Day 1: Atlanta

Day 1 has come to an end as we are back at the Gilli house following a 5-3 win for the Braves over the Washington Nationals. Throughout the trip, Ben and I will each be picking a team during each game. Tonight, I had the Braves, so I start the 30 game stretch up 1-0. It was a well played game overall, with Braves pitcher Horacio Ramirez going 8 strong innings to pick up the win. Home runs by Andruw Jones and Adam LaRoche helped seal the deal for the Braves offensively.

As for the travels of the day, we departed Greenville just before 12:30, and arrived in Atlanta shortly after 2:30. We spent the afternoon in the Gilli's pool, before Mr. Gilli cooked us an excellent chicken dinner. At 5:30 we were off for the stadium, picking up former Furman tennis player John Beckett along the way.

Unknown to Ben, Chris, or myself, Beckett has recently started going by, "The Authority," so make sure to address him properly if you see him in the near future. After fighting some pretty bad traffic, we made it to the stadium at about 7:15.



While walking in from the parking lot, Ben got some attention from one of the parking lot attendants. The following is a direct quote. "Yo man where'd you get that jersey!?!?! I'm from the "D"! That thing is tight! What is that? A 1907? That is straight!" This, of course, in reference to Ben's authentic Ty Cobb Detroit Tigers jersey from 1907. Unfortunately, my authentic Roberto Clemente Pittsburgh Pirates jersey from 1971 didn't get any love.

When we left Greenville, the odometer on Ben's car read 16,643. Currently, it is 16,765. Tomorrow we will be waking up early to drive to St. Louis. We have no game tomorrow, but will be dropping off the rest of Ben's college belongings at his house before heading out for Milwaukee on Thursday for an afternoon game.