I took the boys to the Braves/Tigers game today. It was fun, but extremely hot. Game time temperature was 97 degrees. The Hotlanta nickname is well earned. Next time I’ll remember to get seats on the third base to left field side of the stadium for a day game. Those folks were in the shade the whole time. We slathered on the sunscreen, drank a lot of water, and took a few shade breaks between innings.
The Braves offensive woes continued, managing just one run in their past four games. To their credit today they faced one of the best pitchers in baseball- Justin Verlander. He threw a no-hitter in his last game. I thought we might be in for a repeat of that when he struck out the first three Braves he faced. The first two went down on a total of six pitches! Chipper Jones finally got to him in the fourth with a home run that barely cleared the left field wall. It wasn’t enough though.
We got there in time to see the end of the Tigers’ batting practice. That was pretty cool. It was also free hat day, another bonus there. Chipper is my favorite Atlanta player, so his home run was awesome. And to top it all off, Bobby Cox was tossed in the ninth to match the all-time record of 131 ejections. I suppose that’s not the most glamorous distinction, but we were there to see it happen. I’m sure you’re impressed. Anyway, we had a good time and I’m looking forward to the Braves/Diamondbacks in August.
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