Mother's Day in Baseball

Happy Mother's Day to all the awesome wonderful moms out there. And a very special happy Mother's Day to my mom, an amazing and wonderful woman who inspires me everyday. I think I have mentioned in previous posts that my mom is one of if not the biggest Giants fan in the world. Unfortunately we weren't able to go to a Giants game today, so we did the next best thing by spending the afternoon at Chuckchansi Park watching the Grizzlies. 

The afternoon began with the Singing Hands choir performing the National Anthem, which was actually pretty cool. 

We were lucky enough to watch future Giants catcher Buster Posey at the plate today. My brother predicts we will be seeing him at AT&T Park by the All-Star break. 

We also got to see Posey hit a home-run. I hope we'll be seeing the same great work when he gets to the Giants. 

In a strange turn of events, my mom pitched a great inning and many of the Grizzlies players gave her congratulatory hugs. While we were screwing around here we missed 4 runs. 

Toward the seventh inning the sky started to turn dark gray and ominous looking clouds formed over head. My sister Joanna kept us informed on the scary yellow storm shown on the radar. 

Even though it got colder, we still had smiles on our faces. 

The team made it to the top of the 9th inning 12-4, and then it started to pour. A few fans stuck it out in their seats. Most people stood under cover and stayed to watch the end of the game. You could hear people saying two more outs, two more outs. I almost think the Salt Lake Bees (used to be the Salt Lake Buzz, which is a little more edgy. In fact a long conversation was held between Joanna and Andy about edgy and hardcore sounding sports team names.) let themselves be struck out to get out of the storm. The game ended and we won. 

Before they could leave for the day, the grounds crew pulled the tarp over the field. 

It was a perfect and slightly adventurous Mother's Day at the ballpark. I am so lucky to have a mom who appreciates the game even when it is pouring. I am also glad to have spent the day with my whole family. One of the themes I keep finding in my research and thinking about this blog is how baseball brings people together, especially families. That is a wonderful thing. 

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A special congratulations goes out to Oakland A's pitcher Dallas Braden, who threw a perfect game today against the Tampa Bay Rays. There have only been 19 perfect games in MLB history, what an amazing accomplishment. While at the Grizzlies game today, my mom and I went into the gift store where they were showing highlights from that game on TV. We met a young diehard A's fan who was so happy, it was fun to share the excitement of a great game with him. 

Also, congrats to the Giants who did well on the last road series and come home 4-2.