{"id":13,"date":"2009-07-12T21:39:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-13T04:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/?p=13"},"modified":"2009-07-12T21:39:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-13T04:39:00","slug":"my-first-sf-giants-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/?p=13","title":{"rendered":"My first SF Giants game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\">Two of my former co-workers from the Girl Scouts, Wendy and Rose Mary, had told me when I shared the news that Kevin and I were moving up to SF that they were planni<\/span><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\">ng on coming up to see a SF Giants game and it happened to be during my third week here.<\/span><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\">  The most amazing part of it all was that Wendy&#8217;s husband Bill was initially supposed to go but had purchased tickets for the Angels vs. Yankees game in Anaheim for the sam<\/span><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\">e night, <\/span><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\">so they had an extra ticket and let me come along!<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"> <a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/Slq-hwlkZoI\/AAAAAAAAAIA\/enqKAsMWd8c\/s1600-h\/Going+Away_9_88.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/Slq-hwlkZoI\/AAAAAAAAAIA\/enqKAsMWd8c\/s320\/Going+Away_9_88.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357804193898063490\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Wendy, Rose Mary and me<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\">I&#8217;ve never been a huge baseball fan, but seeing a game at AT&amp;T Park with its amazing views of the bay really made a fan out of me<\/span><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\">!<\/p>\n<p><\/span><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/Slq-hAz5MDI\/AAAAAAAAAHw\/UTqb5cV-nyA\/s1600-h\/Going+Away_9_84.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/Slq-hAz5MDI\/AAAAAAAAAHw\/UTqb5cV-nyA\/s320\/Going+Away_9_84.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357804181073244210\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/Slq-htAyNYI\/AAAAAAAAAH4\/vcYqTMd40Pw\/s1600-h\/Going+Away_9_86.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/Slq-htAyNYI\/AAAAAAAAAH4\/vcYqTMd40Pw\/s320\/Going+Away_9_86.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357804192938472834\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\">And not only was it a great game because the Giants beat the San Diego Padres 8 to 0, it turned out to be an historic Giants game that night!  It was the <\/span><a style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms;\" href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/recap?gid=290710126\">Giant&#8217;s first no-hitter game since 1976<\/a><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\"> and we were there to witness it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\">One of the funniest things <\/span><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\">about the night was all of the attention that we got because of Rose Mary&#8217;s Angels gear she had on.  We got boo&#8217;d at a few times and one guy actually asked if she would take a picture with him!  Sorry for the poor quality, I was laughing too hard as I took the photo!<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\"><br \/><\/span><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/Slq-iaqp3EI\/AAAAAAAAAII\/ke9aiSSNXQA\/s1600-h\/Going+Away_9_102.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/Slq-iaqp3EI\/AAAAAAAAAII\/ke9aiSSNXQA\/s320\/Going+Away_9_102.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357804205193681986\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\">After the game we met Kevin and our friend Emily at <\/span><a style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.leftyodouls.biz\/\">Lefty O&#8217;Doul&#8217;s pub<\/a><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\"> in U<\/span><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\">nion Square and joined the other Giants fans.  It was so much fun reuniting with Wendy &amp; Rose Mary and I can&#8217;t thank them enough for the free Giants game and the great company!<\/p>\n<p><\/span><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/Slq-i36VveI\/AAAAAAAAAIQ\/qplNgOX_clE\/s1600-h\/Going+Away_9_103.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/Slq-i36VveI\/AAAAAAAAAIQ\/qplNgOX_clE\/s320\/Going+Away_9_103.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357804213044100578\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two of my former co-workers from the Girl Scouts, Wendy and Rose Mary, had told me when I shared the news that Kevin and I were moving up to SF that they were planning on coming up to see a SF Giants game and it happened to be during my third week here. 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