The girls in the Natti look like dogs

Well, fine, not all, specially not those sitting behind me in section 109 at the Great American Ballpark.

I made a loooong ass, seven-hour drive up to the Natti to catch the Saturday game between the ChiSox and the Reds.

Though it was a good game –Sox won with drama– the real thunder came in Sunday’s game. Jon Garland became the first Whtie Sox pitcher to hit a home run in the DH era. That’s a 35-year drought.

Quick notes:

* Half the stadium was full of White Sox fans, does that mean that the people of Cincinnati are losing faith on their team now that they’ve lost 9 out of their last 10, after having posted an 8-game winning streak?

* Or maybe it’s simply this: Chicago is 3 hours away and, by Rival Fish’s description of a typical White Sox fan, Cincinnati is practically their backyard.

* Downtown Cincinnati is somewhere between a Manhattan back-alley and a haven for gentry developers. There would be a Saks Fifth store in one corner and then an abandoned lot one block down the street. Two of the biggest draws to the inner city are the Great American Ball Park, and Paul Brown Stadium, home of the Bengals. The night life is absolutely non-existent, at least in downtown.

* And about the girls. It must’ve been a 4:1 ratio on ugly/pretty. Seriously.