General Stuff
Back out on the road with the Ducks, this time in Seattle.
The team rode the bus all the way here, getting in late last night. (Well, late for me - 10:30)
There are four guys from the Seattle area on the team. Most of them plan on seeing family while they are here. So do I.
I grew up in Puyallup, Washington (home of the Western Washington Fair - Do The Puyallup!)
before moving to Portland and points further south later on.
My family and I lived in Federal Way while I was with 710 KIRO (1999-2002).
I thought that would be a dream job, but it turned ugly when my wife Jannie and I operated on two totally different schedules and the girls (Tori and Abby at that time) were in school a half an hour away while Jan and I toiled in Seattle.
One time we were headed out of town on a Friday afternoon. I picked Jannie up from work early in the afternoon and we were going to get Abby from pre-school and Tori out of school. But when we got to our street, it was blocked with police tape and our neighborhood (and Tori's school) were locked down. We had to wait a couple of hours before the police declared the area safe.
It seems a bad guy had stolen a car and crashed it near our neighborhood. I guess he was on the loose and they didn't know where he was, leading to the wide area being closed off.
Once he was detained, we could get Tori and go, but that was a little too freaky for either of us.
Now we live in Roseburg, where that sort of thing NEVER happens (yeah right).
Coming into the city last night was cool. The team perked up when we cleared the last hill and Seattle came into view. Several pics of Safeco Field were snapped. I was there for the first pitch and all the ceremonial stuff prior to a 4-3 loss to the Padres (Jose Mesa walked in the winning or losing run).
One thing I don't miss is the slate gray sky here. Its depressing when the highway and the sky are the same color. That happens here from October to May.
Kinda cold and rainy today, but the Huskies have an all turf field and we'll play no matter what.
Talk to you on the radio.
The team rode the bus all the way here, getting in late last night. (Well, late for me - 10:30)
There are four guys from the Seattle area on the team. Most of them plan on seeing family while they are here. So do I.
I grew up in Puyallup, Washington (home of the Western Washington Fair - Do The Puyallup!)
before moving to Portland and points further south later on.
My family and I lived in Federal Way while I was with 710 KIRO (1999-2002).
I thought that would be a dream job, but it turned ugly when my wife Jannie and I operated on two totally different schedules and the girls (Tori and Abby at that time) were in school a half an hour away while Jan and I toiled in Seattle.
One time we were headed out of town on a Friday afternoon. I picked Jannie up from work early in the afternoon and we were going to get Abby from pre-school and Tori out of school. But when we got to our street, it was blocked with police tape and our neighborhood (and Tori's school) were locked down. We had to wait a couple of hours before the police declared the area safe.
It seems a bad guy had stolen a car and crashed it near our neighborhood. I guess he was on the loose and they didn't know where he was, leading to the wide area being closed off.
Once he was detained, we could get Tori and go, but that was a little too freaky for either of us.
Now we live in Roseburg, where that sort of thing NEVER happens (yeah right).
Coming into the city last night was cool. The team perked up when we cleared the last hill and Seattle came into view. Several pics of Safeco Field were snapped. I was there for the first pitch and all the ceremonial stuff prior to a 4-3 loss to the Padres (Jose Mesa walked in the winning or losing run).
One thing I don't miss is the slate gray sky here. Its depressing when the highway and the sky are the same color. That happens here from October to May.
Kinda cold and rainy today, but the Huskies have an all turf field and we'll play no matter what.
Talk to you on the radio.
posted by Brian at 9:32 AM
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