Back from Seattle

A friend and I, both Oregon State and life long Red Sox fans, took the train up and stayed with a friend who lives and works in Seattle, also a Beaver and Sox fan, to take in two of the three game series between the Mariners and Red Sox.

As a Red Sox fan it is pretty cool to see half of the fans in Red Sox gear, but I feel bad for Mariners fans as their home stadium is invaded.  At the end of the second game a group of Sox fans were banging on a drum outside of Safeco dancing and slapping high fives to Sox fans as they walked by.  One shop that sells Mariners gear just a few steps from the stadium had three tables outside of their shop full of Red Sox t-shirts, hats, hoodies, etc. and it was packed everytime we walked by.

The best selling t-shirts are the Ellsbury and Pedroia ones.  I really wanted to get an Ellsbury one, but they ran out.  They tried to overnight a few boxes, but couldn’t get it done.

And speaking of Ellsbury, he is in a slump, hitting .232 this month, and had a difficult series.  He finished 3 of 15 in the series, but scored two runs and had a beautiful sacrifice bunt that setup a run.

While in Seattle we went on the Underground Tour, which we heard was entertaining, but we thought it kind of sucked.  The puns got old after the 30,000th one and going down below the city and walking through old junk over and over gets old pretty fast.  But, did you know that Seattle is built on top of lots and lots of saw dust and it is still sinking to this day!?

Also took in the Experience Music Project.  I enjoyed the Northwest Passage Part.  I like Jimmy Hendrix, but don’t love him so the rest of the museum was just okay.  Loved the Science Fiction Museum – lots of weird, cool stuff.

Ate at a superb fish and chips restaurant on the west side of the Seattle, go here for a fantastic view of the city at night, called Cod and Chips.  Big, fresh pieces of fish and the best tarter sauce I have ever tasted – and I don’t even like tarter sauce.  The clam chowder was alright, but needed more clam.

Anyways, go Red Sox, crush the Evil Empire and we will be back to Beaver related posts.

Kickoff is just a little over a month away!