The Yankees came to town, and we had tickets, so we piled in the car and went to Safeco Field, one of the better ball parks I've been lucky enough to visit over the years.

The Mariners are having a miserable season, but baseball is baseball, and its still fun to watch them play.  Plus, its the second to last game of the season for us - we have one more ticket left - so the season that wasn't is coming to an end.

Next year, they'll do better... they can't do much worse, that's for sure!

 

Traffic backed up on the way to the stadium, which doesn't happen very often, sadly enough.  Like Boston, the Yankees draw a pretty good crowd.

We walked across the sky bridge and into the lounge level, where our seats are.

Cars were lined up waiting to pull into the parking garage, which was rapidly filling up... not a very common sight this year.

Heading past the "Wall of Fame" on the way to our seats.

A pretty decent crowd, especially for about an hour before the game.  About 40,000 were in the stadium, which hasn't sold out a single game this year.

The moon was setting as the game got undeway.

There's just something about being in a ballpark that gives you a warm feeling all over... its a great chance to enjoy the game, and really experience the spirit of the sport, and spend time with family, and get outside and enjoy the great weather... it was an awesome night for baseball!

Teaching the little guy to clap.  He watched the game some, but watched the people around him more, trying to get them to wave and smile to him -- his favorite thing.

Its fun to be at a game where the stadium is largely full.  A lot of folks were rooting for the Yankees, but that's ok... its always funner when there's more people..

In the bottom of the 6th, Rauuuuuul put one deep, and put the M's ahead by 3 runs... we figured it would be a good time to head out, because the little guy was falling asleep, and traffic would likely be bad getting home.

By the time we got to the car, the Yankees scored 4 runs, on their way to 7 or 8 in that inning... they won the game pretty handily, actually.  Oh, well... we'd left before the worst of it happened, and besides, it we had a good time anyway.

  That's the good thing about baseball - even when your team loses, its the company you were with that makes it fun.

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