I've enjoyed this day a great deal, but I'm struck by how unsurprised I was at how things turned out. I mean, seriously, Ryan walked up in the 8th and I said to myself, well, this is what Ryan does.

I didn't feel a bit of surprise when Ryan homered. It was similar to the way fans felt in 1982. People expected good things to happen.

I think the most tense time for me at Miller Park was the few minutes between the last out and the time the Cubs-Cards game was put onto the video screen. There was no information at all about that game on the out of town scoreboard because it was busy displaying "Brewers Win" graphics. That period of time seemed interminable.

I saw the TV repeat of the moment where the Cubs had taken lead. The broadcast showed a replay of the homer, and it didn't do justice to the cheers that were in the house. The surreal aspect was that all of the cheering occurred before the scoreboard got around to showing the change in the score. Those of us who weren't directly following the Cubs game all knew that something good happened in St. Louis, but we didn't necessarily know that it was anything as cool as the Cubs scoring three runs.

During the broadcast of the game in St. Louis, there'd be brief interruptions when a new player interview would begin. In addition to the cheers that occurred for events in the Cards game, there'd be cheers for the Brewers players who appeared on screen.

As an aside, this game really demonstrated the problems that exist with the out of town scoreboard. It only displays three games at a time, the games rotate too quickly, there are different screens depending on if it's before, during, or after a given game, and there are no scores at all between innings. Fans relied on cell phones to keep up to date with the score.