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St. Louis Cardinals
12:17 pm
Thu March 21, 2013

Busch Stadium Ranked 5th Best Ballpark In America

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Busch Stadium.
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We know the question, unquestionably, in many Cardinals fans' heads right now is something like this:

"What? Number FIVE? We're number one!"

Well, Cardinals pride aside, the Redbirds' home turf has been rated as the number 5 best ballpark in America by TripAdvisor.

The site lists Busch between Fenway Park in Boston and Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. The number one spot for major league baseball in the country? PNC Park in Pittsburgh.

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Baseball Bets
11:05 am
Wed October 24, 2012

Playoff Bet Payoff As St. Louis Flag Flies Over DC

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The flag of the city of St. Louis is flying over Washington, D.C.'s city hall today to honor a baseball bet.
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Baseball bets are not usually something we cover much of here at St. Louis Public Radio (except when we make it to the World Series and make a chart of all the bets).

However, we thought we'd make an exception today to highlight something happening in the nation's capitol.

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Sweetness And Light
9:03 pm
Tue October 9, 2012

Why You Should Root, Root, Root For The Home Team

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Baltimore Orioles Nate McLouth (from left), J.J. Hardy, Robert Andino and Manny Machado high-five teammates after Game 2 of Major League Baseball's American League Division Series against the New York Yankees. Somewhere, commentator and Orioles fan Frank Deford is also giving high-fives.
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Originally published on Wed October 10, 2012 5:48 am

My first protocol on rooting in sports is that you should stick with the teams that you grew up with. I know we're a transient society, but that's just it: Continuing to cheer for your original hometown teams is one way of displaying the old-fashioned value of allegiance.

If you grew up in Cleveland, say, and moved somewhere Sun Belt-ish, I know how hard it is, but the measure of whether you are a good person is that you must remain loyal to the Browns and Indians and that team that LeBron James left behind.

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St. Louis on the Air
4:07 pm
Thu September 27, 2012

One Last Strike: Former Cardinals Manager Tony La Russa

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Tony La Russa at the St. Louis Public Radio studios
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Tony La Russa won two World Series championships as manager of the St. Louis Cardinals and another with the Oakland Athletics.  He won four Manager of the Year Awards and has the third highest win total in Major League Baseball history.  Host Don Marsh talks with La Russa about his career, the current season, and his new memoir, “One Last Strike: Fifty Years in Baseball, Ten and a Half Games Back, and One Final Championship Season.”

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