This was my first taste of playoff atmosphere in a long time, and I absolutely loved it. San Francisco is playing for their lives and hoping to catch the Rockies for the National League Wild Card and the crowd was into the game all the way until the end.
It was a great pitching battle until the end, and the Giants could have won the game 2-1 had it not been for a Scott Baker home run in the top of the 9th with two outs that put the Cubs ahead for the win. It was incredibly deflating for the home crowd to see the ball leave the park, and the Giants quickly bowed out in the bottom of the 9th to give the Cubs the victory.
There was a layer of fog that had settled into the area that provided for a surreal environment for the game, and it proved to be a factor in the first inning when a ball was popped up into the fog and a Cubs player lost track of the ball. I wish I had been there for a nice day game, but the fog provided a cool atmosphere for the game.
Tomorrow Todd and I will be driving to Phoenix for Todd's last game on the trip, and the forecast is for a high above 100. Its nothing compared to Iraq but still hot relative to my weather recently.
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