seagulls

Went to go see the A's play the Rangers today. It's the second time in a month I've seen Rich Harden pitch, and he's very impressive in some ways (pitch speed, strikeouts) and not so impressive in other ways (control, walks). Here's hoping his control improves, quickly.

There was a brilliant defensive play sometime in the middle innings, when it was still close; Mark Kotsay gloved a ball just over the fence and robbed Teixeira of a 3-run homer which would have made the score 4-3. Soon after that, Eric Byrnes hit a 2-run shot and it was pretty much a blowout from there on out.

Sometime during the bottom of the eighth, the seagulls started to circle above us. A friend and I were trying to figure out how the seagulls knew when to show up; did they just know that weekend games would end around 4pm? Did they wait until some cars started to leave the stadium? Did people start to throw their food on the floor? It must be a pretty good method, because I've been to many a baseball/football game, and the seagulls have shown up every time, without fail.