Last Saturday I joined some of my fellow season ticket holders for batting practice at Petco Park. It was a blast hitting balls on a big league field. They pitched kind of slow; I felt like I was coming out of my shoes, kind of like Khalil trying to hit Livan Hernandez. But I'm not going to complain about the opportunity to do something like this. I have to add that I ripped one back up the box, and if the guy hadn't ducked behind the pitching machine, he would have been gargling his molars. Teach him to pitch slow.

They also let us play the field while other people were batting, so I got to step on the infield dirt for the first time. It was really cool fielding ground balls, even though I booted one at second base. But in my defense, second base is not my natural position. We all know from the Compadre Field Day pictures that I'm a pitcher/outfielder.

After I was done, we went down to the visitor's dugout and discovered that the doors to the tunnel were open, offering us complete access to what lies beneath. We got some nice pictures, but eventually a redshirt came around and bounced us out.

My friend and fellow GLBer alohabing and her husband, Mr. Bing, took these pictures, so thanks to them. This was a lot of fun. Enjoy the pics.

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