Prologue
Our story picks up about a week later at Busch Stadium, home of the St. Louis Cardinals. At this time of the year, Busch is usually packed with fans and brimming with playoff decor...
But this time, something is different. There aren't players, the field isn't dressed up and there aren't 40,000+ screaming fans packing the house. Instead, the field is empty, the NLDS logo is fading and the seats are loaded with reporters, front office personnel and employees.
Baseball is usually the talk of the town this time of year... But this year, that isn't the case. A year without the playoffs is like a year without a Santa Claus for the quaint folks of St. Louis.
You see, something bigger is brewing at Busch. A new era is about to begin...
With the backing of other partners such as Bob Gibson, Lou Brock, Ozzie Smith, Red Schoendienst, Orlando Cepeda, Dennis Eckersley and Ray Sadecki, this purchase was made possible and for that, I would like to extend a sincere thank you to all of our contributing partners.
With all that out of the way, the city of St. Louis means more to us than anyone could ever imagine... I speak for all of us when I say that we owe this city for being so classy and caring throughout each of our careers. By purchasing this team, it is my hope that we can begin to repay the debt that we owe to this spectacular city...
We can't give each of you our money so you'll have to settle for World Series Trophies I'm afraid.
Despite our obvious years of playing experience, we don't have very much experience building championship teams. That will not be an excuse, I promise you... From what I understand, there's a young man by the name of Willie Singleton who's in charge of that type of thing so we'll leave that to him. With that being said, we are prepared to give him whatever he needs to build one of the greatest dynasties in the history of the game.
Thanks everyone for bearing with me through that speech. I don't know about you, but I'm excited about the future of our team and I'm ready to win some ball games.
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