A Happy Memorial Day to all! Hope everyone is celebrating the day appropriately - by grilling out, watching ball, and getting that set of mini-American flags set up over the front lawn. Anyways, here are some photos of my trip to Florence, Kentucky last week, as promised.
Top left: Freeway sign
Top right: Snappy Tomato Pizza mascot singing the national anthem
Middle: the stadium
Bottom left: scoreboard (note the knuckleball pitch speed at the bottom)
Bottom right: Freedom wins, and the mascot Liberty is there to help celebrate
WEEKEND RESULTS:
Twins 2-1 v. Blue Jays (24-25)
Brewers 0-3 @ Padres (28-22)
Reds 0-3 v. Pirates (18-33)
touch with baseball when his childhood heroes Robin Yount, Paul Molitor, and Jim Gantner retired but the Great Home Run Chase of 1998 reignited his passion. As a student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Erik became involved with the campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity. With this group Erik traveled to Portland, OR and Baltimore, MD to work on construction projects and help the group raise $25,000 to partially sponsor a house in Milwaukee. Also at UWM, Erik met Peter Nagel. The two attended their first Brewers game together during Opening Weekend 2003. Despite their failure to ignite the coals at their first tailgate, the two had a blast and were soon making weekly trips to the ballpark. Erik has gone on to several colleges and changed careers several times, and has moved all the way out to New Hampshire, but has always stayed true to his baseball roots by holding part-time stadium usher jobs. To this day he looks back fondly on his incredible cross-country journey.
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