Grog Blog

Before I let Grog tell us about his latest road trip with the Brewers, I'll let everyone know how the Westwood Softball Club did in this weekend's tourney. As you can see on the left I put my stats from this weekend's tourney up. I was going to put a copy of our jerseys above that, but am having problems with the picture showing (hint, hint Shane). I hit much better than I thought I was going to, especially in 45 degree weather on Friday night and Saturday during the day. Our 2 losses (double elimination tourney) came at our own incompetence than getting beat. Loss #1 was that we went the last 2 innings 1-2-3 with 4 infield pop-ups. We lost by 5, but gave them 4 runs in those innings. Loss #2 was all defensive lapses and errors (1 costly one by yours truly). We were down 12-4 in the top of the 6th, but then we suddenly hit the snot out of the ball and scored 12 in that inning alone. Bottom of the 6th, with 2 out I pull a Bill Buckner and the ball bounces between my legs, 2 men score then 2 more later on for them to tie the game. We scored 5 in the top of the 7th, but in the bottom, 3 errors cost us the game. We could have won it on a grounder to the 3rd baseman when we were up by 1, but his throw to me was wide and despite my diving effort, the ball went past and 2 runners scored on that play. It was a great tourney overall though as it was the first one in over 2 years for us and our first games of the year. Regular season starts tonight and I'll give a recap tomorrow. Now, on to Grog and his adventures in Houston, SF and St. Louis.

Houston
Grog no like Houston. Houston hot, ugly and flat. No trees. Smell like armpit. Baseball field very funny looking. Grog offer to dig up hill in field, but ground man say no. He say give field character. Grog think man drunk. Man get Grog into Brewer dugout though. Cirillo tell funny joke that make Grog laugh hard. Grog not see Sheets next to him and laugh in his ear. Sheets now on disabled list. Sorry. Grog notice Brewers no like Houston too. Brewers lose both games. Grog never find cat. Not surprised. Even cats not dumb enough to live in Houston.

San Francisco
Grog like this city. Pretty view of bridge. Lots of fog to sneak up on cats. Grog catch big black cat, but lady spray fire water in Grog eyes and she steal cat. Lady ran away before Grog could see again. Brewers have good games against Giants. Grog mad they not real giants. One man was big, but on crutches. Grog told Giant boss that big man should play. Man say "No duh but Barry hurt" to Grog . Grog say to Barry that pussy cat tougher than him and laugh. Grog kill Stegosaurous with hurt leg and arm once, so Barry should be able to hit a little ball. Barry swing crutch at Grog. Grog grab crutch and laugh at Barry again and burp in Barry face. Barry faint. Grog laugh more. Grog have problem at airport. Security man say Grog no bring club on plane. Man say have to search me more. Grog say heard what men in this town like and Grog say not like that. Growl at man, he screams and says ok to go on plane. Grog think he smell pee on man. Ha Ha!

St. Louis
One of favorite cities of Grog. Much beer made here. Grog remember that need to bring own mug. Cups at stadium too small. Drank many mugs of beer. Rainy day let Grog stay extra day. Grog able to beat Carlos, Hardy and Branyan at Dominoes. Good barbeque food in city. Grog able to eat many good ribs. Grog no like that Cardinals keep beating Brewers. Grog then find team mascot of Cardinals and beat him up before last game. Make many Brewers laugh, and Brewers win. This make up for Sheets. Grog miss Rachel so much, forget to look for cats. Need to go home and have her give Grog a massage.

Thanks for the report Grog, and not going to happen on the massage. Over the 3 game home sweep of the Reds, the game balls went to: Lyle Overbay for his 2 HRs in game 1, Russ Branyan for his clutch double and 3 walks (half of last season's total) in game 2, and for Game 3, even though it was an absolute slugfest for just about everybody (hell, even Lee got a hit), I'm giving the game ball to Doug Davis. Now, I know that Overbay went 5-5 with a HR and 3 RBI, but Davis was outstanding. He gave up 3 runs off 5 hits and K'd 8 in a complete game and gave the overworked pen of the Brewers a needed break.

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