First Baseball Game in 20+ Years

Today Dave and I went to our first baseball game together. We went with some of his coworkers to the Padres-Dodgers game because there was a Taiwanese pitcher starting for the Dodgers and wanted to cheer for him.... My first (and last) baseball game ever was watching the Houston Astros in the Astrodome back when I was 8? 9? 10?? All I remember was that the field looked really small, and I ate so many hotdogs, I felt really sick and slept through half of the game... Thank goodness this was a whole different experience! :) Ha ha ha...

My dad got a HUGE kick out of the fact that WE were going to a baseball game (Dave and I don't watch much baseball). He was pretty excited for us. He's become the biggest Yankees fan due to Chien-Ming Wang's stellar performance this year. I hear the guy is a national hero in Taiwan! Not kidding!!!


I took a picture of me and Dave, but Dave hated his half of the picture and made me crop him out. A quick tangent: I just want to show off my new funky glasses that I was trying out for the first time. I had gotten them for ~$30 from Zenni Optical. If you know your prescription, and can measure your glasses, I would highly recommend getting your glasses online! You save TONS of money! And don't feel so bad testing out new styles... Not sure if I really like these yet, but what I DO like is that they have magnetic shades that just snap on, and I think they look a whole lot nicer (on my face) as prescription sunglasses....

Okay, back to baseball... Here's a pic of Petco Park, home of the San Diego Padres.
People in the stands (filled up a lot more later on. I was pretty impressed so many people came out on a Thursday night! Don't they work???)

The man we came to see:
In action:

It was a pretty interesting game. Kuo pitched alright. I think this was his second (I think?) time starting in the major leagues. He had done really well in the minor leagues, but was pretty erratic with his pitches. Anyways, although he's definitely no Wang, he was headed for a win. Even though he was replaced after the 5th inning, by the 7th, the Dodgers were up 5-1. During the 7th and 8th innings, most of the fans left...

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BUT they missed the biggest rally EVER! (okay, maybe not the BIGGEST, but a pretty good one!) Bottom of the 9th, Dodgers ahead 5-1, Padres at bat....I can't remember the details, but a homerun and lots of hits, the score is 5-5... THEN bases loaded, 1 out, 3 balls - 2 strikes... pitcher pitches... and WALKS the batter!

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Padres wins 6-5. An amazing game!