Last night I had the chance to go shoot photos at Safeco Field, home of the Seattle Mariners. It was a the second annual "High School Baseball Classic" and the Highline Pirates were playing. It was a lot of fun to be able to walk around and shoot from different places in the stadium (although they did have the outfield blocked off).
It was a great game, and the Pirates won in the bottom of the 7th with a walk off base hit to score the runner on 3rd. I have the rest of the photos I took on my new smugmug sports site: etdpi.smugmug.com

Also, my buddy Jay-ar went to the game with me. He just joined photoblog yesterday. He has a smugmug site too, with his shots from the game at: photos.juniormonkey.com

WOW! Great shots. I'm in love with the wide angles. They are so cool! What an experience for you too. I got to shoot at Qwest Field once and it was so much fun. Who is the other school? TheCrazyCroat · 2008-04-17: 11:10

Somehow, I KNEW that TCC would be the first one to comment on this post! =) Eric, these ROCK! I've only gotten to shoot from the nose bleed section of the 300 level. Getting up close and personal like this is fantastic! The first shot, with the catcher throwing back to the pitcher to get the guy at home ... man you feel like you're right there in the middle of the play itself! #5 is awesome too .. love the fairly shallow DOF and the angle in which you shot. I bet it was cool being able to move around and shoot from so many different vantage points! Well done man ... well done! MHJphotos · 2008-04-17: 11:44

Wow, fantastic set! Really great action shots, and I love the shot down the stadium steps! Good stuff! majikmonkee · 2008-04-17: 12:32

Great shots, Did you bring your new lens? joycephotography · 2008-04-17: 12:54

Wow, some very very good shots there... chrisfly · 2008-04-17: 17:40

really interesting set mate!!! acididko · 2008-04-18: 12:07

Great shots E. I miss going to the Braves games. We haven't been in 2 seasons. :( bamommy · 2008-04-19: 20:08

Wonderful group! I am just now starting to like baseball since my daughter plays fastpitch softball. You don't see much softball on tv so I have to settle:) I have also become enamored with trying to photograph the game. It is truly a challenge but so rewarding if you can get shots like yours. I'll have to keep trying keep your inspirational shots coming. conesminded · 2008-05-26: 01:26