04.03.2008 6:27 pm
April 4, 2008 Punch Line Cartoon
Congratulations to repeat winner John Gleckler, Overland
(17 votes, average: 3.06 out of 5)
Loading ... (17 votes, average: 3.06 out of 5) Loading ...476 comments
There’s been a dark cloud and constant rain at this site ever since the Centene deal fell through.
Water, water everywhere, but not a shop to ink.
They’re gonna name it after our favorite player, Albert Pool-holes.
I BELIEVE!
I want to believe.
Finally, a memorial to Curt Flood. . . .
I guess old Dave Murray was a little off on that forecast.
This is what happens when creative minds fail.
Let’s get inside, they’re giving away Albert Pujols fishing poles.
This is our version of McCovey Cove.
Just think if this was oil instead of water.
The Cardinals will figure out a way to a) put advertising on it, and b) charge us for it.
This is St. Louis’s Loch Mess monster
You’ve heard of McCovey Cove? This is Pujols Puddle.
SO, WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO “CATFISH” HUNTER?
I’m sure glad I kept my old “Brockabrella”.
“Look, Lake St. Louis is just a stone’s throw away.”
You honestly believe Pujols will show up in his yacht?
I thought golf was the only sport with a water hazard.
Maybe if enough people toss a penny…
It makes sense if Ballpark Village is part of Waterworld.
I’ll keep it stocked with fish and you collect money from the fishermen.
I don’t care if they knock one out of the park. I’m not going in after it!
So how many people does it take to raise a Village?
They can still build shops and call it little Venice.
April showers bring May mud.
It doesn’t look the same on TV. You have to be here to really be annoyed by it.
They can add fresh fish sandwhiches to the menu at the stadium.
So how long until it’s the future?
The worlds largest swimming pool in the summer, and largest skating rink in the winter.
Swim, batter batter. Swim!!
Lets rent boats so people can retrive homerun balls.
Looks like we’ll be taking a bath on this deal.
Someone said it’s the inspiration for that new “Noah: The Musical” down in Branson…
It takes a village alright…a village of IDIOTS!
Then God cried…
You get a line..I’ll get a pole..honey..
When it rains, it pours…
They’ve turned it into water-world.
Do you have any coins on you?
Do you think that someone is trying to tell us something?
I’ll give you $20 Bucks to jump in and tell me how deep it is.
Well Vern you must agree that this land is most definitely in the flood plane zone.
LOOKS LIKE THIS PLANS ALL WASHED UP!
Ain’t nothing wrong with this location boss. I’d like to strangle the idiot that said that!
BALLPARK VILLAGE? WATERPARK VILLAGE IS MORE LIKE IT!
Maybe they shouldn’t have torn down Noah’s Ark after all.
Look it’s the MORTON SALT GIRL doing the backstroke.
I know the old saying goes that into your life a little rain must fall. But why does it have to be so much?
PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS.
I wouldn’t jump into that water on a bet.
I bet Al Gore has an explanation for this in one of his many global warming theories.
If you build it, they will backstroke!
Cardinals, heck! With this venue, they need to be the St. Louis ADMIRALS!
I envision a well-stocked fishing lake where you can rent a bass boat complete with a TV so you can also watch the game.
Wasn’t Choteaus Lake supposed to be south of 44?
Maybe it takes a child to raise a village?
when they said money would flood in to the ballpark village I dont think they had this in mind.
yep that is where the original busch stadium was,you should have seen it
why dont they just make it in to a parking lot and call it a ball park garage
I hear the Bud Light Grand Prix of St. Louis has been moved here while the All Star game is here in 2009!
Who said, “Tear it down, and they will come?”
I guess we could name this lagoon after a former player.
I think we will qualify for FEMA flood assistance.
Tell me about the rabbits again, George.
Wow! They’ve started on the new downtown aquarium.
Maybe a diving board would attract investors?
WILL YOU ? WON’T YOU , BE MY NEIGHBOR ?
I’M THINKIN BIGFOOT AND A BIG RUBBER BALL,MAN ! PEOPLE WOULD COME !
