It was only a matter of time, but my 100% record at Turner Field (the only thing I held dear) has finally succumbed to the L column with a few weeks left in the regular season. On Thursday there, we went to see my 5th game (Robyn’s 6th), both sporting a fine 1.000 season record, but the Cincinnati Reds had other ideas…
The Reds walked away with a scrappy 3-2 win after staging a 6th and 7th inning “comeback” and using 7 different pitchers along the way. We had pretty great seats thanks to a contact of Phil and Erika, 17th row on field level, and right beside the Braves dugout.
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It was a great atmosphere, despite the Braves losing, as a win would have clinched the National League East Division if the Philadelphia Phillies could beat the Florida Marlins in Miami, so we were glued to the action on the field and the scoreboards in center field throughout the night. There was a great cheer when it was announced that the Phillies had indeed beaten the Marlins but a huge wave of disappointment when the Braves were struck out in the 9th, losing by a single run…
As I mentioned in the last linklog post, they went on to beat the Marlins the following night to wrap up the NL East… All that’s left is a game against the New York Mets on Tuesday night to keep my 4-1 (.800) record alive (it doesn’t have the same ring to it, does it?) then maybe the post season, if the season was to end today, the Braves would be playing host to the Chicago Cubs, so thats something to look farward to…