July 31, 2014

Baseball in the Bay

Posted by Brenna Malmberg

San Francisco Giants baseball game

The Giants play at AT&T Park in San Francisco looking out across the bay.

My day started with the oh-so-familiar SportsCenter tune — DaDaDa DaDaDa — so, it only seems right to cap off the day with baseball, even though this post has nothing to do with the Yoenis Cespedes trade.

About a month ago, I went to my fourth MLB game (one Royals and two Nationals in previous summers). If you are thinking, "Brenna likes baseball? Question mark? Question mark?" You would be correct. I don't really like the sport or know anything about it. That doesn't mean I can't enjoy the event that baseball is.

On June 27, we rode BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) into the city to watch the Giants take on the Reds. Bad news, the Giants lost. Or good news, depending on who you root for. Personally, I didn't care. The Giants look like Halloween, and I am not a huge fan of red. Regardless, the view at AT&T Park is beautiful. The outfield leads straight back to the bay where boats are sailing around. The fog rolls in across the water. The setting alone made it my favorite baseball game, even over a Clown-Question-Bro (Bryce Harper) home run.

At the game, I watched some baseball, felt bad for the people carrying around hot chocolate containers on their back and ate lots of baseball food, mainly nachos and soda.

Even if you don't like baseball, you should give this event a try just because it's pretty. We had seats pretty high up, so we had a great view. That's probably the best part of having cheap seats at this park.

San Francisco Giants baseball game

Lots of yummy concessions were consumed.

San Francisco Giants baseball game

Chili, bread-bowl girl somehow didn't spill all over herself.

San Francisco Giants baseball game

During the few exciting times, people blew bubbles and popped them up in the stands. Grown men even get excited about this.

San Francisco Giants baseball game

We enjoyed the game, even if the Giants lost, because, who really cares anyway, right?! Just kidding, people take this serious.

San Francisco Giants baseball game

The last pitcher zinged 100 mph balls across the plate. If you want to know who that was, consult Cole or ESPN because I just know him as the-man-who-pitched-fast.

San Francisco Giants baseball game

And that's a game.

San Francisco Giants baseball game

Bright lights proudly display the park's name out front — by far my favorite baseball experience.


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