It was another great day to head to the ballpark and so yesterday (Saturday) I did. It was a convergence of several things to make it a reason to get out to the ballpark. First, it is major league baseball, so that's a good reason. Two, it was free jersey day and as been tradition I've went to the previous three years in a row. Finally, it was a game against my other "home" team, the Seattle Mariners. Add all that up, and it was enough reasons to make it out to the ballpark.
It was another early start to a Saturday game (12:10pm first pitch) so that meant getting out to the ball park early to make sure to get a jersey. It was cold out for sure. It had rained the previous day and dropped the temps and the wind was blowing. It felt like football weather more than baseball weather. However, once we got to our seats (lower level, third base side) it felt okay as we weren't getting the wind blown much on us. Plus right before the game started, the sun came out and that helped warm things up.
The free jersey was a road (grey) jersey. It was cool looking. I still say my favorite free one was the powder blue Billy Butler jersey I got. There's just something cool about having a jersey with a name and number on the back of it.
This was the first year that I did not wear Mariners gear to the game. I went with Royals gear. The Royals have been off to a hot start and I wanted to support that. As always when it comes to these games, my loyalties are divided. I've grown to love the Royals and I love the Mariners so it's always bittersweet when they play each other. I'm happy on the one side and sad on the other.
The game itself was a pretty good one. It was a pretty close game until the 5th inning. Seattle had their ace, Felix Hernandez pitching while the Royals had Sean O'Sullivan their 5th starter who was starting his first game of the season after starting out the year in the bullpen. The Royals offense got the job done while the Mariners offense did not. Some key moments/stats in the game:
*Alcides Escobar has some really huge defensive plays including robbing Ichiro of a hit (which is really hard to do)
*Speaking of Ichiro, he went 0-5 snapping his multi-hit streak he had at the "K" which was the longest of anyone at that stadium, breaking the record a few days ago that George Brett held.
*Got to see Tim Collins pitch, the dude is short but he can throw. He looks like a mix between Hideo Nomo and Tim Lincecum in his windup, it is crazy looking. The Royals have a bullpen with three rookies (Collins, Jeffress, Crow) who can seriously throw the ball and throw it hard.
*The Mariners left 11 guys on base and scored 0 runs. The Royals scored 7 runs and left only 4 on base.
The Royals ended up winning the game 7-0. With that win, they went to 10-4, which is the 3rd best start in team history. Last time they did this well was back in 2003. The Royals went to 2-0 in games I've attended this year and record in series of games between the M's and Royals since 2008 (moving to KC) it is a split with each team winning 3 game apiece. It should make for an excited next few weeks as my time in K.C. winds down.
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