After raining all day, the weather cleared up just in time for sunset. I’m glad they got around to painting green the concrete between each deck. Say whatever you want about this ballpark, it’s going to be a damn fine place to watch a baseball game.

These pictures have been widely circulated on the Internet already, but I’ll re-post them here for completeness sake.

These pictures have been widely circulated on the Internet already, but I’ll re-post them here for completeness sake.

The atmosphere was surreal on this sunny November afternoon. It felt more like a Terminator movie than a baseball stadium. Busch Stadium joins The Arena, Kiel Auditorium, and Sportsman’s Park among the demolished St. Louis historical sports landmarks.

This final game at Busch Stadium game wouldn’t have been possible without a 9th inning 3-run homer by Albert Pujols in game 5 at Houston. The crowd came out rocking and the atmosphere was electric early on, but as Oswalt quieted the Cardinals’ bats and the Astros built a lead the finality of the circumstances set it. Everyone stood in the 9th, desperately rooting for another miracle comeback that never came.