Derrick Goold's Blog, page 138
January 30, 2012
30/366 The Rally Squirrel, who became a bit of a sensation in...
30/366 The Rally Squirrel, who became a bit of a sensation in St. Louis during the playoffs because of his appearance during an at-bat in the National League division series, gets his own rookie card in the 2012 Topps Series 1 set of baseball cards. Courtesy of Topps, here is the card, and here is an explanation about it and other unusual Cardinals-related cards. Infielder Skip Schumaker's cleat is pictured in the card that carries his name. He was at the plate when the squirrel and a pitch f...
January 29, 2012
29/366 Beaming up with the boy wonder at the Star Trek...
29/366 Beaming up with the boy wonder at the Star Trek Experience. Some sort of photo trick has us partially vanishing … (Taken with instagram)
January 28, 2012
28/366 Budweiser Clydesdales awaiting the start of the...
28/366 Budweiser Clydesdales awaiting the start of the country's first parade for Iraq and Afghanistan wars veterans. The parade rolled through downtown St. Louis this afternoon. (Taken with instagram)
January 27, 2012
27/366 It's late January in St. Louis — the perfect...
27/366 It's late January in St. Louis — the perfect time for 18 holes in 40-degree weather with Pops. Fore. (Taken with instagram)
No Baseballs in the White House
A brief story about the St. Louis Cardinals' visit to the White House last week and what the players wouldn't be autographing after the event because VIPs couldn't bring them in.
January 26, 2012
26/366 Pujols Rage, confined briefly to chatrooms and Twitter...
26/366 Pujols Rage, confined briefly to chatrooms and Twitter throughout Cardinals Nation, reaches Marvel comics as Red Hulk fumes in "Avenging Spider-Man" No. 3. Editor Stephen Wacker put words in Red Hulk's mouth. (Taken with instagram)
January 25, 2012
25/366 Happy 175th Birthday to The New Orleans Times-Picayune,...
25/366 Happy 175th Birthday to The New Orleans Times-Picayune, where I got my first pro gig. This is a copy of the first front page — January 25, 1837 — that I kept since the day I was hired. The publisher and editor thanks the "avid readers" in this morning's paper for making The Picayune much more than picayune. (Taken with instagram)
24/366 The last look out our room with a view in Curaçao before...
24/366 The last look out our room with a view in Curaçao before heading home. (Taken with instagram)
23/366 Watching Venezuelan winter league baseball on hotel TV,...
23/366 Watching Venezuelan winter league baseball on hotel TV, much to family's chagrin. "We can't escape baseball — anywhere ever," says the wife. (Taken with instagram)
22/366 Shipwreck off coast of Klein Curaçao ("Little...
22/366 Shipwreck off coast of Klein Curaçao ("Little Curaçao"), with Ian's "shoe cemetery" hidden in the foreground and one nasty storm coming our way in the background. (Taken with instagram)
