Busch Stadium Countdown

[pcgd]

Maybe only cardinals fans will care but...

As many of you know, this season is the final season for the current Busch stadium. What you might not know is that they have a countdown clock in leftfield with the number of games that are left at busch. For each home game, a member of the Cardinals Community, Former/Current player, or member of the Baseball community pulls off the number for that game in the 5th inning. Its kinda interesting to see who's pulled them off. Number shown is the number they pulled off.

#81 -- 04/08/2005 (PHI) -- Jackie Smith, former football Cardinals star

#80 -- 04/09/2005 (PHI) -- Isaac Bruce, Rams wide receiver

#79 -- 04/10/2005 (PHI) -- Fredbird

#78 -- 04/12/2005 (CIN) -- Rick Hummel, Post-Dispatch baseball writer

#77 -- 04/13/2005 (CIN) -- Ken Griffey Jr., Cincinnati Reds outfielderwho hit his 500th homer at Busch

#76 -- 04/20/2005 (CHI) -- Ted Simmons, former Cardinal All-Star catcher

#75 -- 04/21/2005 (CHI) -- Jay Randolph Sr., former Cardinals broadcaster

#74 -- 04/22/2005 (HOU) -- Gary Gaetti, former Cardinals? third baseman

#73 -- 04/23/2005 (HOU) -- Harry Keough, soccer Hall of Famer and former SLU soccer coach

#72 -- 04/24/2005 (HOU) -- Walt Jocketty, Cardinals general manager

#71 -- 04/26/2005 (MIL) -- Bob Uecker, actor, former Cardinal catcher, current Milwaukee Broadcaster

#70 -- 04/27/2005 (MIL) -- Ken Dayley, former Cardinals relief pitcher

#69 -- 04/28/2005 (MIL) -- Marine Corporal Eric Shelvy, a graduate of DeSmet High School

#68 -- 05/05/2005 (SD) -- Jason Isringhausen / Ray King

#67 -- 05/06/2005 (SD) -- Andy Benes, former Cardinal

#66 -- 05/07/2005 (SD) -- Bob Pettit, former St. Louis Hawks NBA Great

#65 -- 05/08/2005 (SD) -- Fredbird's mom (Mother's Day)

#64 -- 05/09/2005 (LA) -- The family of Ken Boyer, former Cardinal

#63 -- 05/10/2005 (LA) -- Bing Devine

#62 -- 05/11/2005 (LA) -- Tim Forneris, groundskeeper who caught BigMac's 62nd HR Ball

#61 -- 05/12/2005 (LA) -- The sons of August Busch Jr.

#60 -- 05/23/2005 (PIT) -- Matt Browning, police officer who lost his legs in a vehicle accident while working under cover

#59 -- 05/24/2005 (PIT) -- Joe Cunningham, former Cardinal

#58 -- 05/25/2005 (PIT) -- Dr. Stan London, longtime Cardinals' doctor

#57 -- 05/27/2005 (WAS) -- Flynn, Kannon, Sierra Kile, widow and children of late Darryl Kile

#56 -- 05/28/2005 (WAS) -- Frank Robinson, Washington Nationals Manager

#55 -- 05/29/2005 (WAS) -- Jose Cardenal, former Cardinal

#54 -- 06/06/2005 (BOS) -- Kenny Wallace, NASCAR Driver

#53 -- 06/07/2005 (BOS) -- Andy VanSlike, former Cardinal

#52 -- 06/08/2005 (BOS) -- Lt. Col. Todd Robbins, Armed Forces

#51 -- 06/10/2005 (NYY) -- Ted Sizemore, former Cardinal

#50 -- 06/11/2005 (NYY) -- Joe Torre, Yankees Manager

#49 -- 06/12/2005 (NYY) -- Rick Horton, TV commentator and former Cardinal pitcher

#48 -- 06/23/2005 (PIT) -- Brandon Bernstein, NHRA Driver

#47 -- 06/24/2005 (PIT) -- John Mabry, Cardinal utility man

#46 -- 06/25/2005 (PIT) -- Jerry Buchek, former Cardinal

#45 -- 06/26/2005 (PIT) -- Bob Gibson, Cardinal Hall of Famer

#44 -- 06/28/2005 (CIN) -- Kenny Reitz, former Cardinal

#43 -- 06/29/2005 (CIN) -- George Grande, Reds broadcaster

#42 -- 06/30/2005 (COL) -- Bruce Sutter, former Cardinal pitcher

#41 -- 07/01/2005 (COL) -- Ernie Hayes, Busch Stadium organist

#40 -- 07/02/2005 (COL) -- Amadee, cartoonist

#39 -- 07/03/2005 (COL) -- Al Harbosky, TV commentator and former Cardinal pitcher

