Giants win opener in 13!
The Giants sure do know how to please an opening day crowd. I was expecting to start packing up to go home until shortstop Edgar Renteria hit a two-run home-run to tie the game against the Atlanta Braves in the bottom of the ninth inning. All of the photographers I was shooting next to started to become impatient after that point because almost no action occurred for the next three innings… (and on top of that it was started to get cool outside and I left my jacket in the car… huge mistake when shooting in San Francisco… I feel embarrassed just to admit that I did that on here). But thank goodness the game ended in the 13th inning after an RBI single by Aaron Rowand.
I have to admit I was pretty rusty for my first baseball game of the year… but I didn’t feel too bad because most of the photographers kept looking at each other in disgust because it was one of the games where nothing too exciting had taken place. I was shooting a horrible game until things picked up near the end… including a moment where a Braves player got caught in a pickle and unsuccessfully attempted to dive back into first base. I got a few pics from that one sequence but the best looking one I captured came before the dive.
But as for the Giants… I hope they can keep up these winning ways for the rest of the year because I would love to shoot some playoff baseball later this year. We’ll see how it goes!
