Baseball Game Tonight-It's A Beautiful Day-Woo Hoo!

[Mitchell]

Tonight, I'm making my once a year pilgrimage, to Philadelphia, with a tour group, to see my Atlanta Braves play the Philadelphia Phillies. The weatherman definitely cooperated for me today, as it is beautiful. Clear skies, highs in the 80s, and should be in the 70s at game time.
Tonight's starting pitchers for both the Braves and Phillies, have about the highest earned run averages, of any starting pitchers I've ever seen in a game. For the Braves, their starter will be Lance Cormier, sporting an 0-2 record, and a bloated 15.26 ERA. For Philadelphia, their starting pitcher will be Adam Eaton, who, despite a 6.09 ERA, really lousy, is 9-7. Apparently, the Phillies must be scoring a lot of runs for Mr Eaton. While the stats show that this may be a very high scoring game, we also know that baseball is a weird game sometimes, and it could also end 2-1. Both the Braves and Phillies have been scoring a lot of runs lately, though, and both teams scored four runs in the first inning last night, off two really good pitchers, for both teams, Cole Hamels for Philly, and Chuck James for Atlanta.
I hope my team wins, although, privately, I would feel a hell of a lot more confident if one of Atlanta's aces, Tim Hudson, or John Smoltz, were to pitch, as opposed to a guy with a 15.26 ERA. Hopefully, the Braves can score many runs with their vaunted offense, and pull it out for me.
While I hope for a win, whatever happens, I am looking forward to the experience of going to the ballpark tonight.

Mitch

 

[milagros317]

Since I don't much care who wins a game between two NL East teams, let me say that I hope you enjoy the game, Mitchell. 😀 (I guess that means I'm rooting for the Braves today.)

 

[Mitchell]

Mils, I'm home from the game. It was great. Atlanta won, 7-5. Woo hoooo! I was afraid they were gonna blow it. We were ahead, 6-1 at one point, but Philly nearly came back. Philly made it as close as 6-4, and 7-5, before the bullpen came in, and shut it down. The pen really pitched well.

As for the game, and the park, the food was out of sight. I had two pieces of pizza, two diet cokes, one pretzel, and a waffle cone, all for the low price of $22, Mils, I'm a guy who is used to paying $7 for my chinese buffet.
The seats sucked. 400 level, nosebleed section.

I also stopped at one of the fan attractions, a pitching radar machine, and threw a fastball clocked at 57 MPH. For a layman who hasnt thrown a ball in years, that wasnt bad.

One bad thing happened. I had an accident, and cut my knee. I was with a tour group, and became confused when I exited the stadium. The tour bus was supposed to leave 30 mins after the game ended, and I was afraid I was going to miss it. I was running in the lot, trying to find the bus, and tripped over one of those chain link barriers, and cut up my knee. I'm okay. It just stings.

All in all, it was a good night.

Mitch

 

[unclebill]

Glad you had a good time at the game, Mitch. Hopefully, you won`t have to be placed on the 15 day disabled list for your knee injury.

 

[milagros317]

I'm glad you enjoyed the game, Mitchell.
Restaurant prices here in NYC would make you ill. You couldn't get coffee and dessert for $7.
Hope you knee heals quickly. 😀

 

[Mitchell]

Thanks, mils. I know that food prices in NYC would probably make me sick. My family and friends all live there, and they pay outrageous prices for everything.
Thanks, bill. I think I may be headed to the 15 day DL with my knee, lol. My shoulder hurts, too, but I'll live.

Mitch