Saturday, April 11, 2009

April 10th, 2009 - Brewer Opening Day



In what is becoming a tradition I took my Dad to opening day. We decided to head out plenty early because the news talked about the huge number of tailgaters. We left Eagle, WI at 10:45 am and it took us 2 full hours before we parked our car. We waited a short time before they opened the park...


We had lunch at TGIF's and then headed up to our seats. Let's just say we didn't have preimum seats...


The game started out well with the Brewers getting a run in the first on a Cub error and a Ryan Braun single. Brandon Looper made his Brewer debut and while he wasn't "lights out" he did well enough through 5 innings. After the 5th the Cubs took the lead 3-2 and it didn't look good for the crew.

After a quick out the Brewers put a man on for Rickie Weeks and he scorched a ball over Soriano in left. (why has he playing in with a lead in the 9th?)

A few moments later Rickie scored the winning run on a ground ball by Braun.

I have a good feeling about this team. Logic says that they should be an 85 win team and finishing a distant 2nd to the Cubs...but I just have this feeling. It was also nice to have a game vs. the Cubs that was mostly Brewer fans.

I hope 2009 is as successful as 2008!!