Baseball is a Family Affair

Day 5 Tour Guide
Taking time out as tour guide and watching my nephew's baseball game.

Yankees Up Close

I did not know people tail gate at baseball events

Day 4 Tour Guide 
These were nice seats, close to the diamond. Thanks for fabulous family in being able to pull this one together. It was so much fun!

This guy carried hot coffee on his back and sprays them out like cold tap. 

Twin Creeks Stormz

Went to cheer for Dustin's little league tournament at Twin Creeks. The tournaments are 4 to 5 games in a weekend. It's been a year since I last saw one. Looks like some of the players really grew. Their team name is Stormz. It sure has made a difference in the game. It was cold as usual. I had on two blankets and I was still cold. But it was good to be there to support the players. Sports is a very healthy activity to be engaged in.

One of the moms complimented on my voice. She said there is something pure about it, suitable for public broadcast.

Halloween Soccer Game

Halloween soccer game. I sat and cheered for Kevin. It was a cold morning. I really miss playing soccer.

Round 2

The action wasn't much in the fields. The opposing team took little very serious, what happened to the fun? The action was all in the stands today as each parent cheered their child on regardless if they were loosing 11-0. The love, care, and positive spirit was outstanding. Afterwards the kids got cupcakes and pinata to dive for the candies. Nothing like sugar, candy to brighten any child's mood. Dinner menu was CANDY.

Round 1

Kevin's first season in little league. They are all so cute. Helen painted my nails green to go with Kevin's uniform. They won 11-1. Parents were saying in the stand how we can't wash, and gotta wear the same clothes on Wednesday's game. It's fun to sit in the stands and cheer for the kids.

World Classic Baseball Japan vs. Korea

Hisashi Iwakuma pitched 96 pitches for team Japan. He was beautiful to watch and had great control over the game. I was glued to the TV from 6pm to 11pm. The game ran to 10th inning. Darvish gave me quite a scare when he gave up two runs because he walked two players. So the game went to 10th inning. Well, either way it raised the entertainment value because in the 10th inning Ichiro pulled through and shined like a star that he is. He swung at every pitch that came to him regardless if it was good or not. He made contact with the bat and wore down the pitcher and finally in the the last ninth pitch made a run that led to Japan winning the finals. I learned a lot by the announcer's commentary, they were very entertaining, definitely funny and informative. Japan played well today and showed themselves as the stronger team. Although Japan won, I felt having 4 separate times during the game with all 3 men on base and not scoring was hard to understand on my end. Well, great plays were made tonight and the Korean shortstop Ki Hyuk Park was awesome to watch.

World Baseball Classic Japan vs. USA

Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched for Japan tonight. He is considered the number one pitcher right now in Japan. He was beautiful to watch and pitched a strong winning game. I was glued to the TV and 4th inning was a beautiful inning to watch. I left with my family for dinner at a Japanese restaurant and then we went shopping at a Korean market next door. I stood and watched the rest of the game on TV. I realized the two innings I missed team USA made two runs and closed the gap with Team Japan. I stood there for the rest of the game with other Koreans watching the TV while my family shopped. Darvish relives Matsuzaka and closes the inning without giving up any runs. Yu Darvish is a 22 year old Japanese Persian pitcher who is also very tall and talented with a good slider. When the game was over one of the Korean guys was very upset that team Japan won because he didn't want Japan to face Korea in the finals tomorrow. Afterwards, my dad gave me a whole long repetitive lecture about watching out for who I cheer for in what kind of public venue I am in and who is around me. Well, I guessed I asked for it since I under estimated how passionate the guy was and how seriously he took the game. I just enjoyed for entertainment value but his interest ran deep, nationally deep.

Valentine Sox

It's Valentine's day. My newphew Dustin had his first baseball tournament in Sunnyvale. I had hopped it would rain since it was raining all week. It's just sooooo cold. Well, it didn't rain despite promising dark thick black low clouds. So I packed my pack with pillow and blankets, gloves, and beanie. I dressed for a snow storm. It was smart of me because I stayed warm this way on the cold metal bleacher. I don't think it would have been this cold if it wasn't also windy. Well, we were cold so were the kids. They actually had to jump up and down to stay warm on the field.

I brought a poster to cheer Dustin on. His jersey number is 2. I used waterproof pen incase it rained. But I didn't use waterproof poster paper. I actually don't even know if there was such a thing.

Check out these clouds. He had two games today. I had planned to only sit in on one and go home and watch the NBA All Star Slam Dunk competition. But they lost their first game and was really bummed out. All the kids paid attention to the bleachers to see which parent left and lost interest. I decided I'd stay and forget about slam dunk competition.


We decided to go for Korean food for dinner to warm up.