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Even more seats will be available: Supposedly this will finish the stadium off and give them 100% capacity.

I have the same feelings whenever Angel Hernandez is anywhere on the field: especially behind the plate. Steve McMichael might wanna have speaks about that. fixed ??? I'm confused... ???

I have the same feelings whenever Angel Hernandez is anywhere on the field: especially behind the plate.

to add to the misery the Cards won today Pujols hit a game-winning single in the bottom of the 9th with two on after Isringhausen (sp?) gives up a solo home run in the top of the 9th.

Mark Grace never did that for you? Gracey was teh clutch.

Have you been to a game at Busch III yet? It's obviously a work in progress since 1/6 of the park is still closed off and being worked on. Once they finish the park and Ballpark Village and fix some of the signage (too many ads) the place will be pretty good. No great but pretty good. Have you been to Milwaukee? OMG that place sucks total a**. How can it be less than 10 years old and feel 20+? I went there once when a sudden thunderstorm came through: had to move because the roof leaked. SF and Pitt are the bomb: been to games at both. Though the 30,000 empty seats in Pitt take away from the experience the view and stadium is great. Haven't been to a game at B.O.B. Petco doesn't impress me. Was there last March and didn't see the game but it looks "bleh" from the outside. And I hate those weird corners for no reason. Bad is the Metrodome: only 5000 good seats in that abomination. Bad is Shea stadium: when the jets fly over. Bad is Dolphins Stadium: only good for football, horrible for baseball. Bad is Tropicana field: everything about the place. Bad is Minute Maid: the name, the train and the short left field I could homer on. Bad is Yankee Stadium: it's not the house Ruth built. It's the field Ruth played on and the CBS gut rehabbed in the early 70's. Bad is Fenway: unless you're shorter than 5'6" and very narrow hips: you'll be miserable. Bad is Oakland: horrible for football, worse for baseball. Fair is Los Angeles: you can only enter at a specific gate and can't walk around. I'm nopt talking about sitting in someone else's seat, I'm talking about just walking around and seeing the place. Good is Atlanta: nice park, sucky fans. Good is Kansas City: 30,000 empty seats on the weekend, but nice park. Good is Seattle: except when trains go by. Great food though. (and yes I've been all these places)

Yes! 1080i is amazing when broadcast with the correct cameras and pushed into your home with the correct signal. To date, The Masters was the most impressive form of sports broadcast in 1080i. CBS does a great job...I wish ESPN would start 1080i and if FOX would ever invest in high end cameras it would be tough to get work done due to the amount of true HD that would be available. Good to hear bro, good to hear! I just got my TV on Friday and I love it! I'll put this TV against any besides the Qualia. Worth every penny I spent! Discovery HD does a fanastic job also. "Sunrise Earth" is a boring program but the visual's are just outstanding! Can't take my eyes of the screen... "Bikini Destinations" on HDNet is the same way.

Yes! 1080i is amazing when broadcast with the correct cameras and pushed into your home with the correct signal. To date, The Masters was the most impressive form of sports broadcast in 1080i. CBS does a great job...I wish ESPN would start 1080i and if FOX would ever invest in high end cameras it would be tough to get work done due to the amount of true HD that would be available. Good to hear bro, good to hear! It's not a question of 1080i or 720p. The problem is that ESPN and the satelite companies (DirecTV and Dish) are compressing the heck out their signals and degrading the picture. CBS' 1080i looks so good because they don't try and jam the signal into a smaller space. For example during football season they only show 1 to 3 games at a time in HD while Fox crams 6 HD games into the same bandwidth using different compression schemes. Over the air HDTV is the best way to get it. 720p from an ABC station can look great ("Lost", "Alias" and Monday Night Football) while 720p from their sister channel ESPN or DirecTV might not look as good. Also Fox went cheap when they moved to HD: didn't buy the best equipment. garbage in-garbage out

His number isn't retired. There is a "DK-57" circle logo in the bullpen though: same as Houston and Colorado.

