Red Velvet Lounge pants

....and Yadi ROCKED tonight!

Did you see that blazing speed? Was that a ball of lightning rounding the bases for a triple? yes - it's the newest speed demon in the Cards lineup - Yadier Molina! I was jumping up and down when he rounded 2nd to try and stretch that double into a triple! My hubby thought he was limping...but no, he was just putting on the jets!

and then Yadi follows that up with a home run!
Oh - and Albert got one too.
and Colby "Young 'un" Rasmus got his first major league hit! (take that ladies sitting behind us during Spring Training trying to decide if Colby was ready for the big game...)

so the red velvet pants may have helped out a little. I'll be wearing them again tomorrow!

Opening Day notes

#1 - I'm glad it didn't snow during the game! but - it looked downright cold! The look on Rick Ankiel's face in the 9th inning was like 'I'm freezing my patootie off here'

#2 - was that a Motte Meltdown? Let's not make a habit out of this. (Doesn't that name sound like a candy bar?!)

#3 - Michelob Hop Hound isn't all that bad!

#4 - my hat sequence from last year isn't working for wins this year. I'm going to switch to my red velour lounge pants for Tuesday's game!

todays game!

First and foremost...Happy Birthday to my Cardinals partner in crime....my sister, Amy!  

The day started very wet!  It was raining so hard when we woke up this morning...oye! We checked every weather station, we did the the no rain dance - and guess what - it worked!  Game ON! We played the Baltimore Orioles today!  And we won in case you haven't seen the score yet.

When walking into the stadium I did a quick glance at the line up today....immediately I grabbed my sister's arm...YADI was in the line up.  Could this day get any better?  Did I say Carpenter was pitching today?  WOW!  

Their were several highpoints today....obviously the Cards winning was a bonus.  Seeing Yadi walk onto the field for the first time (well for me) was awesome...and the last one, which isn't even baseball related....my 4 year old niece looks at me and says - "Trust in Me"....with her fingers wiggling around her eyes.  We watched Jungle Book the night before - she was singing the song from the snake.

Great day!  More will be reported later - I'm about to enjoy some sushi...IN FLORIDA!

Ummmm. We have a problem.

I have 4 tickets to today's game...which starts in 10 minutes. I am still in DC! While on the runway during our take-off ..... there was a loud bang and then everything just sort of shut down. They turned us back to the airport. and we sat. Then they told us to get off the plane, but stay in the boarding areas. so we sat. Then they told us that they were going to try and fix the plane. 30 minutes later, they cancelled our flight.

so now, 150 passengers are all trying to get out of DC to get to warm sunny florida. We got another flight out later this afternoon.....but I still have 4 tickets to the game that I can't use. AND....my dear sister has just txt'd me to say she has LANDED in West Palm Beach. so not only has this incident ruined my day, it's now going to ruin her day too.....because we were supposed to pick her up and go to the game TOGETHER.

....so, here's to hoping that nothing else goes wrong today in our trek south.
ak

See you in Jupiter!

This Saturday! I've been listening to MLB's Gameday Audio for the past two weeks. The weather report looks glorious. We've started to pack. Now we just need to get Yadi back to play for STL....(nothing against the Puerto Rican team, I'm just being a little self-centered at this point!)

Take, Me Out to Spring Training...

well, we had a pretty good run in blogging last year right? We petered out mid-season.

BUT NOW WE'RE BACK! and better than before because my fellow blogger, Cards fan and baby sister (awwwww!) and I will be going to Spring Training 2009 together!
The Birds' clubhouse better open the doors because "Chicks on the Bat" is coming to Jupiter FLA!

I land first on March 14th...but only by a couple of minutes! Anissa and I and our merry band of support staff will be driving straight from the airport to a baseball game.

so watch for more. We'll be bringing you the news straight from FLA!
-ak-
(oh wait, how will you know which 'ak' posted this? we both have the same initials!)

Did you watch the game tonight?

No really did you? Are you kidding me? We go on a major hitting streak and what? Did I watch this correctly? Damn this game is frustrating?

Two Games today...

and I'm going to one of them!

Yesterday afternoon, into the evening, we had some scary storms blow through. We even had tornado warnings! (unlike in the Midwest, there are no storm sirens, so we get our warnings via radio/TV) There were many trees down in our neighborhood, and we lost power for the 1st time in 2.5 years. So instead of finding a radio broadcast of the game, I listened to weather reports. Luckily, the game was postponed.

See you tonight at the ball game! I've decided to wear the new Yadi tshirt, in case you're wondering.