Brandon McCarthy held Miguel Cabrera hitless last Saturday evening in Oakland. It isn’t often that Cabrera goes without a hit and strikes out twice. This is a guy who got on base 45% of the time last season and has finished in the top five of the AL MVP voting each of the past three years. But McCarthy had Cabrera checking his swing on several occasions. Cabrera didn’t like the strike call on one of his check swings and let the umpire know it. We could hear Cabrera still cussing all the way from the stands while Cabrera was getting ready to play defense the next inning.

How are your lip reading skills?

Posted on May 16th, 2012 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: AF-S Teleconverter TC-17E 1.7X II for Nikon, baseball, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, people, sports. Comments Off on Miguel Cabrera

Last night I went to the Oakland A’s game and had a great time in super weather. After the game, I got in the car and drove for 5 and a half hours to be home in Ashland before 2 a.m.

Brandon McCarthy pitched an amazing game for the Athletics, baffling the Tigers all night. The big guns (Cabrera and Fielder) went a combined 0 for 8 with four strikeouts and 4 men LOB. The A’s ended up winning 3-1, and I drove home with a smile on my face.

Posted on May 13th, 2012 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: AF-S Teleconverter TC-17E 1.7X II for Nikon, baseball, california, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, nikon d7000. Comments: 1

Last night Jered Weaver of the Los Angeles Angels no hit the Minnesota Twins. Today’s photo is from a couple weeks ago when Weaver shutout my Oakland A’s in Anaheim. Weaver recorded his 1,000th career strikeout on that evening.

Posted on May 3rd, 2012 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: AF-S Teleconverter TC-17E 1.7X II for Nikon, baseball, los angeles, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, nikon d7000, sports. Comments: 2

This past Monday I went to the Angels – A’s game in Anaheim. After a strange play in which Albert had to chase down an A’s runner who was trying to avoid him for as long as possible so that the play didn’t turn into a double play, Weaver came over and made a little fun of how silly Pujols looked in the process.

Posted on April 20th, 2012 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: baseball, los angeles, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, nikon d7000. Comments Off on Jered Weaver and Albert Pujols