Play Ball!

Opening Day is a "political pitcher's" arena for U.S. Presidents. But, President Obama is making peace in Istanbul so former President George W. Bush jumped in for the Rangers today. Some say that Bush throwing this first pitch he will have accomplished more than all 8 years of his presidency. Ouch.

In any event...

From my hotel room last week I could see inside Busch Stadium, home of the St. Louis Cardinals. Busch is a fairly new stadium, opened in April 2006 after a long battle to build it. From what I could see the open-air design including the field, seats and bleachers are immense. It's a wonderful addition to the downtown skyline and looks like it can hold all of St. Louis and then some.

It's no wonder then that every game in the 2006 season was sold out. The Cardinals went on to win the 2006 National League Championship in seven games and World Series against the Detroit Tigers.