Milwaukee Take 7

Recently, I took my 7th trip to Milwaukee in two years. I had a blast the whole week, but the highlight definitely happened my last night there. 5 of us went out and returned to our hotel around 1 in the morning. For those of you who know me, that is WAY past my bedtime. As we arrived at the hotel we saw a cargo truck full of luggage being delivered. Inside, we saw three 8-foot tables with cookies and soft drinks on them. One of the guys in the group said, "Hey...I think the Brewers are staying here." At the time, the Brewers were still in the playoffs. As it turns out, the Phillies were staying there. We waited a little while to see if we could see any of them and sure enough, they started coming off of the elevator one by one. One of the guys walked by us with four suitcases. I jokingly told him I would help him with his luggage if he would take a picture with me. His response was..."No, I'm not taking a picture." Gee, thanks. They won that night too. You'd think he'd be willing to take a picture. There was no one around, in other words it wouldn't cause a frenzy of fans to want pictures and autographs.

Right after that, I decided I was tired and needed to get some rest. My room was on the 20th floor and on about the 10th floor, the elevator stopped and the doors opened. Guess who got on...the same Phillies player that had denied me a picture. He started asking me where I was from and where I worked. Come to find out it was Shane Victorino.

All in all it was pretty cool to see the players and was a great end to my trip to Milwaukee.