{"id":766,"date":"2013-07-25T12:02:16","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T16:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ldbaseballtour\/?p=766"},"modified":"2013-07-25T12:02:16","modified_gmt":"2013-07-25T16:02:16","slug":"halo-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ldbaseballtour\/2013\/07\/25\/halo-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Halo Better"},"content":{"rendered":"

Game 20: Angel Stadium, Anaheim, CA<\/span><\/p>\n

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim vs Minnesota Twins – Wednesday, July 24, 2o13<\/span><\/p>\n

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We arrived in LA just before 10 PM on Tuesday after a long direct flight from Boston. The flight was delayed by a couple of hours at Logan, but we still made good timing. Jamie Shaum ’13, a recent Thamattoor Lab graduate, picked us up at the airport and drove us to his home. On Wednesday morning, Jamie and the two of us drove down to Anaheim – a trip that took just over an hour – and we were at Angel Stadium about a half hour before game time. We picked up a couple of Angels caps and a ball and walked around the ballpark for a few minutes before going in.<\/p>\n

It was a day game and a hot one. Our seats were just above the bullpen in left field where the sun beat down.\u00a0 There was just enough occasional breeze, however, to provide some relief.<\/p>\n

The game turned out to be an intense pitcher’s duel with many interesting moments toward the end! Pitching for the Angels was their ace Jered Weaver and the Twins countered with Mike Pelfrey. Weaver expended 22 pitches to get out of the first inning. Yet, amazingly, he pitched eight innings, shutting out the Twins and giving up just two hits. At one point, he retired 19 batters in a row. Pelfrey was nearly as good, but the RBI single he gave up to Albert Pujols in the first inning, proved to be one run too many. There were some interesting moments in the ninth. The Angels closer Ernesto Frieri walked Clete Thomas to lead off the inning and then hit Doug Bernier to put two men on with nobody out. The home crowd began to groan and the handful of Twins fans around us were licking their chops. Then came one of the strangest plays that we have seen. Twins slugger Justin Morneau hit a pop-up to the pitcher’s mound but, as no infield fly was called, Frieri let the ball drop intentionally, then picked it up and got a double play to erase Morneau at first and Bernier at second. The Twins were hopping mad and there was a bit of postgame back and forth between their manager Ron “Gardy” Gardenhire and the umpiring crew chief Ted Barrett. Still, the Twins had Thomas at third with two down and then Frieri walked Ryan Doumit to further increase the blood pressure of the Angels fans. The next batter Chris Herrmann, however, struck out to end the game. So we got to see a 1-0 game in which the only run was scored in the first inning!<\/p>\n

There was additional excitement in the ninth when a streaker ran onto the field.\u00a0 We saw a security guard hold him down as another guard body-slammed the guy. Before long, there was a pile of security guards on top of the intruder and for a moment, it looked like we were in a football game. The streaker was eventually taken off the field and the game resumed.<\/p>\n

During the middle and late innings, we walked around the ballpark and took many pictures. We got to see the game from different angles and it also was nice to be out of the sun for a while.<\/p>\n

After the game, we drove back with Jamie to his home and it took us a bit longer to get back with all the traffic along the way. We had dinner later in the evening with Jamie and his family at a lovely Italian restaurant. But we had dessert at Jamie’s home. His mom, Dr. Melani Shaum, made a delicious sour cherry pie that looked and tasted great! After chatting with Jamie and his wonderful family for a while, we turned in for the night.<\/p>\n

See you all tomorrow!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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