The St. Louis Cardinals held the 21st annual Purina Pooches in the Ballpark during Saturday\u2019s game against the Seattle Mariners at Busch Stadium. And St. Louis announcers Chip Caray and Brad Thompson went above and beyond to celebrate the festivities.<\/p>\n
Caray and Thompson wore dog cones (Elizabethan collars) in the booth to begin Saturday\u2019s broadcast on the MLB-produced Cardinals.TV.<\/p>\n
\u201cLast night, Andre Pallante almost K\u2019d nine,\u201d Caray said, bringing out the dog puns. \u201cHe struck out eight, a season-high. The Cardinals came up a run short. They try to even the series before we try to get through the dog days of this 17-game run.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow apropos is this? Chip and Brad wearing the cones of shame after game one of the series last night,\u201d Caray, the play-by-play announcer, continued. \u201cBut no shame; a great ballgame yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, good call on that, Chip,\u201d Thompson, the color commentator, said. \u201cIt was a good game. Boy, I see why dogs get frustrated in these bad boys. But it was an entertaining ballgame.\u201d<\/p>\n
St. Louis Cardinals announcers Chip Caray and Brad Thompson wear the cones of shame for Purina Pooches in the Ballpark. \u26be\ufe0f\ud83d\udc36\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f #MLB<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/kHhgykV8QV<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) April 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n There are no words sometimes. pic.twitter.com\/mVzexJbZzj<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Stefan Caray (@StefanCaray) April 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n So many very good dogs at the ballpark today! \ud83d\udc36 pic.twitter.com\/KpF6XT6f76<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) April 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n That has to be a broadcasting first.<\/p>\n Seattle came away with an 11-9 win in a wild game. So, the cones of shame remained appropriate, albeit surely quite uncomfortable for the St. Louis crew.<\/p>\n \t