Milwaukee Brewers @ St Louis Cardinals (game 1)

I had managed to find a single seat on the end of a row for today's game which the website would let me purchase.  I've never been in the Redbird Club area before - I've either been in the normal seats of the Cardinal Club right behind the plate.

The club area is air-conditioned which was useful tonight (and will be vital tomorrow, with the temperature forecast to be 34C/95F tomorrow)

I had a superb view from my seat, of the field, the surrounding buildings, and the Gateway Arch.  The seats are really nice too, deeply padded and comfortable.

I got to see some of the best players in the game in this game.

Here's Yadier Molina, the Cardinals' catcher coming to bat.  Meanwhile Paul Goldschmidt didn't manage to repeat his 7 RBI performance from the previous night, and in the end, it was 2 home runs from the Brewers that secured them a 5-2 win to even the series at 1-1.

The game seemed quite short, but it was just 1 minute shy of 3 hours long.  Perhaps because I spent 1 inning having dinner on the concourse.

I was intending to taking the train back most of the way to the hotel, but I came out of the stadium on the wrong side, so walked back anyway.  Without the clouds tonight, and with it being the real full moon here, I was able to get a better photo of the moon under the Gateway Arch

Fortunately, there weren't hundreds of motorcycles to block the way, although you can still hear small groups of them charging around the city.

The hotel has free coffee available in reception, so I don't actually have to make it in my room, which is handy, as they have proper milk down there rather than the powdered creamer they leave you in the room.
Location: 700 Clark Ave, St. Louis, MO 63102, USA

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