Nathan's Insights

Sunday 6 August 2006
Highlights: Major League Baseball match – Seattle Mariners Vs Oakland Athletics 7-6

Take me out to the ballpark!!! The main reason for my visit to Seattle was to attend a Major League Baseball game, and today I witnessed the Seattle Mariners vs. the Oakland Athletics at Safeco Field.

What a match I got: Seattle started strong in the first inning, scoring 2 runs, but from the 3rd inning on they were down, getting as far behind as 4 runs by the 5th inning.   They came back very strongly to eventually win 7-6.  At the start of the game, they sing the American anthem; at the ‘7th innings stretch ‘, they (by which I mean the entire crowd) sing ‘Take me out to the ballpark’ and later ‘God Bless America’.

BTW, don’t buy anything at the ballpark if on a budget; it costs $7.50 (plus tax) for a hot dog (around $10 Australian) without a drink!!