What we have here is a failure to communicate !
At least now we get to host the world series of fishing.
I guess the big fish got away, but at least we still have the pond.
When developers start fishing for deals, often only the fish win.
When the catch is more important than the deal, the fish are sure winners.
I hear they were fishing for the most out of this development.
I’VE GOT a SUDDEN URGE TO PLAY KICK THE CAN < BUT I DON’t KNOW WHO’SE TO START WITH !
Did you hear that today is redbird fishing trunks day at Busch?
They didn’t build Rome in a day
I can think of better ways to catch out of the park homers.
Maybe if they’d rename it Atlantis Village, nobody would realize there’s nothing there.
Are we in San Francisco?
I can see it now, people in kayaks waiting on Pujols homerun balls!!
So this is where all of our taxes are going to?
It’s a tax pool.
Keep it a lake and call it Valley Park.
I LOVE IT WHEN A PLAN COMES TOGETHER !
Well, so much for “Build it and they will come”
Maybe they can have Paddleboat races during All Star Weekend?
now i know why they charge so much for the tickets
Bill, it looks like we’ll have to drain the pond before we can drain the pockets of the St. Louis voters again. I agree, Francis.
How about a baseball movie sequel- “A Field of Mud.”
“Why don’t we rename it Chouteau’s Pond and declare both projects completed?”
Ever looked into a Mud Wrestling League?
I see a new tourist attraction . St. Louis Little Italy.
TO HELP FINANCE BALLPARK VILLAGE
THE CARDINALS SHOULD FILL THE HOLE WITH WATER
STOCK IT WITH FISH AND CHARGE FOR FISHING
The Mayor just announce that St. Louis has been selected to host the next NCAA Mud Wrestling Tournament!
I thought it was the Missouri River that was called the “big muddy”.
Maybe that guy, Noah, would know what to do.
Any ideas, Albert? Next year’s All Star Game will be in Wrigley Field if we don’t fix this mess.
The Mayor just announced that St. Louis has been selected to host the next NCAA Mud Wrestling Tournament.
If you hold a commemorative cup to your ear during the game you can hear this place.
No, we can’t raise beer prices again…they’re already 20 times the price of gasoline.
The Titanic sank right over there!
Deeper than our starting rotation!
I thought this was Lake Cordish!
Hey Bill, I always wanted to hit one into the San Francisco Bay. Do you think we could make this into the “Ballpark Bay” for me?
Two words: Gambling boats.
We could call it a bay and charge people to allow their boats in like San Fran.
Yeah, Bill, it’s a great site for a hog form, but next to a ball park? C’mon!
Cheer up! Maybe we can get the NCAA swimming championchips!
H2 O is NOT O2 K!
I heard they’re adding light sub, calling it “MetroSink.”
Mark my words: Hydroelectric, energy of the future!
I hear DeWitt is relocating to Valley Park!
It looks like my rainout will last a lot longer than yours, Albert.
TO HELP FINANCE BALLPARK VILLAGE
THE CARDINALS SHOULD FILL THE HOLE WITH WATER
STOCK IT WITH FISH AND CHARGE FOR FISHING
Albert is god! Ya think he can build an Ark?
As the head of EPA, I declare this area a “wetland” and no construction will be allowed. - And Mr DeWitt, I prefer the Mercedes to be black.
Centene is obscene!
Maybe they should change the name to “Lake Kiel Opera House”
Also known as “Village DeWett.”
Maybe this is what is meant by the phrase, “being taken, hook, line and sinker”.
Hwy 40? We don’t need no stinking Hwy 40! I can kayak back to Chesterfield!
If Mark Lamping wanted a job building something, he could have stayed in St. Louis. He didn’t have to go to NewYork!
Did Albert’s contract have a clause about an artificial Caribbean?
They’re thinking of calling it “LaRussa’s Landing.”
Ah, the beauties of Drowntown St. Louis! Mike Shannon can add it to his list that goes on and on.
The ‘08 Cards, affectionately known as the Lighthouse Gang.
Whot would you think will win? Slay backstroking or DeWitt dogpaddling?
