Sunday, April 18, 2010

Baseball!

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My friend and co-worker Dave is a Wisconsin alumni, and with the Brewers coming to town he thought it would be fun to invite Owen and I to a Nats v. Brewers game complete with a Wisconsin themed beer and brats tailgate. After "soccer practice" (really Owen just played baseball on the side of the field) on Saturday, Owen and I walked down to the tailgate and enjoyed some of the fine products of our Badger friends. Then we walked over to the Park to catch some of batting practice, Owen brought his glove, and we went right down to the edge of the field in hopes of seeing some players and maybe getting a ball. I told Owen that in all the years I've shared in Nats season tickets, I'd never managed to catch a ball. Well it turns out all you need to do to get a ball is show up early and look like an adorable three year old. It didn't take Owen long before one of the Brewers came over and handed Owen his first Major League Baseball. Having secured a baseball, we went on a quest for ice cream, and found our seats in the upper deck down the right field line. We ran in to all sorts of friends at the game, Ben, another friend from work coincidentally had seats right next to ours, and we bumped into Jeff and some old college friends as well. The game was great, Livan Hernandez pitched a complete game shut out and the Nats won 8-0, and all the nice Midwestern Brewers fans around us took it all in stride. Owen had a great time, and he can't wait to go to another baseball game.

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