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Cardinals Send Mother's Day Greetings (VIDEO)

Even the Cardinals had time to say happy Mother's Day to their moms. With tweets and a video! Check out the footage below of Daniel Descalso, Jon Jay, David Freese and Lance Lynn expressing their gratitude to their hard-working, nurturing moms who helped them become baseball stars. Driving the ... More >>

EPA to Recognize St. Louis Cardinals for Reducing Food Waste

Don't feel too guilty about not finishing your nachos at Busch Stadium. Chances are the leftover chips (and other half-eaten scraps) will make their way to St. Louis Composting for use as lawn and garden food. A similar second chance exists for unsold food at the ballpark. It is donated to Operati ... More >>

Opening Day: No Free Parking...And the Police Are Watching You!

Nothing on Planet Earth can get in the way of having a really awesome Opening Day today, right? Wrong! Here's a quick public service announcement for you: No more free parking! In the past, the city has offered free parking to fans on the most important day of the year for St. Louis, but apparentl ... More >>

Photos: Cardinals Finally Break Ground on Ballpark Village, Release New Renderings

Finally. This morning, the St. Louis Cardinals officially broke ground -- shovels and all! -- on the much-anticipated, much delayed development of Ballpark Village, the mixed-use seven-block project just north of Busch Stadium. The Cardinals, working with development partner Cordish Companies, say ... More >>

Soulard's Big Day Out

The Cards' Road Woes Continue

Question: Why is Jaime Garcia so unpopular with hotel maids? Answer: Because he always shits the bed when he's on the road! Wakka wakka, and all that sort of thing. I'll be here all week, folks. (I really will be; I have nowhere else to go.) So in case you missed it, the Cardinals jus ... More >>

Party at the Park

Busch Stadium's "St. Louis Dog" Among Baseball's "Craziest" Hot Dogs, Apparently

The "St. Louis Dog" is this year's signature item at the Food Network's concession stand at Busch Stadium, a quarter-pound, all-beef hot dog topped with barbecue sauce, shredded Provel cheese and crumbled Red Hot Riplets. When Gut Check sampled the "St. Louis Dog" last month, we weren't impressed, e ... More >>

Survey Finds Busch Stadium Food, Drink Prices Above MLB Average

A couple of weeks ago, Gut Check tried the new "St. Louis Dog" from the Food Network's hot dog cart at Busch Stadium. The hot dog wasn't as awful as its toppings (barbecue sauce, Provel and crumbled Red Hot Riplets) might lead you to believe, but the real outrage was the price: $11. This year's edi ... More >>

Cards Launch Imaginary Museum; Reality Still Less Encouraging

​Way back when in the magical days of the early 2000s, when Busch Stadium III was still just a twinkle in the eye of Bill DeWitt, the Cardinals proposed a new development next to the proposed stadium. It was to be called Ballpark Village, and it was going to be glorious. The highlight of the ... More >>

Preview: 360 Bar at the Hilton Opens Monday, July 25

10 points if you can hock a loogie and hit the Arch. ​Gut Check was feeling a little poor yesterday. $5 parking seemed an unnecessary expense, so we parked on the street, surrendering our last quarters to the meter. As we sweated our way down the sidewalk and into the air-conditioned plush of ... More >>

U2 360 Tour at Busch Stadium, 7/17/11: Review, Photos and Setlist

Jason Stoff​U2 | Interpol Busch Stadium July 17, 2011 U2 may be the least subtle band in history. Last night, the boys took the stage to "Space Oddity," which does not make sense thematically, but does make sense in that the song has a countdown in it and the 360 Tour stage looks like a spac ... More >>

Win Widespread Panic Tickets!

​With all the fanfare surrounding U2's upcoming record-breaking performance at Busch Stadium, we'd like to take this moment to draw your attention to another rarefied titan of live music: Widespread Panic, whose 25th Anniversary Tour comes to the Peabody Opera House on October 12th. The kings ... More >>

Why U2 Is Still Relevant

Wikimedia CommonsThis hat hasn't aged well. But how has U2?​Busch Stadium staff is currently in the midst of a weeklong reinvention of the venue, and the reason is a band with a live draw almost as big as its ego: U2. By Monday, all of the grass on the field had been dug up in preparation for ... More >>

Cardinals Red, White and BOOO!

Joe Palermo wants to sell you a program and stump you in trivia

Contest! Win a Hardee's Official Opening Day Party Zone Shirt and a Pair of RFT Sunglasses! [Updated With Winners!]

Chrissy WilmesSpecial thanks to our model, Calendar Editor Paul​In case you didn't know, the Cardinals' opening day is sort of a big deal. Folks skip work, camp out for tickets and tailgate a whole lot harder than usual. This year, aside from the smaller celebrations taking place all over St ... More >>

March Madness, Ain't It Grand

Eight Most Pathetic Places to Try to Get Lucky This New Year's Eve

​OK, planning ahead isn't your strong suit. You could've picked up an RFT or logged on to this here web site and found something worthwhile to do this last night of '10. Oh, well. Too late. The dinner from the Hen House sits heavily in your gut. Outside the window past the glow of the Best Weste ... More >>

Here's the U2 Busch Stadium Seating Chart, with Price Levels

Courtesy of LiveNation, here's a Busch Stadium seating chart, divided into the different price levels for U2 tickets. Click the image for a larger version. Remember, tickets for the band's July 17, 2011 show go on sale Monday morning.courtesy of LiveNation​

Westboro Baptist Church to Picket Cardinals Game This Weekend. Let's Put Their Press Release to Good Use.

