April 3rd, 2007 by eduardo

Its about 10am on Tuesday afternoon on the 3rd of April in San Francisco and I can’t think of a place that I would rather be than sitting 20 yards behind home plate in AT&T Park waiting to see the Giants home opener vs. the San Diego padres. Around this time last year I had the chance to come to my first opening day game as a member of the Press and I had a ton of fun with it. I walked into the dugout, into the locker room and as I stood there waiting for the Manangers meeting same as the rest of the reporters there I chatted with Ray Durham about what he thought of the Giants that year. This year I am taking on the role of photographer for the home opener as my dad will be the reporter. I can’t wait for the chance to get down onto the field level and take some amazing pictures of which I hope to share with you soon.

I used to be very nervous at these things because I never quite felt like I fit in. I always felt like I was walking around waiting for someone to jump out and say “Hey who are you!”. But alas, that has never happened and I still come back whenever I get a chance to cover the baseball team that I grew up watching as a child. It is still hours before the opening pitch but there is already a sense of hustle and bustle around the stadium. The same feeling you get when you go to work in the morning and everyone is moving to get somewhere.

This is going to be a great day. I will see you all soon with some Giants pictures and a win hopefully!! Go Giants!!!