On a peaceful clear night with temperatures in the low 60's then dipping into the 50's, we witnessed our first Reds victory of the year 11-9 over the Dodgers. The game started poorly for the Reds and Homer Bailey. Bailey walked a couple and gave up a bases loaded double to Casey Blake before we even got settled and nestled into our right foul line seats.
The Reds battled back and took a 9-3 lead thanks to homeruns by Votto and Phillips, as well as a triple by Bruce and a double by Rolen. The offense looked as good as it has looked all year through 14 games. What a relief and a proverbial taste of cool water on a hot day. This team can play with the best of them when they put the ball in play. Only 3 strikeouts, and two of those were by the struggling thus far rookie, Drew Stubbs.
The game did get as tight as the seal on a peanut butter jar in the 8th inning. Unbenknownest to us, Coach Baker pulls a cruising Arthur Rhodes for the 2010 dissappointment Nick Masset. Masset comes in and promptly gives up a single, double, single and homerun to turn a 9-5 lead to an all noughted up at nine tie. Thanks Dusty!
Fortunately, the guy we hope can hit .250 pinch hit with two outs and drove Bruce home on a single to left field. The Reds got another one out of the play after Belliard bobbled a pickle throw.
Co-co came in and was lights out, kiss the baby, goodnight in the 9th. 12,965 of us drove home safely. Small crowd, but for a Tuesday with LOST, American Idol, and Glee all rearing their heads, attendance is directly correlated. It was the third smallest crowd out of 15 parks to see action in the MLB for April 20. Attendance across MLB averaged 21,480, which is less than 50% capacity on the average scale. HD TV and MLBTV have definitely hurt attendance in my opinion.
In other news, Jin and Sun were finally reunited after a 29 episode on-island separation by my count. Very touching and I am so glad they were able to embrace with no violence or death. At least not yet. Widmore is sending in those missles to the island with so-so precision. Jack flew in the air and was picked up by Flocke. I wonder if Jack will ever accomplish what he thinks he is supposed to do? Will it be clear for him? Three episodes left before the two hour finale on May 23rd.
My guilty pleasure is definitely Glee. Stef got me watching the show and I think it is such a great show. The actors/singers do an amazing job with the songs and this week's Madonna-centric episode is sure to please (even though I have only seen five minutes so far). The mash up of Halo/walking on sunshine was top of the line!
Post-Thunder, I see what the masses enjoy: loud noises and visual stimulation. I just can't get excited about either for some reason. Was I born without the 'lovefireworksbone'?
Talladega is this weekend and will be out of control. I predict Marcos Ambrose taking the checkered flag for his first win with only 21 cars finishing and 72 lead changes among 27 drivers. Look for Johnson to get caught up in a wreck but still manage to finish 7th.
I still love peanut butter and jellys! Going to go fix one now....
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