Only 2 Seasons

Yep, that pretty much sums it up.  There are only 2 seasons - winter and baseball.  And we all know how much I loathe winter (for the lack of baseball almost as much as the cold weather, almost).  But I LOVE baseball season.

While I moved away from my beloved Giants after the end of last season, I have been able to make it to quite a few baseball games in the first couple of months in the season and have many, many more planned.

First was spring training (you can see previous posts HERE and HERE).  I had the pleasure of attending 3 Giants games and a Rockies/Padres game.  It was pure bliss after the cold, baseball-less winter.

Then April started with a bang when my Giants played the Dodgers at Dodger stadium in the first series of the 2013 season.  Though I could not make opening day (why did you have to make opening day a 1 p.m start?!), I was there the very next night to see Madison Bumgarner pitch and the Giants win.

 With my Dodgers fan "buffers"

April continued in it’s awesomeness with 2 back to back weekends of baseball.  April 19th and 20th I joined friends at the Angels games.  On the 19th, the Angels beat the Tigers in what was a close game that got blown open in the 8th inning by the Angels.  It was capped by a fireworks show, making it my first Big Bang Friday of the season.  On April 20th, I again saw the Angel’s play the Tigers.  In the first inning the Angels scored 10 runs, aided by Mike Trout’s first career grand slam.  It was pretty awesome.

Big Bang Friday!

Then on April 27 and 28, I headed to San Diego to watch my Giants take on the Padres.  It was my first time back in Petco Park in probably 6 years.  I love that park, it is beautiful.  It is not AT&T, but it is wonderful nonetheless.  We watched Barry Zito and Ryan Vogelsong pitch.  Unfortunately, neither got the wins.  The Giants were swept by the Padres in that series after having just swept the Padres the previous weekend.  Oh, baseball, how fickle you are!

Sunny San Diego

May saw no baseball games until the last weekend, but the game was worth the wait.  On the Sunday of memorial day weekend, I took my sister to the Giants’ game at AT&T park to celebrate her birthday (her birthday is in January, a little late I know).  We had a blast.  We took a couple laps around the ballpark, looked out over McCovey Cove, enjoyed the food (traditional hotdog for me, tri-tip sandwich for her), went shopping in the dugout store, collected our Barry Zito bobbleheads, and cheered Matt Cain and on our Giants to a 7-3 win over the Rockies!

Happiest Place on Earth

June, much to my dismay had been, gulp, baseball game-less, until the this past Wednesday.  BUT on June 26, 2013, I again ventured up to LA with a very good friend of mine to see the Giants take on the Dodgers at Dodger’s stadium.  Unfortunately this was the first Giants loss I have witnessed at Dodgers stadium and was the final game of a Dodgers sweep. :(  But at least we had a good time!

 Go Giants!

July and August have baseball games planned already and September is in the works.  The baseball season is nearly halfover?!  Say it ain’t so!

Loving baseball, living life every day!