Play Ball!

The Cardinals officially open their season at home today against the Colorado Rockies. I'm interested to see how much all the off-season changes (and there have been many) pay off, particularly the much-mentioned bringing up of "homegrown" players from within the system. We still have no pitching (a starting rotation of five righthanders?), but it's baseball, so it can't be all bad.

Now if somebody could get something done with Crater Ballpark Village, St. Louis might be taken seriously as a city with an actual downtown. Here's what it's supposed to look like if it's ever finished (er, started); here's what it looks like now (and has for a year-and-a-half). While the city decides what to do, can somebody at least sod this eyesore so families can picnic before a game?

Play ball!