Moonlit Jazz

Network Associates Coliseum

Winning Pitcher – Mark Mulder (15-7)
Losing Pitcher – Mariano Rivera (5-1)

NYY Runs: 1, Hits: 5, Errors: 1
OAK Runs: 2, Hits: 3, Errors: 0

Oakland Record: (64-47)

AWESOME GAME!!! Oh my freakin’ god! Mark Mulder pitched brilliantly, as did Andy Pettitte, but in the end, THE A’S WON! Twas GLORIOUS!

I woke up at 0600 hrs, as I planned and I was out of the house by 0710 hrs, a bit later than I planned. I got to Alameda before 0830 hrs. We got to the ballpark before 1000 hrs and who did I see? Why, JEN! 😀 LOVE YOUR SHIRT! And I forgot to take a picture with you, chica. Next time! 😉

We positioned ourselves out in left center field, but it turned out to be a bad choice, as compared to last year. Alas! I didn’t take as many pictures of the players as I did last year, but I did take one more picture *with* a player than I did last year. I really really wanted one with Tim Hudson or Rich Harden, but ALAS, they didn’t make it to us. Instead, I got one with Scott Hatteberg (mostly to show to a lady at work) and one with Keith Foulke because he was just too cute. 😉 I took pictures of the various players who passed by, but nothing too spectacular. I’ll do my pictures sometime this week…

The game. Mulder was PERFECT for four and two thirds innings, then he gave up a double to one and a single to another. The Yankees scored in that inning and so it was until the ninth. Miguel Tejada came up with two on and one out and hit a walkoff double to score Mark Ellis and Eric Chavez. TWAS AWESOME!

“You just had a feeling something was going to happen.” So said Mulder and so we all felt in the ballpark. 😉

So many passionate Yankee fans were silenced in the wild celebration of A’s fans. Twas BEAUTIFUL! Why? Because we won against the Yankees. And oh dear, some Yankee fans were bitter and rude about it. Blah on them! I loved it. I loved the way my heart was beating and the way all of us were jumping and yelling and celebrating. Pure rush!

I’m waking up at 0600 hrs. Ye gods! Why? Because tomorrow is Photo Day and we have to be at the ballpark at some ungodly hour so that we can get on the field for 45 minutes while the players and coaches walk around and pose for the fans. Then, about an hour or so later, the game will actually start and we get an October-esque matchup between the A’s and Yankees.

I’m excited and I’m not. I’m excited about taking pictures of (and maybe have a couple with) the players. I’m NOT excited about the big crowd. Blah!

Okay, off to bed now. I’ll write more after I get home tomorrow. Ye gods!

… in San Francisco Gee, guess where I’m going to be on Saturday the 30th. Yeah baby!

NY Yankees 10, Oakland 7 at Network Associates Coliseum

Winning Pitcher – Jeff Weaver (6-8)
Losing Pitcher – Barry Zito (8-9)
SV – Mariano Rivera(21)

NYY Runs: 10, Hits: 12, Errors: 3
OAK Runs: 7, Hits: 13, Errors: 1

Oakland Record: (63-47)

Grrr! I hate when they lose! Especially to the freakin’ Yankees. Aaaack!

Yes Jen, that’s my real license plate. Isn’t it cool?! I might bring it to the game tomorrow. We shall see. 😉

“They’re so different in so many ways, but they seem drawn to each other. “ A Mychael Urban article to read

Network Associates Coliseum

Winning Pitcher – Keith Foulke (8-1)
Losing Pitcher – Antonio Osuna (2-3)

NYY Runs: 2, Hits: 5, Errors: 1
OAK Runs: 3, Hits: 8, Errors: 0

Oakland Record: (63-46)

Well, I got to see a half an inning of this game, then it was off to the movies for us! We saw Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. FANTASTIC film! First off, JACK DAVENPORT. How did I NOT know that Jack Davenport was in this movie? And he’s a major player! Well, after the real “major” players. It was great seeing him as someone other than Steve from “Coupling” or Michael on “Ultraviolet.” Second, Orlando Bloom. WOW. He was great. Just right for the role. And cute to boot! 😉 And third, Johnny Depp. The man was FUNNY! He was so cool. As I said, FANTASTIC movie. I loved it. I didn’t get up once to go to the bathroom, even though I probably could have. 😉

After the movie, I checked the score of the game and was most pleased to see the end result. I love my boys! I hate the Yankees. And how sweet is to see the A’s top the Yankees. Oh yes indeed…

If you haven’t seen Pirates of the Caribbean, GO NOW. 😀

I hope everyone can see it. You have to see the last picture. Maybe I should have put it first. LOL! I want to know what everyone thinks about my license plate! It’s on my truck now. A big rig saw it yesterday and honked at me. The driver waved as we passed by each other. It was funny! And weird too. LOL!

But yeah, I like the slideshow above. I really hope it’s working for everyone. I know it works in Mozilla and Netscape and IE. I’m not sure about anything else. 😛

Comments are welcome, always welcome. 😉