Cards win!

What fun we had last night! As we mentioned the other day, Billy had a couple extra tickets for the Cards/Phillies baseball game in Philadelphia, and we made it down there just as the gates opened. We were able to see all our favorite Cardinal players up close and watched the Phillies finish batting practice, and the Cards take their swings.

Citizens Bank Park replaced Veterans Stadium a few years back and is a great place to watch a game. One unique feature is that the two bullpens are stacked on top of each other behind the right center field wall. This was something that neither of us knew and really was a surprise to see. After watching most of batting practice, we decided to walk around the stadium and get someting to eat and drink. The food choices are varied and tasty! We settled on a couple Italian sausage sandwiches with the works, a slice of pizza, a pretzel, and our favorite beverage. Later we each got Italian Water Ice, a first for us, which is basically a glorified snow cone although the packaging made it much less messy!


The Cardinals were at the top of their game pounding the Phillies 10-2, and we were able to witness a slice of history as it was the Phillies 10,000th loss, the first professional team in any sport to reach that milestone! The game was televised on ESPN, and when we returned home, Bill and Terri had taped the last few innings, and we both received a lot of airtime between pitches since our seats were 6 rows behind the 3rd base dugout! Also at the game sitting a couple rows in front of us were Boo and his girlfriend, Taylor.

Although it was a sellout, arriving and leaving the ballpark was a breeze with the only aggravation being the Walt Whitman Bridge and its $3 toll. The prevalence of toll roads and bridges in this area will be a topic to talk about at a later time.


Till next time!