via
atrios, from deb peterson's column in the
st. louis post-dispatch about baseball's opening day, when a
wol threw out the first pitch for the cardinals:
back at busch: somewhat hostile crowd complained mightily about the problems the presidential motorcade caused with regular fans trying to get into the park. a cards employee tipped moi that the team was so concerned about bush being booed that they piped in fake applause when he strode out to the mound. lamping flatly denied it. ...
the booing is confirmed by the
international herald tribune:
earlier in the day, bush was greeted by a mixture of cheers and boos at busch stadium, where he threw an inside strike to st. louis catcher mike matheny before the cardinals opened against the milwaukee brewers
and, though no actual audible booing is heard, take a look at the results of the online poll the post-dispatch ran asking its readers about awol's appearance at busch stadium.
cross-posted on mydd, the american street, and our own tie-goes-to-the-runner blog.