Same thing happened in 2006... The team played so badly late in the season that I quit caring. Both resulted in a world championship! This time, the boys were helped along by Emilyn's choir singing at the game Sept. 7. It was a win over the rival Milwaukee Brewers and the start of a late season surge (coupled with an Atlanta collapse) that vaulted the Cards into the wild card berth. The rest, as they say, is history. A stunning postseason run and thrilling victories in Game 6 and Game 7 made this a season worth celebrating! And Ballwinner David Freese is a household name! (Or he was for a week or so...) For great photos from the celebration on the field, click here.
The kids even got excited watching the World Series, so Mommy decided that it wasn't insane for the three of us to ride the train downtown (four hours early) and get a great spot to watch Sunday's victory parade.
For the most part, yeah, it was pretty easy. Easy train ride, easy to find a spot on the rail to watch... It was drizzly, though, and chilly, and the multi-hour wait wasn't fun. But the kiddos performed admirably -- fortified with snacks and drinks and iPod -- and then the parade finally got rolling!
The procession was led -- of course! -- by the beautiful Budweiser Clydesdales... I was trying to hard to get a good shot of the horses that I failed to notice who was riding on the wagon... Tony La Russa! Each player came by in a red or white Chevy pickup. I got the best shots of David Freese, Allen Craig, Chris Carpenter... Too many to show them all here! Click the link at the bottom of the post to scroll through them all.
Because we had gotten there so early and had stuck by our spot on the rail, I don't think we really understood just how many people had filled downtown while we waited for the parade to get started. Well, we did after the parade, when we tried to get back on the train and head west! HUGE line, long wait, horrible. So, we stopped in Union Station, picked up a LOT of fudge, jumped the line to head eastbound and ended up hopping on a Shrewsbury train anyway. Whew. The kids were SO good, and it truly was a day to remember.
For all our shots from the parade (and captions to let you know who everyone is), click here.
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