| Game | Got | Caught | Dropped | Notes |
| 2007-09-26 - vs San Diego | 0 | 0 | 0 | Injury cut short my bp record quest on the last day of the season. I feel so stupid. On a ball I probably had no chance at, I bashed my left leg into the end of row 10 in section 138 opening a 2 inch gash on my shin. It hurt like hell, but I didn't think much of it until Chris and his brother Tony said, "Hey there's blood." Before I could get up to the bathroom, my pant leg was soaked, I wrapped it up and went to first aid where they dressed it and told me to get it sutured tonight. Brady picked me up on Brannan and 3 hours later we found out the Giants lost on Barry's last game. It was a fun year, I'm sorry I didn't get to say goodbye to all my ballpark friends, but I think I'll be ready to go by Opening Day. Brady's picture of me in the ER waiting room |
| 2007-09-25 - vs San Diego | 3 | 2 | 0 | When I got there Misch tossed me one in the Arcade. Like yesterday, the two catches were both late. The first was at the left bottom side of 139, I outreached Jake on a low liner. The second was a couple rows back of the first one, a pretty easy catch on a high fly. I probably had 2 other no doubters if Jake hadn't been shadowing me today. |
| 2007-09-24 - vs San Diego | 2 | 2 | 0 | I was afraid I was going to get shut out again; I had misjudged one earlier and watched as a bunch of balls were hit to 139 while I was in right. Then the two catches came in the last group of Padres, one underhanded on the 139 railing above the disabled section and then the other at the top of the 138-139 tunnel. I think newly acquired Jason Lane hit both. |
| 2007-09-21 - vs Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | 0 | It was a frustrating day out there. I didn't have a lot of chances, but I did have two balls hit my glove, both while lunging over the 138-139 tunnel railing. If I had just stayed there, I would've had both fairly easily. As it was I made running reaches two different times and couldn't hold on it the ball. I can't give myself a drop on them though. A third time one came there that was directly in the middle out of reach of gloves right and left and me at the top. Then the bullpen blew a 5 run lead, and the Giants announced that Barry won't be back in 2008 |
| 2007-09-20 - vs Cincinnati | 2 | 2 | 0 | These were both pretty nice catches. The first was in 139, going up about 4 rows. The second was lunging over the side of the 139-40 tunnel. I had a couple other chances, but both got caught right out of my glove. |
| 2007-09-12 - vs Arizona | 1 | 1 | 0 | Arizona really didn't hit as many as they had the last two days. The one I caught was in 138 about 6 rows up, right as I was talking to Charlie the usher. In the 6th inning of the game Schierholtz hit a fould ball right to me in seat 9. I didn't have my glove on and it squirted right though my hands. Oh well, my second chance in 7 plus years. At least I got a hand on it this time. |
| 2007-09-11 - vs Arizona | 1 | 1 | 0 | A couple of things were different from the night before, the Diamondbacks didn't hit nearly as many balls out of the park and I didn't let Byrnes get one over my head. I caught it 3 rows from the top of 139. I had it all the way and there was nobody anywhere around. Jake said it was the most boring catch he's seen all year. I just can't win, I guess. |
| 2007-09-10 - vs Arizona | 6 | 3 | 0 | Just as I suspected, the smallest crowd of the year. A Monday, the 49ers opening night, the Diamondbacks, and a last place Giants team all added up to about 15,000 in the park. As for BP, it was even sparser. I found one in the Arcade when I got there. The first catch was from Klesko on the Arcade walkway down towards the foul pole, it was about as easy as it could be, no people, no leaning, no lunging. Then back in left I had one from Byrnes lined up at the top of 140 all by myself, only to watch it sail over my head by another 3 rows. Frustrating, but I got the ball. Then I caught one above the Arcade at the disabled seats in 147. Another pretty easy one that I caught just out of Cheese's reach. Then a bouncer on a very high fly to the top of the Arcade, I didn't really try for that one, but the ball ended up rolling right into my glove. The last catch was the best, a liner from Arizona just at the bottom of the 138-39 tunnel. I ran down the steps, held onto the railing and snagged it just in the webbing of my glove. I had a few other opportunities, including a ball from Bonds that I got close to while standing on the portwalk, but this entry is getting too long. Oh yeah, Hennessey blew the game in the 9th when he gave up a pinch-hit 3-run homer. |
