Be Kind Rewind...Cardinals Style

Well Blues fans…I’ve got nothing, (and by nothing I mean I have a little but nothing blog-worthy...stay tuned). Not too much exciting news from Prospect Camp, (although look out for that Phil McCrae in the future). So instead of collecting fake unsigned paychecks from FORF and waiting until September to write another blog, I’m going to have some fun.

I recently watched a couple bars of a god-awful movie Be Kind, Rewind, and became inspired. And what Jack Black movie won’t inspire? Who didn’t want to challenge the local preps to a city-wide rollerblading race after watching 1993’s Airborne? But anyway, I opined to myself, what would the world do if someone in St. Louis erased all the baseball movies and the St. Louis Cardinals had to lend some of their players for the roles?

It’s pretty obvious that Yadi Molina could lend his likeness in a remake of The Sandlot. He’s chubby, he seems talkative, even if you can’t understand him all the time, and he’s a heck of a catcher. He wouldn’t have to do too much research to portray the great Hamilton Porter. However if someone erased The Big Green, I’m not so sure he’d pull off Larry Musgrove.

Worried about the last remaining copy of Major League? Fear not. Put Chris Duncan in the role of Pedro Cerrano and would anyone notice? Hell Duncan has been auditioning all year for that role. When’s the last time Duncan hit a curveball?

Had it been a year or two ago, I would have easily asked Rick Ankiel to audition for the role of Roy Hobbs, but lately he seems more interested in A League of Their Own’s Kit Keller. Like Duncan, Ankiel has been auditioning all year for this role. Like Kit, he cannot lay off the high fastball, and also like Kit, he can’t hit them either. Luckily for Rick, it’s a movie so in the pitching scenes all he needs to do is have the proper throwing motion, and they can just jump cut to the result.

Remember Bull Durham? It’s only the greatest baseball movie ever made (sports.munchies@gmail.com for comments). Well if you remember it, then you sure couldn’t forget Crash Davis, the career minor league player that cracked the majors for a brief stint. Although it might be a year late, Ryan Ludwick’s previous career experience should more than equip him for the role.

Comments, concerns? Extensions of the list? Sports.munchies@gmail.com

BLUES UPDATE

Since I am FORF’s only hockey expert, it is my duty to fill the FORF-Universe in on the latest doings.

· T The Blues have not yet resigned Roman Polak, but several sources say it is only a matter of time before they do. The risk of an offer sheet from another team is minimal because most teams don’t yet think Polak is worth the risk of giving up a third or second round pick if the Blues don’t match the offer.

· Those who missed Blues Prospect camp missed quite a show from instant fan favorite T.J. Oshie. Aside from the fact that he made the Blues Prospects (some of whom will make the big club this fall) look like sled hockey players, I also heard no less than ten young ladies refer to him as their future husband. Here’s to hot broads and restraining orders T.J.!

N No word yet on the Phil Kessel trade that I had so vehemently predicted… FORF fans I may have been wrong.

· A And finally the Dany Heatley rumors have all but died. It would be a massive shocker if he were to wear a bluenote in 2010.

MY ALL-STAR ADVENTURE

In January of 2007, Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig made it official that St. Louis would play host to the 2009 MLB All-Star Game. For many, this was a shock as year after year, St. Louis had been largely overlooked as a potential host for baseball’s Mid-Summer Classic, despite having one of the most faithful and farthest reaching fan bases in the entire sport.

For 42 seasons, baseball’s best players took the trip to other baseball cities for the ceremonial mid-season exhibition of the stars. In some cases, the game had been held in the same city twice since St. Louis last hosted the game in 1966. New York, Detroit, Chicago, Atlanta, San Diego, Seattle, Anaheim, Cleveland, San Francisco, Milwaukee and Minneapolis all hosted the All-Star game twice before 2009. Two teams hosted the game three times in the last 42 seasons: The Houston Astros and the Pittsburgh Pirates. In fact, America’s game took the Mid-Summer Classic to Canada twice (Montreal in 1982 and Toronto in 1991) before Baseball City, USA was ever considered to host again.

No team or city has waited so long between hosting opportunities. No team had been passed over more times than the Cardinals. Year after year, frustration built within Cardinal fans, who were just wondering when it would be there time to shine as the center of one of baseball’s most celebrated events.

