Milwaukee, brewers, and Madison

Yesterday Alex and I got up and then headed to Milwaukee for an afternoon game between the Brewers and the Padres. Well, before we left I went to Starbucks for some coffee, and there was this dude there that is worth mentioning. This dude was crazy. He looked like George Carlin, and kept talking to everyone who came inside the Starbucks (he himself was outside). Then he started dancing and singing some Frank Sinatra at the top of his lungs. I dunno, not really that important to mention, but it was an interesting way to start my day, watching how everyone reacted to this dude.

On the way up to Milwaukee we passed an exit for a "Bong Recreation Area". Not sure exactly what that was, but it gave me a good first impression of the state of Wisconsin. We drove straight the ballpark and met three more of my Wharton classmates, Griff, James and Jen. They had been driving from Philly and seeing baseball games for the previous two days, and Griff and James will be heading west along with me and Alex for the next week or so. Anyhow, the five of us headed into the new Miller Park and settled in for some good baseball.

By the way, Miller Park was a great place to watch a game. Beautiful new stadium. We of course started drinking beer as soon as we got into the park because hey, what's baseball without beer? Griff mentioned that we should ask for some budweiser, but we figured that you wouldn't find any bud at miller park. And we were right - the only two kinds of beer you can get there are "Lite" and "Genuine Draft". Both of the Miller variety. During the game we played a betting game called "pass the cup", and Alex took advantage of this game to relieve the rest of us of probably close to $80. But that was ok because we all got to witness a Brewers walk-off homerun in the bottom of the 10th by Billy Hall. Billy-Hall-Billy-Hall-Billyhall-Billyhall. Great game indeed. There was also this 85-year-old man who was heckling the Padres the entire game, and I wasn't sure what was more entertaining - the basbeball game or the old man yelling out insults through a megaphone he constructed using his popcorn container. Funny stuff. And of course, I got mad picturez.

After the game we tailgated in the parking lot for about an hour. Griff cooked some great burgers and it was cool being the last fans remaining at the park. Griff and James then dropped of Jen at the airport while Alex and I drove on to Madison for the night. We settled in Madison and took a walk around the University of Wisconsin campus. It's a great campus, situated on a lake. And the weather was great, so we walked around for a while. Griff and James caught up with us, and we all went to Buffalo Wild Wings to watch game 1 of the NBA finals. Unfortunately, the Miami Heat played like poop in this game and made Jason Terry look like the best player in the league who can't hit a wide open lay-up. Wait a minute, he might be the best player in the league who can't hit a wide open lay-up. Oh well, either way the Mavs won. After the game we stopped by a couple of bars around campus, then headed out of town to our Holiday Inn Express for the night. And now I'm finishing up my coffee and about to make the 750 mile journey to Badlands, SD. Good lawd, this is gonna be a haul...