| 2007-09-09 - vs Los Angeles | 3 | 1 | 0 | Made a nice catch on Klesko's liner to straight rightfield. I had at least 3 others that I had a good chance at, but I didn't come up with them. (kind of like Friday night) So despite getting 3 balls, (I found 1 in the Arcade, and got one from Gonzo on a bounce in the Arcade) I was a little frustrated with today's bp. |
| 2007-09-07 - vs Los Angeles | 1 | 1 | 0 | As expected, the smallest crowd I've seen for a Dodger batting practice. It was a little frustrating for me though. I made a nice catch in 138, that's true. But I had 3 other balls that I was positive I had until somehow or another I didn't. The worst was the first when Bonds hit one to me on the Arcade walkway, I had it all the way until it sailed over my head somehow. Ouch. |
| 2007-08-29 - vs Colorado | - | - | - | Skipped bp because I figured the wouldn't be any on the day game after a night game. I was disappointed to find out that I was wrong and that Colorado took bp after all. Oh well. Maybe the Giants should've taken it too since they got shellacked 8-0. |
| 2007-08-28 - vs Colorado | 1 | 1 | 0 | I could only stay at bp until 6 so I had to make my mark early. I was worried that Holliday wouldn't hit before I had to leave for my softball game. (I ended up staying until 5 after 6 and just got to my game as it was starting.) Anyway, I didn't get a ball form Holliday today but I did catch one form Bonds in the close corner of the Arcade cutout and pretty much right out of Jake's glove. It was pretty sweet and we gave him a hard time for the rest of bp. |
| 2007-08-27 - vs Colorado | 3 | 2 | 0 | My first game back after our vacation in Maine was also my first real experience of the post homer chase bp. There was almost no one there. No one, that is except the best of bp regulars. I saw some great catches, but I made a couple too. Early on, Kline threw a ball up to me in the Arcade. Then I watched as the regulars beat me to about 6 balls. When Holliday came up, I was ready. I slipped getting to the first one, in 140, but recovered enough to catch it as I fell. I ended up on the ground, but I still had the ball. It looked like a great play, and I guess it was, but it shouldn't have been so dramatic. The second came soon after, near the aisle between 139 and 140, kind a moving over-the-head snag. Holliday alone hit at least 5 more balls that I thought I had chances at but that sailed to unbelievable spots in 140, 141, and 142. Next time, I'll play deeper. |
| 2007-08-10 - vs Pittsburgh | 4 | 2 | 1 | I was more lucky than good today. When I got there, Bonds instantly hit one over my head in 146. I was still cursing myself when he hit another one almost to the same place. It's tough to go up the stairs there, but I caught up with the ball just at the top of the first aisle. The next one was one I misjudged that ended up hitting off the 138-39 tunnel railing. For some reason I chased it down a couple rows away. Then came one about 10 rows back in 139, I over ran it and caught it underhanded leaning back the way I came. The crowd was impressed with the catch, but I kind of felt like I was lucky to have recovered. The next one was over my head in 139, it hit off Bill's glove and bounced right down to me. What could I do? The drop was on a high toss from a Pirate at the end of bp, I don't know how I missed the basket catch, but I did. The Pirates hit a ton of balls and, not surprisingly, there wasn't much of a crowd for bp. Bonds hit #758, but the bullpen gave the game away with a 6 run 8th. |
| 2007-08-09 - vs Washington | - | - | - | no bp on the day game after night game. I sat in the Club (after trading my 4 seats for 20 bucks plus 1 ticket) next to Frank Chu. |
| 2007-08-08 - vs Washington | 0 | 0 | 0 | There was still a pretty good crowd for bp today, despite Bonds having broken the record last night. As it was, I had 3 ok chances, but it was just too crowded to come down with the ball any of the times.