All of this frustration exploded in the five days that were All-Star Week 2009. It seemed as though that all of St. Louis felt they had something to prove to Major League Baseball and the large amount of media outlets gracing the city with their presence. All at once, the city banded together to show that Cardinal fans are the most knowledgeable, most gracious and most deserving fans in the baseball world.

This isn’t the story of how the game came to the Gateway to the West or how St. Louis showed Major League Baseball how the All-Star Game should be presented every year, but it is a personal account of what took place during those five special days this July. Those five special days that Cardinal fans had been waiting over 40 years for. That special day that younger fans, like your’s truly, had been waiting their entire lives for.

PART I: THE FESTIVAL OF FANS

Since I first started watching the All-Star Game in 1996, there has always been one event that has always captivated me outside of the game itself. No, not the HGH Derby…I mean Home Run Derby, but the All-Star FanFest. It was a chance for fans to get closer to the game, to experience things that can only be experienced on the ball field, like hitting a homer over the wall or off the foul poll or making the game saving catch by leaping over the wall to rob the opposition of a home run, or in my case, calling your favorite play from your favorite team’s storied history.

On July 11th, my friend Ryan and I took off for America’s Center to experience “the world’s largest baseball themed amusement park.” For those who don’t remember the commercials for FanFest, Ozzie Smith was the spokesman of the event. He ended every commercial with, “I’ll see you at the 2009 All-Star FanFest.” When Ryan and I finally got into the door’s, we received the news that Ozzie was, in fact, not at the FanFest. This completely changed my view of Ozzie Smith. I now consider him one of the biggest liars in the history of baseball. If you tell someone that you will see them at the FanFest, you better be at the FanFest. No home run in Game five of the National League Championship Series can make up for this atrocity Ozzie. Shame on you. But since you’re a Cardinal legend, I might be alone in scolding you, so maybe I will let it slide.

Anyway, once you walked in to the America’s Center, you were greeted by the World’s Biggest Baseball, which had the signatures of previous All-Stars such as Roger Clemens, who humbley wrote under his signature, “The ROCKET was here.” Unfortunately his pen must have run out so I finished his sentence for him and put, “The ROCKET was here doing steroids.” At least Roger Clemens would be telling the truth at FanFest.

After defacing the World’s Biggest Baseball, we noticed a large crowd making a run for the second floor of America’s Center. Apparently Will Clark, whom became very popular during his short time in St. Louis for really sticking it to J.D. Drew for not hustling, was getting ready to sign autographs upstairs. We followed the crowd and had Will “The Thrill” sign our FanFest programs because we did not bring anything to be autographed.

While waiting in line for an autograph, Ryan and I began making small talk with a guy about our age. We asked if he was from around here, if he had tickets to any other events and just made baseball talk. However, we left out the important question of “What is your name”. Because of this, throughout the rest of this story, he will be referred to as goatee guy, or GG for short.

Well, GG apparently came to the FanFest alone. And apparently making small talk with him meant that we wanted him to follow us around the entire day. No offense to GG, he was a nice guy, but I was not interested in being followed by a complete stranger all day while trying to enjoy one of the more unique features of the All-Star Game. So Ryan and I somewhat ditched him in the main room by running into a crowd. However, we would continue to run in to him at a couple more attractions.

As we walked around the interactive center, we came across the “Call the Play” booth. I saw this and knew that this was my chance. This was the opportunity I had been waiting for. This was my chance to show the world that I could do play-by-play for the St. Louis Cardinals. And not just do play-by-play, I could make a legendary call on a legendary play.

Like any good Cardinal fan, I chose to call the play where Albert Pujols tees off on Brad Lidge of the Houston Astros to send the Cardinals back to Busch Stadium for Game 6 of the National League Championship Series. The original call was made by the Fox Sports secondary team of broadcasters, so I knew that I would be able to do a job somewhat better than them. However, I was at a disadvantage as I knew what was going to happen so the call was not as spontaneous.

I started off….OK. Not my best work, but I managed to make it interesting. The lady running the booth was somewhat surprised that I was able to start rattling off stats from almost five years ago (she clearly had never read any of my blog posts). As Albert stepped into the box, I began to calm down, just anticipating the moment that the ball left his bat and headed into orbit.

