Jes and I got some cheap Giants tickets at Costco a couple weeks ago and redeemed them on Friday.  For $24, we got two seats in the bleachers just in front of the Coke bottle slide and sat among the crazy Giants fans.  It was one of those rare SF evenings where the weather was cooperating with blue skie, temps in the high 60’s, and no fog rolling in mid-way through the game.

There were lots of sailboats out on the water practicing their maneuvers and we got a good view of them from the stadium above.

We ate a Giants dog, nachos with a huge pile of jalepenos, popcorn (with lotsa butter), Coors Light, and white wine.  I also managed to get my “juice boxes” through the front gate, which saved us about 14 extra bucks and allowed us to start the buzz early. They had a bunch of “gourmet” food like clam chowder in a bread bowl, crab legs, tacos from Tres Agaves, Gordon Biersch garlic fries but we just wanted standard baseball food.  Where else am I going get them?!

The Giants won 6-4 versus the Texas Rangers and I watched my new favorite player, Travis Ishikawa, hit a home run.  Wooo!!  Randy “The Big Unit” Johnson was also the pitcher that night so I got to see him do his thang up on the mound.  We also sat near this big group of nerds, who were in town for the NASCAR event in Napa this weekend.  They were kind enough to explain what was going on in the game since Jes couldn’t have cared less for the game.  It was all about the Coors Light for him.

Anyhoo, it was a fun Friday evening for us and I have a new appreciation for baseball and the Giants.  They’re actually doing well this season so let’s hope they keep it up to help boost the value of my home.  Yay!!!

Here are photos from the game.