Bonds hit #757 during the game and a foul ball actually came back near us. |
| 2007-08-07 - vs Washington | 1 | 1 | 0 | Today I narrowly missed catching another ball from Bonds, this one in the center of the Arcade cutout section, when a dad in the front row caught it right out of my glove. When Washington came up I moved to 140 -141 because Zimmerman had hit many over there on Monday. Today, nothing. Then finally Dimitri Young hit one to the aisle between 139 and 140. I went all the way across 140, up 3 rows, and pulled it in to the delight of the crowd. Oh yeah, Bonds hit #756 into section 144 in the 5th inning of the game to put the Giants ahead of the Nationals and himself ahead of Aaron. The Giants ended up losing the lead, but Bonds is still the All-time Home Run King! |
| 2007-08-06 - vs Washington | 0 | 0 | 0 | There really wasn't much happening today. I didn't have many chances and there were too many people there for Bonds. I blew my one chance early on when I let a Bonds ball sail over my head on the Arcade walkway. He's sitting on 755, so I assume the place will be packed until he hits it. |
| 2007-07-29 - vs Florida | - | - | - | no bp on Sunday after the Saturday night game. No Bonds homer and no Giants win, neither. |
| 2007-07-28 - vs Florida | 1 | 1 | 0 | A 6pm start time was strange, but bp was much the same as friday night. The Marlins big hitters hit a lot of balls and the last group hit a good number also. The one I got was from Cabrera in 139, caught it right in front of Bill. |
| 2007-07-27 - vs Florida | 1 | 1 | 0 | It came in the last group of Marlins. It was over the left side of the 138-39 tunnel and it hit me right in the palm. Somehow, it stuck. Other than that, the big Marlins hitters all hit a bunch of balls that I just couldn't get to, whether I was misjudging them or too much traffic, I don't know. Later Bonds hit #754 in the first inning and the Giants won 12-10 |
| 2007-07-25 - vs Atlanta | 3 | 3 | 0 | I seriously considered not showing up to bp today after the last couple of days, good thing I changed my mind. The three catches were all in 139: One from Aurilia in the front row above the disabled section (a high one that I got some pressure from the left on), one from Andruw Jones (a line drive that I snagged in the web in the 3rd row by leaping), and a pretty easy one in the same spot I missed yesterday's catch, leaning over the railing (this time I didn't have to go as far.) There were at least two more chances, so it ended up being a pretty fun bp. Then the Giants won behind Lowry. |
| 2007-07-24 - vs Atlanta | 0 | 0 | 0 | I had one chance today. I had to run across 139,down the steps near the railing, and lunge over the tunnel to have it tip the heel of my glove and ricochet off the SF logo on my hat right to some guy who hadn't moved an inch. Oh well. The Giants lost again and Bonds didn't hit a homer. |
| 2007-07-23 - vs Atlanta | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dismal, one remote chance all day. Bonds is sitting at 753 home runs and the crowd arrived early for bp, but there really weren't any balls to be caught. |
| 2007-07-15 - vs Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | Only the Giants took bp on a Sunday morning. Nothing came my way in Right and only one ball that I saw went out to Left. |
| 2007-07-13 - vs Los Angeles | 1 | 1 | 0 | Durham in the front row of Arcade 148. I had one other chance on one from Kent in left but Cheese had position on me and caught it out of my glove. |
| 2007-07-10 - vs All Stars | 1 | 0 | 0 | All Star Game - BP was packed again and Duncan and I didn't have tickets for the bleachers so Tony snuck us in with his tickets. I played so deep for Carlos Lee that I was the only one with a chance at a ball hit to the top of 139, I over ran it and it hit behind me, but I got it as it bounced back down. |
