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Coors Field sunset – Rockies vs. Cubs (Denver, Colorado)
I’m on my way to Mexico today. I stopped off in Denver for a night on the way to catch a Rockies game. This was my first time at Coors Field. It was a typical Rockies game, with the worst team in the National League (Colorado) putting 13 runs on the board against the second worst team in the league (Chicago Cubs).
Mr. T Experience – Japan Tour t-shirt at San Francisco Giants game
My A’s took 3 of 4 games from the Giants again this year with today’s 6-1 victory. Today’s photo is from last year’s Bay Bridge series. While I hate the Giants, always have and always will, I love San Francisco the city and its people, always have and always will. Where else will you spot old dudes in shirts like this?
Seibu Lions fans
I haven’t paid any attention to Japanese baseball this season. The main reason being that I’m not going to Japan this summer, but upon looking at the standings I see that I’m not missing much as my Seibu Lions are not doing so well in the Pacific League. My Yakult Swallows are even further off the pace in the Central League. So I will go back to ignoring professional baseball in Japan and continue to focus instead on my Oakland A’s in MLB who continue to have the best record in baseball (after beating the Giants each of the past two evenings).
Bay Bridge Series
Bay Bridge Series 2014 kicks off tonight. I flew down to last year’s series when the A’s took 3 out of 4 from the Giants. Hopefully my A’s do that (or better) this year too. I want to see lots of A’s running around the bases like today’s photo.
The first two games are in Oakland, with Wednesday and Thursday’s games in San Francisco. I should have made plans to take a trip. I will try to make it down I-5 for a game or two in August, September, and/or October.
Derek Jeter
This season will be his last. Farewell, Derek!
Alfredo Griffin (formerly of the Oakland A’s and currently a Los Angeles Angels coach)
The A’s and Angels are currently battling for first place in the American League West. My A’s lead by four and a half games and let’s hope it stays that way. Griffin had his best season with the A’s back in 1986. He won the Rookie of the Year Award back in 1979, but that had more to do with his lack of competition (he hit only two home runs and got caught stealing 16 times in just 37 attempts that year) than having had an amazing season.
Alfredo is today’s photo not because of his presence on the A’s or Angels though. A couple of recent events made me think of him.
First, who did the A’s receive when they traded Griffin in 1987 to the Los Angeles Dodgers? Bob Welch. Welch went 17-9, 17-8, and 27-6 in his next three seasons with the A’s. Bob died this past week.
Second, I remember getting Tony Gwynn’s autograph in the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco when the 1984 All-Star Game was played in San Francisco that year. It was Gwynn’s first (of many) MLB all-star games. I turned around after thanking Gwynn and there was Griffin. What was he doing there? Griffin was no all star. However, he happened to be there with his friend and teammate, Damaso Garcia, who was on the AL squad. Someone got injured and Griffin was actually put on the team at the last minute even though he didn’t really have all-star numbers. Anyway, Gwynn died this past weekend too.