Dave McFarland, donning a head-to-toe Santa costume, had been given strict orders not to step onto the field at Busch Stadium.
It was photo shoot day for the McFarland family’s annual Christmas card in 1996. Dave and Kevin McFarland were at the stadium, hoping to get a shot of Santa — modeled by Dave himself — playing ball.
The man who got them into Busch Stadium watched closely as the twins tried one, two, three times to get a card-worthy shot near the dugout, but none of the photos hit the mark…