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Also a Cards fan..
Grew up in St. Louis and went to games from the time I can remember. One moment of my childhood I will never forget was getting to meet most of the players on the 1982 team before they took off for the World Series.
I still have the signed ball with all names but one (George Hendrick, he refused to sign). All the guys signed my cards and I realized later many signed much more than their name. Darrell Porter put a bible verse on his. Tommy Herr signed his name and then had Keith Hernandez sign the other side..........Tommy then asked for the ball back and drew a line between the two names. That ball got passed around to the team and each player put initials on the line indicating who they would rather play with (Found this out many years later).
In the end, they won!
After that, many of the key players (Ozzie exempt of course) got busted for coke and other narcotics. Many of the other players fell off as a result and the team didn't recover until 1985.
Just some rambling from a true Cardinal fan, and glad to see them back on top the last few years...........only getting stronger.
Mike
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