Day 2 for Troop-Baseball complete. We trudged thru PA, NJ and NY to drop off our bags for recovery on Saturday. We walked the city for only 30 min, and it was hot. Then pulled back to Philly via Amtrak for Phillies/Reds. 45,0o0 fans were there and it went extra innings before the fireworks, but we pulled the California special and left in the bottom of 10th before the game was decided, in favor of picking up a cheesesteak before back the hotel by midnight. Beautiful new park, opened in 2008 and real easy to get to. Sloppy play and about 10 hits between them led to the 3-3 ties into extras. Phillies pulled it out and we hear the roar while boarding the train, again cheesesteak priority. 90% of the fans had their red shirts on. The closer blew the lead in the ninth and Darin started a BOO chant. The patrons from the city of brotherly love followed right along.
Better stop rambling and get to bed for the 9a train to DC. Strassburg is scheduled to start for the Nationals, I think against the Giants, so we are hoping for more records from him.
Having a great time.