Baseball Vacation 2006

Cardinals vs Dodgers: July 16, 2006

Narrative

1

Busch Stadium July 16, 2007

2

That pesky David Eckstein makes contact again.

3

Albert warms up the infield.

4

Jeff Kent signles against Anthony Reyes in the 3rd inning.

5

Jeff Kent following through.

6

Brad Penny finishing a pitch.

7

Brad Penny shows why you must be flexible to be a baseball pitcher.

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Jeff Kents swings under the ball and misses in the 5th inning.

9

David Eckstein fouls off a bunt attempt in the 6th inning.

10

It was 3 up and 3 down for Joe Beimel in the 6th.

11

We always like seeing former Rice University baseball stars. Here Jose Cruz Jr. gets ready for a pitch.

12

Albert Pujols awaits a pitch from Odalis Perez.

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Albert Pujols singles in the 7th inning off of Odalis Perez.

14

Albert following through on his 7h inning single.

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Albert had 4 hits on the night, and raised his average to .328.

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Juan Encarnacion singles in the 7th inning.

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Albert Pujols scores a run in the 7th inning.

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So Taguchi flies out in the 7th. He does sign a really neat autograph though.

19

Albert Pujols awaits his 8th inning at bat.

20

Mitchell is not happy that the Cardinals won, but enjoyed the first game of the trip.

21

Taken before the game in the new Busch stadium. Yep, thats me with the blackberry as I can never get away from the office. But notice how much smaller my gut looks now compared to the end of the trip. Yep, 13 games = 13++ hot dogs plus lots of ballpark ice cream.

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I thought this was kind of a neat shot, though I needed the sun at my back and/or a bit diffused.

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