Post-Game Concerts (6/11 and 8/20)

So this past Saturday, I went to the Angel game, and following the game there was a post game concert. It was the 4th in a series of 5 I believe. I went to the first game that had a post-game concert earlier this year, and that was better, only because I was on the field for that one.

The first post-game concert this year took place back on June 11th, and featured Taio Cruz. I was fortunate to be on the field, and by field, I mean the infield dirt, because I won two tickets to the game, and included with the tickets were two green wristbands that got my brother and I onto the infield dirt.

That was my view throughout the concert (and yes the picture is mine). I'm not going to lie though. Being on that infield dirt, that's just about every baseball fan's dream, or if not, then it's a dream of most fans. Being able to walk past the dugout both entering the field, and exiting the field were quite remarkable views.

Back to this past Saturday night, I attended my second post-game concert of the year, and got to see MercyMe perform. I'd say anywhere from 2 thousand to 5 thousand fans stayed for the post game concert. It seemed like more people stayed for Taio Cruz then MercyMe, and that's not really surprising. MercyMe is a Christian Rock Band (or at least I think that's the category they would fit in), where as Taio Cruz is more mainstream.

Similar to Taio Cruz, this was my first time really hearing MercyMe, although the worship team at my church does sing a few of MercyMe's songs, so I knew what to expect going in.

As MercyMe went through each song, I noticed people leaving with each song, and I'm guessing it had to do more with people not wanting to or willing to deal with the message(s) of MercyMe's songs. Sure it was late, but it was not any more late had the Angels played a normal 7:05 game instead of 6:05 game.

The concert lasted an hour and ten minutes, and was noticeably longer than the Taio Cruz concert I attended. The setup process for the concert was the same. As soon as the game ended, they wheeled the stage out on two carts. It took about 15-20 minutes for them to setup.

My favorite parts of the night (aside from the game), were the fact MercyMe had fans singing Amazing Grace, their song Emmanuel (it's a song the worship team plays at church), the mini sermon he gave (was powerful stuff) and the closing song. I do say I like the Taio Cruz concert better because I was down on the field, but if all things were equal and I had the same view point for that concert as I did this one, I'd say MercyMe's concert was better.