Last pictures from Comiskey Park

Me, at U.S. Cellular Field (Comiskey Park), down at the front after the game.  The railing at the front is very low, only about knee high, so you have to be careful not to fall over it onto the field!

Final view of the stadium, from the CTA Red Line station platform:

The 8-lanes each way expressway runs either side of the tracks!

First pictures from Chicago

Comiskey Park (U.S. Cellular Field)

The Chicago skyline from Comiskey Park

Harry Cary and me (blocking out Barack Obama)

Some more pictures from Seattle

Mt Rainier, although the photo doesn't show it as clearly:

City skyline from the harbour cruise:

Space Needle pictures

View looking South from the top of the Space Needle:

My pudding caused quite a stir when it was brought out (I have a video too):

And the view over the city was clear this evening with the roof open, and the game going on for 4 hours as it went 14 innings:

Pictures from Safeco Field, Seattle

Safeco Field, on Tuesday evening for the series opener against the White Sox on a beautiful evening:

Safeco Field, now as an indoor stadium, on a cloudy Wednesday evening after some afternoon showers:

View from the Top of the Hilton restaurant (the 29th floor) out to the North West:

Meeting

This afternoon, I went out for a drink with an old friend from university: Stuart Goose.  He's working for Siemens in Berkeley and lives in the area, where he was a nice view out over the bay towards the Golden Gate bridge (when it's not shrouded in fog).  It was nice to meet up with somebody and find out what he'd been up to since leaving Southampton.

AT&T Park pictures from Friday night

These pictures were taken on Friday night, when the Dodgers luckily won 10-3.

I was sitting just in front of the radio and TV booths.  On the far left in the radio commentary booth, the famous broadcaster from Sunday Night Baseball, and radio announcer for the Giants, Jon Miller:

From earlier in the day, an iconic picture from San Francisco:

Another hotel

When I got back from Yosemite late on Thursday night, I asked at the front desk why the room rate goes up from $179 to $249 a night for Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  Demand for rooms, was the answer, and it was clear no chance of any discount, so I checked out on Friday morning and less than an hour later, I'm in my room the other side of the bay at the Courtyard Marriott in Oakland, costing $99 a night instead.  It's a 20-minute BART ride to San Francisco (costing $3.10) and it saves me $450 in total.

Pictures from Yosemite

I took lots of photos at Yosemite, although the ones taken through the coach window are understandably a bit blurry.  I saw deer too, but the main photo was blurry.

Pictures from Denver's Botanic Gardens at Aurora

Coors Field, Colorado Rockies, Denver:

Nationals Park, Washington Nationals, Washington DC:

16th Street Mall, downtown Denver:

Tennis extra

I saw the end of the tennis on ESPN this evening. After wrapping up a relatively straightforward victory, Djokovic took on another opponent, who had raced down from the commentary booth, having discarded his suit jacket, but otherwise, unchanged and appeared on court swinging a racket around to warm up (IT Botham style). John McEnroe then proceeded to serve and apart from one double fault, won 2 of the three points they played for fun, although he did look very hot and sweaty afterwards! Today's game at Coords field (Reds @ Rockies) is on the main blog. I finally had a decent-sized dinner this evening at the Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery. The portions were normal rather than being mountains of food on a plate. Even the ice cream dessert was just three small scoops, tastefully arranged on a plate - although I did have to ask for a spoon, as it's quite awkward eating fast-melting ice cream with a fork!

Diamondbacks @ Rockies

I saw another rare-ish event in the game on Sunday! Chris Young hit 3 home runs in the game. Everybody was cheering him on for a fourth at the end of the game, even the home fans - although probably because they had an 8 run lead. The club level is very nice. I was in a row all on my own, though, which is odd because the Rockies are doing so well. I haven't had a chance to do anything with pictures. I'm not sure how to do that on here.

Washington updates complete

I've arrived safely in my hotel in Denver. I was very pleased that they allowed me to checkin at 11am. Not so pleased at the $12.95 per day for Internet access, but the room rate is very cheap and this is a proper Marriott hotel, in the most expensive part of town!

Game updates

Most of my updates are on my main blog.

Itinerary

The flight itinerary is:

Fri 4th	UA919	London Heathrow to Washington Dulles
Sun 6th	UA403	Dulles to Denver
Wed 9th	UA741	Denver to San Francisco
Mon 14th	UA322	San Francisco to Seattle
Sat 19th	UA958	Seattle to Chicago O'Hare
Tue 22nd	UA938	Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow

The game itinerary is:

Fri 4th	Florida Marlins @ Washington Nationals
Sat 5th
Sun 6th	Arizona Diamondbacks @ Colorado Rockies
Mon 7th	Cincinnati Reds @ Colorado Rockies
Tue 8th
Wed 9th	San Diego Padres @ San Francisco Giants
Thu 10th	no game
Fri 11th	Los Angeles Dodgers @ San Francisco Giants
Sat 12th
Sun 13th
Mon 14th	no game
Tue 15th	Chicago White Sox @ Seattle Mariners
Wed 16th
Thu 17th
Fri 18th	New York Yankees @ Seattle Mariners
Sat 19th	Kansas City Royals @ Chicago White Sox
Sun 20th
Mon 21st	Minnesota Twins @ Chicago White Sox