The Only Thing Better Than Beer

So this is Mike making a guest blog post as Wills as driving us up to Chicago. Last night was game 3 in St. Louis. As we crossed the Mississippi yesterday, we could see both the arch, the stadium, and our hotel, so needless to say we were pretty well located (thanks mom!)

 Well, check in at the hotel wasn't for another hour after we got in to the city, so we did best thing there is to do in St. Louis, visit the Budweiser beer factory. The tour took a little over an hour, and we got to see their entire brewing and bottling process, and the clydesdales (who were humongous). Then at the end we had the most important part of the tour, the free beer. Fresh buds right from the brewery are just delicious.

We went to the game soon after the tour. The stadium was gorgeous and the fans were very intense. We went into the game expecting the home run tally on our trip to continue to grow (it was at 10 through 2 games) with the power hitters on both the cards and brewers. We were wrong. The game was a low scoring with Corey Hart hitting the lone home run of the game. The big sluggers for both teams something like 3-23. The cardinals mounted a comeback to tie the game 3-3 in the 9th and had albert up with two outs and a runner on in the 9th but he finished his 0-5 game with a weak popup to right. The brewers put a rally together in the tenth and the cardinals couldn't do anything against John Axford, so the game ended with a final score of 5-3 with the visitors winning the second straight on our trip.

Here come the highlights:
Batting Cleanup: I first have to deal with a few things from previous blogs. First off, I don't know why, but wills was under the impression that courtney and erin's last name was Johnson. He is wrong. It is miller.
He also forgot to mention that in the late stages of the game in cincinnati, the 4 of us were shown on the jumbotron. Probably because we were having so much fun yelling YAHTZEE! We are still waiting to make it on the kiss cam.
My mom also want a shoutout. Because while the roadtrip was initially our idea, she pretty much made us go on it.

Coming Attractions: We are currently on our way to the windy city for a cubbies game. We have bleacher seats and this game promises to be one of the highlights of the trip.

What I Like: Beer: Its the best. And the only thing better than beer, is free beer.
What I Don't Like: Getting carded. Really I don't even mind getting carded at the game and at bars, but wills makes fun of me every time it happens. I unfortunately don't have the advantage of being 6-4 with a beard. Getting carded is better than being confused for a steelers fan like wills was this morning at the hotel.

The Food Debate: Another thing wills forgot to mention about cincinnati were the nachos. The gave a huuuge plate of nachos piled high with tons of toppings. We both also tried the nachos at Busch Stadium last night. They were pretty good but not as quality as the ones at GABP. I have also been getting a hot dog or sausage at every park. The foot long at citi field was pretty standard. Got a sausage at GABP, which was a little below average for the cost (and they didn't even have peppers and onions right there, we had to go searching for them). The hot dog at Busch was a small, grilled hot dog that was pretty tasty and cheap, plus the condiment station was very extensive, with bbq sauce, hot sauce, and ranch dressing in addition to the mainstays.

Bleacher Bums: The people in the seats next to, and in front of us both left after about 2 innings so we were kind of on an island by our self. We did make friends with the guy who was a few seats down from us, despite the fact that he was a yankees fan.

That is all for now, we will be checking back in tomorrow after wrigley

-W+M