Rams fan receives, returns $25,000 in tickets

ST. LOUIS -- Upon retrieving his mail Wednesday night, a Rams season-ticket holder thought he was getting a gift from the team for his loyalty.

What Brandon Bardenheier found in the certified mail envelope Thursday morning was something far more valuable: $25,200 worth of lower bowl tickets to the team's Dec. 13 game against the Detroit Lions.

"I thought it was a koozie or bobblehead or something," Bardenheier said. "They take good care of the season-ticket holders, so sometimes they'll do something fun like that. I opened it up and sure enough, there were two very, very large stacks of tickets bundled up. I thought for some reason they were letting me upgrade my seats. I thought I'd hit the…