First time hounding somewhere other than a place I've lived (Cleveland, Boston, Texas/Frisco/OKC). Got to chat with a number of other fans and hounds as well.
So I could have sworn I read the ballpark opened at 4:30. It didn't. It was almost 5:30 before they let us in. Ugh.
The Dodgers were taking BP when I arrived so I figured I'd hit their side and just stayed there since the Cards' side was a madhouse. So I got no Cardinals.
It was hot, it was crowded, but I came away with 12. Not my best, not my worst.
The scoop:
GOT
Chris Capuano 2/4 (1 for elmesero5)
Trey Hillman 3/3 (1 for elmesero5)
Adam Kennedy 4/4 (1 for elmesero5)
Josh Lindblom 2/4
Matt Treanor 1/2
SIGNED, BUT NOT FOR ME
Ethier, Kemp, Kershaw, Mattingly, Loney
DID NOT SIGN
Abreu, Billingsley, Cruz, Ellis, Ellis, Gordon (can't do it with a broken hand, but appeared willing to if he was healthy), Hansen, Harang (starter), Honeycutt, Lopes, Wallach, Yeager (didn't recognize him until he was past me)
DID NOT SEE
Belisario, Elbert, Eovaldi, Guerra, Guerrier, Gwynn, Hairston, Hawksworth, Howell, Jansen, Lilly, Lyons, Monday, Mota, Rivera, Uribe, Valenzuela, Wright
Didn't bother doing the Ice Mountain Autograph Night junk. Heard the lines sometimes wrap around the stadium, usually for massive scrubs. I'll pass.
I considered going over to their hotel and hounding upon their return, but since the game went extras, they lost, and they have an afternoon game tomorrow, I opted to just hang at my hotel. Considering going early tomorrow. Probably won't though.
So I could have sworn I read the ballpark opened at 4:30. It didn't. It was almost 5:30 before they let us in. Ugh.
The Dodgers were taking BP when I arrived so I figured I'd hit their side and just stayed there since the Cards' side was a madhouse. So I got no Cardinals.
It was hot, it was crowded, but I came away with 12. Not my best, not my worst.
The scoop:
GOT
Chris Capuano 2/4 (1 for elmesero5)
Trey Hillman 3/3 (1 for elmesero5)
Adam Kennedy 4/4 (1 for elmesero5)
Josh Lindblom 2/4
Matt Treanor 1/2
SIGNED, BUT NOT FOR ME
Ethier, Kemp, Kershaw, Mattingly, Loney
DID NOT SIGN
Abreu, Billingsley, Cruz, Ellis, Ellis, Gordon (can't do it with a broken hand, but appeared willing to if he was healthy), Hansen, Harang (starter), Honeycutt, Lopes, Wallach, Yeager (didn't recognize him until he was past me)
DID NOT SEE
Belisario, Elbert, Eovaldi, Guerra, Guerrier, Gwynn, Hairston, Hawksworth, Howell, Jansen, Lilly, Lyons, Monday, Mota, Rivera, Uribe, Valenzuela, Wright
Didn't bother doing the Ice Mountain Autograph Night junk. Heard the lines sometimes wrap around the stadium, usually for massive scrubs. I'll pass.
I considered going over to their hotel and hounding upon their return, but since the game went extras, they lost, and they have an afternoon game tomorrow, I opted to just hang at my hotel. Considering going early tomorrow. Probably won't though.
