After a week in St. Louis:

Well, it's just about time to go back to New York, and I've been feeling very sorry for myself all day. (When I'm in New York, I like living there better; when I'm in St. Louis, I like my hometown better.)

Just a few things I've learned this week:

1. KTRS is just as obsessed as I am with the Pujols Game 5 home run as I am. They even played the Houston feed the other night.
2. That guy Monty on KTRS? Total idiot.
3. I once proclaimed my loooooove for McGraw Milhaven, but am now convinced he's an idiot, too. KTRS was more or less a waste of my time until I gave up and just jammed to my iPod instead.
4. NOT an idiot: bellyscratcher, who I met for pizza at the Blackthorn (I always loved their pizza until I gave up meat. And cheese. Now it's just sorta pointless) and the Friday night Cards-Cubs game.
5. Also NOT an idiot: bellyscratcher's proxy, (who I've actually known for years - small world!), or their roommate.
6. I want a hip cardinal red St. Louis-related t-shirt, and am totally unable to decide between Rina Wear and Stl-style. Anyone know anything about the shirt quality of these places? Although the fact that Rina Wear even produces an "I heart Cardinals baseball… Because my boyfriend says so" is just about enough to make me boycott the company. I mean, what the hell is that? A girl who wears that shirt deserves a kick in the shin.
7. When Albert Pujols tells fans not to boo, they listen. At the game Saturday, the boos were even harder to find than the Cubs fans. (Where WERE the Cubs fans this weekend? Odd.)
8. My friend and I were tireless in our Busch III Best SRO Spot Hunt, and eventually decided that along the third base line, next to the Bank of America club, can't be beat (see pic below). The Cards also started scoring as soon as we moved there, so it's a lucky spot, FOR SURE.

 

 

New Busch

We took a little trip to New Busch today - here are some photos of the occasion. The next time I see it, construction will be completed!

There’s some neat detail below the sign. Those little squares are baseballs alternated with the STL logo. On the bottom of this entrace are identical little boxes, but those ones have the Cardinal logos through the years - the skinny bird on the bat from the 40’s and the bird holding the bat from the 70’s-80’s are the ones we noticed. Oh heck, I’ll just post a picture.

See what I mean?

Looks like they’re in the process of painting the Eads Bridge black…

The Cardinals team store is currently a trailer. Is it going to move to the new stadium, or will it be in ballpark village? Anyone know?

View from the sea of parking lots south of Hwy 40…

The scoreboard and jumbotron (or as I called it today, the video-screen thingy)

We went up to the ugly parking structure next door to get a better view - boy, what a great idea! The infield is in progress and it seems like you’ll be able to see games from here.

Old Busch footprint here. Looks like there are still some staircases, etc, that haven’t come down.