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The word "public" is often followed by unsavory words like "enemy" or "bathroom." Rarely is it something that's as fun as "golf course." And rarer still is that public golf course one that's both fun to play and appealing to golfers of all skill levels. For the proficient golfer, Tower Tee's eighteen-hole, par-three course in Affton is an opportunity to sneak in a quick round of golf in less than two hours. For the novice, its par-three design keeps the frustration low and the fun high. The... More »
Sometimes, when we're all tuckered out from newspapering, we allow our finely honed journalistic mind to wander to What We Want to Be When We Grow Up. Near the top of our list: Batting Cage Proprietor. And we know precisely the sort of batting cage we want to propriet. It will exude a laid-back vibe. It will be conscientiously tended and maintained. It will be open for long hours during the summer months. It will feature a plethora of arc and velocity options, up to and including 90 mph. It... More »
Tower Tee is truly the baseball/softball junkie's batting cage. Not only can you listen to the Cards take on the Cubs while viciously swinging at pitches, but you get to do so while listening to the visiting team's announcers via satellite radio, just to mix things up. Are Cubs' mouthpieces Pat Hughes and Keith Moreland annoying the hell out of you as you're trying to rake some pitches? Simple solution: Pretend Kerry Wood's lobbing pitches down the pipe, and try smoking a ball off the "Cubs... More »
Oh, so you're that guy. The one who makes himself feel like he's the man by showing off, hitting a ball so much farther than little kids. We know you. You're so into your hitting skills that you scouted out all the batting cages in the area -- and decided that Tower Tee's thirteen armed machines are the best. We could tell you about the machines' history, how they used to be made of wood and the springs of junked-out cars, with speed topping out at 65 mph -- but you already know... More »
In the quest for continual self-improvement, certain members of the Riverfront Times softball team make regular treks to the slow-pitch, high-arc batting cages at Tower Tee, the Affton-based funplex dedicated to baseball, softball and golf. But on occasion, we've also been known to work on our short game -- emphasis on "short." The miniature golf course at Tower Tee may not have the most serpentine designs or the flashiest attractions, but it demands a geometrical precision and an... More »
Whether you're looking to test your mettle against 90 mph fastballs or crank slow-pitch softballs off a distant wooden Cubs logo, Tower Tee is a hitter's paradise, equipped for just about any batting option one could possibly desire. For slow-pitch softballers Tower Tee offers three different arcs; for fast-pitch there are two speed options. Baseball gets a whopping eight machines that range from 30 mph spongeballs for the littlest swingers all the way up to 80 mph. And if 80 mph doesn't do... More »
Possibly the single most difficult challenge in sports, one that leads many to call Tiger Woods the world's greatest athlete -- greater than any basketball, baseball, football, tennis or soccer player, greater than Lance Armstrong (who, in seven consecutive years, won a race equivalent to running a marathon every day for three weeks) -- entails hitting a stationary ball, standing and watching it fly, and then walking (or riding in a cart) to repeat the process. When St. Louisans seek... More »
Students of the game, take note: It was Wellington Stockton Titus, a catcher for an amateur baseball team in Hopewell, Virginia, who invented the batting cage in 1907. Seems Titus wanted more time playing and less time chasing down errant pitches and fouled-back baseballs. Titus' portable cage was a big hit, and it remains so today -- especially at the popular Tower Tee. You've got to love a batting-cage complex where a replica of Mark McGwire's bat is mounted at the Sno-Cone stand across... More »
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