Applause piped in for Bush at season opener

This is from a column in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

” A 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.”

I can’t make this stuff up, folks