Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Take Me Out to the Ball Game – Day Five

 

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The view of Newport and the Licking River over the Ohio River from our seats at Great American Ballpark.

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Diamonds are a girl’s best friend.

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Our line-ups for the game.

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Mom, Matt and Chrissie before heading into the ballpark.

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On May 25, we had a fun time watching the Reds play the Houston Astros.  The game started at a dry 1:10 pm. Across the Ohio and down the Licking River, we could see the rain slowly travelling in our direction.  By 2:46 pm, with the score at 5-3 in favor of the Redlegs, a rain delay was called. We puttered around for over an hour, taking photos and trying to stay dry before finally giving up at 4:00 pm and heading back to Mom’s.

Chrissie, Matt and I then went up to visit Dad at the Baptist Home while Mom fixed dinner. While there, Roy called to let us know the game had resumed after a delay of two hours and five minutes, the score was 8-3 and the Reds had bases loaded. They didn’t score in that situation but did finally win over the ‘Stros with a score of 8-5. Aaron Harang was the winning pitcher, Wandy Rodriguez lost and we did see one of the Killer Bees (Lance Berkman) hit a home run. My favorite Red Joey Votto did not come in to pinch hit until we had left the park but I did get to see one of my all-time favorite catchers, Ivan Rodriguez play until he was injured in the early innings.

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The best team mascot, Mr. Red the Baseball Head.

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And last, but certainly not least, Pudge Rodriguez.

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