4-16-10

JUST WIN BABY

JAY HOOKED US UP

SOUVENIR ICE CREAM HELMET

MILWOOD'S PITCHING WAS LIKE BATTING PRACTICE

BATTING PRACTICE

HOWDY SHERIFF


To ring in our 27th and 28th years, we packed up and headed to San Fran. We walked around several areas of town and enjoyed an authentic Guatemalan lunch in the Mission district. We were hesitant to head straight to Fisherman's Wharf so as to avoid completely touristy places and things, but we were still slightly tourists. San Francisco is much like New York; you walk a few blocks in one neighborhood and step onto another street and suddenly the feel changes immediately. In a five block stretch, we walked passed Asian food markets, beer gardens, presumably several crackheads and then to high rise luxury condos before hitting what seemed to us to be exactly like Herald Square.

We rode the BART under the Bay out to the Oakland Coliseum, home of both the Oakland Athletics and Oakland Raiders after checking out downtown San Francisco. Jen's cousin Jay works for the Baltimore Orioles, who were in town on a road game, and he hooked us up with great tickets for the game. Far from a sell out, only a third of the stands were filled. It's hard to know what Oakland's typical fan base is, but it seems like the combination of being so early in the season and Oakland having not been in World Series contention for several years, not too many fans visited; especially since they were playing Baltimore who is one of the worst teams in baseball. Regardless, we had a great time. It's always fun to visit other ballparks and eat peanuts and throw the shells all over the floor. For those interested, Oakland won 4-2, and it was the fastest baseball game any of us have ever witnessed, finishing a shade over 2 hours. Happy Birthday to us.