Red October

Immediately following the Rams game, we raced over to the baseball stadium to watch the National Championship parade. We weren't the only ones with that idea...there were TONS of people trying to get from the dome to the stadium. We rode the train and had to wait through 2 trains before finally squeezing in.


At the stadium we found this sea of red -


People were lined up and down the streets, literally 10 rows deep...this town LOVES it's baseball... they even sold tickets for inside the stadium.


Our friends arrived VERY early and got us all a great spot!






There was an energy in the air that I can't describe in words. It was truly electric. While waiting for the parade to make its way around to the stadium, we had a fun police officer really working the crowd... She would point to one side of the street and say "WORLD" then point to the other side and say "CHAMPS"...it went on like this up and down the street. She even tried to get us started in a "wave". HaHa...it was so much fun.


It was a LONG wait until we saw those first players.



And then...They came... Tony LaRussa leading it off


Followed by the trophy


Fredbird


The rally squirrel


Then each player followed in a truck, surrounded by their family.