8.15.2008

Brewer's Live

Some pretty amazing stuff going on at Miller Park this summer. July 25th....we're there for the Houston game to celebrate Mark's birthday. Of course, we show up at the right field bleachers 90 minutes before the game for batting practice, hoping to catch some balls. Davey Nelson, former Brewer's player, is an announcer for Fox Sports News show "Brewer's Live" and is set up to the left of the R field bleachers getting ready to broadcast. "Whap!" He gets knocked off his chair by a home run hit during practice. Kenny is on the scene and within seconds has his glove hanging over the railing, hoping to be the lucky recipient of the ball that hit Nelson. Davey recovers, sits back on his news stool, laughs it off and tosses the ball to Ken. Ecstatic, he races across the bleachers to show us his treasure, when Nelson yells, "Hey, kid! Get back here!" Kenny runs back...."You got somethin' you wanna say to me, kid?" "Thank you, sir for this ball that, ummm...knocked you off your chair?" Nelson's smile was almost as wide as Miller Park, so he decided to sign the ball for him. Now get this...not 30 seconds later, Kenny is on the front row of the bleachers and "POP!"...he catches a home run hit by placing his glove in front of a small kids face (may have saved the kid's life!). Silence...he turns around, the bleachers erupt into applause for him and, with both hands raised high, he yells, "This is the best day of my life!" What a day at the park....

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