Juice Box

Last night I headed up to the Juice Box (I can’t say that without laughing — what a dumb nickname for a ballpark) with Jason and Jen to watch the Astros take on the Nationals. It turned into more of a nail-biter than I had hoped, with Brad Lidge giving up two runs in the 9th to make it 7-6 before he finally closed it out for the win. We had a good time, despite the fact that I was feeling quite jet-lagged, without the jet, from all the odd work hours earlier in the week.

The best part of the game was in the 6th inning, when the Nationals inexplicably gave Lance Berkman an intentional walk just to get to clean-up hitter Morgan Ensberg. Yes, Morgan Ensberg, who is in the middle of a monster year, the best of his career. I guess you have to defer to past performance, and Berkman is a more imposing batter over the past few years than Ensberg… but Ensberg is so hot right now. Anyway, the Astros were up 5-4, bases loaded, and Ensberg hit what I first thought was a homer! It didn’t quite make it far enough, but it did bounce off the ground and into the restaurant in center field for a ground rule double. It’s actually too bad it bounced off the field, as the Astros would have easily cleared the bases and gone up 8-5. As it was, Berkman had to stop at 3rd.

The other interesting note was that Livan Hernandez hit a single, double, and home run for the Nats. And he’s a pitcher.

After the game, I tried in vain to set up my home network, wanting to make my laptop see my desktop and vice versa. I failed miserably. Networking makes no sense. I managed to get to the point where my desktop can see my laptop, but not actually connect to it. My laptop, on the other hand, doesn’t see anything. I’ll try again tonight.