| 2007-07-09 - vs All Stars | 1 | 0 | 0 | Home run Derby - BP was packed and the people out there were crazy, diving and pushing and jumping on people, I was lucky enough to grab a home run derby ball as it rolled toward me, then unlucky enough to have an 18 year old kid jump on my back as I tried to escape. I don't feel good about kicking him the chest to get him off me, but I think he was toally out of line. In the Home Run derby, every ball went at least 10 rows over our heads and we never had a chance at one, just as well since I think the people were worse once the derby started. |
| 2007-07-01 - vs All Stars | 1 | 0 | 0 | Futures Game - We only got about 10 minutes of bp with the All Star Futures, but it was eventful for me. I didn't catch one but I had 2 chances, both of which I missed (one was too short for my lunge over two rows, then the next one was one the walkway after I moved to the front row in the Arcade). Then when on of the futures (Van Otten) took pity on me and threw me a ball, he threw it too short and i missed that too. Since there was nobody there, I was able to pick up the ball and throw it back to him, telling him to "reach me this time", which he did and I finally caught. |
| 2007-06-30 - vs Arizona | 2 | 2 | 0 | Both catches were in Left. The first was from Byrnes in 139.( I didn't make the mistake of playing too far back today.) I grabbed it between a few gloves and got my arm ripped down right after, but held on. The second one was in 138, late in bp. It was high one that Tony went down a few rows for, vacating his normal spot, which was right where I caught it on a leap. It was a nice snag in the webbing by me, I must say. |
| 2007-06-29 - vs Arizona | 2 | 1 | 1 | The drop was on a ball from Klesko on the Arcade walkway above 147 early on. It was over the seats but in front of the railing, so I had to underhand it. It hit off the heel and dropped right in front of me. I totally should have caught it, but those kind of catches have been tough for me. The catch was in 139, just to the left of the tunnel. I made a nice grab between a bunch of gloves. I probably could have had a couple more chances, but I played Byrnes way too deep. In the game, Bonds hit #750, but the Giants lost again. |
| 2007-06-27 - vs San Diego | - | - | - | no bp on a weekday day game |
| 2007-06-26 - vs San Diego | 1 | 0 | 0 | this is not a misprint: Bonds was up when I got in and instantly hit three balls right in a row into the Arcade. Unfortunately, I couldn't get to any of them on a fly. I finally was able to track down one in the Arcade cutout. I will say that the first one he hit, right at the top of the 148, I got some leather on, but it didn't stick and the ball rolled away. It was a leaping try that I took a bit of jostling on, so I can't call it a drop. |
| 2007-06-25 - vs San Diego | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bonds was up when I got in and instantly hit three balls right in a row into the Arcade. Unfortunately, I couldn't get to any of them on a fly. I finally was able to track down one in the front of the Arcade cutout. |
| 2007-06-24 - vs New York Yankees | 1 | 1 | 0 | I don't know what happened to what I wrote, but what happened was, I ended up buying a ticket after selling our seats for this game. The Yankees skipped bp, so the Giants hit in their place. I caught a ball from Bonds at the top of the Arcade, much to the appreciation of the crowd. |
| 2007-06-22 - vs New York Yankees | 1 | 1 | 0 | The bleachers were pretty full for the Yankees, but I still manged to get a little action. The catch was in 139 from the new Giants catcher Guillermo Rodriguez... I think. I had a couple of other good shots at balls in the Arcade one on Durham that tipped the top of my glove leaping, I couldn't get back any farther as some people closed in behind me. Maybe I'm just unerestimating my vertical clearance. One other good chance was an underhand just above the green roof. If the barehanded guy hadn't deflected it, I would've had it. Bonds hit #749 into section 144 and the Giants lost their 8th straight game. |
