FELIX! I love him so!

[katayla]

I went to the Mariners game yesterday and here's what Felix did: Gave up a hit and two walks in the fourth. Innings 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8? Retired to the Twins in order. And he made it look so easy that I didn't even fully realize what a great game he had until it was over. I LOVE HIM SO MUCH. I'm going to try to go to all of his home starts this year. If you're a baseball fan and you can watch the games he pitches, DO IT.

Oh, and the Mariners scored seven runs. They're doing better at giving Felix run support this year!





So every Felix home start has a "King's Court," which is Felix's special cheering section. You get a shirt and a yellow K card to hold up for strikeouts. And they pass around a turkey leg. I haven't sat there yet, but I think I'm going to ask my sister for tickets for my birthday.

My sister (who goes to nearly all home games) stands out in the "Pen", which is the area next to the bullpen out in center field. So I stood there with her and all of her friends. It was fun! I think you miss a little more of the game, but it's also more fun in some ways. It gets pretty crowded, but they have "Girls Corner" staked out in the front, so it didn't FEEL crowded.




My sister (Krista), who was drinking beer, GASP!




I just found this funny. Jesus Montero came out and stretched allllll by himself for probably half an hour! No one else! Just him! We yelled "Jesus!" when he came out and I think we freaked him out because he kept looking over at us. Get used to it! (He did wave at us, though!)




DINNER! A strawberry crepe. Good, but sooooo messy I'm not sure I'll buy another one, lol.




FELIX! He was much cooler about acknowledging it when we yelled his name.




Everyone's stuff in a pile! I thought that was a good system. Just stash it all at our feet and not worry about it.




This is how close we were to the bullpen. We yelled "Go Preds!" for Shawn Kelley, who just got called back up. He looked kind of shocked/confused at first, but then fistbumped or did something anyway that acknowledged his appreciation. (Preds=Predators, his favorite hockey team.)




View from where we were standing!




This was cute! It was Kids Appreciation Day, so they had kid moose to go along with the Mariner Moose!




Me and my sister! And behind us one of her friends who works at the game.




Krista and her Kyle Seager jersey! I think this was after he hit his home run, but it might've been after his 2 run single.




Mariners win!




Weird . . . thing near the ballpark.





The supermoon, which doesn't look so super with an iPod camera.


I was thinking about trying to go to the game tomorrow to see Doug Fister, but I'm not sure I'll have enough energy. I was wiped out this afternoon and I work 8-3 tomorrow.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/spyglass_/]

HEEEEE. I love reading about going to games at other ballparks. You should DEFINITELY try to sit in the King's Court one day. Sitting in fun sections like that is AMAZING.

I'm glad it was a great game :D

[katayla.livejournal.com]

:D Yeah! It always looks fun on tv! The tickets are $30 (when I usually pay about $15), but I think it's worth it for at least the occasional game!

Thanks!

[http://users.livejournal.com/spyglass_/]

That would be a great birthday present to sit there, then :D And mannnnn, your ticket prices make me JEALOUS. I mean, I usually look for cheap tickets and can find good deals on Stubhub (I paid $15 total, including fees, when I went to the game when Granderson hit three HR), especially because I frequently go by myself, but yeahhhhhh. Also, I totally get what you mean. My brother and I had talked about sitting in the Bleacher Creature section for years before we finally did it last summer. SO MUCH FUN. I loooooove the bleachers in general at Yankee Stadium. ONE DAY WHEN YOU COME HERE, that's where I'd have us sit. *nods*

(See how I said WHEN? Kind of like one day when I come to Seattle...)

[katayla.livejournal.com]

Haha, yeeeeeah. I bought my ticket an hour before the game yesterday and paid $16! And, I mean, at the stadium, not Stubhub or anything. And probably $25 total when you include food and the bus. YESSSS. That would be AWESOME! HOWEVER, I will not make you sit in the King's Court if it's against the Yankees/don't make me sit with the Bleacher Creatures if it's against the Mariners! :D

(KEEP TUNED. You never know! Now that I'm making a little more money, I'm definitely getting the itch to GO SOMEWHERE. But I need to figure out how that works with my job scheduling. Like, I know I can turn down hours if needed, but I feel like I should probably give them a head's up and I don't want to get in the way of someone's vacation, etc.)

[beth-shulman.livejournal.com]

Sounds AMAZING!

Also, please beat Detroit. Still mad at them.

[katayla.livejournal.com]

:)

WE USUALLY DO. Though I think we face Verlander this time.

[torigates.livejournal.com]

Looks like you had a great time! :)

[katayla.livejournal.com]

I did! :)