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The Giants are finally back in town for a 4 game set and Matt Cain dominated as we took game 1, 3-0. I generally stay away from doing any photography for regular season games out here because of field access and my equipment shortcomings from the seats. I also get to enjoy these games without having to worry about monitoring them through a viewfinder.

That said, I’ve decided to do a quick nightly entry called Bullpen Sessions. These photos are taken pre-game and are mostly aerials (If you are a regular follower of the site, this framing will be familiar to you). Hopefully, they give you a different look at the best starting rotation in baseball and put a little artistic twist to the editorial shots you see everyday. I will include 4-5 per game while the team is out here.

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Sunset lighting was tough tonight which allowed for limited standard reference shots.

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A large amount of photos for this game as well.

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There are a ton of photos from this game and all of the newly signed draft picks from this year in the gallery. Highly recommended to browse the set.

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Ryan Rohlinger hit 3 bombs off of a rehabbing Brett Tomko tonight but it wasn’t enough for the AZL Giants as they fall to the A’s, 5-4.

Ryan played a full 5 innings at SS and went 3-3 at the plate. I was hoping he would play another inning just to see if he could get 4 big flies, but he left after the 5th.

Mendoza had a great start to his season going 4IP allowing 2ER on 5H, 2BB, 1K.

Ryan Honeycutt has an arm you don’t want to run on. 2 assists on the night from RF gunning the runners vying for triples at 3B.

Apart from Rohlinger, not a whole lot of offense tonight as the only other run scored on Josh Lopez’s triple.

* The AZL plays the majority of games on practice fields and the lighting is very bad for photography, which means that most games will only have photos from the first 4-5 innings and the photos will be grainy and blurred on occasion. Unfortunately, this also means any late game replacements and calls to the bullpen will not get photographed. Check out the box scores though for the final lines.

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Giants baseball in Arizona is currently down to practices until camp breaks next Tuesday or so when the 2010 Salem Keizer squad will leave for the NWL.

That said, I wanted to provide an update of what games I should be covering in the next month:

San Jose Giants Vs. Lake Elsinore Storm (LE) - All 3 games 6/17-19

Arizona Rookie League (Various) - 6/22 - Summer (Selected games throughout the schedule)

Salem Keizer Volcanoes Vs. Everett Aquasox (Everett) - All 3 games 7/1-3

The rosters should be set by the middle of next week for the Rookie and the SS A teams. I’ll also be on the lookout for recent signees from the draft. Occasionally you will see rehab assignments during rookie leagues as well. Last year Andres Torres and Joe Martinez played for the Scottsdale Giants.

Until then here is a shot of Tim that I liked from when the Giants were out here a couple weeks ago.