| 2007-06-11 - vs Toronto | 2 | 1 | 1 | Had a lot of action today and the bleachers were crowded with highschoolers newly off for summer. I had a couple of shots on ball from Bonds early on, one that hit off the roof just before I could get to it. Back in left, I dropped one in a crowd in 139, maybe there was some jostling, but it hit right in my glove, just off the fingers, and bounced out before I could get a grip. The catch was on Alex Rios way over in 137. I caught it underhanded on a dead run. It really made up for the drop. the other was one from Frank Thomas, it was over my head, but the kid behind me dropped it and there was a scramble. Normally I don't get involved, but it was right in front of me, so I grabbed it. The best part was all the high school boys looking for it after I picked it out of the pile and walked away. In the game, Bonds hit #747 and the Giants won it on a suicide squeeze. |
| 2007-06-08 - vs Oakland | 1 | 0 | 0 | Found a really nasty dirty ball in the Arcade when I got there. I only really had one chance today on a ball from Klesko in the front of the Arcade, but a kid was actively trying to catch it, so I hung back. It tipped off the top of his glove and hit mine in the heel. I could've caught it outright, but letting him have his chance was the right thing to do. |
| 2007-05-23 - vs Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | My first shutout of the regular season. It was bound to happen. If only I had held on to the one I ran across 140 at full speed and lunged over tunnel railing for. It went into to top of the web and rolled out down the tunnel. The best catch I never made. |
| 2007-05-22 - vs Houston | 1 | 1 | 0 | Not as many chances as yesterday, but I did catch the one tha t was hit right at me near the the 138-139 tunnel. I went too far back for Carlos Lee and hit a couple I would've had a chance at if I had stayed in my spot. |
| 2007-05-21 - vs Houston | 1 | 1 | 0 | I caught one in right from Sweeney, the last Giants batter. I had a couple other chances, one from Klesko that was too far in front of me, two from Bonds that I had to run from one end of the Arcade to the other, and I had one leaping shot at a Houston ball that I felt tick the top of my glove. Houston hit a lot of balls to left, but not many that I felt I had a good chance at. |
| 2007-05-09 - vs New York | - | - | - | no bp on a weekday day game |
| 2007-05-07 - vs New York | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jake beat me on a Bonds ball in right, then I flat dropped one that was all mine above the disabled section in 139. I finally pulled one in between the tunnels in 140 from an unknown Met. There were a couple other chances, but my heart wasn't in it today for some reason. In the game Molina hit 2 homers in the 5th and the Giants scored 9 runs on their way to a 9-4 win. |
| 2007-05-06 - vs Philadelphia | - | - | - | skipped bp on the Sunday night game. Lincecum's major league debut. |
| 2007-05-04 - vs Philadelphia | 2 | 0 | 0 | Abysmal. The Phillies hit nothing... maybe 3 balls, two of which I had a remote chance at but for too much Friday night traffic. Luckily, I found two balls in the Arcade when I got there from either Klesko or Durham who hit before the gates opened. Niekro was designated for assignment, so that means the Giants BP has virtually no hope from now on. |
| 2007-05-03 - vs Philadelphia | 2 | 2 | 0 | The Giants were about 5 minutes late in their bp schedule which meant that we got 10 minutes of Bonds' group rather than the usual 5. It proved a valuable 5 mintes as I caught 2 balls from Barry at near the top of the first aisle in Arcade 147. That was all I was going to get (but, you know, 2 balls from Bonds is plenty) and the Philies were extremely disappointing. |
| 2007-05-02 - vs Colorado | 1 | 1 | 0 | had a very good shot at one from Bonds on top of the Arcade when I got there, but I couldn't make the play. The catch was off Holliday in 139, I slipped just as it came in and caught it in the web while falling on my ass. The crowd cheeered, but it was an easier catch than I made it look. |
