Wow, long day. I couldn't fall asleep last night. When I need to make sure I'm up before the 2 pm at which I usually wake up, I panic. So here I stay up till like 5:30 for no reason. I get up at 9:30, take care of some stuff, fall back asleep, wake up at 12:30. Oh crap, friends will be here at 1:30 to leave. Get everything done by 1 and chill.
We leave, go eat a magnificent lunch at
www.montgomeryinn.com
get to the Reds-Cardinals game for batting practice.
This is from our seats:
Not a bad view, and really cool for batting practice. Matt Holliday hit 4 into the upper deck just above us.
I found one of my two friends who also happened to go to the game (it's a 2 hour drive, so it's not like the 3 of us go to a lot of games, it was just random).
First inning, Reds come up, I send a text, and look up and both teams are at home plate. Brandon Phillips had been talking **** about the Cardinals, and got up and tapped Yadier Molina in the shin guards in a friendly manner. Molina got pissed after all he'd said, the benches clear. I guess Johnny Cueto ended up kicking Cris Carpenter repeatedly.
ESPN video of the incident
The Reds played like **** and the Cardinals took advantage of it. It was hot - like almost 100 and I got more sun than usual, so I'm sure I'm gonna feel this tomorrow.