon’s mitt and caught it.

The Boston “fans” in Seattle… that is something else. I cannot believe there are so many people who live in Seattle and for some reason are all fan of Boston. In fact it gets loud in Safeco with all the Boston fans. They are annoying. I think next time I am going to wear some Yankees stuff to just make the Boston fans mad. Because if the person is a real Boston fan he will not like seeing the NY stuff.

Safeco Field

The view without Zoom on my Camera

Using my camera for the same shot with a 12x zoom

Ichiro making a play in center field

Pitcher is in the pitching motion

A little in front of the ball. The ball has a red colored highlight around it to make it easier to see