Started the day with photos at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, then lunch with a friend from ORHS before heading out to Anaheim to catch the Oakland A's for the second time this week playing the home standing Los Angeles Angels.
Angels fans still held hope of a wild card berth, but those hopes took a severe hit tonight as the A's defeated the Angels 3-1 behind a stellar pitching performance by Oakland's Gio Gonzalez. Gonzalez pitched 7 1/3 innings yielding only 3 hits and an earned run courtesy of a 7th inning homer by LA's Torii Hunter. Jered Weaver got off to an inauspicious start with a homer by the A's Jemile Weeks, his second of the season. Weaver would settle down and threw 8 1/3 innings giving up 2 runs on 6 hits.
Along with Week's first inning homer, Oakland's David DeJesus would add the icing on the cake with a 9th inning homer off of Weaver who drops to 18-8 with the loss. A's closer Andrew Bailey would pitch a perfect 9th for his 22nd save of the year. Angels fans would cheer a great defensive play in the 5th with one out and Scott Sizemore at the plate. Erick Aybar made a nifty diving stop and leaped up to gun Sizemore out at first.
Tomorrow's game is the Dodgers/Padres from Petco Park in San Diego. Thus far, every visiting team has won, so I'll be interested to see if present trends continue.
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Saturday, September 24, 2011
Thursday, September 22, 2011
LA State of Mind
Good off day in LA today. First, a very short drive up the road from the hotel in Ontario to Rancho Cucamonga to take photos of the facility called the Epicenter, home of the Quakes who are the advanced class A affiliate of the Dodgers. Then, I took a a short drive to Pasadena to take photos at the Rose Bowl. It, like California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley is going through renovations.
Once that was done, had to satisfy a pilgrimage down to Carson to see Station 127, which was used for the exterior location for Station 51 in the NBC action drama Emergency! I also made the short drive over to Torrance for a couple quick shots of Harbor-UCLA Medical Center which stood in for the fictional Rampart Hospital.
I also took a few minutes to run by Dodger Stadium again to check out the Top of the Park gift shop and take some last shots of the stadium.
Tomorrow, more photos in the morning and afternoon, then it's off to Anaheim to see the A's again for the second time this week as they face the LA Angels. Gio Gonzalez (14-12, 3.33 ERA) takes the mound for the A's and will face off against the Angel's Jered Weaver (18-7, 2.41 ERA).
The starters for Saturday's game in San Diego have been named, Chad Billingsley (11-10, 4.23 ERA) starts for the Dodgers and Aaron Harang (13-7, 3.82 ERA) will get the nod for the Padres.
Once that was done, had to satisfy a pilgrimage down to Carson to see Station 127, which was used for the exterior location for Station 51 in the NBC action drama Emergency! I also made the short drive over to Torrance for a couple quick shots of Harbor-UCLA Medical Center which stood in for the fictional Rampart Hospital.
I also took a few minutes to run by Dodger Stadium again to check out the Top of the Park gift shop and take some last shots of the stadium.
Tomorrow, more photos in the morning and afternoon, then it's off to Anaheim to see the A's again for the second time this week as they face the LA Angels. Gio Gonzalez (14-12, 3.33 ERA) takes the mound for the A's and will face off against the Angel's Jered Weaver (18-7, 2.41 ERA).
The starters for Saturday's game in San Diego have been named, Chad Billingsley (11-10, 4.23 ERA) starts for the Dodgers and Aaron Harang (13-7, 3.82 ERA) will get the nod for the Padres.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Texas Ranger 7, Oakland A's 2
Texas and Oakland kicked off my week of baseball. The Rangers came into tonight's game 5 up on the Angels and are anxious to clinch what would be their 2nd consecutive AL West Division crown. Oakland is a distant third in the division, 19 games out of first, but split their last series with the Tigers.
Rich Harden took the hill for the A's and got the first two Rangers out to begin the game, but then ran into 1st inning trouble. Josh Hamilton and Michael Young hit back-to-back singles right before Adrian Beltre brings everyone home with his 28th homer of the year and the Rangers are out of the gate with a 3-0 lead. Harden struggled with location, particularly with the fastball which Hamilton, Young and Beltre all hit. One thing about Texas I've noticed, these guys do not miss mistake pitches very often.
