Yankees win again…
So I’m a little behind on the blog posts. I just got back from a Giants game today (… I’ll try to get that blog up tomorrow). But I wanted to post a few pictures from the Yankees game against the A’s in Oakland last week before I put today’s game up. Last week there were a couple of funny moments that occurred during Wednesday night’s game… well… one wasn’t so funny… but the other one kept me entertained for a few innings I have to admit.
Early in the game I noticed a fan taking photos with a pretty nice camera in some great seats right behind home plate (… to be honest… he may have had an even better angle of the pitcher than I did!). I glanced over in his direction an inning later and noticed he was now standing just to the side of his seat close to the aisle. At this moment… you could tell he wanted to get closer… and that’s exactly what he did. Soon after he moved ever so slightly towards the ‘media photographers’ area. But greed took over and he couldn’t stop there… and he proceeded to make his way directly behind the backstop towards the professional photographers. This didn’t fool security for a moment. Just as the man made his third step towards our area, a security guard was onto his ‘idea’ and immediately demanded to see his press pass. I didn’t want to laugh but at the same time I couldn’t help but smile because each time the fan tried to make a sneaky move forward… all he was really doing was drawing more attention to himself which resulted in his failure. The fan was escorted back to his seat and I was smiling because the whole episode kept me entertained during a pretty slow-moving game.
On the disappointing end however… well… I missed a shot. (I guess every photographer there missed it too though because I haven’t seen one shot of it yet). But in the sixth inning I looked up at the scoreboard and realized the Yankees pitcher was throwing a no-hitter. I turned to the guy next to me in shock at this fact… but I guess he knew nothing of it later. About two minutes after I realized this my cell phone starts ringing and they want more shots of the pitcher transmitted. I sighed and said I’d get on it after I got a few different angles of him in the seventh inning. Right after I get my shots, I load, edit, and caption 5 shots of the pitcher… but now the internet connection is moving at a snails pace and the Yankees have already taken the field again for the eighth inning. I’m kneeling on the ground next to my laptop… finishing up the photos at the start of the inning realizing that if the no-hitter is broken up I’ll make sure to stand up and get a shot of the pitcher’s reaction. But just as I plan this, I hear the crack of the ball on the bat and I look up from my position and see the pitcher staring into the heavens looking for a the ball while it in fact sits peacefully about 5 feet behind him. Awwwww… the no-hitter was broken up AND I missed the shot. I wasn’t happy. But all I can do is tell myself what all photographers say when this happens. You can’t get every shot. The only frustrating thing for me is I would’ve got the shot if it weren’t for the demands of pictures on the internet. Hopefully this won’t be a reoccurring theme throughout the season though.
