Take me out to the ball game ...!

Baseball. As I discovered tonight, thanks to the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers, it is an incredibly boring game. 9 innings x 2 = 18 innings of sheer boredom, very few tactics (field placements? working on the batsman? All the associated drama that we have with cricket - which I've been copping lots of flack about from my English peers over the last few days?! All missing!!!) and a LOT of standing around.

How did I discover this? About 100 of us MBA students headed off to the very impressive SBC park (capacity: 40,000+) in the heart of San Fran to witness the two rivals battle it out in front of a capacity crowd ...



SBC is an extraordinary stadium. It is nestled on the water, right next to the Port of San Francisco ...



... and tonight the crowd was alive! boosted by the return of one of the most famous players in world baseball, Barry Bonds, the home crowd was electric!



Bonds delighted the crowd by hitting a ball right of the park - even into the harbour outside! Keen fans actually camp out there in the freezing water in kayaks waiting for balls such as this to land there ... amazing!



... but it didn't stop the Giants from losing 7-1 and this game from being very, very boring. Luckily there were other things to amuse me, such as EATING. Here are some world-famous Garlic Fries - $9 worth of fried goodness - which, along with hot dogs and sauerkraut, fairy floss (cotton candy) and chirros, satisfied my hunger and attention for the 4 hour marathon ...



... along with the usual entertainment of buskers playing the saxophone ...



... policemen making arrests (I'm not actually getting arrested in this muggy shot, just posing - I think!) ...



... and people tackily proposing to each other on the big screen! =)