Opportunity of a Lifetime

[TroutBaseball]

A dream of mine is to sit in the photo well at an MLB game. On Saturday I received last minute notification that our family was being invited into a dugout suite at Angel Stadium. This being the closest thing I've ever had to that opportunity I took my camera.  We've been going through some brutal family stuff lately and this was a total godsend and a respite from the storm.

I shot all of these from behind the screen with a good camera, it's no where near the quality that sports photographers use, but it still did a decent job (Canon 60D with the stock lens for camera nerds)

I thought you guys would be able to enjoy these with me.

 

 

 

 

 

[UndertheHalo]

Got some great shots here bud, good job.  Sounds like a great time.  Glad you had the opportunity.  And hope things settle down for you. 

[TroutBaseball]

Angelswin.com please consider this my application to receive a photo pass as your representative.

[Angel Dog and Beer]

Good stuff, thanks for sharing. Especially love that first one. 

[Roy Hobbs]

Growing up before the Angels were in existence ,the highlight of my week was the arrival of my Sports Illustrated.Most of my baseball world came via the newspaper and it's box scores but when the magazine arrived with it's color pictures of Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays, it seemed to come to life.The ground level shots you took remind me so much of those old photos.It's funny that @Angel Dog and Beer mentioned the first one as that was the one that really stood out to me too.The way you captured the batter,catcher and umpire is exactly the way they would do it.Well done,you really brought back some great memories.Thanks.

[Dick B Back]

Great stuff, thanks for posting these!

 

[ten ocho recon scout]

Nice shots! Would kill to get to do something like that!

Crazy that you can make out the people's faces in the outfield seats.

I imagine sitting that close is a different experience with the pitch locations, too.

[fanfromday1]

Amazing shots. Thanks for sharing. 

[yk9001]

Those look great!

[Puget Sound Angel]

All very nice. Thanks for sharing.

[TroutBaseball]

2 hours ago, Roy Hobbs said:

the first one as that was the one that really stood out to me too.The way you captured the batter,catcher and umpire is exactly the way they would do it.Well done,you really brought back some great memories.Thanks.

That's high praise. Thanks!

[Inside Pitch]

Grats dude...  Thanks for sharing...   Really great snaps.

[fan_since79]

Those are fabulous pictures!

Thanks!!

 

[tomsred]

Really great job with the photos.  Hope the family situation gets better for you!

[eligrba]

Great photos.  Could you hear the players talk to each other?  I can't imagine being that close to home plate...jelous.

[Tank]

those are great pics! i especially love the one with ohtani with ball on his bat - perfect timing!

[ten ocho recon scout]

3 hours ago, eligrba said:

Could you hear the players talk to each other? 

"Im gonna try and bang the chick from tilted kilt later."

"So and so already did."

"So and so! Hes always getting cold sores!..

 

 

 

.....F it, ive got condoms."

[tdawg87]

These are great pics but I'm a bit disturbed how you capitalized Lifetime...

I need to consult with Vladdylonglegs about this.

[failos]

How much do you charge for professional dick pics?

[disarcina]

some really nice shots -- thanks for posting these and thinking of AW.com in taking these photos during the game.

[tdawg87]

37 minutes ago, failos said:

How much do you charge for professional dick pics?

Asking for me.

[TroutBaseball]

15 hours ago, eligrba said:

Great photos.  Could you hear the players talk to each other?  I can't imagine being that close to home plate...jelous.

As the game started the first thing my wife said was "Oh, they can hear us. We could truly heckle them."  We couldn't really hear the players talking but if an argument started with an umpire I'm sure we could have heard most of it.

[TroutBaseball]

12 hours ago, tdawg87 said:

These are great pics but I'm a bit disturbed how you capitalized Lifetime...

I need to consult with Vladdylonglegs about this.

I assumed that was the accepted spelling here because of all the talk about vaginal injuries.