Baseball Vacation 2006

Cardinals vs Braves: July 17, 2006

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David Eckstein is ready to run after making contact.
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Taguchi hits another fly ball to right field.
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Yep, Taguchi's fly ball to right is caught again.
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Albert posing again, while a fan takes a photo of Albert and me.
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Nope another out for Albert.
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Albert and the Cards fans are not too excited with that.
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Edgar Renteria swings under the ball and strikes out in the 4th.
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Andruw Jones better open his eyes if he wants to hit this pitch.
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Andrew hits a line shot in the 4th.
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But his line shot is caught by the 2nd baseman.
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Busch Stadium looks pretty cool at dusk.
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With the Cards losing badly, there are seats available up high behind home plate.
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Fans behind home plate at Busch have a pretty good view I would say.
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Albert launches a double.
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Albert finishes his swing well.
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The base of the arch in St. Louis. I had a chance to go up the arch in high school on a church choir trip, but me and 3 friends opted to play hookie and make a detour to the old Busch stadium instead. We were late when we returned, but they had not left us, so it was worth it.
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The view from the arch is pretty good. To the right of the stadium, is the site of the old stadium which has already been demolished.
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A closer look at the new stadium from the arch.
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The photographer in me had to get this shot once I was this water from the top of the arch. The duck was a bonus.
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I like the reflection of the arch here. All in all St. Louis is not a bad town, my parents even spent their honeymoon there, and my dad went to games there in the 1950's.
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We cannot leave St. Louis without one more shot of Albert Pujols showing how to gator the ball at first base.
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