A View of the Milwaukee Brewers From the Right Field Bleachers

Last night's Brewers win over the hapless New York Mets was undoubtedly the best game of the season. As Bill and I move around Miller Park for each game we found ourselves in row 2 of section 103 lurking over right fielder Cory Hart.

The fourth inning was a delight. The first highlight of the game was Hart's lofty fly ball which stumbling Mets center fielder Fernando Martinez misplayed into an embarrassing double.

Then with the bases loaded and an 0-2 count, Ryan Braun reached out three feet to the other side of the plate and smacked a liner scoring all three base runners. The Mets, doing their best to imitate the local Little League team, then made a series of bad throws allowing Braun to take third and finally score as the ball sailed into left field.

In the seventh inning Prince Fielder launched a home run that we watched sail over our heads into the upper deck. 458 feet. Enough said.

The fan are younger, not as knowledgeable, and are accompanied by more dates than our older fellow travelers who sit behind the on-deck circle, along the left field line or above the screen, but they are more enthusiastic and simply more fun.

We sat next to one young man, fresh from the emergency room after taking a golf ball to the skull earlier in the day. Two young men sat behind us with their friends, very cute identical twins (one had painted toes; one did not)  and they were fully involved - in the game.

A party of eight, mostly family, entered the section, planted themselves in the first row and then migrated around the section as more and more legitimate ticket holders claimed their rightful seats.

We all enjoyed good-natured heckling of Cory Hart, with constant inquiries as to the number of outs. It is clear that Hart plays virtually every hitter from the same warn bare outfield spot. We chattered and urged him to cheat -- move in a few feet.

In the fourth inning we yelled at him to move 10 feet closer to the right field line. Two pitches later Ryan Church doubled sharply down the line and the ball passed Hart by only one or two feet. If he had been there, Church would have been held to a single. Fortunately, no damage.

Mike Burns, the Brewers starting pitcher, picked up his first career victory outpitching Santana. Very nice.

I did miss heckling batters from seats along the infield.

Comments

[Tim M.]

You should abandon all your other enterprises and become the beat writer or official blogger for the Brewers. Or take that Telly guy's job.

[james rowen]

Glad you got to the game. At the last minute, two tickets fell into our hands and I went to the game with Matt. It was a lot of fun.