Obama’s rev is ranting that it’s the rich white man’s fault. Guess what…..he’s Wright!
I hear the Cards have added a swimming coach, Dive Dunkin’.
I’m going to jump in. I bet Pamela Anderson will save me before Captain Ahab harpoons me!
Water, water everywhere and not a Bud to drink!
” San Francisco has McCovey Cove, we in St. Louis have Centene Swamp”.
Just because the Cubs have a large body of water nearby doesn’t mean we have to draft one of our own!
GO CRAZY, VOTERS, GO CRAZY!!!!
It’s the Bay of Fungo!
That’s what we get for the ballplayers spitting so much!
The Mother of all STL Potholes!
DeWitt’s kids can now ski!
Why did thry have to draft a Great White as a fifth starter this year?
It’s going to be a home for wayward sports franchises.
who flooded our field of dreams
Your dedication to wetlands restoration if truly impressive.
Your dedication to wetlands restoration is truly impressive.
“‘Cause it’s 1……2……3 strokes you’re out at the old polo-game!”
Ready for the 7th inning swim?
Do you think the Cards will sink or swim in the new Pacific division this year?.
I can see it now - the site of the “World Mud Wrestling Championship”!
It has an Atlantis theme.
Well at least we will be able to go fishing when the Cardinals are out of town!
How’s this for a promotion? A “Mike Shannon/Abner Doubleday Synchonized-Swimming Bobblehead” Day?
They are not only taking away the LaRussa’s car keys but the boat keys, too!
Wow! This is historic
“We’ve just invented the world’s first floating ballpark.”
1. Build it and they will come.
2. Looks like a rain-out.
3. My senior softball players have played on worse.
4. It looks like my elementary school diamond.
5. It could be used for mud wrestling (wet T-shirt contests).
6. It looks like a Corp of Engineers project.
7. Are you sure this is what Homeland Security ordered?
John W. McIntosh 314-966-5231
348 E. Bodley Ave.
Kirkwood, MO. 63122
What do you think the score is?
LOOKS LIKE NEVER, NEVER LAND TO ME!!
Remote control boats could really work to generate more revenue, Bill. Or maybe they would pay to watch the submarine races after the games.
May God rest his soul - but he would have said “IT’S A LOSER!”
Maybe if we call it Chouteau’s Pond they won’t notice!
Maybe the Conservation Department could stock it!
“DeJaVu, Chouteau’s Pond.”
Pujols Cove?
Ya know, Boston has the Swan boats, maybe we could have the beer boats. Lay ‘em on their side, hold 6 maybe 8 and cruise this little pond. Whadda ya think?
Maybe i shouldn’t have preorder those seasons tickets so early.
Barry Bonds needs another place to store his samples.
maybe another boat in a moat ?
I wonder if Mark Spitz would consider swimming laps as a fund raiser?
It’s our new “Ballpark Village Paylake.”
It’s stocket with Sucker Fish, for 150 bucks you get a pole and a bucket of chum.
Best of all there no limit on the Suckers
They call it Lamping’s Landing.
IF YOU LOOK CLOSE, YOU CAN SEE ALL THE HOPES AND DREAMS OF THE CITY BEING WASHED AWAY.
“Think we’ll win the WaterWorld Series this year?”
I HEAR THEY ARE GOING TO RENAME IT BALLPARK SEWAGE.
Mebbe Ameren can make Taum Sauk II out of it…
The lake wins the MVP Award! Most Visual Pollutant!
THE CITY IS ASKING FEMA FOR A BAILOUT.
IT’S CALLED SLAY’S POND.
Mayor Slay said he’s catching Red Fish using stink bait.
I think it has potential.
That’s what they call “money flushed down the drain”.
Bill McClellan has always wanted a lake down here. It’s a shame he’s a Cubs Fan.
Hey- maybe we should use this site to build an ARK!
Maybe we could stock it with fish and build a Fishing Hall of Fame.
SINCE THE BALLPARK VILLAGE IDEA DIDN’T WORK OUT, THEY ARE GOING TO BUILD A NEW STADUM HERE.
