Home Field Advantage

THE OLD BALL GAME: We were lucky enough to get to see a couple of gems at Safeco Field this weekend. 

Friday night, we arrived early, scored some blanket hoodies, and a batting practice ball in short order! (The ball came from a Guillermo Heredia home run during batting practice hit to centerfield, out by the Safeco Field garden. We were standing on Griffey's Landing, adjacent to it, and the field worker tossed Annabelle the ball [she got an assist from brother Kennedy]).

The game was a squeaker.  "King" Felix Hernandez started. He had a horrible first inning, but recovered nicely. The Ms were down for most of the game, but that changed with a five-run explosion in the seventh inning, and the Mariners managed a 5-4 win in the end.

Sunday's game was against the Detroit Tigers again. I thought it interesting that before the first pitch was even thrown, the umpire messed up the lines around the batters' boxes. So much for rules!

 Below, Dee Gordon (now on the DL with a broken toe :( ) watches one go by.

 He worked the walk, though!

Below shows an appearance by (na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na) Bat Boy!

And here, the field crew freshens things up.

See this guy (Francisco Liriano, below)? Yeah, well he had a NO HITTER going into the seventh inning against the Ms. No bueno!

Anyone who follows baseball knows that you're not supposed to talk about a no hitter, or that jinxes it. Of course, knowing that, I decided to talk about the no hitter on social media, posting: "I would love to see a MLB no hitter some day, but I did not want Sunday to be that day."

Fortunately, shortly thereafter, Mitch Haniger got a hit in the bottom of 7, and it was the beginning of the Ms turning things around. In the end, it took 11 innings, but they eked out the win! Go Mariners! Oh, and I'm pretty sure my posting about the no hitter is what changed things. Go Me. :)