May 29th - Friday Night Reds Game

The Brewers entered the game tonight in a little bit of a funk. They are only a game out of first but they haven't really been hitting the ball well. I attended the game with my brother Peter and we brought good luck to the team!

Things started out well with Prince hitting a 2-run homer in the first and Looper started out fine...but he made a mistake and the Reds tied it up in the 4th.

The game moved quickly and after only 2 hours and 15 minutes the Crew walked away with a 3-2 victory. Cory Hart hit the go-ahead homer in the 6th and Hoffman made it hold up in the 9th.

It was a nice start to the weekend and with Bush and Gallardo going on Saturday and Sunday I am feeling good. The team ends the night in a tie for first with a 28-20 record and I run my personal record to 7-0..Gotta love it!

May 25th Memorial Day vs. Cardinals

I took the kids to the game today. What a wonderful day. We got to see a real pitcher's dual. This is the kind of the game I love! Unfortunately it isn't a real great game for the kids. Carpenter and Gallardo threw O's through 8. In fact Yovani had a no-hitter into the 6th and Carpenter was throwing a perfect game into the 7th. Not much to cheer about until the 10th!

All's well that ends well as the Brewers came through in the 10th inning. Bill Hall gets the game winning hit and we all go home happy with a 1-0 win. I am now 6-0 for the season and the Brewers move into first place by themselves with a 27-18 record ahead of the Cardinals by a game.

MaryAnn ran several races with the sausages in the kids area and Drew liked the speed pitch topping out at 23 MPH.

I hope they sleep well tonight! :)

May 14th - Florida Marlins- get out the brooms

This was my annual game with Dave, Kris, and Richard. This year we picked a good one. After falling behind early Dave Bush pitched just well enough for the win. We got to see a Prince home run to put the Crew ahead for good.

It just so happened that my Dad was able to bring MaryAnn to the game too...along with Uncle Peter :)

I went up to meet MaryAnn to say "hi" and she had blue lips from the cotton candy.

We stuck around the the entire game...including "hells bells" and my record went to 5-0. Meanwhile the crew moves to 21-14 and remain tied for 1st in the NL central. They also have the best record since April 22nd...not bad!

May 8th - Friday Night vs. Cubs

The Brewers are rolling as this series opens and the Crew doesn't let down. Christine and I went with Paul and Erin to attend the game and Ryan Braun was the star.

It was a fast low-scoring game with Dave Bush on the mound but finally in the 8th inning Braun connected for a go-ahead home run and the Brewers had the opening game in the series.

We had one funny incident when Paul cheered for a deep fly ball that scored a Cubs run. A drunk Brewer fan thought he was cheering the Cubs run and started yelling at him.

We saw my personal record run to 4-0 this year.

May 3rd - Ryan Braun Bobblehead Day vs. Arizona

This was our first game of 2009 with the kids and it was quite a game. We arrived early but with a crowd of over 44,000 we were worried when the traffic was backed up as early as noon.

We received our bobbleheads and headed to our seats. We were on the field level very close to the various games for kids.

The game started out well enough with Dave Bush putting up zeros and Prince and Cameron hitting back to back home runs. The wheels came off in the 6th when Bush gave up 3 home runs.

We came back to win 4-3 and we got to hear "Hells Bells" as Trevor Hoffman came in. So for the year I am now 3-0...and things are looking up for the Crew.

April 28th - Club on the Club with Christine

We got our first chance to check out the club on the club in 2009. Christine and I attended the Pirates game and enjoyed dinner. (Christine gives me a dirty look in the photo above!)

Dave Bush started for the Crew and did fairly well. One of the story lines was that a day earlier Ryan Braun had been hit by a Pirate and he made some comments in the press. Early in the game Bush hit a Pirate - and then again in the 5th after 2 were out he hit 2 batters in a row. It came back to haunt Bush as both runners scored and the Brewers were down 5-1.

We met Paul and Erin in the cheap seats in the 5th or so - they had some free tickets from Amoco.

It had a happy ending as the Brewers came back to win 6-5 and Trevor Hoffman got his first Brewer save. After the game the Brewers had come all the way back to .500 after starting the year 3-8.

So far in 2009 the games I attended- record: 2-0