Rocktoberfest
ESPN recently had a poll online asking users what is currently the biggest sports story: a) The Patriots' domination over the NFL, b) College football upsets around the nation, or c) The Colorado Rockies' hot streak.
Users around the country have spoken, and they say that the Colorado Rockies are the biggest story in all of sports right now. This team was left for dead in the playoff race in the middle of September, but have been blazingly hot in the past 30 days, having won a ridiculous 21 games out of their last 22. And because of it, they will be playing in the World Series for the first time in franchise history.
Anyways, I traveled out to Denver this past weekend to cover what local have started to call "Rocktober." It was the first time I have shot baseball since the middle of September, but I did not feel that rusty. Baseball is a pretty easy to sport to shoot as long as you stay alert and always know the situation. If there's a runner on second base and there's a single, there is a potential play at the plate. If there's a runner on first base, always keep tabs on him to make sure he's not stealing, or if there's a hard grounder on the infield, there's probably going to be a double play at second. If the batter can tie or take the lead with one swing, be sure to get a picture of that at-bat. I can go on and on about baseball situations.
However, knowledge of the game cannot save you from the coach's/ump's/player's/camera man's ass. For those of you following this series, you know there wasn't a lot of drama on the bases for the two games in Colorado, so good action was hard to come by. However, I seemed to get extraordinarly bad luck (especially in game 3) where every time there was an important play, or simply just nice looking play in the field, I got blocked:
(coach's ass blocks a key double play for the Rockies)
(player's ass blocks my view of a ball dropped for an error)
(player's ass blocks shot of 1B reaching over fans for a foul pop)
(TV guy blocking home run celebration)
Oh well. Action is important, but you can argue that reaction is more important in the postseason anyways:
Next week, I travel to the World Series... I think I used up all my bad luck with umps and coaches on this trip to Denver, so I expect a straight forward shoot next time out with many great, UN-BLOCKED images :-)
Users around the country have spoken, and they say that the Colorado Rockies are the biggest story in all of sports right now. This team was left for dead in the playoff race in the middle of September, but have been blazingly hot in the past 30 days, having won a ridiculous 21 games out of their last 22. And because of it, they will be playing in the World Series for the first time in franchise history.
Anyways, I traveled out to Denver this past weekend to cover what local have started to call "Rocktober." It was the first time I have shot baseball since the middle of September, but I did not feel that rusty. Baseball is a pretty easy to sport to shoot as long as you stay alert and always know the situation. If there's a runner on second base and there's a single, there is a potential play at the plate. If there's a runner on first base, always keep tabs on him to make sure he's not stealing, or if there's a hard grounder on the infield, there's probably going to be a double play at second. If the batter can tie or take the lead with one swing, be sure to get a picture of that at-bat. I can go on and on about baseball situations.
However, knowledge of the game cannot save you from the coach's/ump's/player's/camera man's ass. For those of you following this series, you know there wasn't a lot of drama on the bases for the two games in Colorado, so good action was hard to come by. However, I seemed to get extraordinarly bad luck (especially in game 3) where every time there was an important play, or simply just nice looking play in the field, I got blocked:
(coach's ass blocks a key double play for the Rockies)
(player's ass blocks my view of a ball dropped for an error)
(player's ass blocks shot of 1B reaching over fans for a foul pop)
(TV guy blocking home run celebration)
Oh well. Action is important, but you can argue that reaction is more important in the postseason anyways:
Next week, I travel to the World Series... I think I used up all my bad luck with umps and coaches on this trip to Denver, so I expect a straight forward shoot next time out with many great, UN-BLOCKED images :-)
posted by Jerry at 4:47 PM
1 Comments:
Nice gig having publications and companies pay to fly you all over and best yet ... paid to shoot. How does one get into shooting the World Series?
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