... in the northern reaches of Metropolitan St. Louis, ...
Pax, Steven+
What are the implications for your baseball loyalties?
"Cubs or Cardinals?" I was asked at the congregation Meet 'n' Greet. So I began by confessing that my oldest fitted baseball cap, which I bought with my own money when I was in junior high, is of the Chicago Cubs. Of course, they responded with boos.
I then acknowledged that upon arriving in Peoria (a town of divided loyalties, even within families), I tried to become a Cardinals fan because I really liked their manager, Joe Torre, who had been a superb TV commentator for the Angels before he returned to the dugout in St. Louis. Then half-way through the season, the Cards fired Torre -- so between the two, it's the Cubs.
But, I concluded, my first team is the Los Angeles Angels. To which someone immediately responded, "Did you know this season the Angels will be in St. Louis for the first time since they signed Albert Pujols?" So it appears I'll be wearing one of my Angels caps to Busch Stadium this summer, to cheer Albert -- as I had done when he played for the (class A) Peoria Chiefs!
Pax, Steven+