Giants vs. Twins, Game 3

Did anyone see us on TV???

At the top of the 3rd inning, camera dude points to us, and we hold up our "We left our hearts in San Francisco. Go Giants!" sign. Honestly, he couldn't miss us. We were sitting in the 2nd row decked out in Giants gear holding up neon orange signs. How could he NOT see us? lol!

Though us Giants fans were still far and few between, there were a couple who were yelling their hearts out. I felt so proud....so brave, that one, so brave. Dude was hella loud, too. Plus, he'd yell when the stadium was all quiet, so you know he was heard when he yelled, "Gooooo J.Teeeeeeeeeee!" or "Yorrrrrrrrr-Viiiiiiiiiitttt!"

We initially had 1st row seat assignments, but there was a guy sitting there. But we didn't mind. We sat directly in back of him and had an entire row to ourselves. An usher came down and asked to see his ticket, but we said it was cool. No harm done. But shoot, had Barry Bonds been there, that might've been a whole different story!

A foul ball from Moises Alou did come our way. Scary, I tell you! It zoomed past our head and as our entire section got out of our seats, the guy in front of us yelled, "Watch out for the bounce back!" As he said that, it bounced and came directly toward hubby! But damn that guy with the mitt...he barely caught it and snatched it up- argh! It was too funny 'cuz hubby had his hands all ready to catch it...seriously, it would've been his for the taking. Oh well.

The Giants definitely delivered last night. Some may call it luck, but hey, they deserved to win after so many losses. Things didn't seem to be going their way for a while. They were ahead, lost their lead, but came back strong. They even got a guy out of a pickle! As the 9th inning rolled around and the Giants score kept climbing, all these Twins fans started leaving. Among the many hecklers last night, a Twin fan yelled, "Hey Twins fans! Next time, stay home!"

Speaking of hecklers, here's one of the rants we heard about the Giants last night:

"Hey Shaballa! Cinderella gets to the ball faster than you!"

(btw: Shaballa got no love from us last night- we were trying to get his attention, but no luck. Maybe he was trying to focus? Shoot, he better have been! A quick wave wouldn't have hurt!)

Here are some of the things said about the Twins, BY Twins fans:

to pitcher Nathan: "Hey Nathan, thanks a lot man. It's my birthday!"

to pitcher Muholland: "Hey Muholland, you're on your way out, man!"

to Twins manager Gardiner: "LeCroy? LeCroy? That's who you're sending out to win the game?!" (btw: as LeCroy went up to bat, HELLA people started walking out! But in fact, he DID get on base...suckers.)

as the Giants kept scoring in the 9th and as DH Alou went up to bat: "Alou? Alou again? Hasn't he been up three times already?!"

to us in the beginning of the 9th inning: "I hate you guys!"

to us in the middle of the 9th inning: "Oh, I really hate you guys now!"
(btw: this guy was pretty cool about it...)

As the game ended, Giants fans could be seen standing and clapping around the stadium. As we waited for the crowds to thin out, the dude who said it was his birthday (who btw: was the one who also caught the foul ball!) talked with hubby and said that he wished Bonds had been playing tonight. He said that would've been an awesome birthday gift...hey, at least he got a ball! In fact, a few people asked us about his return...as if we'd know anymore than what the news would say! Lol! It was cool though- we even got a "Glad that you guys could make it out to the game" comments. Nice.

Just for the record that we're not BS-ing about being on TV, hubby started calling some friends back in the Bay who he knew would be watching. He got a hold of fellow Hustler Dopiana and turns out that he got a call from another friend, D, who saw us! YES! Confirmation that someone, anyone, saw us! LOL!

Final score: Giants 14, Twins 7. Thanks for making us proud! Whoo hoo!

*Edit: In all the excitement, hubby corrected me with the way we got on TV. Apparently, camera dude was already pointing to us and trying to get our attention. Once we held it up, it was on us for a bit, and then he gave us the thumbs up sign! Lol! Either way, it was exciting! =)