2008 Woodie Awards
The MLB season was definately for the birds
By: Carrie Shylanski
Issue date: 11/2/06 Section: Sports
"Go crazy folks, go crazy!" The late Cardinals' announcer Jack Buck's famous line was being heard all around St. Louis this week as the Cardinals won their 10th World Series title- the first in 24 years.
Everywhere I went the week of the World Series people were clad in red, sporting a T-shirts with their favorite players' names on the back. All anyone could talk about was the World Series, either what happened in the game the night before or what was going to happen that night. The news wasn't the news anymore; it was Cardinals 101. Being a St. Louisan was something to be even more proud of that week.
Watching game five was pure excitement for me, as well as for the rest of Cardinal Nation. Going into game five, I didn't want to say the Cardinals were going to win that night, but I had a feeling they would.
It all came down to the last out; my stomach was a ball of nerves. Sitting on the edge of the couch, I waited for that last strike in the bottom of the ninth. When Adam Wainwright threw the pitch, to win the World Series, nothing but pure adrenaline pumped through my veins. To say I just sat on my couch and smiled when the Cardinals won would not be accurate. Jumping up and down, screaming my head off was more like it. I had just witnessed the Redbirds win the World Series - something I have waited for my entire life.
The day after the game, Cardinal Nation was in full force. It was a zoo at the local Sports Authority to get one of those much-coveted World Series
Champions T-shirts. Any place that sold anything Cardinrelated was bound to be jam-packed.
The Sunday following the World Series came the parade and the rally at Busch Stadium. Since I was not lucky enough to get tickets to the World Series, the parade was something I was not going to miss.
As Cardinal fans lined up on both sides of Market Street in downtown St. Louis, I realized just how lucky I was to live in this city.
As I tired to find a place to stand where I could snap pictures of my favorite players, people were more than willing to squeeze together to get everyone as close as they could to the barriers.
Everywhere I went the week of the World Series people were clad in red, sporting a T-shirts with their favorite players' names on the back. All anyone could talk about was the World Series, either what happened in the game the night before or what was going to happen that night. The news wasn't the news anymore; it was Cardinals 101. Being a St. Louisan was something to be even more proud of that week.
Watching game five was pure excitement for me, as well as for the rest of Cardinal Nation. Going into game five, I didn't want to say the Cardinals were going to win that night, but I had a feeling they would.
It all came down to the last out; my stomach was a ball of nerves. Sitting on the edge of the couch, I waited for that last strike in the bottom of the ninth. When Adam Wainwright threw the pitch, to win the World Series, nothing but pure adrenaline pumped through my veins. To say I just sat on my couch and smiled when the Cardinals won would not be accurate. Jumping up and down, screaming my head off was more like it. I had just witnessed the Redbirds win the World Series - something I have waited for my entire life.
The day after the game, Cardinal Nation was in full force. It was a zoo at the local Sports Authority to get one of those much-coveted World Series
Champions T-shirts. Any place that sold anything Cardinrelated was bound to be jam-packed.
The Sunday following the World Series came the parade and the rally at Busch Stadium. Since I was not lucky enough to get tickets to the World Series, the parade was something I was not going to miss.
As Cardinal fans lined up on both sides of Market Street in downtown St. Louis, I realized just how lucky I was to live in this city.
As I tired to find a place to stand where I could snap pictures of my favorite players, people were more than willing to squeeze together to get everyone as close as they could to the barriers.
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