Behind the Stadium

Baseball, as seen through the eyes of a "diamond queen" This is my multi team blog....all are welcome...it is a tad Cardinals and Red Sox heavy because these are my two of three "native teams". Some Giants stuff too, but if you are a rabid Giants fan like me, do check out my "giantlove55" or "the-beloved-freak" for more specific material. All are welcome here though. I show interesting catches, great pitches, cute players, general commentary, historical pix, fan and stadium shots, plus some MiLB, college, softball, and HS ball (plus Negro, Independent, and World Leagues if I can find them) from all around the sport. In addition to the "Boys of Summer, I occasionally feature interesting pix and gifs of the "Boys of Winter", basketball, hockey, football...I want to take up sportswriting and so am interested in other sports, as well as trying to keep the baseball troops happy during the off-season.... Enjoy and Welcome!

[nix-lost-halo]

Gus Kenworthy

[weloveshortvideos]

[lord-kitschener]

me when I see other people’s drama

[yasevasola]

Me when I’m high

[behind-the-stadium]

SNACKS! (when the Patriots win…I’m so sorry, Bostonian kids…I’m an old neighbor of yours, but I don’t like Tommy and his Deflated fooseballs!)

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I’m gonna pour an entire bottle of root beer over my head!

(I swear, the cup guy came out four hours after the game and gently (for fear of getting hurt) tapped this guy on the shoulder...”Excuse me, sir, the game is over...you can sleep outside, but you can’t stay here...we are closing the gates in five minutes...need a taxi?”

“WTF?! WHY AM I COVERED IN CARAMEL POPCORN!!”)

(and what is on his arm? an ice cast? a hot water bottle? Enquiring mings wanna know!)

@killershot

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My apologies to the Mets fans out there...

...but I want to LICK deGrom like a lollypop...

C’mon! You know you want to too!

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Two of my Gryffs are currently at War right now... What do I do?

Metropolitan decided to fly higher than Pynstrype (The Yankee) and try to pee on his head... (both were carrying passengers, so this is NOT a good thing...)

Pyn tried to pull his tail....I didn’t want to see either one downed, so I radioed “CUT IT OUT!” and forced them down at KCI....

Dammit, it’s gonna take us a year to get to SF!

(Don’t know how this got started, but these two are some of “Black and Orange’s” flanking gryffs...)

Don’t make me angry, kids...I have an army of 500 of you and could easily down you in replacement....

(any of you who are familiar with my Gryffon stories or the Thirty Cathedrals will like this...)

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQWSh7Db-_E)

Just woke from another nightmare....

This scene is actually rather accurate....bar the ending....

I’m in east-central MO, just east of KS....we don’t get them as hard as KS (we actually are outside of “Tornado Alley” by about 30 miles, but close enough and not too far...) StL got hit a few times in the past few years...IIRC, they even evacuated the Ballpark because there was a threat...

What it’s like to live in places like this...

[weloveshortvideos]

[lord-kitschener]

me when I see other people’s drama

[yasevasola]

Me when I’m high

[behind-the-stadium]

SNACKS! (when the Patriots win...I’m so sorry, Bostonian kids...I’m an old neighbor of yours, but I don’t like Tommy and his Deflated fooseballs!)

[behind-the-stadium]

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvyNOg4jSRg)

Cannot help but think of Babe Ruth every time I hear this....I bet he actually would have liked it!

[tennnismad]

The New England Patriots defeat the Kansas City Chiefs and move on to the AFC Championship game.

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Vin is ANGRY!

[stlouismizzou]

St. Louis Blues: Goalies’ Night

[giantslady4life]

What better way to start my 3 day weekend, then getting my prize from louder rewards!! A @mm_duffy signed ball!!

[provorovs]

One player a day: Max Scherzer

“In sports you never stay the same. You either get better or you get worse, and I’m focusing on ways to get better.” - Max Scherzer

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Our Beloved Missouri Tyger (saw him play when he was in college), then an Honored Detroit Tyger, then went to the Nats.... we still love him tho...he routinely gets a cheering section every time he visits StL...my wonky-eyed pitcher....(I swear he winked at me once...)

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvyNOg4jSRg)

You remind me of the Babe....

From somewhere in the ninth down Clubhouse at Fenway or Yankee Stadium.....

This is often used as a Babe Ruth tribute in the Bos-Wash corridor...I would totally morph into a Chilly-Down just to play a bit with these old guys...

[pitchburgh]

it’s 2016 and Mark Melancon’s face is melting off his fucking head

[theannoyingalien]

This doesn’t really have anything to do with Mark Melancon but this photo of him made me think of these photos I have of JFK throwing out the first pitch

[bonnieblue85]

I see Lyn in the bottom photo! Wtf is that expression, hon? Lmao

[pitchburgh]

You guys made my post so much better.

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At least it wasn’t Pres.Taft...he was so fat he lost his balance and went flying over the rail...

[stlouismizzou]

My favorite place to be: Home of the Blues

[behind-the-stadium]

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oelcj8wCJ6w)

[flocarrie]

Crosby

[randyjockster-deactivated201812]

Blake Swihart