A sea of crimson flooded downtown for the St. Louis Cardinals’ Opening Day matchup in opposition to the Toronto Blue Jays.
St. Louis is hoping to bounce again after a disappointing first-round exit from the playoffs final season. The workforce begins its recent marketing campaign with a lineup that features a 20-year-old rookie, new guidelines to hurry up the sport and excessive hopes amongst followers throughout Cardinals Nation.
Janet Daniels has been to each Opening Day since 1958, having referred to as it her “holy day of obligation.” The primary for the 85-year-old was alongside her late husband Dan, the place the Cardinals performed in opposition to the Chicago Cubs.
“It was a ardour for my husband and that is how it began as a result of he is the one which beloved baseball,” she mentioned, including she’s stored up the custom alongside her son Stephen after his passing. “It simply turns into a thrill every year, it is simply one thing I actually sit up for.”
Along with 66 consecutive Opening Days at Busch Stadium, Daniels mentioned she’s been to 25 of the 30 Main League ballparks however hopes to complete visiting the remaining quickly.
Ronnie Davis, 31, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, has been a lifelong fan however had by no means made the trek to Busch Stadium. “After I was rising up, we didn’t have a baseball workforce in D.C.,” he mentioned. “After I was in elementary faculty is when [Mark] McGuire was simply crushing house runs, and I simply obtained tremendous into the Cardinals and simply caught with it ever since.”