As I listened yesterday to a radio personality musing about the Cardinals playing their home opener at Busch Stadium, I thought, "Some things never change. In a world that often moves too quickly, it's nice that a slower-paced game endures."
Then, I was jolted back to the present when the announcer said that Busch Stadium had switched to a cashless system.
"They won't be taking your money, so you've got to have a card," he said.
Even in a sport meant--in a positive way--for the previous century, not every tradition holds up.