Welcome to Candlestick Park in 1989. The SF Giants played the LA Dodgers this night and the Dodgers were taking batting practice. This was a comfortable evening as the wind was calm and it was not cold and foggy. This brings back nice memories of relaxing and watching batting practice at The Stick. With the batting cage in place, you could daydream and not have to worry about getting hit by a foul ball during batting practice. I am looking forward to baseball at AT&T in a couple of months. I also look forward to relaxing and watching batting practice there too.

The photograph was taken from the Upper Box seating area down the 1st base side. Some of the SF Giants players were warming up playing catch in the foul area down the 1st base side while the San Diego Padres were taking batting practice in the field. This was a great spot to see what was going on on the field. If you look at the bottom of the photograph, you can see a couple of the Luxury Boxes skylight windows. I am looking forward to the upcoming baseball season and hearing the crack of the bats hitting the balls during batting practice and the game.

I took the photograph with high speed Kodak 35mm T-Max Black and White film. This is why the picture has the grainy look. I used this film because this was a night game. I needed a more light sensitive film, since there would be little or no daylight when the game started. I used this film a lot in the past and was happy with its results.

If I were to take this same picture today with a digital camera, I would just need to boost up the ISO which would make the camera sensor more sensitive to light.  The photograph would be less grainy with today’s technology.

I anxiously awaiting for baseball season to begin, and hopefully I can share pictures of today’s SF Giants during batting practice at AT&T Park.

Here’s a dedicated Baseball Fan who was scorekeeping at a cold night SF Giants vs LA Dodgers Baseball game at Candlestick Park on Tuesday, April 17, 1990. He stayed to the end of the game as the Giants were trailing the Dodgers 10-5 in the middle of the 9th inning when the picture was taken. The Dodgers had just pushed across 4 runs in the top of the 9th. The Giants could not score any runs in the bottom of the 9th and ended up losing 10-5.

I took these photographs while I attended the Academy of Art University for a class project.

I wish I knew who this gentleman was.  I did ask permission to take his photograph.  He was a nice guy who enjoyed the game even though the Giants did not win.

If anyone know this dedicated SF Giants Baseball fan, please let me know who he is.  There is always a special connection between SF Giants fans and those of us who regularly attended games at Candlestick Park.  It would be nice to connect with someone who knows this happy fan!