9.27.2005

Photos part 1


Downtown St. Louis

This is the last year the Cardinals will play at Busch Stadium as it's being torn down and a new stadium built. The Cardinals have played in Busch since some time in the 1960's, which includes my entire life-span, so it was nice to see one more game before the place is demolished. Unfortunately, on this day they lost.


A couple shots of the construction in progress. The new stadium (which will retain the name Busch Stadium) will overlap the site of the existing Busch, so they have to wait till the season is over and demolition of the old stadium is complete before they finish the new stadium.

In case you don't follow baseball, the Cardinals have the best record in baseball this season and have secured a spot in the playoffs. I could think of no better send-off for the old Busch Stadium than a World Series win.

The famous sea of red.

One of the highlights of the game was this guy who was sitting a couple rows ahead of us. This picture doesn't do the whole story justice as I had to snap the picture clandestinely. However, every time this man stood up his entire spotty ass hung out of his pants sending the rows behind him into fits of laughter.

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