Welcome to the backside of the bleacher section at Candlestick Park. This was the first year that they added these metal bleachers behind the left field fence. The photograph was taken on Opening Day at Candlestick Park with the SF Giants playing the Florida Marlins in 1993. I was standing in the old General Admission area which was no longer used for seating for the SF Giants from 1993 until the Giants moved out after the 1999 season. During the 1990’s, the stadium crew made improvements to Candlestick Park such as adding seats for the 49’ers and adding a better out of town scoreboard for the Giants.

I was walking around Candlestick Park on Opening Day for the SF Giants on April 12, 1993. I was looking at the old General Admission area in front of the scoreboard next to the new General Admission bleacher seats on the right. The new bleacher seats got you closer to the field but there were less seats and there were no seat backs compared to the old general admission area that had the standard Red Chairs. The new metal bleacher benches also got pretty hot on warm days and cold during the cool night games.

I really enjoyed sitting in the Lower Box Seats behind Home Plate at Candlestick Park. This particular game was on Thursday night, September 21, 1989, when the SF Giants played the LA Dodgers. It was a close game as the Giants beat the Dodgers 4-3.

I was only able to sit there for a handful of games, but I brought my baseball glove just in case a foul ball flew over the screen. Unfortunately, I have never caught a foul ball or a home run ball at a game. I came close a few times.

I only caught a batting practice home run ball once at AT&T Park before a National League Division Series game between the SF Giants and NY Mets in 2000. The Mets were taking batting practice, and I was standing out in the bleacher section in left field and the ball came right at me. Fortunately I caught the ball as there were many people around me ready to pounce on the ball if I dropped it.  I placed the ball in a case, and show it off in my office.  Every sports fan needs to catch a ball at a regular season baseball game!

Welcome to Candlestick Park in San Francisco on Thursday, Septemeber 21, 1989. This is a view of the lower box seats behind home plate at a SF Giants vs LA Dodgers game.  The Giants won the game 4-3 with Kelly Downs getting the win and Ramon Martinez taking the loss.

See the banner on the upper right – “Giants Vision”.  I remember there was a “Giants Vision” cable channel broadcasting SF Giants games.

This was a memorable year as the SF Giants played the Oakland A’s in the World Series and Game 3 was interrupted at 5:04pm on October 17, 1989, because of the Loma Prieta 6.9 Magnitude Earthquake. That was a very scary and tragic afternoon as 63 people died because of the earthquake.