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Covid leads to lost interest in baseball

Posted by olabner on August 29, 2020 in Covid, Springfield Cardinals

Pictured: me trying to think of baseball topics to write about while the world is falling apart … (No, no, it’s the lovely Irving Lopez.) But seriously … The Cards are trying to make up time lost to covid and…

The best $60 I ever spent: my view at the greatest World Series game in history

Posted by olabner on October 16, 2019July 28, 2022 in AL, Fan, MLB, NL, Playoffs, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, World Series

Behold. First published in similar form on a previous blog of mine in late October 2011. I bought a standing room only ticket for the World Series in St. Louis, arriving at noon for the 7 pm start. It was…

Albert! Albert!

Posted by olabner on June 24, 2019August 3, 2019 in Fan, MLB, Photos, St. Louis Cardinals

Albert Pujols visited St. Louis for the first time since he left for the LA school systems after the 2011 season. He was greeted with standing ovations for each plate appearance. From the heavenly realm of Busch cheap seats, I…

Wainwright just right

Posted by olabner on May 8, 2018May 30, 2018 in Minors, Springfield Cardinals, St. Louis Cardinals

Got to take photos of Adam Wainwright in Springfield during a rehab assignment with the AA Cardinals. I’m still trying to figure out how to write about his presence. Photos, for now. Pictured with, as Wainwright called him, future superstar…

Yadi in photos

Posted by olabner on April 4, 2017April 27, 2017 in Photos, St. Louis Cardinals

I shot these during the St. Louis Cardinals/Springfield Cardinals exhibition at Hammons Field on March 31, 2017. I use a Sony A600. by

I do not like them, Mary I am. I do not want the Cubs to win.

Posted by olabner on October 25, 2016April 27, 2017 in AL, NL, Playoffs

With thanks to Dr. Seuss. I AM FAN. NEW I AM. FAN. NEW FAN I AM. THAT NEW FAN! THAT CUBS FAN! WELL – I DO NOT WANT THE CUBS TO WIN. WOULD YOU LIKE THE CURSE TO END? I…

FTC (Cubs)

Posted by olabner on May 25, 2016April 27, 2017 in Chicago Cubs, Fan, NL, St. Louis Cardinals

I should be gracious, I should be nice. I should be many things I’m not. My team has won many titles so many I forgot to notice a team in blue and red – the baby bears that hibernated. But…

Anatomy of a Rain Delay

Posted by olabner on April 20, 2016April 27, 2017 in Chicago Cubs, NL, St. Louis Cardinals

Cards lead Cubs 4-1. Mid-afternoon. Withhold belief. Two losses. Irritable. Rain begins to fall. During delay, watch clip of Randal Grichuk reaching over fence, retrieve home run. Replay. Ask God why some players don’t wear high socks. Unexplainable. Rain continues…

Imitation Bonds

Posted by olabner on April 14, 2016April 27, 2017 in NL, St. Louis Cardinals

I remember this – Once Shawon Dunston hit a ball that bounced off Barry Bonds’ glove and fell into the basket of the outfield wall, landing like leaves in flower boxes hooked along the edges of a porch railing somewhere…

Lou

Posted by olabner on April 12, 2016April 27, 2017 in St. Louis Cardinals

I don’t know if everyone in the stadium realized that the man walking toward the pitchers mound had lost his leg. He was once of the most prominent runners in baseball, a prolific base stealer who nabbed 938 in his…

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