My Cardinal traditions go back to in-utero. My mother's family grew up near Houston, Mo. It is locked in, dead center, Cardinal country. On their honeymoon, my mother and father went to Sportsman's park to see the Cardinals. She showed me the tickets stubs much later, when she knew I could appreciate them. I spent MY first honeymoon at Busch stadium in 1974. I saw the Cardinals lose to the Braves 6-4. In my adolescence, while growing up in Ava, Mo., I was the member of the family recruited (forced) to find a station that would come in clearly. Some nights, it would be KMOX and I would be forced to touch the radio and be the antenna for nine innings. When I lived in Kansas City from 1978-1985, I also became a Royals fan (they were winning all the time and I actually became friends with a couple of players on the team and, at that time, other than 1982, the Cardinals stunk). But I digress..with that in mind, I have put together my...
"ALL BUSCH STADIUM ST. LOUIS CARDINAL ALL STAR TEAM"
The only criteria is that they must have played at Busch Stadium sometime in their career, so here goes...
1B...Orlando Cepeda by a nose over Keith Hernandez and Pujols (McGwire cheated, so he's gone)
2B...Julian Javier by a nose over Tommy Herr
SS...Ozzie Smith in a walk over Templeton and Renteria
3B...Kenny Reitz over Pendleton (Boyer didn't play at Busch and Rolen hasn't done enough yet)
C...Ted Simmons in a walk over McCarver (Simmons had the best hair for anyone playing in the 70's) with Matheny a distant third.
RF...George Hendrick... Maris wasn't here long enough
CF...Willie McGee in a nose over Edmonds (willie may be number two to Musial as all time favorite Cardinal)
LF...Lou Brock...who else?
Starting Pitcers (5 man rotation) Bob Gibson, Steve Carlton, Chris Carpenter,Bob Forsch, and I'll take Danny Cox for my fifth guy.
Relievers...Todd Worrell, Bruce Sutter, Lee Smith, Dennis Eckersley
Pinch runner..Vince Coleman
Manager...Whitey Herzog in a nose hair over LaRussa.
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Just wondered what your thoughts are about KTRS getting the Cards. Having been raised in Rolla and now living in KC, I'm a bit torn because the radio industry is changing so much. I'll miss listening to them at night on AM 1120.
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