- Despite the fact that it was raining a lot over on the St. Louis side of the River it looked close to a packed house. But that was hard to tell as there were so many other activities on the concourse like rookie autograph signings, a silent auction, booths from other sponsoring organizations, etc. Everyone wasn't seated at the same time. The parking lot was close to full.
- It rained a little during the game for those with "special needs." which was really fun to watch. And then the heavy rains came. But only briefly. When the first ball was thrown, the clouds magically drifted away and the weather was great the rest of the night. I'm convinced, Fish has a contact.
- I figured out why Fisher's team has never lost. He cheats. At the start of his team's half of the sixth inning, lo and behold, the bases were already loaded. . . . WITH RAMS' CHEERLEADERS! And all his team had to do was hit them in. In fairness though, the "visiting" team was given an opportunity, too. They pulled some kids out of the stands and loaded the bases with them. It was a hoot. A lot of dropped balls allowing them to reach base safely or score. You could see beams of light emitting from their faces when the Rams players high fived them for their efforts.
- Jake Long is HUGE.
- Now, I don't know if this was staged or not, I hope so. When Pead came up to bat, he had a. . well. . .unorthodox grip. Batting right, he had his left hand correctly at the knob, but his right hand was semi-placed where it might be for a bunt. Only he didn't bunt. He took a full swing. The girl serving as the on-field color commentator then came over and showed him the correct grip. Please say it was staged. LOL
- The venue, home to the Gateway Grizzlies, a pro baseball team with no MLB affiliations, looks like a fun place to go just to have a beer and a dog and watch some baseball. They do have one item of notoriety on their menu. . . a hamburger, but instead of a bun, the patty is sandwiched between two slices of halved glazed doughnuts.
- All in all, from the "special needs" opener to the home run derby to the game to the fireworks it was a blast. I didn't stay for the fireworks as I saw it would take awhile to get out of the parking lot. And besides, I wanted to get home to see the remainder of the Cardinals (THE winningest team in the MLB, sorry I could resist) game as they beat up on our heated rival the Reds. Best part is, the money went to some very worthy causes.
