The idea belonged to Miles Mikolas.
The task was given to Alec Burleson.
“It’s not like I knew where to find one,” the rookie outfielder said Thursday afternoon, leaning back in his chair. “I just Googled ‘hamburger phone.’”
One of the newest and, on Thursday night, busiest additions to the Cardinals’ dugout is a Fuddruckers-sized novelty phone shaped like a cheeseburger – emphasis on cheese – and straight out of the 1970s, cord and all. It’s one part of what was first conceived as multiple props to celebrate home runs, and while the other concepts fell flat (literally), the dial-a-homer burger phone has been a big hit.