Brewers vs. Reds in Cincinnati

Jeff Suppan and Damian Miller were doing stretches and warm-up tosses in the outfield, with pitching coach Mike Maddux looking on. I wanted to holler at them, but I didn't want to interrupt their pre-game routine. Baseball players are creatures of habit and superstition. The last thing that I wanted to do was mess up their routine and cause them to play poorly in tonight's game. I couldn't have it be my fault if they sucked. 

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I've been a big fan of Ken Griffey Jr. since his days in Seattle. It was mostly because of my brother James, who idolized the guy. Griffey was (and still is) a great role model for kids. The Brewers moved to the NL in 1997, and when Griffey got traded to Cincinnati in 2000, I was excited that I would be able to see him play more often. He's been injured over the past few years, but he's still be exciting to watch. I'm extremely pro-Brewers, but Ken Griffey Jr. is one of the few players that I will openly and loudly cheer for whenever he takes the field.

In between innings, we stood up against the concrete wall trying to get noticed by the visiting TV Crew broadcasting the game back to FSN in Wisconsin. We also wanted to stretch out, because our field seats weren't eactly facing home plate, which caused us to turn our heads towards the action and caused an uncomfortable neck strain. So that's how Casey and Lorge were able to get first row seats on the field level.

I don't know how Casey and Lorge managed to secure these sweet seats, but once I sat down I didn't care. We were in the first row in the right field, which was cool and it sucked at the same time. There was this unnecessary bar in front of us, and the concrete wall was a little tall. We did however, get to be close to Ken Griffey Jr. and Gabe Gross. Hell, 1 out of 2 ain't bad. Gabe is only good when he hits a fly ball to the outfield with a runner on third and less than two outs. That's when we get to see a Gross Sac. Tee hee.

Great American Ball Park is located on the banks of the Ohio River and on the fringe of downtown. Next to the stadium is Paul Brown Stadium, home to the Cincinnati Bengals. Both of these stadiums were built and opened in the early 2000's. It's been a few years since 2000, which is still hard to believe, but both of these places look like they have held up well. I'd hope so, seeing as together they cost a total of $745 million dollars. If that kind of money is being spent, I'd hope that they made sure it would last for at least 20 years. Looks like they did.