Opening Day Picture diary

by Squeaky on Apr 12, 2007 8:15 PM MDT

So I apologize, this has taken me awhile to get up. The pictures were left to develop and forgotten about, but then I rememebered and have now been sitting around for a bit.

But here is my little Opening Day experience.
Dad took me out of school at 11:30 and we booked it downtown, getting stuck in all the traffic. It was only about 12:15 and there were TONS of people! It was very cool. But anyway, we muscled our way through the crowd (heh). I had a sign with me, maybe you've seen it:

Sorry it's not quite centered. I took this in the car, so it's not that good.

Anyway, so we got to the stadium and found our seats...WOW! They were amazing! Here's me hanging around there and proudly holding my sign...

Anyway, enough of the sign. You've seen it. Well, I had to go over to see if I could get it signed and ran into Prospector along the way - couldn't figure out who was calling me Squeaky there for a second!

I love baseball fields. Here's a shot from behind home plate:

So I got my sign signed (hee) by both Jason Hirsh and Jamey Carroll, which I was just pleased as punch about. Then they started the festivities, so I left and went off to take more pictures. By the way, I forgot to take pictures while I was waiting for autographs. Sorry. Camera was in my pocket and everything.

Anyway, the festivities:

This dude was awesome...he had a banner for every single batter or situation. Matsui? "Todd's Day Care." I didn't get a picture of that one. :(

yay, Jeff Baker hit a homerun!

And how about just the gorgeous field? I was trying to get a picture of Atkins, but a) my camera was a cheap disposable so you can't tell, and b) the third base ump was always in my way!!! I had to wait until Garrett wandered towards shortstop.

And last...The Rockies lost, but Squeaky had a great time!

If you want to see ALL my pictures from the day, go to http://s169.photobucket.com/albums/u228/cirquegirl17/

If that doesn't work, yowl and I'll change it.

Go Rockies!!! I hate off days!

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Looks fun

It looks like you had fun. :)

Are your parents big baseball fans? How did both you and your sister get hooked?

by MADness on Apr 12, 2007 9:10 PM MDT reply actions

I can answer that...

It was because when I was about 7 and Squeaky was 5, my dad's company got free tickets for the AAA minor league team in Columbus, Ohio. They were behind the dugout and nobody ever used them, so our family went to 10-15 games a year for, oh, three years or something while we were living out east. We then moved back to Colorado when I was 9 (she was 7). But we were hooked on the game and we have been ever since. :)

Sparks of Dementia Baseball all the time. Get Demented (tm).

by Silverblood on Apr 12, 2007 9:39 PM MDT up reply actions

Both parents for me

My dad played a bit in high school and played in a couple of softball leagues simultaneously for as long as I can remember. I grew up at the softball fields and playing catch or working on my swing was about the only bonding activity that we had together.

My mom is a hard-core fan as well and a wicked score-keeper. She kept score for my dad's teams for probably 20 years. The first thing that we usually talk about when I visit my parents is the last week's Rockies games.

Our summer vacations used to consist of driving to KC and catching a few Royals games back in the days before the Rockies (go Bo Jackson and Flash Gordon!). :)

by MADness on Apr 13, 2007 5:11 AM MDT up reply actions