I think I've managed to come up with a list of every MLB game I've attended. I might have forgotten a few Cardinal games before our family reunion, but I think I've gotten them all down. In addition to this list, I've also driven right past the stadiums in Milwaukee, Cleveland, and Washington. I'm starting to make a better faith effort to check off the whole list now. July 26, 1995 - Busch Stadium II, St. Louis, MO - Mets 2 - 3 Cardinals (I wrote about this one already.) July 21, 1998 - Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, MD - A's 1 - 7 Orioles (This may have actually been the 22nd. I don't remember the game being close, so I'm going with this one. Unfortunately, Rafael Palmeiro homered in both games, which is the key memory I was going off of.) June 16, 2001 - Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL - Twins 4 - 11 Cubs (This was with the high school baseball team when we got a luxury box. I'm not 100% sure this is the right game in that series, but the Saturday game seems most likely, and I remember a lot of homers.) October 3, 2004 - Great American Ballpark, Cincinnati, OH - Pirates 2 - 0 Reds (This was our trip with Dr. Butler's baseball class at Wabash. It was originally promised as a Cubs game, but the College couldn't get those tickets. So we had to settle for Cincinnati. I didn't mind much, even if both the teams were bad. It was a new stadium for me, and only the second season for that stadium. It was a real fun day, but I managed to leave my wallet sitting on my bed, so I didn't eat the entire day because I was too embarrassed to say anything. This was also Barry Larkin's final game.) July 21, 2005 - Busch Stadium II, St. Louis, MO - Brewers 12 - 7 Cardinals (I know Chris Capuano started, and this was his only win in St. Louis in a time frame that makes sense to me. I do vaguely remember Jason Marquis pitching that day, too. I mostly remember sitting in the outfield seats in Old Busch in 100 degree heat. I don't know how much Dad spent in drinks that day.) August 21, 2007 - U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago, IL - Royals 2 - 5 White Sox (Went with Andrew to this game mostly because we hadn't been to this stadium before and tickets were $8. This may have been the August 20, but I don't remember the game being that close, so I feel pretty good that this is the right game. I gave up doing some Wabash Orientation Leader stuff to go to this game. To be fair, I'd bought the tickets before I volunteered for that. I wonder where that shirt got off to. I've probably gotten big enough for it to actually fit on me now.) July 12, 2008 - Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL - Giants 7 - 8 Cubs (11 innings) (I'm sure of this game, because Carlos Marmol got off to an All-Star start, but the league was figuring him out by now. And he played a big role in the Cubs coming this close to blowing this game against a really bad Giants team. Thankfully, they pulled it out. Kristine had gotten me these tickets as a birthday present.) July 17, 2009 - Busch Stadium III, St. Louis, MO - Diamondbacks 1 - 6 Cardinals (This is another "not-totally-sure" game, but Pujols only had two multi-home run games against Arizona as a Cardinal in the new stadium, and this date makes more sense to me. Pujols hit a home run right off the left field foul pole, which was basically right in front of our seats. Except I missed it. I was standing at the concession stand ordering nachos for my mom. I thought I'd have plenty of time, but Yadi cut the top of the inning short picking somebody off first. I was mid-order when I heard the crack of the bat and the roar of the crowd, so I knew immediately what happened. Pujols hit another homer into the bullpen later in the game, though, so that made things better.) July 30, 2010 - Busch Stadium III, St. Louis, MO - Pirates 0 - 1 Cardinals (10 innings) (Most of what I remember of this game was an awfully long rain delay. Our seats were tucked just on the fair side of the left field foul pole, right underneath the overhang of the second deck, so we were nice and dry. We just sat around and watched the highlights from one of the 80's World Championship teams until it was time to get started. I also remember wearing my Indy Indians Andrew McCutchen shirt.) June 4, 2016 - Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL - Diamondbacks 3 - 5 Cubs (This was a 30th birthday present from Kristine. A little bit of a rainy day, but our seats were under the upper deck, so we stayed dry. We were by the right field foul pole, a great view other than a post that was directly blocking the plate. We got to see Rizzo's homer that day go out right in front of us, though. Definitely a low-drama game compared to the last time Kristine got me birthday Cubs tickets. Also so glad I got to see the World Series team in person.) June 30, 2018 - Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL - Twins 9 - 14 Cubs (We went to this game because Katelyn had never been to Wrigley before. It was a fun game, but it was a scorcher. Several Twins ending up leaving the game with heat exhaustion. We were going to go to dinner and out to Howl at the Moon after the game, but instead, we took the Red Line back to the Palmer House so we could all just cool off and shower before we went back out. This was also everybody's first trip to the Cubby Bear, which was a fun time.) July 27, 2018 - Busch Stadium III, St. Louis, MO - Cubs 2 - 5 Cardinals (I wrote about this one in that first link, too. This was Beth's first big league game.) April 27, 2019 - Rogers Centre, Toronto, ON - A's 1 - 7 Blue Jays (I wrote about this one here.) July 26, 2019 - Busch Stadium III, St. Louis, MO - Astros vs. Cardinals (Obviously this hasn't happened yet, but the tickets are bought. Big family affair before the yearly family reunion in Dexter.) Comments are closed.
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