Harden would only go 3 innings, his shortest outing of the year, giving up 6 earned runs on 7 hits. Derek Holland wins the game for the Rangers, going 7 innings, yielding only 2 hits and an earned run. The A's did get effective relief from Graham Godfrey, a couple homers from Michael Taylor (his first career MLB home run) and one in the 9th from Coco Crisp (who also made a great diving stop of an Elvis Andrus liner in the 2nd), however the A's could muster little else.
Rich Harden took the hill for the A's and got the first two Rangers out to begin the game, but then ran into 1st inning trouble. Josh Hamilton and Michael Young hit back-to-back singles right before Adrian Beltre brings everyone home with his 28th homer of the year and the Rangers are out of the gate with a 3-0 lead. Harden struggled with location, particularly with the fastball which Hamilton, Young and Beltre all hit. One thing about Texas I've noticed, these guys do not miss mistake pitches very often.
Harden would only go 3 innings, his shortest outing of the year, giving up 6 earned runs on 7 hits. Derek Holland wins the game for the Rangers, going 7 innings, yielding only 2 hits and an earned run. The A's did get effective relief from Graham Godfrey, a couple homers from Michael Taylor (his first career MLB home run) and one in the 9th from Coco Crisp (who also made a great diving stop of an Elvis Andrus liner in the 2nd), however the A's could muster little else.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
And Away We Go...
Good morning from San Carlos CA, just south of San Francisco.
The flight in was uneventful and aside from my GPS freaking out on the drive from the airport, everything yesterday went to plan. Got checked into the hotel and jumped the Caltrain to Frisco. Caltrain stops one block away from AT&T Park, and I'll use it again next Monday for the Giants game with the Rockies. Got a chance to walk around outside the park and take shots of the statues, of McCovey Cove and the ballpark and ate at Fisherman's Wharf before returning to the hotel.
Tonight it's the A's and the Rangers from Oakland. Derek Holland pitches for Texas while Rich Harden goes for Oakland. Texas has a 5 game advantage in the West over the Angels and just took 2 of 3 in Seattle. Heading back up to San Francisco after breakfast this morning to take some photos, then will head on over to Oakland later this afternoon for the game, but I'll check back in tonight after the game.
For those on Twitter, I'll be tweeting from the game (@gregadd37830)
The flight in was uneventful and aside from my GPS freaking out on the drive from the airport, everything yesterday went to plan. Got checked into the hotel and jumped the Caltrain to Frisco. Caltrain stops one block away from AT&T Park, and I'll use it again next Monday for the Giants game with the Rockies. Got a chance to walk around outside the park and take shots of the statues, of McCovey Cove and the ballpark and ate at Fisherman's Wharf before returning to the hotel.
Tonight it's the A's and the Rangers from Oakland. Derek Holland pitches for Texas while Rich Harden goes for Oakland. Texas has a 5 game advantage in the West over the Angels and just took 2 of 3 in Seattle. Heading back up to San Francisco after breakfast this morning to take some photos, then will head on over to Oakland later this afternoon for the game, but I'll check back in tonight after the game.
For those on Twitter, I'll be tweeting from the game (@gregadd37830)
Saturday, September 17, 2011
About Ready To Kick This Thing Off...
Just ignoring the score from last night's Braves game (if you want to find out the score, you'll just have to look it up yourself).
Trip begins with a flight out on Monday to San Francisco, then I run the California gauntlet. Every MLB park in Cali between Monday and next Monday. The menu for this week's festivites...
Tuesday night: Texas vs Oakland at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Wednesday night: San Francisco vs Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium
Friday night: Oakland vs Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium
Late Saturday afternoon: Los Angeles Dodgers vs San Diego Padres at Petco Park
Monday night: Colorado Rockies vs San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park
In between, will take in the sights and take photos. Lots of prep work for a trip like this, but that's not all that bad when we're talking about baseball.
Trip begins with a flight out on Monday to San Francisco, then I run the California gauntlet. Every MLB park in Cali between Monday and next Monday. The menu for this week's festivites...
Tuesday night: Texas vs Oakland at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Wednesday night: San Francisco vs Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium
Friday night: Oakland vs Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium
Late Saturday afternoon: Los Angeles Dodgers vs San Diego Padres at Petco Park
Monday night: Colorado Rockies vs San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park
In between, will take in the sights and take photos. Lots of prep work for a trip like this, but that's not all that bad when we're talking about baseball.
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