Day 28: Houston

Tonight's guest blogger: Ben

Tonight at Minute Maid Park in Houston, TX, Scott and I were treated to a special event. We got to see Roger Clemens pitch for the Astros against the Chicago Cubs. Although he labored through five innings throwing nearly 115 pitches, the Astros bats finally came alive for him and he was able to come away with the win. It was great getting the chance to see one of the all-time greats in action before he hangs it up. Since it was my choice tonight, I naturally took The Rocket and picked up another game on Scott to make the score 12-8 in his favor.

The ballpark tonight was definitely unique and fun to watch a ballgame in because all the fans are right on top of the field. However, the left field porch is a bit of a joke. Any long fly ball to left leaves the yard and is not the proper dimensions for a pro field if you ask me.



As we all know, baseball is a game of statistics. Without stats, the game would not be what it is or mean so much to so many people. However, the statistics that are flashed on the jumbotrons have gotten a bit out of control. Tonight, we were informed that Brad Ausmus of the Astros is tied for 667th on the all time hits list. I am sure knowing this enhances everyone's life a great deal just as it did ours so we figured we would share it.

This morning it was nice to sleep in. After a late wake up and a bit of a jog, Scott and I went swimming in the Brock's pool until Wimbledon came on. After having some great leftovers for lunch, we headed to Houston for the 7:05 game. We arrived at about 5:15 after stopping to get the oil changed. After the game we turned right around and drove the four hours back to Dallas to stay with the Brock family for one more night. Both of the drives were uneventful but if anyone is driving tomorrow for the holiday, watch out for the state troopers because they are out in force.

Here are the statistical updates:
1-end of day odometer: 27,625
2-miles traveled today: 507
3-miles traveled total: 10,982
4-states traveled in today: Texas
bonus stat: teams whose starting pitcher gets pulled before the fifth inning are 0-10 on our trip
bonus stat 2 (since everything is bigger in Texas we needed two bonus stats): the statue of Sam Houston along Interstate 45 is 67 feet tall