There are only two seasons...

... winter and baseball.

Ah baseball.  The national pastime.  162 games of excitement, stress, joy, anxiety, celebration and heartache.  For the record, I am, and always will be an Oakland Athletics fan.  I grew up wearing green and gold.  I have many fond memories of watching A's games as a child.  That being said, I am also an admirer of our neighbors across the bay, the San Francisco Giants.  I wouldn't say that I'm a true fan, but I'm definitely not a hater and will root for the Giants when they aren't playing against my A's.  So when the A's fell to the Royals in the 2014 AL Wild Card game, and the Giants made it to the World Series, I couldn't pass up the chance to go see a World Series game.  And thanks to my awesome friend J, I was able to witness Game 3 in person.    

Willie Mays gate decorated for the game

McCovey Cove filled with boats

AT&T park is beautiful.  There is no denying this fact.  And the level of excitement from everyone around us just added to the overall positive feeling before the game.  It was hard not getting caught up in all of the hoopla - which is what I attribute my spur-of-the-moment decision to buy an official (and expensive) World Series San Francisco Giants hat.

Yes that's me sporting an official World Series SF Giants hat

Obligatory selfie

The game itself wasn't very memorable (probably because the Giants lost), but I do remember being next to all of the media and looking over to all the bloggers and writers typing away on their laptops.  I also remember a very rowdy bunch of Royals fans sitting way up at the top with us.  My guess is that those were the friends and family of the team, which is why there was such an unusually high concentration of blue and white in a sea of orange and black.  Oh yeah and this happened...

Oops

Maybe it was some sort of foreshadowing of things to come.  Oh well.  All in all I had a fantastic time at the ballpark and the experience will stay with me forever.  I only wish that I'll one day get to experience that World Series feeling with my own Green and Gold.

New Thing #8: Go to a World Series Game (SF Giants vs. KC Royals) - DONE

Completed October 24, 2014