Baseball Trip Replay - Day 44 - July 6, 1994

July 6 - Called the Acura dealer in town. He said that to replace the radio/tape player was about an $800 job. So I went to circuit City instead and got a CD changer, tape player, and replaced my blown speakers in back (which would have been even more at the Acura place). However, all of the Circuit City installation centers in St. Louis were closed on Wednesday. (Why you ask? Why is the sky blue? Why is the grass green? Why does it cost $800 for the factory replacement in the first place?) So I stuffed the stuff into my trunk and made an appointment in Atlanta for the only center that had a slot available. I also got my oil changed and got my scoresheets copied at Kinko's (ooh, aah). The Frueh's got home, and we went to the game. Actually, we went to a brew-pub called the Taproom first. Nice place, good lager. Evidently, they had real trouble opening because Anheuser-Busch didn't want them to, and good ol' A-B controls a lot of St. Louis.

Got to the stadium in time for the starting line-ups. Another cookie-cutter, circular sixties multi-purpose thing. It does have little arches over each section in the upper deck, and they each have a little light under them. Also, the view of downtown and the Gateway Arch from behind home plate is quite spectacular. When the sun in shining, the stadium is extremely, overwhelmingly red. They take this cardinal red stuff seriously. Their caps are so red one has trouble seeing the edges when framed against the Astroturf. Its hurts the eyes. This was the first time I got to see the Astros (GO ASTROS!) on this trip, and I was not disappointed. Houston won 7-6. Drabek was uncharacteristically rough to start, giving up five runs. However, Sutcliffe also gave up 5 runs (this was NOT unexpected), and it was left up to the bullpen. Houston's was better. Cool. The Frueh's were great hosts, a lot of fun at the ballpark, and have a great pool. It was nice being able to take a dip at 11 PM, something not possible in Northern California because it is too cold. It has been annoyingly hot all summer, however.

Game Log: https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1994/B07060SLN1994.htm