Finally, the moment came. On an 0-1 pitch Albert swung at a hanging slider that caught the middle of the plate. This ball was gone, and I mean way gone. Suddenly the excitement of that moment began to come back to me. The emotions I felt that night started rushing through my veins. Except this time I was going to let the world feel what I was feeling.

But I gagged. No words would come out. I saw the ball leaving the stadium (if the roof had been open) but I couldn’t speak. Finally, about five seconds to late, I was finally able to belt out, “AND HOLD OFF THE WRECKING BALLS TO OLD BUSCH STADIUM!! ALBERT….has…hit a home run.”

The excitement left me. I suddenly became very aware that people could hear every word I was saying and I was apparently speaking so loud that a small crowd had gathered at the News Channel 5 desk that I was “broadcasting” from. The moment was over and I didn’t really know how to feel about it, which is why I’m leaving it up to the readers of this blog. Below is the video of my broadcast. Feel free to tell me what you think. Feel free to be critical, but don’t kill the dream. This is the reason I went into journalism in the first place.

After attempting to call our own favorite play, Ryan and I were able to do two more activities before the place became incredibly crowded. We were able to do three attractions in the first hour we were at FanFest. In the next hour, we were only able to do one. Oh well. At least Taco Bell was giving away free Volcano Tacos, which kept us happy while we waited to take five swings in the virtual batting cages.

On our way out we came across Cal Ripken Jr. and his brother Billy just finishing their radio show. Of course, there was a mad dash to try and get Cal’s autograph (poor Billy, nobody really appreciates you) and we decided to be part of the rush. Ryan apparently had brought two baseballs. He handed me one to try and get signed. Somehow, Ryan managed to have one of the few existing baseballs that still say “Official National League Baseball” on it. Needless to say I felt stupid trying to get Cal Ripken Jr.’s autograph on a National League Baseball. Maybe he wouldn’t notice. Of course in the end it didn’t matter as Cal signed about fifty autographs and then made a mad dash for the exit, leaving Ryan and I with nothing to hold on to but our blank balls. Feel free to laugh at the innuendo placed at the end of that sentence.

Overall it was quite the experience. I got an autograph from Will Clark, who also commented on my ability to catch a ball (he compared me to Alfonso Soriano. OUCH!), I got to make my first attempt at being a play-by-play announcer, I felt what it was like to see a baseball go over the fence (even though the fence was only 100 feet away which is about the equivalent of popping up to the second baseman. Shut up, it felt good!), and I got to face off against pitching ace and former HGH user, Andy Pettitte. All of this, of course, was done in a span of four hours. It was a good day.

FanFest is a fairly new attraction that travels with the All-Star Game. Some people scoff at the idea of a baseball theme park, but it really does get you in the mood to watch and play America’s National Pastime. It reinvigorated my love of the game, and reminded me of my days as a kid with dreams of making the big leagues. Dreams that recently died when I realized that there are several players now playing professional baseball that are younger than I. Thank you Colby Rasmus for killing my childhood dream. Then again, I think there is still hope for me. After all, Chris Duncan is still in the Majors despite the fact that he can’t hit, field, run, add or subtract and thinks he spells his last name like a certain donut shop.

It was a great way to open up All-Star Week 2009. But FanFest was only the beginning of what turned into a four day whirlwind.

In Part II of “My All-Star Adventure”:

-My girlfriend goads me into going to the Celebrity Softball Game, and then shows her undying

love for me by sitting out a four hour rain delay.
-My Uncle Mike buys two orders of supreme nachos in less than five minutes
-Busch Stadium ushers prove once and for all that they really are huge jackasses.

Stay tuned…

BONUS BLOG!!

Something I couldn't fit in but I want to share with the world. This is another video that Ryan and I made while at FanFest. It's an interview with Hazel Mae and Harold Reynolds of the MLB Network. Ryan compares Yadier Molina to a certain Iranian president (jokingly of course) and I can't help but start cracking up. ENJOY!

It's Anyone's Year

Former Cardinal pitcher and fan favorite Joaquin Andujar once said, “This game can be summed up in one word: Youneverknow." Andujar, of course, was referring to the old baseball adage that any team can beat any other team on any day; you just never know if the better team is going to be the one that comes out on top.

