Outside of the right field wall at AT&T park, there is an inlet off San Francisco Bay known officially as China Basin -- but Giants' fans know it as McCovey Cove.

     

Chris is standing on the drawbridge between the ball park and its parking lots. You can see a sailboat in two of these pictures, perhaps waiting for the game to start in hopes of collecting a "splash hit," i.e., a Giants' home run that makes it to the water (there have been 62 in the park's history, as of this game). Kayakers love this cove -- if you have VERY good eyes, or can enlarge the pictures where the sailboat is visible, you may spot a yellow kayak or two to the left of the boat. In the picture below, the kayak is UNDER the promenade.

     

The right field wall is 24 feet high -- another tribute to Mays -- and it's a great place to walk either inside or outside of the park. From the outside, people can watch the game for three innings, free of charge, through the archways along the right field warning track.

Along the walk out to Willie McCovey's statue, there are plaques showing the Opening Day roster of every Giants team from 1958 through 1999.

Returning to the park, we entered through the Lefty O'Doul gate. Lefty, another San Francisco legend, managed the San Francisco Seals, where Joe DiMaggio got his start, from 1937 through 1951.