Day 32, 33 & 34 - Hot, Hot as Hell

I got chills today.

In that 98 degree heat (before heat index) I was getting chills. It was in the bottom of the 3rd right after Pujols hit his 2nd 2-run hr of the day. The cheers of the crowd only got louder as the slugger when back to the dugout. Then when he finally came out for the curtain, the place erupted. That's when it set in. I was witnessing the greatest baseball player of our time play ball. I thought to myself how someday I hope to get to tell my kids about watching Pujols and witnessing the audacity that was Albert Pujols. Regardless if you are a Cardinals fan or not, we can all agree that Pujols is the greatest player of our time.

It's been far too long since my last posting. Lots has happened. In just the span of a week, we've lost some great ones...Ed McMahon, Farah Fawcett and the "king of pop" Michael Jackson. Honestly, I don't think Michael Jackson has died...he's just chilln' with 2 Pac...ok, or maybe he did pass away...but it's a good theory. In other news, Adam Lambert is gay, water is still wet, the sun is still hot and I'm still selling beer.

With the passing of MJ, I was honestly wondering how many of his songs we would hear played at the game on Friday night. Surprisingly enough, not as many as I thought. They played one of MJ's songs during the Kiss Cam...they also played one during the question of the day, which ironically enough was, "what was your favorite MJ song and dance move?". Personally, I think I would go with having a 3-way tie with, Beat It, Thriller and You Rock My World. Dance move: Moon-walk. (DUH!)

The past two days have been the hottest days of the year so far. With a heat index reaching up into 115 today, it'd be an understatement to mention that I sweat off nearly 10lbs each day. I actually felt very lightheaded at several times today. It was an exhaustion that I've never felt before. Most of it was from the effects of dehydration setting in. I couldn't drink enough water to keep up with the amount of sweat pouring out from my body. There were numerous times that sweat would run down into my eyes...not an enjoyable feeling.

I had numerous people today tell me that they didn't envy my job. I was asked over and over again if it was hot enough? I would think to myself, "nope, perfect weather for baseball...if we were playing in Hell!" I could hear numerous people complaining about how hot it was and then I'd walk down next to them and they'd notice the sweat running down my face and would quickly shut their mouth.

It was Christian Family Day at the ballpark. So most of the regular beer men didn't show up. Fine by me. The fewer the beer men, the more sales the rest of us can make. Most of the guys in the commissary were complaining about how all of the Christians at the game were only going to want water...Holy water. They were also saying how all of the Christians were complaining how it was going to be hot as hell today.

I still sold some beer today. I received a few dirty looks from parents who were clearly wanting to protect their children from the filth of the world, known as Bud, Bud Light and Bud Select.

Taking the day off tomorrow. Not wanting to wear myself out with the 4th of July coming up since we are in a 7-game home stand.

Look back for another update Monday night!

Totals thus far:
56 Bags of Cracker Jacks
80 Bottles of Water
136 Bags of Peanuts
1890 Bottles of Beer