This baseball season has taken the idea of “youneverknow” and expanded it to more than a game by game basis and has turned it into this year’s theme. Only one team, the Los Angeles Dodgers, is running away with their division and, barring an unheard of collapse, is almost certainly going to finish with the best record in the National League and a trip to the playoffs. The rest of the league, however, is a different story. Every other division, in both the National and American League, has at least three teams within 5.5 games of first place. The NL Central Division alone has five teams fighting for first place. And at this point in the season, that is relatively unheard of. What’s even more unheard of is that over half of the league’s teams are at .500 or better. Eighteen teams to be exact.

WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR CAN MAKE!

On this date last year, only one division had more than two teams within 5.5 games of first place, which was the Central Division. This includes the God awful NL West, where at this time last year, the Arizona Diamondbacks were in a first place tie with the Dodgers with the ever so stellar record of 45-46. To make things even worse, only half of the MLB’s teams were at .500 or better.

If you go back even further, things only become more separated. Only one division, the AL East had more than two teams fighting for first place and one division was almost completely locked up as the Cardinals enjoyed an 11.5 game lead over the Houston Astros in the NL Central and were the only team above .500 in the division. To make things worse, less than have of the MLB was above .500.

So what has led to this “spreading of the wealth” in baseball? For your consideration, I present my three theories on the newfound parity in baseball.

1. ALMOST EVERYONE IS STRUGGLING

No team has been able to runaway with their division because almost no team has been able to stay hot for very long. Only two teams have been able to string together exceptionally large winning streaks: The Boston Red Sox and the Colorado Rockies (both tied with one eleven game winning streak each). The longest after that is a respectable seven game winning streak by the Arizona Diamondbacks, who spoiled the winning streak by having no offense or any pitching after stud pitcher and former Cardinal Dan Haren. There have been two losing streaks of note, one by the Toronto Blue Jays and one by the Chicago Cubs. The Blue Jays were looking like real contenders until they decided to lose nine games in a row, catapulting them to third place behind the Red Sox and the Yankees, but somehow they are still within striking distance of first place. The Cubs lost eight in a row earlier this year, which dropped them below the .500 mark. They have been hovering around .500 ever since, yet they are still only three games out of first. It could be an interesting year for several teams if nobody steps up and starts to take control of their division.

2. THE UNBALANCED SCHEDULE IS TAKING ITS TOLL

When Major League Baseball created the unbalanced schedule for the 2002 season, many fans were outraged as their favorite team was going to start playing the majority of their games against foes within their division, which meant seeing the same teams over and over and over again.

While the lack of variety in match-ups kind of stinks, it is beginning to create some very interesting division races. By making teams beat up on each other, it means that each team has more control over its own destiny and keeps some teams from running away from the rest of the field. In the Central Division, the Brewers have the best interdivision record standing at 23-14. But after that, the Cards have the best record being at just 22-17 followed by the Cubs who are only three games over .500 when playing their division rivals.

Only one team in all of baseball has a record within their division that is far and away better than any other team chasing them: The Dodgers. With an interdivision record of 30-12, they are the only team playing over .500 ball within the NL West. The San Francisco Giants are second best with a record of 15-16. It’s no wonder why the Dodgers are running away with that division. With no team able to really get a groove going against their division rivals, teams will continue to beat up on each other until the team with the least amount of bruises takes the division crown.

3. HOW MANY INJURIES CAN YOU HAVE?


With this being a Midwest sports blog, we focus on the NL Central for this theory. No team in contention has been completely healthy this year. While injuries are to be expected throughout the year, I cannot remember a year in which so many key players were hurt at the same time. For the Cardinals, Troy Glaus is yet to play in a game and there is a chance he has played his last game in a Cardinal uniform. Shortstop Khalil Greene apparently doesn’t know how to handle failure and, in a move to protect him from physically hurting himself, the Cards not only removed all sharp objects from the team clubhouse, but they put Greene on the DL twice to help him solve his anxiety problem. Now, newly acquired Mark DeRosa is on the DL with a wrist injury before recording his first hit as a Cardinal.

The Cubs have had it even worse. With Aramis Ramirez being out a majority of the season, the Cubbie offense has been fairly silent and inconsistent (much to the delight of your’s truly). Now things have gotten even worse as mediocre Cubs super pitcher Ryan Dempster is out with a fractured toe after trying to climb the fence in front of the Cubs dugout and one hit wonder Geovany Soto has now landed on the DL, though this might be for the best as Lou Piniella is no longer forced to continue to play him.



