Baseball in 2004

We visited two ball parks for the first time in 2004, Busch Stadium in St. Louis, and Cincinnati's almost-new "Great American Ball Park." We also realized we had never photographed Houston's "Minute Maid Park" since its name was changed so what the heck...here are a few photos of it as well.

Minute Maid Park (Houston)
Astros Versus Giants


Roger Clemens Versus Barry Bonds (Clemens won)

Busch Stadium (St. Louis)
Cardinals Versus Cubs

We rode the train to the stadium
Monument to Stan Musial	The dugouts have a pennant for each NL Championship and each World Series title.	To the right of the scoreboard is a list of Cardinals retired numbers...some of baseball's all time greats.

Great American Ballpark (Cincinnati)
Reds Versus Brewers

		Mural of "The Big Red Machine" players from the 1970's: Ken Griffey, Tony Perez, Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, Pete Rose, Dave Concepcion. I Think the far-right is Cesar Geronimo, and the seated player is George Foster but I'm not sure!
The Steam Boat Stacks smoke when a Reds pitcher strikes out an opponent, and fireworks shoot out when a Red hits a home run.	Mister Red is still the mascot
There is a great view of the Ohio River from the Food Plaza	Paul and Niece Sharon	If the Reds win, there are fireworks!

Minute Maid Park (Houston) Astros Versus Giants

Roger Clemens Versus Barry Bonds (Clemens won)

Busch Stadium (St. Louis) Cardinals Versus Cubs

We rode the train to the stadium

Monument to Stan Musial

The dugouts have a pennant for each NL Championship and each World Series title.

To the right of the scoreboard is a list of Cardinals retired numbers...some of baseball's all time greats.

Great American Ballpark (Cincinnati) Reds Versus Brewers

Mural of "The Big Red Machine" players from the 1970's: Ken Griffey, Tony Perez, Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, Pete Rose, Dave Concepcion. I Think the far-right is Cesar Geronimo, and the seated player is George Foster but I'm not sure!

The Steam Boat Stacks smoke when a Reds pitcher strikes out an opponent, and fireworks shoot out when a Red hits a home run.

Mister Red is still the mascot

There is a great view of the Ohio River from the Food Plaza

Paul and Niece Sharon

If the Reds win, there are fireworks!

Minute Maid Park (Houston)
Astros Versus Giants

Busch Stadium (St. Louis)
Cardinals Versus Cubs

Great American Ballpark (Cincinnati)
Reds Versus Brewers