#38 -- 07/15/2005 (HOU) -- Rolland Stiles, former St. Louis Brown, second oldest living MLB player

#37 -- 07/16/2005 (HOU) -- Scott Terry & Kent Bottenfield, former Cardinal pitchers

#36 -- 07/17/2005 (HOU) -- Keith Hernandez, former cardinal, met and actor

#35 -- 07/18/2005 (MIL) -- Jim Otis, former St. Louis Football Cardinal RB

#34 -- 07/19/2005 (MIL) -- Danny Cox, former Cardinals pitcher

#33 -- 07/20/2005 (MIL) -- Larry Walker, current Cardinals outfielder

#32 -- 07/21/2005 (MIL) -- Mark Lamping, president of the Cardinals.

#31 -- 07/22/2005 (CHI) -- Bob Forsch, former Cardinals pitcher

#30 -- 07/23/2005 (CHI) -- Tim McCarver, former Cardinal catcher, announcer

#29 -- 07/24/2005 (CHI) -- Vince Coleman, former Cardinal OF, attacked by turf machine

#28 -- 08/01/2005 (FLA) -- Dick Renna, Former Cardinals Band Leader

#27 -- 08/02/2005 (FLA) -- Scott Rolen, Current Cardinals 3B and resident DL

#26 -- 08/03/2005 (FLA) -- Jack McKeon, Current Marlins Manager

#25 -- 08/04/2005 (FLA) -- Tony Perez, Hall of Famer

#24 -- 08/05/2005 (ATL) -- Whitey Herzog, Former Cardinals Manager

#23 -- 08/06/2005 (ATL) -- Buck O'Neal, Former Negro League Player

#22 -- 08/07/2005 (ATL) -- Jack Clark, former Cardinal 1B

#21 -- 08/16/2005 (ARI) -- **Can't find it for some reason**

#20 -- 08/17/2005 (ARI) -- Lou Brock, Hall of Famer, former Cardinal

#19 -- 08/18/2005 (ARI) -- Tom Pagnozzi, former cardinals catcher

#18 -- 08/19/2005 (SF) -- Mike Shannon, former Player and current announcer

#17 -- 08/20/2005 (SF) -- Jim Hart, former Cardinals (football) QB

#16 -- 08/21/2005 (SF) -- Ray Lankford, former Cardinal Centerfielder

The rest are just guesses by me...

#15 -- 09/05/2005 (CHI) -- Jim Edmonds

#14 -- 09/06/2005 (CHI) -- In honor of Harry Carey??

#13 -- 09/07/2005 (CHI) --

#12 -- 09/08/2005 (NYM) --

#11 -- 09/09/2005 (NYM) -- Jose Oquendo

#10 -- 09/10/2005 (NYM) -- Tony La Russa

#9 -- 09/11/2005 (NYM) -- A St. Louis Firefighter

#8 -- 09/12/2005 (PIT) --

#7 -- 09/13/2005 (PIT) --

#6 -- 09/14/2005 (PIT) -- Stan the Man

#5 -- 09/27/2005 (HOU) --Pujols

#4 -- 09/28/2005 (HOU) --In honor of Jack Buck

#3 -- 09/30/2005 (CIN) --

#2 -- 10/01/2005 (CIN) -- Red Schoendienst

#1 -- 10/02/2005 (CIN) -- Ozzie Smith

Anyway, like I said I just thought it was interesting. The cardinals have a site with what they actually announce at the game for each person here: http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/NASApp/ml...k/countdown.jsp

[SEMOSTLfan]

i gotta say the cardinals are most certainly among the best at embracing history and showing gratitude to the fans, community and people who have impacted st.louis. im going to be so incredibly sad when that place comes down...its like my personal mecca. anytime i drive downtown and see those arches peeking between the high rise buildings i just get goosebumps. However i realize that all good things must come to an end and i am excited to see the new Busch stadium next year. With that I'll say GO CARDS!! and lets bring down Busch with a celebration the Cardinal way in late october.

