Farewell Busch

Greg Taylor posted on his blog about the passing of Busch stadium. The photos made me sad, yet excited about the new stadium.

Thanks to my wonderful wife, who surprised me with tickets to game 4 of last year's series, we were able to attend the last game ever played in Busch. In fact, here is my home video of the last play in the last game at Busch.

It was a sad ending for the Cards, but I couldn't help but be happy for the Sox. I sat by some very gracious and overjoyed Sox fans that night.

(If you watch carefully, and you've seen the movie Fever Pitch, you can see Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore come into the picture on the left, followed by a small camera crew. Also, this film marked the big screen debut for us -- watch the final few minutes of the movie and check the outfield seats.)

Anyway, while watching news footage of tearing down Busch this morning, Beth said, "Opening day, April 10th... let's go.". I'm already there.

I've been lucky enough to visit a couple of new 'classic' stadiums -- I was able to attend opening night at Camden Yards in Baltimore (they actually opened the day before, but I was there at opening night), and I was able to catch a couple of games at the new park in Arlington. Both very similar stadiums -- lots of brick and arches, and both have character. Very well done.

I'll still miss old Busch as well as will many, many others.

Btw, I sure wish Reggie would have opted to sign for less and end his career in St. Louis. The Cards fans would have treated him well. Oh well.