Scott and Joey Kanz go to St. Louis Again

Joey Kanz looks goofy because he was born goofy, and he only adds to it by sporting this mustache. Aaron was also born goofy looking, which leads me to believe that I am only friends with people who look and act goofy. As a fellow goofy person, I have no problem with this and actually embrace my goofiness.

Today was Jackie Robinson Tribute Day, and every player wore #42 to pay homage to Jackie breaking the color barrier in baseball. #42 has been retired by every baseball team, so you will never see a player wearing it, so it was truly a special day. It also made the announcements entertaining: playing center field, #42 - Bill Hall! In right field, #42 Corey Hart! In left field, #42 Geoff Jenkins!

Home

The game was well out of hand (the Brewers were down 8-2 and ended up losing 10-2) but we tried to spark a rally anyway by wearing our rally caps. We figured that the Brewers had a good enough offense to come back from any deficit, no matter how large. We had certainly seen a lot of late inning heroics and come from behind victories in the 2006 season, so hey, it could happen.

We flexed our muscles for the camera, and the St. Louis fans laughed at us. Little did they know that later in the season, we would get the last laugh as the Brewers would be ruling the NL Central and dominating over lesser teams like the Cardinals. At the time that I am writing this, the Brewers are at 41-31 and have a 7 1/2 game lead over the Cardinals. It's pretty f-ing sweet.

After the game, we walked over to the Arch to check out the Jefferson Museum of Westward Expansion (the Arch). Melissa wanted to go up in it, but I've already been there twice and didn't want to spend the money. Kanz is claustrophobic and Aaron didn't feel like it, so we just goofed around inside of the museum. Aaron wanted a picture of him holding this bear in a headlock, but my picture was just a little bit off. I was however, able to capture Joey Kanz punching the stuffing out of a fake buffalo. You mess with the might of Kanz and you get beaten. I don't care who you are, where you're from, or what you did as long as you love me. Oh no! Now I'm spouting out boy band lyrics! Let's just get back to old fashioned brutality and witness one beast fighting another. Let's put that boy band nonsense behind us and move on.

I consider Mount Rushmore in South Dakota to be a rock with goofy looking faces carved into it. This mural gave me an idea. Why settle for only 4 goofy faces when you have 2 more goofy faces standing idly by? 4 goofy faces + 2 goofy faces = 6 goofy faces on the wall. It's simple math. I wanted to get involved with the wall carving, and I was going to pick Abraham Lincoln's nose, but I though that would be disrespectful. He did so much for our country, so I just let him suck on my thumb instead.

The Brewers ended up losing 10-2, and I am now 0-2 lifetime at Busch Stadium. That statistic will not stop me from going there again, and I will happily make the 5 hour trip down to St. Louis to see the Brewers play the Cardinals. I probably won;t be able to make it back thee this year, but I plan on going back for many years to come because the Brewers will only continue to get better, whereas the Cardinals are trailing off from their supremacy in the NL Central. The rise of the Milwaukee Brewers has begun, and we won;t be going anywhere for a long time.