I already commented a bit in the planning thread, but a few thoughts on the game, or the bits of it I was able to catch:

- I’m a fan of Alderson’s windup. It’s not whack like Nomo’s (or even whacky like Lincecum’s), but it’s kind of pretty to watch. Has a nice cadence.
- Alderson got hit pretty hard in the first two innings. In the first he didn’t give up any runs, but the first hitter (was it the first pitch? I want to say so, but my day is a bit of a blur so I’m not sure) almost hit a homer off of him. It was caught on the track in, as I recall, dead center field.
- Crawford was hitting the ball pretty hard. I was confused, seeing the box score, because I could’ve sworn he had a double. I always liked him, but I’m amazed at how quickly he’s progressing. I think he’s for real.
- I don’t recall hearing much of anything about Neal’s defense, but he made a fine catch on a blooper that I was sure was going to drop.
- I kind of hoped the two relievers who pitched would give up a few runs, because I wanted to see Quirarte. Sad!

Also, on a sad note: in the section past ours, there was a kid who got hit in the eye with a foul ball. I couldn’t really see it from our section (although the word buzzed back to our section), but my wife was off walking with our son, who didn’t want to stay still, and she saw the whole thing. Sounds like it was pretty scary.

Also also, Natto showed up after the game ended, and I met him for approximately ten seconds.

Also also also, the umpires tossed a ball over to me for my son as they were leaving the field, which was really cool. I’ve been going to Major League games my whole life, and I’ve never even gotten a chance at getting a ball there!

TK
Nice to meet you and nice to meet everybody and put faces to names =)
Had fun, was 97% dry and we got a big and little Giants=)

Special thanks to Brute for organizing and see you all again in the future

i’ll have to agree with merkin that jbc9’s kids were cute

I’m glad I’m not a highlight for anyone.

Good game, good food, ok beer, great people. I’m in for another night, but I choose GA next time i think.

I also had a good time. We had tons of food and I got socialize at a baseball game for once. I had a beer from the tap and it was divine. Much better than the swill in the bottle. Very much looking forward to the next event.

…that Goofus couldn’t make it…and that other guy whose name starts with a ‘G’…what’s his name again?

it sounds like it was a lot of fun.

Thanks Brute for putting this together, I had a great time and it was good to meet up in person.
Good call on the VIP deck… everyone was really nice, the food was good and the beer stand was literally built into the section for added convenience.
Plus, seeing those kids in person was a treat and I can now say from personal experience there’s some good looking players coming up in the near-ish future.

On my way into the park, there was this girl wearing a jersey covered in autographs who walked up to us and kept talking about how she wanted to meet the players, and how she knew what cars they drove and where they went out to dinner. She probably said a whole lot more, but I tried to get away from her as fast as possible. Creepy.

Didn’t anyone get pics?

I’m so bummed we couldn’t go.

I really wish I could have gone! We better do this again in July or August or something.

What the heck were y’all doing, watching baseball?

I approached the ticket window, music was blaring from the stadium.
Yes, Spirit of the Radio had just hit, “Begin the day with a friendly voice……”
Stats show 30-35% of you now have that song in your head

Good to see you all there, and put (screen)name to face. I had a lot of fun!

I would’ve been snapping photos, but unfortunately the rain had me too nervous to pull the camera out.

Definitely, we’ll be planning to do this again. I’ll be looking at a Saturday night in late June-July-Early August. I’ll start floating possible dates in a couple of weeks, but for now, I’m taking a while off from party-planning (especially with that draft-thing coming up).