Monday, September 26, 2005
Off To California
We at E.K. Nation are embarking on a roadtrip today. We will be in San Diego sometime tomorrow and will be in the rightfield bleachers at Petco Park for the Giants-Padres games on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights.
We originally had the tickets because of the slight possibility, at the time of purchase, that Barry would be approaching or reaching Hank Aaron's home run record. But now we have a different sort of importance attached to these games. Simply, the Giants must win all four games in San Diego this week to have any realistic shot at winning the division. Going 3-1 in these next four games will leave them two games back in the West with three games to go, a longshot at best. A sweep will tie them with San Diego going into the season-ending series, where the Giants take on Arizona for three at home and the Padres will remain at home for three with the Dodgers.
Fortunately, the Rockies will not be involved in any games that matter. As Giants fans know, everything the Rockies do is bad for the Giants, from caving in to Atlanta in 1993, to Neifi Perez's homer in 1998, to the Astros' season-ending clinch against them last year. So glad to see they are out of the picture.
We originally had the tickets because of the slight possibility, at the time of purchase, that Barry would be approaching or reaching Hank Aaron's home run record. But now we have a different sort of importance attached to these games. Simply, the Giants must win all four games in San Diego this week to have any realistic shot at winning the division. Going 3-1 in these next four games will leave them two games back in the West with three games to go, a longshot at best. A sweep will tie them with San Diego going into the season-ending series, where the Giants take on Arizona for three at home and the Padres will remain at home for three with the Dodgers.
Fortunately, the Rockies will not be involved in any games that matter. As Giants fans know, everything the Rockies do is bad for the Giants, from caving in to Atlanta in 1993, to Neifi Perez's homer in 1998, to the Astros' season-ending clinch against them last year. So glad to see they are out of the picture.
