Braves win!

Last night I drove Kate and Carolyn Jones to the Braves game at Turner Field. We got a later start than I wanted but really made it to our seats in plenty of time. The weather was hot and humid, which I guess you should expect in Georgia on the last day of July. I found out later that the Clerk of Superior Court of Lamar County was at the game and suffered a bout of asthma from the heat.

Anyway, we got to the stadium and I bought Kate and me Chicago dogs (our favorite hot dog combo). We found our seats and sat down in the leftfield outfield seats a row back from the first row. After eating, I found a good place to buy beer in the stadium and brought Kate a Pilsner Urquell from Pilsn,Czech Republic. She was excited. Carolyn had a coke and I had a Red Stripe from Jamaica.

The game began poorly, with Houston hitting a home run to take the lead. But the Braves came back and killed the Astros 12-4. Kate's favorite part was when her favorite player, Kelly Johnson, hit two multi-run home run and two singles to go four for four and be named the MVP of the game. My favorite part was when the camera foced on Mark Texieria (I don't know if I am even close on the spelling) and he finally had to acknowledge the fact that everyone was cheering for him for just being in the dugout. A lot of people stood and applauded.

After the game I had to suffer Kate and Carolyn imitating New Yorkers as we headed down into Riverdale to buy doughnuts. We got back home around 11:30 and I didn't seem to get much sleep last night. I have been tired all day.

Kate had a great time and Carolyn said she would join us in Columbus for a minor league game before they have to go back to college. By the way, Carolyn has a nose piercing. A big one. I have told Kate that I thought that was, as my grandmother would have put it, "common." I really don't think it looks good on a fair Caucasian. Sorry.

Putting extraneous holes in your body for "grins." Strange.