On the new hi-def scoreboard installed at Busch III

"I’ve always said that our gameday presentation should be somewhere in the middle of the spectrum that I view as ultra-traditional on one end, which the Cubs used to be a few years ago. No video boards. Somebody back there turning the numbers. An organ, No rock music. All the way to the spectrum of ..."

(Miami was suggested)

" ... There you go. I was about to say AT&T in football and the giant screen. I feel the Cardinals should be somewhere in the middle of that spectrum. We do have traditional fans who appreciate the basic raw baseball but we also have young fans and families that want us to be cutting edge. I like the fact that we strike that balance."

On the Rams departure and comments about St. Louis

"I thought it was unfortunate that the Rams even had to fill out that part of the application on why they wanted to move. Any dope can look up the size of the two markets. That’s the basic reason, probably, why he wanted to move. It was unfortunate. I would have just said, 'We’re not filling out that section.' But he did. I think our fans and our city felt like that was unnecessary."

On soccer in St. Louis