Baseball DIY

I read the article linked below, and I felt compelled to respond (mostly because I'm tired of St. Louis finishing behind Boston in anything). I've never been to Fenway, I've never been to Boston, I've never seen the Red Sox in any other stadium where their fans might follow them and cheer them on...However, I find it hard to believe that Boston is actually better than St. Louis as far as baseball appreciation and experience go.

• I respect Fenway (and "ballpark" is where St. Louis, justifiably, loses points). Have you seen a game played at Busch (either in person or on tv), though? Everyone's wearing red (or robin's egg-blue, for the '80s holdouts). We have very nice decorative arches around the top of the stadium, and it witnessed (and pays homage to) the careers of Stan Musial, Bob Gibson, Ozzie Smith, etc. They went back to grass in the mid-90s, and the manual scoreboard in the outfield is a thing of beauty, though not entirely up-to-the-inning.
• We gave So Taguchi a flippin' curtain call for hitting a home run in the fifth inning of a game played in June, when he was kind of going through a tough patch. Had this tough patch transpired while So wore a Sox jersey, he very possibly would have been booed whenever he came to the plate, because, you know, that helps.
• It's not unusual for the fans to applaud when an outfielder (on either team) makes a good throw to keep a runner from advancing a base.
• Have you ever heard Ernie Hays?
• It's hot. Really, really hot. Really, really, really hot. And people show up in droves.

I guess I can't be too upset, though, because I worry from time to time that StL fans will start taking this "baseball's best fans" business they hear on the radio and television too seriously. Before you know it, they're giving Dave Duncan a standing ovation for not tripping on his way out of the dugout and everyone has their face painted red.

It's just nice to be appreciated is all.