Lucky Charms

The Brewers greet Gabe Kapler at home plate after he hit a walk-off homerun in the bottom of the 13th inning Sunday.

We certainly got our money's worth out of our trip to Milwaukee today. It took the Brewers 13 innings to put away the Nationals at Miller Park. A 4+ hour game preceded by tailgating. Not a bad way to spend a sunny Sunday afternoon .... for a family of non-Brewers fans.

Since an old newspaper friend of ours moved to the Milwaukee area, we'd made it a priority to get together with some other news hounds to watch the Crew. More often than not, we've picked a game where they play the Reds, so Jim has someone to cheer for. This year, however, since the Brewers are in the pennant race and a record number of games have been sold out, we took what we could get.

Being the good friends we are, we decided ahead of time we'd cheer for the Brew Crew. Not hard to do. There was so much excitement in the air from the moment we entered the parking lot! Had some fun grilling and gabbing in the sunshine before the 1:05 p.m. start.

Game seemed to get going pretty slowly in terms of scoring but that all changed in the 6th inning. Then it was pretty exciting 'til the end. Our seats were pretty high up -- fourth level -- but we definitely felt a part of the action. Carter even said once, "I've got goose bumps!" Pretty cool.

As we watched the scoreboard ticker from around the league, I kept an eye on my Twins, also going in extra innings against the Royals. The Twins weren't as fortunate but there's a whole lotta baseball yet to be played this season. Maybe we should get to a few of their games in the Dome. Carter has officially declared us "lucky charms." I'm willing to see if he's right.