5/30/09 @ Miller Park
When the gates to the stadium opened, I went up to the loge level bleacher area.
When I arrived, I claimed BALL #1 via the coveted easter egg.
The Redlegs pitchers were warming up in the left field corner.
He tossed it up for BALL #2.
BALL #3 came via one of the finer grounds crew members in the National League. It was lying in the Brewers bullpen. If he wouldn’t have tossed it up, I would have glove-tricked it.
I’ll take it the easy way, that’s fine with me.
Reds outfielder CHRIS DICKERSON was shagging BP out in centerfield. When one was hit close to the wall, I asked him for it. Chalk up BALL #4.
I was standing in an area the Brewers call “the point” when RYAN HANIGAN launched one out to deep left-centerfield. I was tight against the railing and caught it on the fly for BALL #5.
That was it for BP.
I wandered over to the Reds dugout where I saw this guy signing some autographs.
That’s Reds 3B Adam Rosales. Adam was extremely friendly with the surrounding fans. He seemed genuine and was signing autographs for about 10 minutes. At one point, a kid (around 10 yrs. old) told Adam, “I have 4 baseballs to sign.” Adam just laughed and signed all 4!
Here’s what I had autographed…
…next time, I’ll use a blue sharpie. Will probably show up better.
Five (5) home runs were hit in this game but nothing within 100 feet.
The Miller High Life guy made an appearance late in the game…
…for a common-sense check.
He had thrown out the 1st pitch (spiked 5 feet in front of home plate).
Finals on the day…
5 baseballs
1 autographed Adam Rosales ticket stub
The Miller High Life-Barrelman logo cooler bag.
2009 BALLHAWKING STATS
- 5 total balls 5/30/09
2 batted balls (1 caught on fly)
3 toss-up balls
ATTENDANCE: 44,172
2009 TOTAL BASEBALLS
4/7/09 = 5 baseballs
4/8/09 = 10 baseballs
4/9/09 = 10 baseballs
4/10/09 = 3 baseballs
4/11/09 = 5 baseballs
4/12/09 = 5 baseballs
4/13/09 = 11 baseballs
4/14/09 = 6 baseballs
4/21/09 = 5 baseballs
4/27/09 = 15 baseballs
4/28/09 = 9 baseballs
4/30/09 = 4 baseballs
5/01/09 = 7 baseballs
5/02/09 = 4 baseballs
5/08/09 = 11 baseballs
5/09/09 = 1 lousy ball
5/12/09 = 14 baseballs
5/13/09 = 12 baseballs
5/19/09 = 8 baseballs
5/22/09 = 3 baseballs
5/23/09 = 2 baseballs
5/26/09 = 3 baseballs
5/29/09 = 6 baseballs
5/30/09 = 5 baseballs
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164 baseballs (24 games)
6.83 average per game
mlblogsthehappyyoungster
I love the Miller High Life Guy! Glad you had a great game. And it was very nice of Rosales to sign all four of the balls for the kid!
Julia
http://werbiefitz.mlblogs.com/
Good job! I like the “High Life” guy too. Looks like my next game won’t be until Fri. 6/12 vs. the Dodgers. Hopefully the crowd won’t be too big since Manny won’t be there. When’s your next game?
Brian
http://txbaseballfan.mlblogs.com
Rosales seems like 10 times the person that Coghlan is.
Good luck in the majors Adam Rosales, you have a new fan (he’s from Chicago, so he gets bonus points!)
Yay for the Miller Hi-Life guy! His name is Windell Middlebrooks and he got his MFA from UC Irvine in ’05. A fellow anteater. Great entry, dude! Glad to see you’re back in action and having success.
~Matt
http://bloggingboutbaseball.mlblogs.com/
EVERYONE…
Sorry for the delay in responding.
Can we get a common sense check??
Love the Miller High Life guy!
“Happy”