Football is over - Now it's time for my Favorite Season - PLAY BALL!

Football is over - Now it's time for my Favorite Season - PLAY BALL!

Now that football season is over it's time to start looking forward to my favorite season of the year. It's almost time for the "Boys of Summer" to head out to either Arizona or Florida for Spring Training. I'm talking about BASEBALL, my favorite time of the year. In less than two weeks pitchers and catchers will be reporting to spring training. That means that before too long I will be heading out to the ball park for some fun in the sun.

This past weekend was the San Francisco Giants "Fanfest". While I am NOT a San Francisco Giants fan I am still a baseball fan. This was a great opportunity to get into the baseball mood. Me and 36,000 other baseball fans showed up at AT&T park on Saturday morning to actually get out on the field, see the players, get some autographs and have a cold beer and a hot dog. My little group consisted of my girlfriend Kelly and her 17 year old daughter and one of her friends. The two girls are both huge San Francisco Giants Fan. Myself I am a life long fan of the Oakland Athletics.

While the girls headed straight down to the field, Kelly and I took a seat about 7 rows behind home plate, directly in front of the stage where the players were being introduced and interviewed. They were being interviewed by the local sports radio station KNBR. This is probably the only time I will be able to sit in these seats so I enjoyed them all day. The weather was perfect, mid 60's and sunny in San Francisco in February!

The two biggest cheers of the day were when Tim Lincecum and Buster Posey came out. They both are like rock stars in San Francisco. Since Buster missed most of last season after a devastating injury during a play at the plate it was good to see him back in uniform. Probably the next biggest cheer was for the Skipper himself Bruce Bochey.

Sitting out in the sun at AT&T park with the beautiful views of The City and the water was a perfect day off. I now am ready for some baseball. I usually make it to a couple major league games each year and several single A Modesto Nuts games each year. I look forward to the start of the season when everyone is even and players and fans alike have visions of the world series in their heads. So pass me a hot dog and a cold be and ... PLAY BALL!