Cardinals Home Opener

It's Christmas in April in St. Louis. What's a better gift than a ticket to the Cardinals' home opener of a brand-new baseball season? The gates of Busch Stadium (Broadway and Poplar Street; www.stlcardinals.com) open for business as tens of thousands of fans gather to see their favorite sports team go at it once again with their biggest rivals, the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs had a momentous season last year, but now it's a whole new ballgame. (To be honest, you probably have your tickets well before you read this blurb. Nothing said in here will matter, given that this is the Cardinals we're talking about.) The first pitch is thrown at 7:35 p.m. Sunday, April 2, and remaining tickets are $130 to $350. The series continues at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday and at 12:45 p.m. Wednesday (April 4 and 5).