Sportsmanship in Cincinnati

2015_asg_logo_cin_banner_500x283Last night I sat down with my daughter to watch the All Star Game being played in the Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, Ohio. At four years old she is still trying to learn about baseball. We all know there are many colors when it comes to all of the teams in the Major League, but to her it’s as simple as the red team and blue team. Sometimes she might start acting goofy and say “Go blue!” Which I assume she is talking about the St. Louis Blues…

As mentioned in other posts our family is all about the Cardinals, so when it came time to cheer on our birds all we could hear from the T.V. was people booing. This was a little shocking as I had to explain to my daughter why they were booing. I explained the rivalry between the Cardinals and the Reds to her, and how sometimes it’s okay to boo at opposing teams… However, this was the All Star Game, where the best of the best come to play for the chance to get home field advantage for the World Series. You can see players from different teams chumming it up and having a good time celebrating this mid-summer classic. So why did the fans have to throw sportsmanship out the window and boo the Cardinals? Because of some rivalry? I am totally okay with being booed during a regular season game, or during the playoffs, but during the All Star Game seemed a little cheap to me. Maybe I expected a good game with good sportsmanship. Whatever it is I thought would have happened, didn’t. Either way keep it classy Cincinnati. St. Louis still loves you.

Check out the video below courtesy of Fox Sports to see Molina being booed.

Even former Cardinal, Albert Pujols joined in on the booing. His participation was more in good fun rather than being a meanie.

What do you think about the booing during the All Star Game? Comment below!

Bull Shoals Family Vacation (day 4 & 5)

Destiny and Abby Bull Shoals 2015Day four of our family vacation was one for the books. Earlier in the week a few of the guys went out and put together this amazing water slide. It was suppose to be over 50 feet but ended up being 30 feet because of how high the water level was. Using a water pump we got the water flowing down the slide and that is when the fun began. Using the GoPro I was able to capture some pretty cool footage going down the slide. My niece took it with her as well as my wife. Alex is still too little to go down the slide and Abby was just a little too scared to try it out. My niece however was a trooper and was having a blast sliding into the lake.

It will be interesting to find out next year if the slide is still there or if the core of engineers will tear it down. Several years ago we hung a zip line between two cliffs and would zip line between them and drop off into the water. They shut down our fun pretty quickly that year. That’s okay though, we still had a lot of fun.

Day five of our vacation was a slow one. We woke up later in the day because of a very active night. Pretty much a lot of the same. Swimming, riding the wet bike, and having fun. Check out the video below to see our fun from day four & five and click here to see day 1 & 2, and here for day 3!

Day Four

Day Five

Bull Shoals Family Vacation (day 3)

Uncle Mike and AlexDay three of our family vacation was a lot of fun. I had attempted to fly a kite with my GoPro attached but it never took off like I expected. Maybe next year we will have a drone or some helium balloons to send the GoPro up into the sky. Day three had more swimming and riding the wet bike. There was some turtle spotting! I did my best to capture the little guy on camera. Alex even had a chance to ride the motorcycle with his Uncle Mike. He absolutely loved every second of it. At first he cried when we put the helmet on him (safety first!) but once the engine was started his face lite up like a firework. Enjoy the video below and watch out for day four and five!

If you haven’t checked out day one and two click here!