Tuesday, October 30, 2012

The Pain is Still There

So it has now been two days since the San Francisco Giants won the World Series and the pain is still haunting me.

At the beginning of the season back in April I had made a bet about how the Dodgers would make it further than the Giants would. Now we all know how that played out. Not only did the Giants surpass the Dodgers they went on to win the World Series. I did not believe this would happen or I would have never made the bet, but a bet is a bet and now I must pay the price.

I am now officially a "happy" owner of a SF hat, (well when I receive it in the mail). I have to wear it for a day and take pictures in it which is going to kill me, but I am a woman of my word.

Once I am done with this bet I can begin to breathe again and look forward to next April and the things to come. I believe that next season is going to be one of the Dodgers best if they just learn to mesh together and they stay healthy.

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Take my Breathe Away

So, I know I already wrote a blog about the game last night but there was something very cool that I did not mention in that blog.

I am not the type of person to get star struck when they see famous people but when it comes to my top idols who are: John Cena (wrestler), Chad Reed (motocross), and Chad Billingsley (Dodgers Pitcher) you best believe I become like a little kid in a candy shop.

Last night started out like any other Dodger game, but there was just this emotion through out the crowd that it was going to be a goodnight. Now before my dad and I had even got to the game I had told him that my goal for the night was to get Billingsley to sign my shirt.

Now this was not just an ordinary shirt, I have a tradition that I have been doing for years. That tradition is that every season I make a homemade Chad Billingsley shirt to wear to the games. The past two years the shirt has basically been the same but with minor changes done to it. This year it was very simple because I knew that if I ever got it signed it would be going in a frame and it would then be hung on my wall. So the only thing I put on it this year was I Heart (an actual heart with 58 which is his number in side it) Chad, on the front of the shirt.

As the SF Giants were doing their batting practice the Dodgers pitchers began to come in and out of their bullpen now this kind of discouraged me because I had seen Billingsley but by the time I had seen him he was already heading inside. Once I saw that I got a little bit down and figured that I was not going to be able to get my shirt signed.

The next thing I know I see Steve Yager, who is a former Dodgers catcher, out in the bullpen and he was signing a few of the fans balls that they tossed to him. So I decided what the heck I might as well get his autograph because 1 autograph is better than none. So I went over and got his autograph and then sat back down in my seat.

A few minutes later I see Chris Capuano and Billingsley come back out to the bullpen and start signing autographs. Naturally I jumped out of my seat and ran right over and the first one I got to was Capuano so I handed him my pen and threw him my shirt and the look on his face when he opened my shirt was priceless.

He started laughing and I asked him, "Hey would you mind asking Billingsley to sign it for me please?" Capuano then answered, "Yeah no problem." He then called out to Billingsley who was at the other end of the bullpen, "Hey Chad, buddy, what do you think of this shirt?" Billinglsey responded, "Ha Ha thats one of the best shirts I've ever seen" "It's pretty amazing if I do say so myself" I replied. I then told him that he should come out of the bullpen and take a picture with me and the shirt and he said "I don't think I could fit in the shirt and don't think it would look to good on me" Capuano heard him of course and said "It would be funny though to see you try and put it on Chad"

Mean while as I am having conversations with Billingsley and Capuano they are passing my shirt around to all of the other pitchers so they could sign it for me as well. After that the game was starting so they had to go and I had to go back to my seat. But that is defiantly an experience I will never forget not only did Billingsley sign my shirt but I had a full on conversation with him it really made my night!





Thanks for the Support

So last night was a crazy game even though it didn't mean anything. The Dodgers still went out there and put their hearts on the line and came out on top. Beating the Giants 5-1 and taking the series 2-1.

The atmosphere was insane at the stadium last night. There was no pressure even the fans knew that the game was just for fun, but that did not stop them from screaming and chanting for their favorite players. The famous "Cruuuuuuuz" chant echo'd I don't know how many times showing him that he has won the respect of his fans. There was also the always present chant of "Giants suck" that comes alive when ever the Giants are in town.

I asked one Giants fan who wanted to remain anonymous what he thought about the game and his response was, "It was a good game but the best part about this series is that it was one of my favorite things to see, Dodgers miss the playoffs". Now he was technically referring to how the the Dodgers had lost the night before which meant that they lost their chances of making the playoffs and that their season was now over.


After the game was over something pretty cool had happened. Andre Either and Adrian Gonzalez came out and thanked the crowd and all of their fans for supporting them through out the season.