Mark Sweeney

Well, Mark, I was in the booth for Brad Thompson for the series where tarps came off, and it's a phenomenon throughout baseball now.

But it was this Texas club team, the Stephen F. Austin, came to game on a Friday night, and they got into an open section, which there was a lot of open sections that particular series, and they started –

getting people over to take their shirts off and be loud.

And it was one of these crowd experiences that was very organic and it was fun.

It turned up a different aspect of Cardinal baseball fans.

They are showing up because the team's playing better, but that was one of those things that was just a boost to attendance.

It was exciting to be at Bush stadium and it,

You're probably going to see it tonight.

Those guys aren't coming back from Texas, but they created a different atmosphere for this college-style fan that's really exciting.

So I'm looking forward to it.

Cubs-Cardinals always brings better attendance.

I just believe, Mark, that this team has played the game the right way, and I think the Cardinal fans really appreciate them.

They're coming back.

School's out.

So you're going to probably see some more fans in the series.

They always show up at Cardinals.

My first experience when I was a Cardinal player as a rookie was the first game I was against the Chicago Cubs.

That was my first game.

I looked up playing first base and I saw 50,000 people in the old Bush Stadium.

I know I'm aging myself, but it ramps up.