Holliday makes the Reds pay on Saturday

8/23/08

Wow, all kinds of crazy stuff happened during game two vs the Reds

Did you see Barmes catch?

He catches it, takes like three steps with it in his glove, slams into the wall, flips into the crowd then loses the ball.

The referee says it’s not an out..HUH?

He clearly had posession.

Beware of this Referee——->

Then the other referee with the call at third. Clearly safe and he calls an out. Sometimes I wonder if these Refs work p/t for the NBA????

I can recommend a good Lasic surgeon.

First pitch of the game Torealba gets hit with the ball and seriously gets his bells rung .

We showed up an hour early to get in line for batting practice. We knew it would be crazy because today was Todd Helton Bobblehead day.

There was a decent size crowd at BP. I was busy doing what I usually do lately which is trying to snag baseballs with a glove in one hand and a camera in my other.

I’m starting to think I shouldn’t try to take pictures during batting practice.

First off, it throws off my timing and I need all the help I can get.

Secondly, I could possibly break my camera during a ball chase.

Lastly, the pictures I take while I’m trying to snag look like crap and are all blurry.

Too much adreneline running through me.

Hunter was on his game and managed to snag two. He would have gottten a third ball tossed to him by Ubaldo Jimenez, but Hunter broke one of the golden rule of snagging.

He let Ubaldo see that he already had a ball and Ubaldo tossed it to another kid..

Lesson learned !

Ubaldo had tossed Hunter a ball the day before so all was good.

We didn’t try for autographs today because the line around the Rockies dugout and along first base was huge.

So Hunter and I got some lunch and I took lots of pictures. Question..Is Dinger male or female?..Serious, I don’t know.

The Rockies had a special promotion today, If you were male and wore a skirt , you got to walk on Coors Field. Unfortunatly I forgot to get mine out of the cleaners. Maybe next time. Garrett Atkins Cook and Stewart A couple of Cookie on the mound Stewart taking a swing

Matt Holliday essentially won the game with a double that missed being a grand slam by a few feet. He drove in three runs with that timely hit.

Willy Taveras, who was on first base when Holliday came up to bat, crossed home plate about a half a second behind Barmes who was on second. Willy seriously can run fast. He leads all of baseball in stolen bases…Nice job Willy T.