St. Louis campground and baseball

The campground we are in is actually in down town St. Louis!  Not in the heart of the city but in the city none-the-less.  Also, campground is a misnomer...it is a parking lot with RV and camper hook ups.  So we get to hear city traffic and noises all day an night.  But we are only here 2 nights so we'll be fine.

Sunday afternoon we checked the weather to see if the baseball game might be rained out.  At 2 PM the hourly forecast called for a 20% chance of rain during the game.  20% is fine we'll take that chance.  So I go to Stub Hub and get tickets.  We took a cab to Busch Stadium and got there about 2 hours before game time.  This is normal for us as we like to walk the entire stadium, get something to eat then get the starting line ups so we can keep score.  While we were eating the sky darkened and it began to rain.  The game was to start at 7:05 and was scheduled as ESPNs Sunday Night Baseball but was delayed 3 hours.  So we just hung out in the concourse along with 44,000 other fans.

While doing so we were both posting to Facebook and found out a friend of ours from The Brandermill Church was at the ball park, too.  After a few phone calls we met up with Mike Booker, had a great conversation and parted ways.  One of the things we want to do on this journey is stay in touch with folks.  So if you see our path and your may cross, let us know we will adjust if we can to see you.

So the game started a little after 10.  Remember in the previous post I said we got up early so we could make it to St. Louis for the game?  So we are both tired before the rain delay.  The game starts and it is a great ball game.  Final score was Texas 2 St. Louis 1.  We love that kind of game.  During the 2nd inning there was a foul ball hit just to my right.  So, naturally, I reached out to catch it.  I did get 2 hand on it and then dropped it, just like my playing days.  But I picked it up and got a nice approval from the crowd.  Last time I caught a ball at a ML game was July 4th 1969 at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.  I still have that one.  At the end of that half inning I took the ball back a few seats and gave it a young boy who was a big Cards fan and ball fan.  He and his folks were very grateful. 

We got back to the RV about 1:45 AM Monday morning.  But what a good game!