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May 15 2012

Giants 3, Rockies 2

Before yesterday’s Giants game, I had attended four games at AT&T Park this season, one extremely awesome Matt Cain victory for the home opener and three disappointing losses. I don’t expect that the Giants will win every single game I go to, but it would be nice if they didn’t lose them all either. I love going to see live baseball, but seeing losses? Not as fun. I’ve also found when the Giants lose games, I’m slightly less inclined to want to rush to look through and process the zillions of photos I took that day. Luckily for you, and me, the Giants actually won another game that I attended last night, so today here are some photos from last night’s victory.

Pretty sure the Giants have cornered the market on middle infielders with fabulous hair, no?

I’ve also posted these photos and a bunch more over in my Zenfolio gallery. I’m going to at least two more games this week, so if the Giants would like to consider winning those, too, that would be fantastic. Maybe some time I’ll even get to work on posting photos from some of the other games that the Giants didn’t win. Baseball photos are still fun, right? Right.

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Craig Appel - May 15, 2012 - 5:30 pm

Your photos are great! I live in LA, but looking at your pics make me feel closer to the action. Only things missing are the sounds and the smells. Except for the garlic fries.

May 14 2012

The Tour of California

Like it did two years ago, the Amgen Tour of California passed through town today. Even though I’ve taken photos (or attempted to) of the race before, I decided to check it out again. I always spend more time actually waiting for the cyclists to arrive than actually taking photos, but photographing a bunch of bicycles speeding by is always a fun challenge. This time my camera decided to throw up an error right as the peloton passed by (thanks, camera!), but I’m pretty happy with the photos I was able to get anyway.

On a related, but not really note, I’ve been editing photos recently with a trial of Totally Rad!’s RadLab. I’d been planning to spend some money to upgrade to Lightroom 4, but after using RadLab for a bit, I think I might spend that money on RadLab instead. I know I already own about a zillion different Photoshop actions, but RadLab does everything I can do with actions, in a much, much easier way. I have a couple more weeks left in my trial to decide, but it certainly is tempting.

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May 10 2012

Hitched

I know it’s mere hours away from Friday and a new Illustration Friday theme, but I’ve had this sketch sitting in my sketch book all week, so I thought I’d squeeze in an entry for last Friday’s Illustration Friday theme “hitched” while I still could.

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Apr 15 2012

Opening Day

I’ve been to the Giants’ home opener for the last four years, and while they were all pretty great in their own ways, it’s going to be hard to top this year. From the ceremony honoring the 1962 Giants team to the first pitch with Bryan and Tyler Stow to Matt Cain being this close to being nearly perfect, it was an incredible day. Definitely one I won’t forget.

Of course I took a ton of pictures throughout the day.

Want more photos? I’ve posted more photos from the game over at my Zenfolio account.

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Apr 02 2012

Matt Cain? Matt Cain!

Back before the Giants won the World Series, before Buster Posey and Madison Bumgarner and Tim Lincecum and Pablo Sandoval, there was Matt Cain, my one and only glimmer of hope in a season that featured Barry Bonds on the disabled list, Pedro Feliz as the starting left fielder, Kirk Rueter getting released by the Giants, and Brett Tomko implosions every fifth day. I’d followed other Giants prospects before, but none like Matt Cain. I can even remember the day he made his major league debut. I couldn’t even watch the game live, but I was incredibly excited anyway. This was Matt Cain, he represented the future, and he was here to save us all.

The Giants were still pretty terrible even after Matt Cain’s arrival, but his starts gave me something to look forward to, even when they inevitably ended in pain as the bullpen blew the lead or he received absolutely no run support. Through it all though, Cain never complained, even though he would have been fully justified in doing so. He was just steady, dependable Matt Cain, and he was awesome. He easily became my favorite Giant. And so it was extra satisfying watching him dominate in the postseason in 2010, finally getting the kind of attention he so deserved.

As the Giants talked about “Rainy Day Funds” this offseason, I tried to get myself accustomed to the idea that Matt Cain might leave after this season. I know that’s how baseball works. It’s a business. Players leave. But the talk of Cain potentially wearing a Yankee or Dodger uniform made me feel sick. And so it thrilled me this morning when I heard the news that Matt Cain had agreed on a contract extension with the Giants. He’ll be donning the orange and black through at least 2017. Is it a lot of money? Sure. But Matt Cain is Matt Cain. (And hey, it’s not my money. Heh.) Yeah, I know I’m talking from emotion here, but if there’s anyone who deserves that money, it’s Matt Cain.

I look forward to cheering Matt Cain when he’s announced as the starting pitcher on the 13th, and I definitely look forward to many more years of Matt Cain starts here in San Francisco.

Now, if you’ll indulge me, here are way too many photos that I’ve taken of Cain over the years.

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