With three weeks left in St. Louis, my daughter found us two tickets to watch Albert Pujols and the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. This game was the second of a series against league leading Cincinnati. Ten games ago, the Cardinals were in the lead, but then proceeded to lose eight of the following ten games on the road. Yesterday, they eked out a win against the Reds, but today was not to be.
We fell behind quickly, and ace pitcher Adam Wainwright did NOT have his stuff, and I witnessed at least two unforced errors by the boys with the birds on the bats. We also got to witness a young phenom Reds pitcher named Wade, who threw fastballs over 100 MPH. Not even the mighty Pujols could hit this kid, but his control led to several walks. Despite any gifts, the Cardinals just could not close the sale today.
I do owe thanks to PNC Bank, which provided the tickets to the luxury box high above Busch where I was able to snap some really great pictures for my memory book. I fear the Cardinals will not repeat as Central Division champs this year, despite how good they looked just two weeks ago. But, when I saw that Pittsburgh was 33 games out of first place in the division, I suspect everything is relative.
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