Philadelphia

Alan and I spent this past weekend in Philadelphia.  We attended the wedding of a friend but also fit in some touring around the city.  Believe it or not, neither of us had ever done any touring there before.

Saturday night we went to the Phillies vs Brewers baseball game.  The Phillies fans were out in full force and the stadium appeared to be close to capacity.  The game itself was fun to watch.  There were four home runs...two for each team...in the second inning alone!  I've seen a fair bit of baseball over the years and that doesn't happen too often.  And...every time a Phillie ballplayer hit a home run the bell in center field would tilt and ring.

During the game we also realized that Prince Fielder, the first baseman for the Brewers was in fact related to the Detroit Tigers famous first basemen Cecil Fielder.  All of the Michigan peeps should all be aware of the impact that Cecil had on the Tigers organization in the early 90s.  Prince is actually his son so it was fun for us Tigers fans to see his son doing well.  And...a bit of sports trivia...Cecil and Prince are the only father/son combo in MLB to have both hit the 50 home run mark in a single season. 

We saw a lot more in Philadelphia than just baseball.  However...I'll leave some of that for a blog post tomorrow. 

As a teaser...you may get to see a picture of me with one of Philadelphia's most famous residents...can you guess who it is?