Monday, August 19, 2013

Red Sox in SF

The Red Sox rarely come through San Francisco.  Since they're coming through SF this year, Ali and I jumped at the opportunity to get tickets to the Monday night game.

The trick about AT&T Park is the effect the bay has on wind and temperatures as the sun sets.  We sat high (really high) in the third deck at AT&T and we thought we were going to be exposed to the worst of the temps and bay breeze.  Fortunately, all of the worry was for naught.  We were conveniently blocked from the elements by the safety wall and small overhang above the third tier.  Take that, wind!


We were pretty far away from the field but we loved our seats.  We had a great view of every play and every square inch of the field.  The ballpark is a nice walk from our Apt.  In fact, running along the Embarcadero and around the ballpark is one of my favorite runs.  If you have a good zoom camera, another cool thing about AT&T Park is that you can look into the A's stadium on the other side of the bay.

In the wake of the Boston Marathon tragedy, the Red Sox have been receiving tributes at away games. Ali and I used to live just a few blocks away from it all.  Even though it's been 10 months since we moved, the events were still frightening to us.  We thought the tribute was a very nice gesture.  They even played Sweet Caroline between the 7th and 8th innings!  (So) Good times for the many Red Sox fans that were in attendance.

Red Sox win: 7-0!