Mike Edmisten Follower of Jesus. Husband of Nicki. Father of Ryan & Brock. Communicator of the Word.

Perfect Night

What an awesome evening! Took my wife out for her birthday (see the two previous posts). We went to Red Lobster for some awesome crab legs. Crab legs are, without question, my favorite food on the planet. I'm pretty sure they're Nicki's fav, too.

Then it was on to Great American Ballpark. The game was a pitcher's duel throughout. Very impressed with how Kyle Lohse pitched tonight. With no offense happening at all, he had to pitch well. And pitch well he did. One unearned run in seven innings. Awesome.

It was also very cool to see Josh Hamilton play in person. Man, I'm pulling for this guy!

The Reds were down 1-0 with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. It's all over, right? Wrong! Scott Hatteberg smoked a homerun over the right-centerfield wall. All tied up and going to extra innings!

Then in the bottom of the tenth, Brandon Phillips hit a bases loaded single to win the game.

I couldn't have scripted this evening any better. Dinner was awesome. The Reds took home a thrilling late-game win. But best of all, I got to hang out with the birthday girl all night long.