[FiddySicks]

They did a similar countdown to the AAA All Star Game in Sacramento

[Cujo]

I could maybe understand the significance of tearing off a countdown number (or why not just throw out the first pitch?) if this was Wrigley or Fenway getting torn down after the season. But this is Busch Stadium, folks. Big deal!

[DEAD!]

This one quite interesting to me #55 -- 05/29/2005 (WAS) -- Jose Cardenal, former Cardinal

well at least the Cardinals won two world series while they were at Busch. How many have the Cubs won since they moved to Wrigley?

[gashouser27]

And have had six world series played at Busch

Maybe when they tear down Wrigley they can rip off one number for every year they didn't have a World Series there

Or just wait until it falls down!

[Cujo]

well at least the Cardinals won two world series while they were at Busch. How many have the Cubs won since they moved to Wrigley?

And so have the Marlins, so maybe they should do a countdown-type celebration when they tear down Joe Robbie Stadium, or whatever the hell they call it now.

[Moser316]

For #17, they would be wise to get Cardinals QB Jim Hart to do the honors instead of Mike Matheny. Also, it would be cool if they could include Neil Lomax (another former Cardinals QB) with Tim McCarver and Jim Edmonds for #15...

[pcgd]

I could maybe understand the significance of tearing off a countdown number (or why not just throw out the first pitch?) if this was Wrigley or Fenway getting torn down after the season.  But this is Busch Stadium, folks.  Big deal! 

Busch is regarded as one of the nicest stadiums in all of baseball. The fans of St. Louis wouldn't let it go out any other way. Plus this isn't some big event. You can easily miss it even if you are at the game. The Mascot (Fredbird) just drives the person out, make a 1 paragraph announcement, the game isn't stopped or anything. That inning might take an extra minute break.

At least its going out on a good leg, still standing, not dropping concrete on fans' heads.

Good call on matheney...I just thought one of those games against San Francisco. Same way with the Harry Carey thing.

[redsfan39]

busch is by far one of my favorite stadiums and the people there really love baseball. im gonna miss it

[brinkeguthrie]

#8-gotta be for safety Larry Wilson

[winghaz]

But will they go by former players' numbers, or will they save No. 1 for the most famous Cardinal of all, San the Man?

[pcgd]

But will they go by former players' numbers, or will they save No. 1 for the most famous Cardinal of all, San the Man?

Generally they are doing uniform numbers when its possible, at least it seems.

Like I said, guesses only.

Just think if Stan Musial would have been a Yankee in those days, how famous would he be today? He's pretty much one of the most underrated players of all time.

[yankeeman161]

Here's should fill the blanks for the Cards:

Tim McCarver C (1959-1969, 1973-1974)

Joe Buck (Cardinals broadcaster & son of Jack Buck)

Rusty Wallace (NASCAR Driver & St. Louis native)

Randy Orton (WWE Superstar & St. Louis native)

Darryl Kile representive (P 2000-2002)

Whitey Herog (u probably have him already)

[pcgd]

They've announced this weekends...I got one right!

I got Tim McCarver for Game 15 with Jim Edmonds(uniform number) but he'll actually pull it off tomorrow, probably cause FOX will broadcast the game

Joe Buck in honor of his dad...that will happen...I guessed number 4

Rusty Wallace...forgot he was from St. Louis. I'd say two but Red will probably get that

DK was honored for game number 57 by his Widow and children

Whitey I've got at 3

As for Randy Orton...perhaps. Who knows.

[SEMOSTLfan]

dirty curty i understand if this means nothing to you but to we cardinals fans busch stadium means a lot and just because its not important to you doesnt mean you have to post on this thread and be an a*shole about it.

[NoHoJoe]

How about Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee of Rush on September 12, which is is on Neil Peart's Birthday, since they had some batting Practice with the Cardinals in the early 1990's. It would also be appropriate for

Geddy to sing O Canada at Busch even though the Expos are now the GNATS!

[SEMOSTLfan]

Yes I love Rush...great band! although i think the cards might find someone better affiliated with the team.

[yankeeman161]

How about Mark Whiten, the only Cardinal to hit 4 home runs in a game in '93 against the Braves?

[NJTank]

Whiten is kinda of a piece of trash hes in and out of trouble with the law I hear.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/bbw/sbbw7213.htm