Oh, the clever blog titles ...

So the Cardinals have a new, mostly privately funded ballpark coming and in a hurry. Groundbreaking already and scheduled for opening in 2006? That's fast. I hope they get a good stadium because St Louis IS a good baseball town, despite the Bo Hart fetish and because Busch is a hole. What I don't know is if the park and the bonds will be a "problem" in the way it is for San Francisco. Sabean and Magowan have had to be creative to field a solid team -- and that Bonds kid helps -- but I'm unsure Jocketty has shown that kind of creativity. I could be wrong on him though.

So here's a pic of the new park ... or at least what I could find. From the news stories, the location seems right. I can see the big parking garage past the OF and some new village style buildings (not sure what they are - shops?). Looks nice in the Camden/PacBell school of design, but nothing special. No dimensions yet that I can find.

What I don't see is Bud Selig's head popping up. Don't we always get some kind of announcement from the league saying how wonderful it is to have a new park? Aren't new parks the saving grace for cities like Philly and Milwau .... oops. Is Bud quiet because it's not on the public's dime? I hope not, but if I had a dime for every time ...

My new year's resolution is just to ignore Bud. Is that doomed to failure?