Giants Fail to Sweep Rockies

Ashley took a half-day off of work on Wednesday and we both went to the series finale of the Giants and the Rockies. There's something awesome about daytime baseball. You could tell by the crowd size though that it was mid-week. Most of the upper deck was empty.

I can think of MUCH worse places to play catch than the sweet visitors bullpen, where you see Buster Posey warming up Giants starting pitcher Matt Cain.




Large fountains in center field.




Aaron Rowand crosses home plate for the Giants first run in the first inning.



Inside pitch to Aubrey Huff.



Giants starter Matt Cain had a rough outing.



Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki tried to lay down a surprise bunt in the first inning.



Reining rookie of the year Buster Posey in the on deck circle.



Tulo on deck as he watches Carlos Gonzalez step into the box.



Some more images from the ballgame.











One of the dangers of sitting so close is that a broken bat can go flying into the seats, as these guys found out.





Still not sure what exactly this is supposed to be. HAHAHA!!



Final out of the game.



We were really hoping to see Brian Wilson pitch, but the Giants got crushed so we were relegated to seeing him walk in from the bullpen.



This is our last Rockies game as an engaged couple! Only a few more weeks to go til Wedding Day!




The stadium emptied pretty quickly since the weather was pretty chilly.

Bachelor Party

This past weekend I had my bachelor party back in California. First of all props to my brother Scott for setting everything up! It was such a fun weekend.

I left Thursday evening and flew in to San Jose. The Bay Area has been slammed with rain this winter/spring and it shows in the foothills around the area. They are so green!




Scott picked me up and we went to hang at his house in San Jose. Friday morning we got up and headed to San Francisco to meet my buddies for the San Francisco Giants home opener against the St. Louis Cardinals. We parked our car at the hotel and took at cab to AT&T Park.



Two of my friends, Pat and Jeremy, were already inside of the bar next to the stadium called Public House, so we stood in line waiting to get in.



After a few drinks, we headed in to the ballpark. Here's John and I as we get pumped for the game to start.



We had bleacher seats in the outfield and they were awesome. Great view of the ballpark and the action on the field. Here the U.S. flag is shown prior to the national anthem.



Giants stud closer Brian Wilson ran the World Series Champion flag out to right field prior to the game starting.



Another view from our seats.



Jeremy on the left getting pumped as the Giants look to close out the game, and Pat on the right.



From left to right: Scott, Jeremy, me, Pat, Tom and John.



The Giants won in extra innings, and most fans stayed till the end. 45,000 hit the streets after the game.



Great name for a bar: The 21st Amendment.



Group shot with the guys.



So we're walking the streets of SF and this random group of people come up to us and say they are doing an online scavenger hunt and need to perform various tasks. One was to have a member of their group do a push-up contest with someone on the street. So I volunteered to take this dude on.



Needless to say, I crushed him! Hahaha!



Tom doing the pop-a-shot at a bar in SF while Jeremy looks on.



Scott taking his turn.



After a loooooooong night, we woke up the next morning and headed down to Half Moon Bay to go play some golf. I love driving through downtown San Francisco. It is so beautiful.



I like how many streets in SF have working trolleys for people to ride for free.



Cool church in SF.



We finally get to Half Moon Bay Golf Links and get ready to tee off. John, Tom, me and Scott played. Thanks Scott for hooking us up with a discount to play!



John, who shot a 90 (which is awesome!), tees off.



John, me and Tom with the Ritz-Carlton in the background.



The Ritz-Carlton is a very swanky hotel right on the beach.



Yours truly getting ready to blast one off the tee.



How can I concentrate on playing golf with such beautiful views?



Scott and I.



Tom and John.



On the tee at #15 or 16.



So my new camera only has a two-second time delay (I think), so I propped the camera on top of the golf cart and tried to run over the group to take a phone near the 17th tee. Didn't work out too well.



So a nice lady walking by helped us out.



Such a beautiful course.



John teeing off on #17.



Tom:



Scott:



I FINALLY got a par on the 18th hole and overall, it was such a fun round of golf! This is the view just off the green on the 18th hole.




Thank you again to all my buddies for coming last weekend. I had a great time! Almost only 30 days left until our wedding! We are all so excited.