As anyone who knows St. Louis knows, no wind is ill enough to keep the Cardinal faithful away from Opening Day.
After two COVID-impacted season openers — one canceled, one with reduced attendance — the sellout throngs of tailgaters and team-faithfuls showed up Thursday at Busch Stadium for the region’s unofficial holiday.
And the earlier, the better.
“We got here about 8 o’clock or so,” said Rob Orr of O’Fallon, Missouri. “And it’s not that bad of a day, well, except for that wind.”
By 10:30 a.m., Orr was dropping bratwursts on a grill to get them browned and ready so he could serve lunch to his crew of about 60 people who have been tailgating on Opening Day for the last 20 years.