We had the great fortune to actually be at home this weekend (that's been a rare occurrence lately) and were able to host Jan and Kathy for a quick visit on their way home from Milwaukee. They were only able to stay a night, but they made the most of it and treated us to a Cardinals home game down at the new Busch Stadium. (Thanks again!!) Despite the fact that it's been awhile since the new stadium opened, it was our first time there.
Jill took this picture at least four times, I don't think Liam looked at the camera for any of them.
We were up in the field boxes, but frankly there's not really a bad seat in the stadium. We had a great view of the field, and the only thing that would have made the evening better was if the Cards had won. It was a pretty close game until the seventh inning, which I believe lasted 6 hours and during which the opposing team (the Colorado Rockies) scored 115 runs.
Ha ha, no, I kid. They only scored 9 runs that inning. At one point it was 8-1 and I turned to Jill and asked if it was time to go. Her reply was "No, I'd like to stay until the end if we can." A moment later she relented with "If the Rockies get to double digits, then we'll go."
Three minutes later (I'm not kidding) Colorado hit a 3-run homer to make it 11-1.
We all still had a good time. The boys got pretzels and cotton candy and lemonade and everyone enjoyed themselves. The weather was perfect.
Ha ha, no, I kid. They only scored 9 runs that inning. At one point it was 8-1 and I turned to Jill and asked if it was time to go. Her reply was "No, I'd like to stay until the end if we can." A moment later she relented with "If the Rockies get to double digits, then we'll go."
Three minutes later (I'm not kidding) Colorado hit a 3-run homer to make it 11-1.
We all still had a good time. The boys got pretzels and cotton candy and lemonade and everyone enjoyed themselves. The weather was perfect.
I tried everything I could in Paint Shop Pro, but I can't improve the image quality of this ugly lump.
That's much better. 
Our view of the action.
I have no idea why Logan looks so startled here.
It took a minute for Liam to get over the fact that he was supposed to eat "the soft part".Overall, a great evening. Hopefully we'll get back to the stadium before too long this summer. Maybe the next time Logan and Liam will actually realize there's a baseball game going on. You know, in between snacks.
3 comments:
At least we got to see Pujols hit a home run! (And had we stayed longer, we could have seen Molina and Ludwick homer as well, but I think we made the right call anyway by getting the boys on home to bed this time.)
You know it's not pretty when your new pitcher (freshly taking over for the starter who's done a pretty decent job) walks three guys and then proceeds to walk the other team's pitcher (whose average is an "impressive" .058).
We sure had fun in spite of it all!
Reminds me of when we took the boys to a Kansas City Royals game while you two were in Italy! Liam still asks to see the picture(s) of Slugger. "No, the other one!" There were two.
Sorry to be so slow! These are some great pictures and looks like a good time was had by all! Love, M'Amy
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