Home Run City!!

The last game of our trip turned into a one sided home run hitting contest and our luck was not with the Cincinnati Reds. The visiting Philadelphia Phillies hit 7…yes SEVEN home runs to clobber the Reds 9-4.

With the day game in Cleveland and a night game in Cincy we were able to take more time in the host city. There are some beautiful views over the Ohio River & some great architecture.

We were able to plan out our parking so as to not have the same parking lot nightmare as Cleveland. I made the decision to actually park in Kentucky and walk across the bridge to the stadium. Yes…I made the decision to walk across this bridge.

Anybody who knows me well enough to still be reading this blog, knows I do not volunteer to walk anywhere. Much less up 4 flights of stairs and across that river then another block to the stadium, but I had visions of the day before in Cleveland. I didn’t want to waste precious hours inching out of a parking garage closer to the stadium. You see, we had a stupid plan for after the game.

What I didn’t factor, was that the announced attendance was only 17,000 of the 42,000 capacity and several thousand less than that actually showed up. AND it had rained pretty hard through 4 innings of the Reds getting blown out. The stadium only had maybe 5000 fans still there by the last out. In Cleveland there had been a near capacity crowd of 36,000, on a flawless day and it was an exciting Cleveland win. Then we had to beg & plead through 5:00 traffic…It was 11 o’clock before emptied out of The Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati & the streets were empty. Cars were easily slipping out of the parking garage a block from the stadium. I had to listen to Russell complain up 4 flights of stairs and all the way back across that damn river…not to mention my own legs bitching me out.

The only thing that saved good ol’ Dad, was our tickets were amazing!!! Since nobody goes to the games, we were able to get “all inclusive” Club Level tickets for a small fraction of the cost it would of been anywhere else.

They were so cool. The food was really good & very close. And our seats…fabulous.

Our dedication to the home team has certainly backfired to most of the cities we’ve visited. We finished our 7 games in 7 days with a 2-5 record. I’ll talk more about that and our trip home next.