This blog began as a way to record my musings about preparations and travels to the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada February 16-27, 2010. From that amazing experience came this ongoing story of becoming a sports fan. You can follow my tales of awe, agony, and all the emotions in between as well as view pics from seasons of Phillies baseball. Along the way is a little Eagles football thrown in for fun, and even some astronomy and weather related tales. I feel lucky to have witnessed some historic games, some heartbreaking losses, but all wonderful when told from this new fan's point of view.

Blog Archives postings:
Dec 2009-Feb 2010
Olympics
March 2010-Dec 2011
Baseball and more
2011 The Phillies do again, winning the Eastern Championship for the 5th straight year.
April 2012-Sept 27 2012 Not the best season for the Phillies
2013-We wait and see!

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Giants 2-Phillies 1

A nice breeze comes through the 400 section, so the heat is not as oppressive as it has been for the past week. To my left are a group of friends celebrating a birthday. Behind me are the real phanatics who give some running commentary about the players, the Phillies, the trades, the pitching, the batting. Joe and I sit to the left of home plate in the upper decks for this evening of few hits, fewer runs and some bloopers.
Cole Hamels lets in 2 runs, enough to sink the Phils. One of the Phillies' singles comes on a wild mishap between the Giants catcher and pitcher, who collide on the way to catching a foul ball. The only run is  scored on a missed outfield catch.
In the bottom of the 9th inning, with 2 outs and a full count, the batter hits a ball far enough for a home run.. We all stand to watch and wait and hope and .........it lands too far to the right into the stands for a foul. On the next pitch the game is over.