The Brewers have had a key injury as well. Rickie Weeks is out for the season with a wrist injury similar to Mark DeRosa’s, only much more severe, apparently.

The injury bug isn’t only affecting the NL Central. The Mets were expected to make a push for the playoffs this year, or at least a push for September, but they have had several key injuries to flamboyant shortstop Jose Reyes, Cardinal killer Carlos Beltran and future hall of fame first baseman Carlos Delgado. Needless to say, David Wright can’t carry an entire team by himself and a team full of bench players has left the Mets three games under .500.



Some say that parity in sports is a sign of mediocrity. Even if this is the case, who cares? The more teams involved in a pennant chase the better. One of the reasons that Opening Day is so great is because for one day of the baseball season, everyone is in first place and everyone is contending for a playoff spot. What’s wrong if the majority of team’s feel like they have a fighting chance halfway through the season? I say sit back, open up an ice cold Bud Light (the difference is affordability!) and get ready to watch some bare knuckle baseball. Even if your team is barely hanging on to a respectable record, there’s still hope.

After all...

...you never know.

7/8/09 Sports Munchies

In Today's episode:

1. We discuss Adam Wainwright's masterful pitching performance and praise Tony LaRussa for letting Colby Rasmus play everyday.

2. We lambast ESPN for predicting the Blues to only finish 7th in the Western Conference next season.

3. We make small talk and salivate about the idea of Roy Halladay wearing Cardinal red.

Hosted by Martin Winkler and Kevin Lorenz

WORLD PREMIERE OF SPORTS MUNCHIES!

Today we premiere our podcast, Sports Munchies presented by fromoutofrightfield.blogspot.com.

Today's Topics:

1. We take a look at both the AL and NL All Star squads and see what the fans got right and what they got wrong. We also foolishly guarantee an NL victory!

2. We predict who gets kicked out of the Cardinal pitching rotation when Kyle Lohse makes his glorious return from the disabled list. We also discuss how Albert Pujols is becoming the national face of Major League Baseball.

3. We take a look at what the Cards must do in their upcoming series against the Brewers and the Cubs.

Hosted by Martin Winkler and Kevin Lorenz.






Please e-mail us at Sports.Munchies@gmail.com with your questions and comments. We may even read some of them on the air!

The PED All Star Game!

As the All Star Game approaches here in tropical St. Louis, fans await the Home Run Derby, the Futures game, and of course the main event (assuming it doesn’t end in a tie and Albert gets to bat).  The one event however that isn’t getting a lot of press right now is the Performance Enhancers All Star game. 

(Before we go any further, I’d like to emphasize that this blog does not attempt to accuse any player of using PEDs nor do I mean to condemn any player currently accused of PED use.  This is for fun people!  All players listed as PED users came from the Mitchell Report, or have since come out in the Press.) 

           

            The rules of the game are simple.  The top alleged PED users will play a team comprised of the best clean players from the PED era as well as the best players in the new “clean” era.  Since this event is all about celebrating stains on America’s Pastime, teams will designate a hitter for their pitchers.  The game will be played on Astroturf, and fans are encouraged to do the wave after consuming ten $12 beers. 

            With that in mind, From out of Right Field proudly announces the lineups for the first ever Performance Enhancers All Star Game!  Fans feel free to boo and release years of anger at the following team’s outright disregard for the code of baseball. 

 

            Batting first and playing second base for Team PED, with a career .289 batting average and 407 illegitimate stolen bases, Chuck Knoblauch! 

Batting second and playing shortstop, the 2004 Home Run Derby champion and age defying Dominican, Miguel Tejada! 

Batting third, this man needs no introduction, 514 stolen bases, 762 career home runs, 7 MVP awards (3 of which belong to Albert Pujols) and owner of Major League Baseball’s largest head both literally and figuratively, Barry Bonds!  

In the cleanup spot, St. Louis’ own fallen hero with 583 questionable home runs, first baseman, Mark McGwire!  Providing protection for the former Home Run king is none other than future pretender to Aaron’s throne, third baseman, Alex Rodriguez.  

               

Rounding out the bottom of the order in no real order, the Dominican mute Sammy Sosa, the now much more fertile Manny Ramirez, and the Godfather of the Steroid Age, Jose Canseco!  

Finally, pitching and electing not to bat, 300 game winner Roger Clemens! 

