Opening Day

We are so far behind on posting that this post about the Reds' Opening Day is going up after they have a 6-7 record. They've had some good pitching (the last game being an exception) but their offense has been woeful. Opening Day lead the way for those low-scoring games and also for them losing.


A bunch of us all put our names in for the ticket lottery and Jeff was drawn to be able to get tickets. So Jeff, Angela, Rowan, me, Sarah and Finn all went down to the game. We all had fun and took plenty of pictures. We saw Mr. Redleg, Griffey Jr. and plenty of rainy clouds. Finn appeared to like the crowd the best, although he pointed at almost everything in stadium. His other favorite thing was sitting in his own seat.


Finn is very different than he was at his first baseball game. That was back in DC last year in a stadium they don't even use anymore. Who would have thought that a one year old could say "I remember when the 'Nats used to play in RFK. That place was terrible."

He also was different than he was at Reds games towards the end of last season. He would sit in the stroller and eat and then fall asleep. He is definitely an older boy now who is really seeing and trying to figure out the world around him. For example, he really seemed to be trying to figure out how Edwin Encarnacion threw a routine ground ball into the box seats instead of the first baseman's mitt. I couldn't explain it either.

It is clearly spring in Cincinnati. The Reds are playing and people are already giving up on them less than 10% of the way into the season. Still there is that glimmer of hope for a good season that will keep us going back to the park time and again this year. Go Reds.