Archive for 'Old Busch'

Busch Stadium: 8/6/05
Cardinals vs Braves

Sunday, March 26th, 2006

This game started out as a pitchers’ duel between Hudson and Marquis. Marquis took a perfect game into the 5th, but didn’t survive the 6th. Andruw Jones did most of the damage with a solo in the 5th and a grand slam in the 6th. Hudson allowed 1 run in 7 innings to earn his 100th career win.

Andruw Jones in centerfield Hudson fools Edmonds View from back of loge down first base line
Andruw Jones prepares to take Marquis deep Beer vendor silhouette Beer vendor silhouette

Busch Stadium: 8/4/05
Cardinals vs Marlins

Saturday, March 25th, 2006

Miguel Cabrera owned the Cardinals on this night going 4/4 including a double and a homerun. The Cards put up a nice rally in the bottom of the 8th, but it wasn’t enough.

Pujols takes a healthy lead off 2nd base View from peanut heaven Retired numbers flags 1 Ozzie Smith  2 Red Schoendienst  6 Stan Musial  9 Enos Slaughter  14 Ken Boyer  17 Dizzy Dean  20 Lou Brock  45 Bob Gibson  85 Gussie Busch  Rogers Hornsby  Jack Buck  42 Jackie Robinson
John Rodriguez goes the other way View of outfield scoreboard from left field upper deck Albert Pujols stands in
Miguel Cabrera does a pretty good Pujols impersonation John Rodriguez doubles off A.J. Burnett Upper deck manual scoreboard shows the Cardinals made it interesting in the 8th

Busch Stadium: 7/22/05
Cardinals vs Cubs

Saturday, March 25th, 2006

The hottest game I attended all season was also the best. Carpenter and Zambrano each went nine innings allowing 1 run. Cardinals won it 2-1 on Eckstein’s squeeze bunt in the 11th.

View of new stadium progress from west garage bridge View from right field bleachers The sun shines through Busch Stadium
New stadium progress Notice how deep Pujols is playing at first base Standing room only
View of the Arch from right field upper deck View of the Arch from first base side with wheelchair seating View of outfield upper deck and manual scoreboard
View of the Arch from behind home plate View of outfield upper deck manual scoreboard Carpenter pitches to Barrett
View from behind the beachers in right center field View from right field bleachers Carpenter retires the side in the 9th
The crowd is still going strong with 2 outs in the top of the 11th Standing ovation for Mabry's leadoff triple in the 11th Cardinals win a classic duel on a squeeze play

Busch Stadium: 6/25/05
Cardinals vs Pirates

Saturday, March 25th, 2006

This was as dominant as the Cards looked all season. Chris Carpenter tossed a 4-hit shutout with 11 strikeouts and no walks. Edmonds and Pujols each homered in an 8-0 win that put the Cardinals record at 47-27. When this game ended at 8:25pm it was still light out.

Carpenter works on his 4-hit shutout Jimmy Edmonds patrols sunny centerfield So Taguchi in right field
View from right field bleachers Carpenter works on his 4-hit shutout Edmonds rounds third
New Busch Stadium progress Arches Pujols rounds third
Can you see the wave? Carpenter works on his 4-hit shutout Still light out after the game

Busch Stadium: 6/10/05
Cardinals vs Yankees

Friday, March 24th, 2006

A crowd of 50,250 packed Busch Stadium for the opener of the only series the Yankees ever played at Busch Stadium. Notice the line score that shows the Cardinals up 7-0 with three Yankee errors by the 3rd inning.

View from right field bleachers View from right field bleachers Ramps around Busch Stadium
Standing room only View from upper deck outfield Standing room only
View of upper deck outfield scoreboard World Championship flags 1926 1931 1934 1942 1944 1946 1964 1967 1982 View of field from upper deck left field flags