June 25, 2012
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Annual A's Giants Tailgate
It was awesome game until the 6th & 7th innings, then the 9th was really exciting. We were down 9-4 going into the bottom of the 9th, and we put up 4 runs off their closer, but we ultimately lost, 9-8.
We had no business even being that close. Brandon Moss committed 3 errors in 1 inning (2 of which came on the same play) that resulted in 2 unearned runs, which was the different in the game. Brian "WTF" Fuentes needs to be DFA'd immediately!! (DFA = designated for assignment, which is basically a baseball team's way of telling a player that they suck and don't want them on their team anymore.) He gave up a 2-run homer to Buster "all the ladies love me" Posey. So if Moss or Fuentes didn't play, we would've won. Oh, well. At least it was exciting.
And this game was hella long, 4 hours 15 min, and it wasn't even extra innings. A normal game is usually about 2.5 hours long. The 6th & 7th innings were hella long, you know, when the A's forgot how to play baseball (gave up 7 runs & committed 3 errors). And then the bottom of the 9th seemed to go on forever. The Giants used 4 pitchers that inning, 2 of which didn't record any outs, which is really a pitcher's only job. The 1st pitcher got the 1st 2 outs, and then it took the other 3 to get the last out. And we got down to our last strike hella times, only to keep extending the inning. A's fans were going nuts, Giants' fans were having heart attacks. At least they got the win.
Now for pics! I took pics at the tailgate, but on my slr, so I gotta get the film developed, but I took some pics with my sony.
View from our seats down the right field foul line in section 202
Group pic after the game: Jaymi, Tj, Owen, Mel, Uncle Ernie, Shann, Gabe, Jay, Lianne, Kim, me, & Bubba.
This was actually the 1st time that the Giants have won since we've been going to this series, maybe 3 or 4 years. I guess they were due for a win, but we'll get them back next year, or if we're so fortunate, in the World Series.
