Poll World Series

...I told a friend, "I'd like to thank the Arizona Diamondbacks for their participation in the 2007 NLCS. We have lovely parting gifts offstage ( Read more... )

The announcers on the Giants broadcast just said in the Rockies/Cubs game, after Bobby Howry helped cough up a big lead in the ninth, a fan charged the mound and tried to attack him?

Anyone got details on this?

ETA: From the sportsline.com game log: "A fan charges the mound going after Howry, but a security or staff member manages to tackle him ( Read more... )

Quick turnaround on these, for obvious reasons. Matt Cain shut the Rockies down to the tune of 2 hits over 8 innings, and the Giants won 5-0. A few of the shots I took during the "Swing Like A Giant" event are at the end of the gallery. Enjoy:

9/14/06: Colorado Rockies at San Francisco Giants

And, a couple samples:


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If my seat alone wasn't enough, the game itself was a good one for the Giants. Afterward, I guess you could say one of those childhood dreams was fulfilled in a way ( Read more... )

This was the last day of the Spring Training trip and it ended with a nice little treat - the chance to see Frank Thomas in his first official spring game. For about a week before this he'd been hitting against live pitching at their minor league complex and he was cleared the day before for his first real game action. In his first trip to the ( Read more... )

These are from the sixth of the nine games we saw in the Cactus League. Some pretty good action shots here, too.

Rockies at Giants, 3/24/06

In case you were wondering (and you likely weren't), tags are now enabled for this community. In order for something like this to work, everyone needs to use the same basic naming system. If I tag something with "Mariners" and
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