I could see him slipping in during a weak year or maybe he'll fall all the way to the veterans committee. (and please, lets keep the homophobia to a minimum in this thread)

I heard from one person that they are awaiting approval from the inspectors or something like that. Plus the concourse and ramps behind it are not done. It looks like they're also working on stuff like the stands and restrooms. I'm sure they wouldn't let anyone sit in the seats until they're 100% done with that type of stuff.

98 years of enjoyed(well a few parts) yet fruitless baseball........ I'd prefer a win(regardless of how crummy they look while providing it). Maddux needs to be on his game sunday. at minimum dont let albert beat you by himself.(i personally wouldn't show him a single fastball during any at bat, in fact i'd buzz him high and tight a couple times try to get him out of his comfort zone.....worth a try anyway) In Maddux we trust........ Maddux is the bomb. He'll shut trhe Cards down with his surgical precision. Yes, it's 3:15 in the morning, I'm in St. Louis and drunk. The Cubs HAVE TO win at least one game. I'm, tired of cards fans. Excuse me, I have to go to pass out...

I know, I know, she's a primper. Drives me nuts some times; she can take more than 90 minutes to get ready. But she's got a great body, tall, plays golf, softball and volleyball better than me, smart, fun and best of all, a Cubs fan. Her taking so long does give me a chance to surf this site though. Ooop, here she comes...

I'm in St. Louis right now staying at the Chase Park Hotel; darn nice place. Worked out and had a good breakfast at a Jewish deli a couple blocks walk from the hotel. If the girlfriend can just finish getting ready, we'll walk to the Metro station and get jammed onto the train with a bunch of red wearing morans. Wish me luck.

This is not good for the weekend as our middle relief gets eaten up on the first game.

Damn that was quick.

From the CBS station in St. Louis I assume it's those empty areas down in the left-field corner. Could come in handy for the early June Cubs/Cards series.

Is it true at Dodger Stadium you can only enter at assigned locations (based upon where you are sitting) and moving around is highly limited?

That's surprising. At the old Busch the left field bleachers were some of the most heavily self-policed areas I'd ever been. Until recently I had a "friend with benefits" in St. Louis. Of course there was the primary benefit, but a second benefit was that her brother had season tickets in the left field bleachers and we often went to games there. In the left field bleachers (they have assigned seating) there was a large group of regulars who kept a list of rules and expected a certain sense of class and behavior. They even printed rules and would regularily hand them out. As anoying and they sound: it made baseball more enjoyable. Some of the rules I remember: No cell phones: leave the seating area to make/receive calls. Always tip beer vendors. Heckle, but no foul language. Fans from opposing teams should be treated with respect. Try to enter and exit between innings Right field bleachers suck. Do nothing to disrupt the game: visiting team homerun balls should not be thrown back. Report all issues to the ushers immediately. As bad as a lot of bleacher areas can get, I would have no problem taken my mom to a game at the old Busch bleachers.

I wonder how different this thread would be if McGwire had stayed in Oakland and done the same numbers? What uniform a person wore shouldn't matter in consideration of the HOF.

And the opposite is true. If McGwire doesn't get in on the first ballot, then Sammy and Barry should be the same way.

I'll be there: driving down from Springfield IL. I always park south of the stadium, down by the Broadway Oyster Bar. Cool cajun place with a nice outdoor patio and good blues or cajun bands. Plus there's a White Castle right next door. Parking is usually $8 to $10 in that area. You can also in the heart of "downtown". (lame excuse for one) Most the garages there are $5 to $8. There's a cool dive bar called Jack Patricks by the SBC tower. Cheap beers ($12 for a bucket) and a rowdy crowd. DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT park in the semi-attached to the stadium garages. They charge too much and it takes over an hour for the things to empty out. I'll be sitting close by in section 422: my bosses brother's tickets. He said they're above 1st base and very good for the upper deck. A lot better than the upper deck of the old Busch.

Slightly OT: when was the last 3 pitch inning, Cubs or otherwise? I tried to google it and nothing came up.

Yeah, but he didn't feel it because of all that armor. Exactly. Barry probably didn't feel it and had to go purely on sound to know it hit him.

Ant decent baseball fan has to give the guy props. He's good, very good.