I've been to two games so far this year. Opening day and the game on Monday. Both were complete opposites. Opening Day: Awesome atmosphere, dud of a game. The M's mustered 2 hits and got shut out. In soccer terms, it's like watching almost every soccer game. However, like I said, the atmosphere was great. Near sellout crowd, fireworks, baseball is back buzz, Randy Johnson, Edgar Martinez, Jay Buhner, Dan Wilson, free soda, great upper deck front row seats, awesome. All in all, worthwhile even though the game failed to instill hope in any Mariners fans. Now lets fast forward to Mondays game vs the Orioles. The atmosphere was close to lame but the game itself was a thing of beauty. First off, it was officially the lowest attended baseball game in Safeco Field history. 14,000 or something. So if anything, a record setting night. I was a part of it. Other than that attendance fail, great night. The weather was July like balmy. No need for a jacket. We had terrace club level seats, row 2. The Mariners offense resembled an actual baseball team and hammered out 8 runs. Doug Fister pitched a no-hitter into the 7th inning, and the defense was nothing short of gold glove caliber. As the Mariners marketing machine wants me to believe, after Mondays nights game, I Believed Big. Mariners World Series Champs in 2010, you heard if here first.
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2 years ago
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There's nothing quite like a day at the ballpark! I'm hoping to go down for a few M's games this year, so I hope they have an awesome season! I promise you that they'll have some tough Dodger competition at the World Series though. ;)
A day at the ballpark, especially if that day is spent at Safeco Field watching the Seattle Mariners, is a tough day to beat. A Dodger v Mariner World Series works for me. M's in 6 games sounds about right, with Griffey jr. hitting a walk off HR to win the final game.
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