Colorado Rockies @ San Francisco Giants (game 2)

A 6.05pm start time for a Saturday game meant that we played more of the game in daylight than under floodlights.

My seat was quite a way around the 3rd base side, in the second row, which is annoying because the railings around the TV camera area blocked my view - this picture is taken with the camera held up high.

It was very windy - the clouds were racing past, and so I was glad that I'd got a polo shirt on underneath my Giants top.

I also bought a #40 hat, with the white text reading "MAD BUM", referring to our starting pitcher today, Madison Bumgarner.  He's been one of the premier pitchers in the league in the past few years, but isn't having such a good time this year.

Last time I saw him pitch, in Milwaukee, he hit Ryan Braun which led to the Brewers' bench clearing, multiple ejections, and finally, unfortunately, a grand slam that cost us the game.


Not so this time.  He pitched 6 strong innings, giving up no runs at all, whilst he hit a double in his first at-bat and scored the first run - which ended up being the winning run, as in combination with an inning each from Tony Watson, Mark Melancon and Will Smith (not the actor ...), the Giants managed to shut out the Rockies for the second game in a row.

Whenever we win, a black flag is raised on the right-field foul pole, with a big red heart on it and SF written in the middle.