Cardinals dedicating section to ‘high-energy’ fans after ‘tarps off’ fans give team a boost

While the Stephen F. Austin club team may not be able to attend games for the rest of the season, the Cardinals announced that their energy will continue. ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Cardinals are on a hot streak, but it’s a club team from a small school in Texas that has been the talk of the town since Friday night.  On Friday, the Stephen F. Austin club baseball team ripped off their shirts, cheered and chanted with the “tarps off” energy that spread to multiple sections. The energy got the attention of Cardinals manager Oli Marmol, who credited the group with giving the Cardinals a boost in their win. The next day, the Cardinals announced that Marmol had purchased the remaining tickets in the right-field sections where the movement started and offered them to fans for free. Marmol also invited the club team into the dugout to meet his big-league squad. The “tarps off” movement reached its apex Tuesday night when the Stephen F Austin club team was invited to throw out the first pitch. They could be heard chanting throughout the game, and when Iván Herrera hit a walk-off home run to defeat the Pirates, he gestured
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