Happy Opening Day!
One of my favorite days of the year has arrived. Everyone's in first place and everyone's a World Series contender. Hopefully for the Cubs, the first place and contender thing last much, much longer than today.
I have many friends who take this day off to sit in front of the TV and watch games all day. I like to save my vacation time to attend actual games. So without a Opening Day ticket this year, I dragged myself into the office like a normal Monday. Bleh.
To mark the occasion, however, I am sporting the royal blue dress shirt and the Cubs winter jacket, left, which is necessary since it's only going to get into the upper 30s here in Springfield today.
I don't wear this jacket as much as I'd like to. By the time I can get up to Chicago for a game, it's much too warm to wear it. And wearing it to work on a regular basis is a little over the top, considering I work in a semi-formal office setting. But I make an exception for today. It's fun to see the dirty looks from the Cardinals fans. Hoping to get flipped off at some point today.
As I mentioned in a previous post, my Cardinals-fan wife has a ticket to today's Opening Day game in St. Louis. She'll be attending with a girlfriend with plans to be in their seats by 2:30 p.m., when the pregame ceremony featuring the Clydesdales and the players being driven into the stadium parade-style starts.
She was a little anxious this morning about the frigid weather conditions and getting to and from the park. As it turns out, in her long career as a Cardinals fan, she's never had the opportunity to drive herself to a game at Busch Stadium. There's always been a friend, family member or, in the last two years or so, me to handle it.
So after helping her pack a bag (not exceeding the Busch Stadium security standard of 16-by-16-by-8 inches) full of winter clothing accessories and setting the GPS system to guide her car to the light-rail train station she will be parking at, I think she's set.
She did toss the camera into her bag. So if she can find it amid the piles of fleece and knit winter clothing items, we'll have some photos to share later.
Have a great Opening Day!
UPDATE: Cardinals-fan wife just called and said she got to the stadium just fine and arrived in her seats just in time to see the Clydesdales march onto the field. She is taking some photos, so we'll have those here later.
Until then, here's a shot she sent from her phone of the view from her seats!
UPDATE 2: Well, Opening Day is about closed. Cardinals-fan wife had a great time at Busch Stadium, despite the cold weather and the St. Louis closer blowing the game late. That's her below with her friend at today's game. I'm so lucky to have a wife who loves sports as much as I do. Hardly ever any fights over the remote!
The Cubs also got off to a nice start today with a win over the Astros. The performance of the Chicago closer didn't instill any great sense of confidence. But a win's a win. On to tomorrow.
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Great photos! Sorry the Cardinals lost, I think - hehe! Glad the Cubs pulled their game off. I agree, Gregg seemed shaky, but, today's another day. Good luck to all today!
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It was a great opening day. Lilly pitched fantastic and our Cubbies keep playing hard!! Great blog too!
-- Jenna (Thunder)
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Opening day was so much fun even though we didn't win. I hope I can get tickets to go again next year! :) GO CARDS! :)
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