The Birds

Alfred Hitchcock's eerie movie The Birds comes to mind at the end of Giants games. As soon as the crowd leaves at the end of the game, thousands of seagulls invade the stands for leftover food. Especially in the bleachers. Tonight Mrs. Scott went to the game vs. Washington, but the crowd was so small that the gulls came in early to engage in a holding pattern. So many birds crossed the path of the center field camera it was hard to tell what was happening to the video. Nora remarked that they were happy that Randy Johnson was already out of the game.

Nothing Like Fireworks in SF Fog

Friday night before last, I took my kids to the Giants game. It was fireworks night. The fog level was about half way up the vertical range of firework blasts. The ones that went off in the fog were truly spectacular, lighting up the entire sky with an eerie, all encompassing glow.