FRIDAY NIGHT IN MILWAUKEE

A Brewers game was on the agenda yesterday. It was the first game in the series vs. the Houston Astros. Interestingly enough, I have now seen the Astros more this season than any other team. It started out with some minor tailgating and four friends that haven't seen each other all at once for quite some time.

We had some great seats, the Astros went three up and three down in the first which the Brewers followed by 8 runs! It was awesome.

The historical sausage race in the sixth inning had a new (to me) sausage in the running, we have Italian, Brat, Hot Dog, Polish and, now, Cinco (the chorizo). Italian pulled it out for a great victory. After some argument over the need for a fifth sausage, I agreed that the Chorizo should be represented in our changing times. I took a picture of the race, you can't see much but the long cylinder shapes that were trotting along the third base line...great times!

The seventh inning brought the traditional "Roll Out The Barrel" song, I didn't realize how much I missed that!

Roll Out the Barrel, We'll have a barrel of fun.

Roll Out the Barrel, We'll have the blues on the run.

Zing, Boom, Tararell, Sing out a song of good cheer

Now's the time to Roll Out the Barrel for the gang's all here! (Repeat)

The night ended with the most wonderful drink in America, quite possibly the world. Yeah, I said it. A SB (Suffering Bastard) from At Random in Milwaukee, WI. The recipe, which seems simple, can NEVER be duplicated. To all of our dismay. It is some combination of lemon juice, lime juice, gin, brandy and ginger ale. A rumor was started that it has vodka in it as well, but I refuse to believe that could be true. As a great friend of mine said, "This is liquid gold!"