5/29/2012

What a day to remember! The day started off very early outback by the player parking lot. I did not expect to be down there at 9 but I thought I would go see who was there and if anyone was signing. By the time that I arrived most of the players were already there and the Astros bus had just pulled in. Since it was a Fireworks game the players were going in and dropping their cars off with the Valet and then the Valet was bringing their cars back out by the Chop House. Before we knew it the clock said eleven am and it was time for gates to open. Eric and I headed underneath and out to BP where the Rockies were not taking BP again but everything was set up so we knew that Houston would be out hitting eventually.

As the Astros started to hit we noticed that they were hitting Dodger 50^th anniversary balls and Houston 50^th anniversary balls also. So we were all trying to get one of each. Today was the day that I caught my first homerun BP ball on the fly! It was an adrenaline rush for sure and I knew from then it was going to be a good day and nothing could ruin it!

My friend Stephen also met up with me and he snagged a ball as well at BP which he says broke the curse of him never ever getting a ball!

After BP was over we headed to the wall but before we left Jersey Geoff had come over to me and told me that they were selling the purple hats that the players were wearing on the field that day.

Some might think that it is silly buying just a hat but these were purple hats. This was the first time that the Rockies had worn purple since the 2007 season when they went to the World Series. Another thing special about these was the fact that it was camouflage in the logo. So Jersey Geoff had told me that he bought JP’s, Fowlers, and EY Jr. So I went over when I got a chanced and ended up purchasing DJ LaMahieu. This was his first start with the Rockies and he kicked butt down in the springs so I thought it would be cool to get his.  Well truth be known we went back during the second game and found out that LaMahieu, JP, Rosario, and Giambi all kept their hats. Hmm so we had one of two options. Aaron was going to try to get us signed hats or we could pick someone else. I would like a signed hat but that wasn’t the point of the whole purple hat, so I ended up grabbing Bob Apodaca’s hat.

The beginning of the game we sat in left field which is never a bad seat! Here are a few pictures.

After purchasing the hat we stood above home plate and watched the rest of game 1.

 The Rockies were tied with JP up to bat and two on. He blooped a single to center field and two runs scored! Rockies were up 7-9 in the bottom of the 8^th. Rafael Betancourt came in for the 9^th and closed it out 1-2-3! Rockies win game 1! Player of the game no other than Jordan Pacheco who went 2-5 in the day with 3 RBI’s and a run! AWESOME!

Between games I headed over Blake St Tavern with Rox Addict, Douglas, Robert, Judy, Michael and their friends.

It was nice to relax and get some substance in between games and just talk about more baseball. Before we knew it the game was about to begin and I totally forgot to get back to the field on time to watch Eric bring the flag out. My bad EB! Rox Addict, Douglas, and I all sprinted back to the field and got stuck in line.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once we got inside we decided to go down to first base and see what we could get for graphs if anything. By the time we got down there the game was starting and we sat down in perfect time for first pitch!

 We sat there for two innings then headed over to home plate. I left Rox Addict there and headed over to left field to sit with Eric.

While sitting there I met Chelsea and Matt. We laughed and talked the whole game!

The game was moving pretty fast until the 7^th or 8^th inning when Houston started changing pitchers left and right and that started to eat up time. By the 10^th inning the score was still tied 6-6 and Rafael came in and held the Astros. In the bottom of the 10^th we had Nieves, Cuddyer, and Fowler all up. Nieves grounded out but Cuddy singled on a line drive to left field. Then Fowler came up and hit a walk off Triple, Cuddy did not stop running, Cuddy scores Rockies win!

Holy moley I don’t think I have seen that place that ecstatic in a long time! Everyone was jumping and high-5ing it was just magical! Lodo magic had returned to Coors Field! The player of the game was Dexter of course with his walk off Triple in the bottom of the 10^th!  WOW what a way to end an amazing night!

 Soon after we headed down to the field to watch some fireworks!

I recorded the adventure down the field along with the fireworks for all of you that did not get the see them! (Trying to upload on to YouTube, once I do then I will post the links)!

All in all it was a god game the only graph that I got today was Will Nieves out back but that is ok, it was a great day!

 

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