View from the Upper Deck – AT&T Park. San Francisco, California. May 26, 2009. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

A portion of the upper deck seating at AT&T Park with the twilight view of San Francisco Bay and ships beyond.

I think of this as an illustration of why I like the cheap seats at AT&T Park. (Well, not the very cheapest – those are the bleachers in far left field.) The upper deck “nose bleed” seating at AT&T Park may be way above the field, and the chances of snagging foul ball just about nil… but the view of San Francisco Bay is almost unrivaled. There is nothing quite like sitting high above the first base side of the field as the sun goes down over the Bay, perhaps with a bit of fog just starting to come in, eating some ball park food and watching the Giants. If you get really lucky, they might even be ahead…

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