NL West Champions!

At the beginning of the season Doug and I bought a little mini-season pack of tickets. It was twelve games - and it just happened that the last one was the deciding game of the NL West (against the Rockies)! Super exciting! (even if Manny was on the team)

Dodger Dogs for All!!

Monica flew in today for her Birthday Trip Vacation. Hurrah! We got the trip off immediately, going directly to Dodger Stadium from the airport. We got there in plenty of time and went into the stadium as soon as possible because we were in the All You Can Eat Pavilion!
All the Dodger Dogs, Peanuts, Popcorn, Coke, Bottled Water, and Nachos we could fit into our bellies! It was exciting and delicious!

After the game (which the Dodgers lost to the Giants (4-8, ouch), we got to go onto the field for fireworks!! I knew there was going to be fireworks, but we got to GO ON THE FIELD! It was way cool!
We're pointing to the fireworks, which started suddenly. We're both (obviously) thrilled.

After the game we grabbed a 'Dodger Ambassador' to take our picture-
After explaining who Amy is, he gave us the little card you see in the picture, of AJ Ellis, a player no one has heard of to send to you. It's the thought that counts?

The Loss of the HI AMY! Sign

We had tickets to tonight's game - I think this may have been our only Saturday game! It was fairly full but the fans seemed more into playing with damn beachballs than watching the game. Anyway....Dodgers won!!

As usual we parked in the free street parking (they charge $15 for parking! That's more than our seats!) It just means we have a little walk to get to the game and back...but it's not like the 15 min walk is doing me any harm.

We were there a few minutes early so we went to poke around the TeamStore. The backside of the store lead directly out into the stands and this view...

Doug and I were really confused - if you can get in by walking through the giftshop then why get tickets!? However, a security guard asked us for our tickets, we explained we had tickets for the opposite side of the field and just wanted some pictures. The guard was super nice.....unlike the lady who checked my bag when we were going into the stadium (in the correct gate). She told me I had to throw away the HI AMY! sign even though it had 'another name on it'. I don't know what name it was supposed to have on it. Mind you another guard just saw us take pictures with it, we've brought it to every game since June. I was LIVID. (weird for me to get worked up, I know). However, the game started soon and NO MANNY. That healed all wounds.

And obviously I can make another sign in 5 minutes. It was just the principle.

Buy me some peanuts...

Went to the Dbacks vs Dodgers game - Dodgers won!!
The bases were loaded, but Manny was batting so I took the opportunity to take a picture:
and took a video of one of my favorite parts of the game:

A Blue Day

We had a busy, very LA day today. First we went to Venice Beach to enjoy the sun, sand, and surf.

I found this funny....you have to be standing on the beach to read it and at that point it seems a little silly to welcome you to the beach. Behind me you can see the super expensive beachfront houses. A lot of them along Venice Beach are in that very modernistic style.

After the beach we drove to Dodger Stadium to see them play the Reds. We hit traffic on the way and it ended up taking twice a long as it should...but we got there.

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince must have bought a ton of advertising - every game they have a whole commercial on the big screen and the graphics on all the billboards. I may have more pictures of that than the actual baseball game.

It was a great day, with the blue ocean and Dodgers!

1:10pm, Dodgers vs Astros

This was the HOTTEST baseball game I've ever been too. I swear that the Labor Day soccer tournaments in Houston with Rage were much cooler than this. It's baseball, so there's no clock, no way of knowing how long you have to sit in the sun....just sitting there with the glossy painted wooden bleachers searing your legs.

After three innings I couldn't take it and went down below the bleachers for a little shade - it's completely comfortable in the shade, just miserable in the sun with no breeze.


Of course, by the eighth inning it was cooling off and kinda comfortable - hurrah baseball!

Dodger vs Rockies

Doug and I have mini season passes (12 games) for the Dodgers! The tickets are so cheap compared to Fenway (it was quite a suprise). I missed two of the games because of the cruise.

I was super happy to be back at a baseball game!
Finally, after over 4 hours and 13 innings, Dodgers won! (at that point i was happy to have anyone win).