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Here is an article reminiscing about the legendary Cardinals pitcher Bob Gibson.

A point most people do not know; Gibson was annoyed something awful by Tim McCarver, the Cards catcher. My dad told me about how one time Gibson had put a second guy on base and McCarver came out to the plate "You got two guys on base Bob" to which Gibson testily replied "I know...I put them there". They didn't much like each-other but they worked well together. 

I bring it up mainly to reminisce a bit myself.

I was born in 1964, the year the Cardinals won the World Series. My father was a YUUUUGGGE sports fan in general and Cardinals fan in particular. I chose the very last game to come into this world.

My mother went into labor during the game and my father made her wait until the game was over to take her to the hospital.

So I bleed Cardinal Red; I was literally born the day the Cards won the Series.

I feel bad; I was 18 days late. My mom wasn't mad at my dad; she had had false labors a couple of time before D-Day and so she just sat there with contractions coming while my father cheered Bob Gibson and the boys on to victory.

I'm sure it crimped his style though.

If any of you have ever been in a town with a baseball team that won the Series you know it's one of the most amazing, exciting, joyous things you will experience in life. I remember the huge party that erupted in '82 when the Cards beat the Brewers for the championship! It's pure magic!

So I suppose I'm rooting for the Brewers now. I can't say I like blue Milwaukee but I like it better than L.A. And they, like St. Louis, were once a big beer town.

Wonder if the Old Milwaukee will be flowing in the taverns? Not sure even Milwaukee still drinks that.

A friend's father used to drink that stuff and it was o.k. if you drank it FAST. Let it warm much and it was pretty, well, putrid I suppose. But it was cheap, and my friend's dad had a beer fridge that was probably 33 degrees, as cold as you could get beer without it freezing. But, as I say, you had to slam it pretty quick or ugggh...

Anyway good luck to the Brewers.

Posted by: Dana Mathewson at October 11, 2026 10:57 PM (t37eA)

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