 

Starting in the field for the hometown Cleaners, playing second base and leading off, with over 3000 legitimate hits, Craig Biggio!  Playing in the outfield and batting in his oddly familiar second spot in the lineup, with 8 Gold Gloves, and 382 clean home runs, St. Louis’ own prodigal son, Jim Edmonds. 

Playing first base, and hitting in the three spot, the now unanimously voted greatest hitter in baseball and possible savior of the all time home run record, Albert Pujols!  

Cleaning up and playing in the outfield, a man who had he cheated and recovered from injuries the quick and lazy way would already have more than 800 home runs, a ten time Gold Glove winner, Ken Griffey Jr!  Catching for the Cleaners is none other than Joe Mauer.  Playing shortstop, is the true Yankee great of the twenty first century, Derek Jeter.  Career .310 hitter Chipper Jones will play Third base, and Cardinal Killer Carlos Beltran will play in the outfield.   Batting but not playing in the field is Miguel Cabrera.  And Pitching for the Cleaners is none other than 355 game winner and 18 time Gold Glove winner, Greg Maddux! 

 

It Costs A Lot of Money to Suck

I write this post just mere minutes after watching Colby Rasmus launch a walk-off home run deep into the right field bleachers for a much needed Cardinal victory.




Of course, if the Cards could hit, Colby’s homer wouldn’t be necessary and Adam Wainwright would have been rewarded for his great pitching performance. So many men left on base yet again, but this time it stings as the Cards were getting men on base against potential All-Star, Matt Cain. Nine men were left on base. The back breaker coming when Chris Duncan struck out on three pitches with the bases loaded to end the Redbird threat.

Runs are clearly coming at a premium this year and are in high demand. But how much exactly are Cardinal fans who come to Busch Stadium to watch a game paying per Cardinal run? More than they should be.

In 43 home games this year, the Cards have scored 173 runs, which averages out to four runs per game. The average ticket to a game at Busch Stadium is $29.43.

Before I get into the hardcore math, I would like to take the time to state that one of the reasons I went to the World’s Finest School of Journalism at THE University of Missouri was because I hate math. Hate may not even be a strong enough word. I DESPISE math, almost as much as I despise Keith Hernandez (view YouTube video). So, doing this article says a lot about how much I love sports. I’m willing to do math problems to talk about sports. You’re welcome.





Back to the topic at hand. $29.43 divided by four runs per game averages out to $7.50. That’s right. Cardinal fans are paying $7.50 per run. To put this into perspective, a beer at Busch costs $7.75. If the Cardinal offense were much worse, they would owe me an ice cold Bud Light when I come to the ballpark.

So how does this compare to the rest of the teams in the National League Central? Let’s take a look.






These numbers left me with two questions:

1. Can I afford for the Cardinal offense to continue to stink?

2. Who the hell is paying $47.75 to go watch the Cubs in that dilapidated stadium?

The second question was easy to answer: THESE GUYS!


And no, I can’t afford to pay $7.50 per run. I can barely afford $2.50 per gallon of gas. I’m an unemployed college graduate with a journalism degree. Even if I do get a job, I still don’t think I can afford the outrageous price for a run. This is why I need the Cardinal offense to get going. When they’re hitting, runs are so much cheaper.

Let’s go back five years to the awesome season of 2004 and what was, what I consider, the most consistent and best offense the Cards have put on the field in at least the last 20 years. The average ticket price back then was $23.76 and the Cards were averaging 5.11 runs per home game. This comes out to $4.64 per run, which is a very affordable price. If we take that 5.11 runs per home game and insert the 2009 average ticket price into the equation, the price is still much better: $5.94 per run.

Even if the Cards could average just a half run more per home game, the price goes down almost a dollar to $6.54, which is still pricy, but hey, at least that would mean they were hitting at home again.

There is some good news for Cardinal fans however. And that news is that Cardinal fans are not Yankee fans. The Yankees far and away have the most expensive ticket, which averages $72.97 for a home game in the new wiffle ball field that is the new Yankee Stadium. These tickets are so expensive that no matter how good the Yankees are, runs are still very expensive. New York is averaging 5.68 runs per game, which is great. But it costs $12.62 per run! At least Cardinal runs are affordable when the offense is good!


*Thanks to baseballreference.com and baseballprospectus.com for providing me with ticket price information.