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Happy HOLLIDAY!

Monday, September 6th, 2010

9/5/10 – Reds (2) vs. Cardinals (4)

We hope everyone had a great Labor Day Weekend! I know Team Saip did! We enjoyed a quick weekend in St. Louis to catch a Cardinals game. The Cardinals took 2 out of 3 from the 1st place Reds. We saw a great game that didn’t go 20 innings! Matt Holliday hit a 3-Run Homerun to win it for the Cardinals! That’s what the Reds get for walking Pujols to put two men on.

Also, we had a great time crashing at Aunt Teri and Uncle Tom’s house and spending time with all of the family! Ella and Kiley had a blast playing with Great Grandma, Sam and Tanner. This morning, Ella said she didn’t want to come back home today! Here is the link to photos from this weekend!

Now, it’s on to the work week. Atleast, it’s a quick 4 day week!

Check back soon for more updates and pictures!

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Cardinals Weekend!

Sunday, July 25th, 2010

07/24/10 – Cardinals (5) vs. Cubs (6)

This post is a little late but I wanted to still put it up! We had a great weekend in July when the Cardinals were in town playing the Cubs! On Saturday, July 24th, we threw our 2nd Annual Cubs/Cardinals viewing party at the Cubby Bear in Wrigleyville. We had a smaller crowd than last year but the new faces certainly made it a great time! The Cubs ended up winning the game but it didn’t matter we still had a great time! Tom, Austin, Keith, Chris and Amanda were all introduced to the family shot!

Special thanks to the everyone who helped with watching the kids for us! Kiley was in Madison, WI with Grandpa Lee and Grandma Sue. Ella was at a Baby Shower with Grandma Marsha and Grandpa Mark. Connor was at home with Grandma Debbie!

07/25/10 – Cardinals (4) vs. Cubs (3)

The very same weekend a few of us from the Sports Department at Americaneagle.com headed to the Sunday Night game! We have seats in the left field bleachers first row! It was a great game with the Cardinals winning it in extra innings with a HR by Felipe Lopez! I was hoping to get on TV but didn’t seem to. I did catch a glimpse of us in highlight video on MLB.com for Pujols HR. You have to look close at the end of the clip in the upper left corner. There is a fan in a cardinals hat with his arms spread out talking crap to the guys he’s with! That would be me!!!

Tags: beth, cardinals, connor, ella, grandma debbie, grandma marsha, grandma sue, grandpa lee, grandpa mark, kiley, matt

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Pitching Duel!

Sunday, July 18th, 2010

7/17/10 – Railcats (1) vs. Flyers (0)

Last night, we had a great time at Alexian Field in Schaumburg. It was a low scoring affair but we didn’t mind because we were with good company. Candi came out to the game with us as Ella was with her dad for the weekend! We also got to hang out with Dave, Alix, Evan and Elodie who actually are friends of Beth’s from work. The outing was put together by our realtor and they do it about once a year. We had seats in the bleachers in the Miller Lite Party Deck! It was hot when we got there around 5pm but it cooled down a bit once the game started and we were able to enjoy ourselves! We stayed till about the 8th inning when Connor got really tired. We didn’t miss much as you can tell by the final score! It’s a great place to see a game and has a lot for the kids to do. We shall be going there again!

Tags: beth, candi, connor, kiley, matt

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Sox Win!

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

6/6/10 – White Sox (8) vs. Indians (7)

This past Sunday, we took Jake and Connor to their first Sox Game! It was really for Uncle Donny’s birthday and boy did we all have a good time! The Sox won the game 8-7 and we got a few pics with Connor’s new buddy – Southpaw! We got to the parking lot around 11am after a rough patch in the car with Connor getting hungry all of a sudden. The little brat did it too on the way home! Cooked brats, played bags and enjoyed the beautiful weather! The game was a great one with Konerko hitting a HR right when we got to our seats in the bottom of the first. Quentin won it for us in the bottom of the 7th.

Overall, great game and good times with family and friends! Can’t wait to do it again as I think our next game is at the end of July with the family at a Schaumburg Flyers game. Oh yeah, don’t mind the Cardinals hat in the pics (I need to get a Sox hat).

Tags: beth, connor, donny, jake, jill, john, julie, matt

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Mets on a hot streak!

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

4/27/10 – Dodgers (5) @ Mets (10)

I was on a business trip to meet with the NY Giants and got the opportunity to hit up a Mets game at Citi Field. The ballpark opened last year and is really nice. It was really windy and low 50′s/high 40′s temperature wise so we didn’t stay in our seats that long. Again, thanks go out to Brian/Kevin for the tickets! It seems since the Cardinals game when we saw the Mets win in 20 innings, that they are the hottest team in baseball. This game marked 6 in a row for them and now they are up to 9 or 10. I would so root for the Mets over the Yankees any day!!!

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20 innings later…

Sunday, April 18th, 2010

4/17/10 – Mets (2) @ Cardinals (1) – 20 innings!

What a game! Connor’s first game at Busch Stadium is one to remember for sure! We got to the ballpark on Saturday around 2:30 and were full of excitement! Our seats were first row of section 339. The kids had a great time watching the game, playing with Nana and eating peanuts! The first 6 or 7 innings were pretty uneventful so the kids got a bit restless. We got some food for them and were able to keep the interested for a few more innings! Ella and I wore our rally caps when we had bases loaded hoping for a run in the bottom of the 8th or 9th. It didn’t help but was fun!

We went into extra innings and had the bases loaded again in the bottom of the 12th or 13th. The Cardinals kept their pitcher in to bat with bases loaded and that didn’t end well… no runs again… So, we decided we had enough seeing as it was already 7:30ish and getting chilly. We drove back to grandma’s and listened to the game on the radio. We got home around 8:15ish and they were in the 16th inning. So, we watched the game and caught all the excitement in the 19th and 20th.

It was like batting practice with two of the Cardinals position players pitching and actually getting people out. Yadiar Molina tied up the game in the bottom of the 19th but the Mets scored in the top of the 20th and we couldn’t score to keep the game going. So, Connor’s first game was more like 2+ games in one. More on the game here!

Be sure to check out the photos from our quick trip to St. Louis!

Tags: beth, connor, ella, grandma saip, grandpa saip, kiley, matt, theFam

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*Matt, Beth, Ella, Kiley, Connor, Gizmo and Teddy

Spring!