More San Jose shots...

Hello. I'm back in Sacramento and I had a few minutes (not to mention, my AT&T internet is working...FINALLY!), so I thought I would post a few more pictures I took while in San Jose.

Most of these pictures were taken as reference shots for a story I wrote about San Jose Municipal Stadium, so my apologies if they are incredible random. That story, and two others, will be posted later today so be sure to check back! As always, enjoy!

There was a lot of stuff painted on the walls of the enterances and concourse at Municipal Stadium. This mural above is of the Giants' mascot, Gigante (pronounced like there is an 'H' at the beginning). Gigante is a pretty goofy-looking mascot, so I throughouly enjoyed him. Oddly enough, Gribb sent me a rap video as a joke...and Gigante showed up in it! For those that want to see Gigante in action, check out the Mistah Fab, "Ghost-Ridin'" video. For those of you with a vested interest in any of the Ghostbusters movies...well, just prepare.

More random art. This door is locked, and as far as I can tell-- it's not a phone booth.

This is about, I dunno, a 10th of a elaborately painted wall depicting the history of the California League and the San Jose Giants. It lists the championships, it lists the different make ups of the league...it's basically a history lesson cave man style. To the left of this wall was probably an equal stretch of wall just depicting the logos of every Minor League league and its respective teams. Someone has a lot of time on their hands, that's for sure.

Like I said, a lot of art. These shots can't even begin to display half of the images.

The Club House (aka the store). This is a new addition to the park, and is one of many recent changs. A new outfield wall was installed before this season, and a JumboTron was just erected in right field before the 2006 season. Last season also marked Gigante's 'birth,' which I hope was as exciting as it sounds. Case and point-- this team is on the up-and-up. Winning a championship in 2005 and being the favorite to do it last year/so far this year helps too.

A place for the kids to hang out. There's all kinds of inflatable stuff, and there is also a batting cage, pitching/radar gun area. That's leaving out the petting zoo you caught some of in my last post. I dunno, I think this is a decent amount of attractions for a Class A Advanced club.