Phillies Nation · May 25, 2016
Remembering A Marathon: Phillies, Reds Go 19
On May 25, 2011, I watched the Milwaukee Brewers defeat the Washington Nationals at Miller Park. Zack Greinke homered.
Then I drove to some bar in Milwaukee bedecked in blue and yellow, spoke with the bartender for about an hour, then started my drive west to Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
For dinner I stopped at a TGI Friday’s outside Milwaukee. I just needed a bite. When I walked to the bar I saw the Phillies and Reds were on TV. National game on ESPN. Of course it was; practically every Phillies game during this time was televised nationally. Happy to see my team way out in Wisconsin, I watched the first couple innings as Roy Halladay tried to subdue Joey Votto, Jay Bruce and the Reds.