I just realized that i started a post a few weeks ago that i never finished... my cardinals update post. so last week the cardinals were out of town all week, but the week before that i had a chance to go to 2 games! Two really great games!
On tuesday i tried something new. First Pitch tickets. the deal. you arrive at the box office when it opens at 9 am the day of the game. depending on how sold out/popular the game is, the line could be long/could be short. you pay for 2 tickets for $11! yes. $11. you get a voucher. 15 minutes before game time you stand outside a certain gate. and you walk in. show your id and your voucher. and they hand you an envelope with two tickets in it. the seats vary, depending once again on how sold out the game is. there are only 275 pairs available for each game... so on this tuesday i tried it out and scored! section 160. row 29. seats 28 and 29. great seats. i don't have a picture from them though. because... brent called me and he was at the game too. with ryan. so i went up to the redbird club and sat with them after the 2nd inning.
i like the redbird clubs seats. they are a the perfect level to see the whole game, without being too high up. good seats. also better food. i bet that's where the cupcakes are. i NEED to find me a cupcake at the next game... tuesday's game was good. it was a game of small ball, with a few triples and doubles added in. no hr's though. but that's ok. i have seen plenty. i was glad i made the switch up to sit with brent and ryan because some stupid mets fans were being annoying where i was sitting earlier.
then i went to the game on thursday. on wednesday i became sick. immediately came to the conclusion that it was the swine flu. thursday i picked up some first pitch tickets on my way to work. i was planning on going during my 1 hour break. but as soon as i got in, my boss said i looked horrible and that i shouldn't be at work. so i left. did my identity theft stuff and went to the game.
it was a beautiful day! and beautiful game! i did the first pitch tickets again. got section 160. row 29. seats 28 and 29. if you were paying attention above you would realize that those are the exact same seats as before. what a coincidence... especially since both days i am pretty sure they sold all pairs of tickets they had available.
so i am enjoying the game. and i look down to some peeps in front of me. one guy who probably won't make it on the 2009 active roster. one guy who doesn't play for us anymore. and one guy who will be off the roster come july. (now i feel bad saying that because of his injury this week... a little too scary.) friends don't let friends wear glaus or ankiel. or edmonds to a cardinals game.
here's the view from the seats. no picture of me this time. i was underneath the overhang for the second level and it was really bright outside, so you can't see me because i am a big shadow...
what a great game again! pujols went yard twice! and ankiel hit a bomb too. albert pujols loves the first inning hr's. right now i can think of 4 in the past 2 weeks that he has hit in the first inning. against the mets. twice against the nationals. (one on my birthday) and last night against the pirates. i love albert.
this week i missed my usual tuesday game because my family was in town. but i think i will try and catch some of any of this weekend's games. i can't go TWO weeks without going to a game...
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