I hear they sold naming rights to Bass Pro Shop.
You know, the Grand Burlesque Theater used to be located out there somewhere, and people thought that was dirty.
I wanted to call it Brock’s Lagoon, but maybe selling the naming rights isn’t a bad idea.
I don’t know, Pujols Puddle doesn’t have the same cache’ as McCovey Cove.
Did Stan really say no to “Musial’s Mudhole”?
Herzog Swimming Hole… Gibson Gulch… Boyer Bay? Surely we can do better than that!
At least thet could create a parking lot here for the all-star game!
I wonder if they will allow skating this winter?
So this is what they had in mind for an aquarium?
“I thought Chouteau’s Pond was supposed to be on the south side of 40.”
At least they could create a parking lot here for the all-star game!
Downtown may finally get that aquarium that they talked about so long ago!
It’s Pujols! Not Pool Holes!
What if we stock it with catfish and sell tickets to fish here?
Splish Splash, St. Louis’ taken another bath!
Do they really think that boaters are going to park here for the game?
Gee, if we had stocked this last year, we’d have a pretty nice fishin hole!
I hear this is where the Spanish Pavillion sank!
Another St. Louis fantasy in it’s watery grave!
I dunno, but the owners say DeWitt Pond is a GREAT idea!!
I told you a big entertainment venue wouldn’t float in St. Louis!
need a few bucks, bill?
umm, you will stil be able to make payroll, wont you mr. dewitt?
Maybe we can rename this, ” MSD Park “
What’s all the complaining about? Lake front property always costs more!
It may be worth more as waterfront property.
Should be just in time for “Sink Hole de Mayo”!
1. Think we can talk the taxpayers into building a bridge?
2. How about gondola’s? We could charge a rider fee!
3. How about bringing back the Santa Maria as a pizza port??
4. I told you it wouldn’t fly, too much ballast.
They say the Valley Park levee has no affect on flooding elsewhere.
Looks like a rough year in Cardinal Nation. Who says there’s no crying in baseball?
Why don’t we just change the sign to:
“WORLD’S LARGEST BALLPARK SWIMMING HOLE”
I have an idea, let’s just make this a man-made lake and stock it with fish and we could fishing before the Cardinal games.
You know…too many workers and jobs done here would have interfered with our fans coming to the ball park.
Future site of the River Des Peres Yacht Club?
I knew we should have had that floodwall built.
How about using it for mud wrestling
I am planning on turning this into a swimming pool for the family
Boss are any of the Big Carp-orate fish biting today.
When will they put the FIsh in?
I’m not worried. I hear it’s on the list to be completed as soon as Kiel Opera House is done.
Leave it to Cardinals’ ownership to elevate, “It Takes a Village” to a whole new level.
I think Lake St. Louis has been taken. Maybe we could auction off the naming rights.
“There is no joy in Mudville, Mighty Francis has stuck out!”
“There is no joy in Mudville, Mighty Francis has struck out!”
“What’s the name of that magician that made the Great Pyramid disappear?”
It looks like a great place to hold mud wrestling contest after the games, that will keep the people in town long after the ball games are over.
“The ‘big boys’ aren’t smarter than a 5th grader.”
Son… when I was your age, there used to be a ballpark here… but that long ago…
Son… when I was your age, there used to be a ballpark here… but that was a long time ago…
Once the diving board is in, the tourist money will be flowing.
I thought “Ducks on the pond” had something to do with runners on base.
I’ll take a raincheck if somebody else gets a braincheck.
Mr. DeWitt, Does this sandlot Ball Park Village mean the dreaded “R” word will be applied to my salary?
So let’s stock it with large mouth bass an crappie. We’ll charge $5 a head to fish and call it Lake Dewitt.
O Joy, another strike-out in Mudville!
Water Water everywhere. And ne’er a brick to build.
Great! The City finally went ahead with the Chouteau Lake Project.
It’s raining, it’s pouring, talk about ballpark village is boring.
It’s raining again. Oh oh, ballpark village is dead.
