Tampa Bay vs New York Yankees

[Kris]

My first sporting event with the 5D, 70-200 F2.8 IS and the 1.4x Tele. Here are two images I thought came out well! It was HOT as hell! I'm really happy with the kit, need to work on a few things as they are not perfect! Hope you like em

Our seats sucked because the ones we ordered didnt arrive in time. With 270mm I think about 400mm would have been perfect get the ones I wanted so I moved around the stadium trying for shots with what I had

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=872546284&size=m

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dastrix/872546356/

[ATJ]

Ah, Yankee Stadium. It used to be a lot easier to get good seats there, but they have been playing consistently well enough over the last 5 or 6 years that it is very difficult unless you book months ahead. In mid-2000, I bought tickets on the day of the game from a Yankee Clubhouse in White Planes and ended up with seats behind home plate. Later that same year (towards the end of the regular season) I tried the same thing and ended up behind right field - almost into the "welfare" seats.

I love the shot of the pitcher - Andy Pettitte, too. Did you get any action shots of him?

[Kris]

ATJ, tell me about it! and not cheap too!

Let me sift through them a bit later... Perhaps I have some more of Andy

EDIT: Nup, sorry none of Andy

[ATJ]

That's a pity.

Did you root, root, root for the home team?

How did the audience participation during the Anthem compare to that during "Take me out..."? I haven't been to a ball game in the US since before 9/11. Back then, there was definitely more participation for "Take me out...". One Durham Bulls game I saw in the early 90s the electronic scoreboard was broken so they couldn't put the words up. Almost no-one sang along to the Anthem, but there was full participation during the 7th Inning Stretch.

[Kris]

Well, cause we had ticket dramas we missed that and the first 5minutes. Of course I root for the Yankees I even had locals asking me questions I didnt have answers to. I usually responded with, oh didnt see that sorry

It was a great vibe, packed stadium but hot as hell. I loved it and would go back this time with better seats!

[ATJ]

It was a great vibe, packed stadium but hot as hell. I loved it and would go back this time with better seats!

Definitely! Even if you don't like the game, the atmosphere at a game is electric and there are plenty of things to look at and listen to: "Beer! Beer! .... Beer! Beer!". "Cotton candy! Get your cotton candy!".

It is also very good when the home team is winning. If they don't win, it's a shame.

[bwhinnen]

Hip Hip Jorge! Is my response to the first one

Lucky bugger, there are two fields I want to visit...

1) Yankee Stadium
2) Fenway Park

And the funny thing is I go for the Yankees and my wife the Red Sox

[Kris]

I love the game. First ever, but wont be my last!

There were LOADS of guys goin 'BEER HERE', so funny with the accent. We had a ball Just wish we had stellar seats