Day 4 Quick Hits

Starting location: Olney, Md.
Notable stops: Freedom Hall, The Liberty Bill, Geno's Steaks, Citizens Bank Park; Philadelphia, Pa.
Ending location: Bellmawr, N.J.

Miles driven: 143
Miles walked: 5.5
Time spent in vehicle: 4 hours
Time spent walking: 3 hours

States driven through: 4 (Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey)
CDs listened to: 3
Game result: Reds beat Phillies, 2-0

We went to Philadelphia in search of the Liberty Bell, cheese steaks, and baseball. We found all three, but we didn't plan on seeing a television show in the process of filming.

We walked up to Freedom Hall, and saw this strange sight.

It was a crew filming a scene from FX's wacky comedy "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia." It involved a man in a green Spandex suit kicking the man in the vest in the "man area." They rehearsed it lots and lots of times.




This attractive blond was also in the scene, but we're unsure of what she was there for. She did look over at us and smile once, so we were OK with her.

The show lies, though. It's not always sunny in Philadelphia. In fact, we got hit with more rain today, though thankfully it got it all out of its system before game time. It started raining after we hit all the sights we wanted to see -- including sampling a tasty cheese steak at Geno's and walking through the famous 9th Street Italian open-air market.

My camera battery died halfway through the day, so Miles and Colin will have to take care of the rest of the photos from our Day 4 adventures.

History watch: We saw the game of the night, for sure. A great pitchers duel between the the Reds' Edinson Volquez and the Phillies' Brett Myers. Both pitchers gave up no hits through four innings, but Myers took his no-hitter into the seventh. He didn't even get the win, though. Volquez threw seven shutout innings to pick up the W.

Ken Griffey Jr. didn't start again tonight, due to "general soreness." He pinch hit late in the game, still in search of home run No. 600, but walked. We booed.

Random Valpo Sighting: Sadly, our streak of crazy encounters with Valpoites came to an end today. No unbelievable meetings with university employees or alumni. We'll try harder in New York tomorrow.