Brewers vs. Reds in Cincinnati

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The game was about to begin and the Brewers players were out on the field throwing some warm-up tosses. On the left, we have shortstop JJ Hardy and right fielder Corey Hart. Throwing the ball back to them was left fielder Kevin Mench and 2nd baseman Rickie Weeks. With the exception of Mench, I like all three of these guys very much. OK, I take that back, I like Kevin Mench, only because I like making fun of him. That's one player that I'm glad is not back on the 2008 roster. The rest of these guys should be here for years to come.

Sitting out in the bleachers is awesome because everyone understands if you are a two-fisted slobber and start heckling the outfielders. We were sitting in the front row, which gave us a pretty nice view of the stadium, but it also gave us a not so nice view of the rear ends of Kevin Mench and Adam Dunn. We heckle Kevin Mench more than he probably deserves from the home fans, but we can't help it because he sucks. Adam Dunn, on the other hand, could play Will Ferrell's stunt double should he ever do a baseball sports comedy. He's just that goofy looking.

The Brewers offense started early and continued throughout the game. The game got started off with a bang, well actually three bangs. Rickie Weeks hit a leadoff home run, then Hardy followed with a home run of his own. Braun came up, and we jokingly yelled for Braun to hit one too. Braun wasn't joking, and he sent one into the right field bleachers. By the time it was all said and done, Rickie Weeks would hit another one, and Braun would send one into the seats 3 rows behind us. Johnny Estrada also hit a home run, and I think that he did it just so that he could jog around the bases instead of run. The offense combined for 10 runs off of 13 hits, which was definitely needed considering that Ben Sheets had a rough outing, giving up 5 earned runs in 6 innings pitched. But we got the win, which in my mind is the only stat that matters.

We couldn't have planned this trip any better. We bypassed the loss (game 1), saw a close come from behind win (game 2) and an all out slugfest with 6 home runs from the Brewers (game 3). We didn't get to spend a whole lot of time here checking out the surroundings, but we managed to pack a lot of action into these 2 days in Cincinnati.

I found out the hard way that there are a lot of homeless beggars in Cincinnati, and I found one of their signs that would suit me the best should I ever become homeless. When it comes to homeless people,  I follow Chris Rock's advice: if a homeless person has a funny sign, they aren't really homeless. A real homeless person is too hungry to be funny. I'd never cut it as a real homeless person.