Mr B's Hometown Red Sox Invade GABP; Reds Fall Overboard Like So Much Tea Into Boston Harbor

Boston native and life-long Red Sox fan Mr B attended the Tuesday night August 12th Reds-Red Sox game at Great American Ball Park with me.  Herewith are a selection of photos from said Father-Son outing.

Mr B likes to arrive early.  Mr B insists on arriving early.  To everything.  And I mean waaaaay early.  On this evening we enjoyed watching the Sox take batting practice.

In the photo above, Red Sox 1B/DH Big Papi stepped into the bating cage and laid down a few bunts.  Afterward, he got to stroking!

I do believe there is a zoom function for the camera on my Android Galaxy9000 but I've yet to figure it out.  Would've also come in handy for the coyote photo in the previous posting.

Mr B asked for his photo to be taken.  I obliged and cropped the result.

Mr B wore nondescript red and dark blue gear which betrayed his mixed allegiances.

Earlier, the day saw bands of rain showers move through Reds Country.  The mix of white and dark clouds made for a dramatic atmospheric palette upon the canvas of blue sky.

During pregame warm-ups, that night's starting pitcher Mat "Anger Management Issues" Latos stood on the right field foul line and played long toss with catcher Brayan Pena, himself standing in front of the open door to the Reds bullpen in left-center.

Again, a zoom function would've been nice.  I'll figure it out.  Someday.

"That Latos has a baaaaad..... [shut your mouth!]..... I'm just talkin' 'bout his temper."

After several hours at the ball orchard, it was game time!  As usual, in the first inning the Reds scored all the runs they were going to that night and then had clubhouse manager emeritus Bernie Stowe put their bats away.

Billy Hamilton on first, Bruuuuuce at bat!

Billy Hamilton on third, Bruuuuuce at bat!

Billy Hamilton on third, Bruuuuuce on first, the Toddfather at bat!

OK, we can leave now.  The Reds offense was finished for the night.

My Android Galaxy9000 also has a variety of nighttime settings which, as you have correctly guessed, I haven't figured out yet.

This photo (above) of the Roebling Suspension Bridge, the Christian Moerlein Lager House and the Reds FanZone didn't turn out too bad.  A little gauzy, perhaps.  Let's call it "artistic."

There is no salvaging this glimpse of the Cincinnati skyline.  The glaring effect from the escalators' overhead lighting only further monkey wrenched a photo of poor photographic merits.

Roll the credits!