Mariners: Opening Day

(Nikon D3, Nikkor 14-24mm/f2.8 zoom lens @ 16mm, ISO 800, 1/500th sec.,f3.5)

Opening Day is the most special day of the baseball season, if for no other reason than every team is tied for first place. Each team has its own unique way of introducing the players to the fans for the first time of the year, and the Seattle Mariners are no different (can you use “unique” and “no different” in the same sentence? Seems weird). Through the fog of a smoke machine (or is it the smoke of a fog machine?), Seattle’s Ichiro Suzuki runs onto the field prior to the Mariners’ home opener.