| 2007-05-01 - vs Colorado | 2 | 1 | 0 | Another very small crowd for bp, but today the Rockies all worked on hitting to the opposite field (a technique that worked well against Russ Ortiz in the game, boo hoo) The two I got were both from Klesko on the Arcade, the first was a catch in the same spot where I got one yesterday, right behind the disabled seating. The second was hit to the back of 146 but didn't clear the last row of seats, so I couldn't catch it. Since there was no one else up there, I had no problem tracking down the roller. |
| 2007-04-30 - vs Colorado | 4 | 4 | 0 | A tiny crowd and a couple of pretty good groups contributed to this. I haven't had 4 catches since the 2002 playoffs, and this could've easily been 7 as there were 3 other balls I was dead certain I had. Anyway, I caught 2 from Niekro (one in 139 and one in 140), one from Helton, lunging across the row in Arcade 148 (got a nice bruise on my leg from that one), and one from Hawpe right behind the disabled seating at the edge of 148. The most frustrating miss was on a Holliday ball to deep 137. I was standing 3 rows from the top thinking he was going to pull one. He did, but I came down and got on the wrong side of a guy sitting there. I should've had that one. Oh well, I'm happy with my 4 for 4. |
| 2007-04-22 - vs Arizona | 1 | 1 | 0 | Today there weren't too many chances, but I did catch one from Niekro in the front row of 139, right in front of Brady. Then Bonds homered (#740) and Cain threw a complete game for a Giants series sweep of the Diamondbacks. 2-1 final. |
| 2007-04-20 - vs Arizona | 1 | 0 | 0 | Again I had a good number of chances, at least 3 balls that I was right on (two that tipped my glove), but this time various things prevented me including a heavy tailwind and a jostling crowd. The ball I did get came from Bonds. Aliner that hit the back of the bench in the Arcade. I couldn't make the catch because I was back on the walkway and it came screaming in too low for me to reach for. |
| 2007-04-19 - vs St. Louis | - | - | - | no bp on the weekday game. |
| 2007-04-18 - vs St. Louis | 1 | 1 | 0 | I had a good number of chances, at least 3 balls that I was right behind the person catching it, but I was only able to get position on one from Niekro in 139. Pujols took a short bp, but hit 4 balls to the upper parts of 138, 139, and 140. Later, we made it to the end of the 12th inning when Aurilia drove in Winn to end the game 6-5. |
| 2007-04-08 - vs Los Angeles | 2 | 1 | 0 | The first one I was a bouncer on the portwalk before the gates opened. I had just run after one that hit the water and then this one hit the railing right where I had been standing. Somehow I still got the ball. The catch was a backhanded one from Niekro to the left side of 139. The last group of Giants hit a lot of balls. |
| 2007-04-06 - vs Los Angeles | 1 | 1 | 0 | I rushed up to the Arcade hoping fro something from Bonds or Durham and I caught one from Durham in section 147 while leaning way over the railing to snag it. Garrett and his dad later told me they saw the catch. The Dodgers were pathetic, only Gonzalez did anything. |
| 2007-04-05 - vs San Diego | 2 | 2 | 0 | When I got there Bonds was taking his last swings so I ran to the top of the Arcade. He didn't hit one, but the Mike the usher was emphatically telling me there was a ball sitting in the aisle above the Levi's sign, so I went running to get it. As I ran past the first water cannon, a ball that Durham had just hit, hit right above my head on the bricks! If I had only looked up. Later I caught one from Brian Giles right behind a bunch of obnoxious drunks and then in the last group I had another pretty easy catch down an empty row in the Arcade 147. |
| 2007-04-04 - vs San Diego | 1 | 1 | 0 | My first ball of the year was an underhand catch above the tunnel in 140. Feliz hit it and I think it tipped ever so slightly off Jake's glove before I caught it. |
| 2007-04-03 - vs San Diego | - | - | - | Opening Day, the Giants got shut out and I skipped BP. |
| 2007-03-30 - vs Oakland | 0 | 0 | 1 | a great way to start the season. my first drop of the year. it came at the bottom of 139, I was running down the steps, it my palm and bounced away. Oh well, I got that one out of the way. |