(12:18 a.m.)
i must be good luck for the braves. 🙂 after losing two straight to the giants on monday and tuesday, they won today with me in the lower level on the first base side. no one would go with me to the game, but i went anyway. it was a lot of fun. i bought my ticket off a scalper who i talked from $40 down to $28 (the face value of the ticket) and bought a program so i could keep score. my seat was next to these nice old men, season ticket holders who knew a lot about baseball and the giants. combined with my knowledge of the braves, we had quite a time. maddux was brilliant in eight strong innings, giving up only one run–unearned–in the ninth. smoltzie came on in relief after maddux gave up a few hits and, after giving up the single that drove in the unearned run, proceeded to shut down the giants for a 6-1 win. good game. beautiful day.
good run tonight, 4.2 miles, 42:32. i’m running in bay to breakers on sunday, which is a 12k–7.5 miles. i doubt i will be able to run the whole way, as that is farther than i’ve ever gone, and since i long ago promised to go out dancing saturday night with emily and company for her birthday and will be tired. but i’m looking forward to it anyway.