Couple observations from being at the game:
-Petco is really nice, good atmosphere outside of the outfield area (Tony Gwynn hill, beer garden, etc) and visually appealing inside
-BP was great (see above). Funny after watching Morel’s moonshots, but Nicky 3-bag struggles to hit fly balls medium deep. He’s the epitome of Slappy McSlapster if he’s gonna be useful offensively.
-Little spent a lot of time in Left Center shagging balls (away from me). Also spent time bantering over there with fans, tossing them balls, etc. He signed quite a few autographs after BP. Everyone else paid virtually no attention to anyone in the outfield stands.
-Also of note, Gomes was hitting everything in BP to CF and RF/RC.
-Cody’s laser to 3b for the assist was unreal. As I was in LF bleachers, I saw the entire throw left to right. As soon as it left his hand, I knew the runner had no shot. Would’ve love to have had a gun measuring that throw.
-Crowd was remarkably quiet most of the game; home team fans didn’t show a lot of energy. Lots of Cubs fans. 7th inning stretch was fun as you could definitely hear “Root, Root, Root for the CUBBIES……”
Fun game all around and looking to get back at it tomorrow afternoon. Sitting down LF line just past third base..