Day 187: We Are Giant

Once upon a time in March, Calen got money from his grandparents to buy tickets for a San Francisco Giants baseball game. We figured, it being March, we had quite literally all season to figure out when we were going to go. 

The problem is, it was going to cost a trillion dollars for our family of four to go to a weekend game (when we're usually available to attend games), regardless of the help we received from family. Soo, we finally found a random Sunday game in August that had lower ticket prices than normal, and even so, decided that Brad and Cam (who aren't near as big baseball people as Calen and I) would stay home while Calen and I went off and had a date. 

Fast forward to August, and here we are. 

This was a lot more than just "going to the ballpark". The entire process of attending a Giants game is an adventure, which makes it all the more fun. 

First, we drove 40 miles south to the Larkspur Ferry Terminal, and took an hour or so ferry ride in the San Francisco Bay, sailing past such places as San Quentin Penitentiary, Alcatraz, the Golden Gate Bridge, under the Bay Bridge, etc, while spotting "3 sea lions, 2 dolphins, and a thousand seagulls" according to Calen, though he was accurate. Then, the ferry drops you off 20 feet from the Entrance in right-center field.

Riding the ferry with San Fran in the background

The game itself was about as good as you can get. We got Mike Krukow bobbleheads and Giants baseball cards. Calen didn't believe me when I told him that sometimes they hit home runs over the right field fence into the San Francisco Bay. Sure enough, Joe Panik hit not one but two home runs into the bay, and some other guy I can't remember hit a third. There were double plays and web gems and the Giants won 14-4, and Calen suddenly became a big Buster Posey fan and picked a jersey t-shirt of his.

Love that kid. He just likes baseball and it doesn't matter what team. 

Go Giants!

Mike Krukow enjoying our awesome front row (upper deck) seats

Towards the 7th inning we ditched our seats and walked around for a bit. AT&T Park has a cool kids area including a GIGANIC Coca Cola bottle that takes up the entire upper deck sections of center field. Inside said giant Coke bottle is a slide, of all things. So Calen got to slide the Coca Cola bottle (twice), and at the bottom of the slide we happened to find a life sized Lego Buster Posey. Of all damn things. 

A pic (I didn't take) of the Coca Cola bottle in center field. It's a slide. 

Calen, Lego Buster and some creepy umpire

We finished off the last inning towards right field where we found an old classic San Francisco trolley (again, of all damn things), and sat inside it while watching the last 3 outs of the game. Then another ferry ride home and the long day was over. 

In a cable car in right field watching a baseball game. Yep.

Really, you can't get a more unique baseball experience than here. Awesome mom-Calen date. 

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