My world is a flood
Slowly I become one with the mud
Nothing lasts forever, even Ballpark Village rain.
Had the stadium been domed, the Cards could be swingin’ in the rain.
The starting nine for the Owners of the St. Louis Cardinals: Manny Lies, Satchel O’Pride, Mooch O. Malfeasance, Tru Arrogance, “Skarf” Gluttony, Preacher N. Hypocrisy, Hi Pompousass , Connie “The Con Man” Avarice and Public B. Damned.
It’s a sign: we need to trade for a closer who throws submarine.
When they said it would be built rain or shine, I didn’t know it was either or.
What was that phrase, again? “If they build it, they will come”?
Why does the expression “hook, line, and sinker” keep coming to mind?
dont worry, mr. dewitt, you still got me!
Looks like the Lake Chouteau project was a success after all.
Grade the acreage, plow and till it, seed it with ethanol-corn plantings, fertilize it, then water it daily; THEY WILL COME!
“Well, it looks like the temporary buildings for the All-Star game didn’t hold up.”
What this project lacks is liquidity!
So this is where all our taxes are going.
IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO RAISE A VILLAGE?
“Maybe Noah can build the Ark there!”
Looks like they moved Lake Clayton to Downtown, instead of Centene…
“Albert, what do you think of my monument to hosing taxpayers, hawking urinals, switching to lousy radio stations and charging eight bucks for a beer?”
Maybe ducks on a pond means we’re going to score a lot this year…
Kind of remiinds me of when we used to lose the ball down the storm sewer . .
Somebody’s brain storm left a heck of a puddle . . .
Yeah, Hillary said “it takes a village”, but I’m afraid someone just got “took”.
Hey, even if we DON’T build it, they will still come.
WATERPARK VILLAGE HMMM- IT HAS A NICE RING TO IT.
We’ll fill in the water hole, grade the acreage, plow and till it, seed it with ethanol-corn plantings, fertilize it, then water it daily …..THEY WILL COME !!
ON THE BRIGHT SIDE - AT LEAST THE FLOOD WATERS HAVE SOMEPLACE TO GO.
Maybe this is the year we get to see Tony walk on water . . .
THINK THEY’LL CALL IT ON ACCOUNT OF RAIN?
COULD ALWAYS PUT IN A YACHT CLUB.
Why not rename it Ballpark Lake and bring in a Titanic Exhibition!
Finally! This money pit has a purpose
Money pit…rain pit…same thing
“These Brock-A-Brella’s Work Pretty Good!”
I heard they’re going with Plan B: The Admiral.
“A Penny For Your Thoughts?”
It doesn’t get any better than this.
Maybe we could float another casino!
I know it’s hard to believe, Billy, but there ARE NO MORE big fish in this small pond.
Field of dreams
This wasn’t the watering hole they had in mind.
The Corps of Engineers is planning a levy around this flood plane to keep the stadium from flooding.
How’s the fishing? Is it stocked?
The mayor just announced that Ball Park Village has been named the site of the next NCAA swimming competition.
A little more rain, a little DeWallet, and some more tax incentives we should have a useless Musial home run cove for the 2009 All Star Game…
If Bonds were right-handed we could build a marina and rent canoes.
I’m thinking: Stock it with small mouth bass and rename it “Fishermen’s Village.”
This sure is a major league puddle!
It’s a grand swam!
Yep, this Idea was all washed up.
I’m ready for the May Flowers…
Maybe someone can float a loan.
Lamping jump ship just in time.
Lamping jumped ship just in time.
Albert, I need your help, tell the folks of St. Louis we need more money.
Maybe if we called Kevin Costner, he could build it , and they will come.
Let’s dig it deeper and make it a world class aquarium. We’ll call it Keil Pond since they’ll never reopen the opera house.
We filled the ballpark- you’d think they could fill the hole.
I knew they wanted an aquarium downtown.I just thought it would be indoors.
must be the new aquarium.
“You’re kidding! Now you’re asking FEMA to bail you out too?!”
<
Yeah, I remember.. back in 2008, they were going to do something special with this lot.