Image viaSeriously, this is just wrong.​Fred Phelps and his hate-spewing minions at the Topeka-based Westboro Baptist Church have made more than a few appearances in St. Louis this year. They picketed Lady Gaga at the Scottrade Center and a Cardinals game at Busch Stadium back in July. And now, it ... More >>

Ass Clown of the Week: Patriots, Prostitutes, Pet Mistreaters

​You know what time it is? Time to cast your vote for Ass Clown of the Week. Select this week's newsmaker who you feel most embarrassed or shamed themselves by words or deeds. And the nominees...1. Lori Pellin: The woman who left her pets -- all 27 of them (25 cats and two dogs) -- locked in her C ... More >>

Die Hard Cards Fan: The Most Embarrassing Redbirds Fan Since "Get A Brain Morans" Guy?

So I just stumbled upon this guy's website (observe the nipple rings) and I'm thinking to myself, "That's exactly why I don't go to Busch Stadium. I always sit next to someone like this."diehardcardsfan.com​But then my second thought was, wait a second, could this guy be more of an embarrassment t ... More >>

Map Locations At A Glance: Miscellaneous

Map Locations At A Glance: Stadiums

Chicago Tribune Acknowledges Existence of St. Louis

flickr.com/photos/sumaresSt. Louis thinks about Chicago a lot. It's bigger. It thinks it's better. Its National League team is our baseball team's most deadly rival.But to Chicagoans, the National League team's most deadly rival is the American League team across town. When Chicago bothers to consid ... More >>

Five of the Worst First Pitches Recorded on Video

Now that the news has come out that President Barack Obama will throw out the first pitch at the All-Star game here in St. Louis, you have to think the president, despite being famously cool ("Everyone chill the fuck out. I got this!"), will still feel a bit of pressure when he walks up to the mound ... More >>

Ballpark Figures: Just How Big a Cash Cow is the All-Star Game?

flickr/photos/kwmcnuttHard to believe, but once upon a time in America the All-Star Game was a one-day affair. There was no State Farm-sponsored Home Run Derby, no Gatorade All-Star Workout Day, no FanFest, live concerts, or celebrity softball games, where ex-Hall-of-Famers flail ar ... More >>

Cards Fans Keep it Classy on Cinco de Mayo

On this Cinco de Mayo, comes a reminder that the Cardinals draw a diverse crowd of fans to each of their games at Busch Stadium. And by that, I mean more than a few folks in homemade T-shirts with cringe-inducing slogans. Take this photo below for example. Yikes. St. Louis-based sports blog JoeSport ... More >>

Busch Stadium Better Than New Yankees and Mets' Ballparks, So Says New York Times

flickr.com/photos/prettywarstlSomeone really, really likes Busch Stadium. That person is New York Times sports writer George Vecsey. Fresh from a trip to St. Louis last week for an All-Star Game promo, Vecsey penned a piece for the Times on Monday comparing Busch Stadium to buried treasure. More spe ... More >>

The Cool Kids/Black Spade

10 p.m. Friday, April 24. Black Label Gallery Lounge, 758 South Fourth Street.

This Week in RFT, April 1 - April 8

We're back at you, and on April Fool's Day no less. This week we proudly present our special "Play Ball" Opening Day 2009 spread, complete with a full-page St. Louis Cardinals schedule (suitable for framing), and a thought-provoking piece by our baseball blogger extraordinaire, Aaron ... More >>

Cardinals to Particpate in Strange Pitch to Save Earth ... For an Hour

stlouis.cardinals.mlb.comYesterday I received a curious e-mail about a press conference at Busch Stadium scheduled for 2 p.m. this afternoon. The event sounded so preposterous that I immediately responded to the sender with the query: "Is this for real?" No, no! Came the reply from St. Louis marketi ... More >>

Old-School Video: Charlie Chan & Dangerous D

Who's the Boss? Alyssa Milano to Hawk Cardinals Apparel Today at Busch Stadium

What You Missed Over the Weekend, June 6-8, 2008

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: June 6 - 8

Ballpark Lake Bait: Build Your Own Damn Yurt, KSDK!

Rick Ankiel: Bambino or Bonds?

Rick Ankiel: Bambino or Bonds?

"Even I can see the blatant, secular, progressive thrust at trying to promote a gay day at a Cardinals game by putting a rainbow Cardinals logo and teaser headline on the cover...."

Week of July 26, 2006

Ballpark Frank

The lowdown on eats at the new ballyard

Scalped

The spendingest opening day in the big leagues this year!

Power Serve

Fanny's homemade burgers have fed Busch's power elite for years

Need-to-Be Inspired Minds

Want to go (to Hannibal)

Do You Give a Rat's Ass About the NHL Lockout?

Week of October 13, 2004

Letters

Week of June 2, 2004

Stop the Stadium Madness

Here are 10 good reasons

TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME

Minneapolis-based Conventions, Sports & Leisure International is hired to advise the Greater St. Louis Sports Authority on issues surrounding a new baseball stadium

How Do You Celebrate Your Patriotism?