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AND JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE YOU
LOOK DOWNTOWN, YOU SEE
RED...PLENTY OF RED.
RED JACKETS.....RED
HATS......RED DRESSES.
"Are you running out of red in
your closet?"
"No, I'm running to Famous
at lunch time to get a
sweatshirt to wear tonight."
--LAUGH OUT--
TAKE A LOOK AROUND IN SOME
BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN, AND YOU'LL
SEE FANS SUPPORTING THE
RED-EMPTION OF THE CARDS.
BUT IF YOU THINK THESE FANS
ARE CRAZY, BARB HAMILTON WILL
BE THE FIRST TO AGREE.
"I'm crazy about the
Cardinals"
AND THIS TIME OF YEAR, BARB
HAMILTON'S CRAZY..IS REALLY
PRETTY NORMAL. ANNE STEFFENS,
NEWS FOUR
OUT OF THE TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF FANS AT BUSCH
STADIUM TONIGHT.... PERHAPS FEW
WILL BE AS EXCITED AS A ST.
PETERS MOTHER AND HER SON.
OUR TEAM COVERAGE
CONTINUES WITH LAURIE WATERS
WHO SHOWS US PERSISTENCE PAYS.
ST. LOUIS... 1987. THE CARDS
ARE IN THE WORLD SERIES... THE
FANS ARE GOING CRAZY... AND THE
HEAT IS ON.
AT THAT SAME TIME, A WOMAN
NAMED BECKY POVICH WAS GIVING
BIRTH HERE AT DEPAUL HOSPITAL.
WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH
THIS YEAR'S PENNANT RACE...
CAUSE SHE DECIDED TO TELL HER
STORY ON THE RADIO.
ROCK 93.7. I'M A FAN SINCE
THE DAYS OF STAN MUSIAL AND MY
SON WAS BORN DURING THE 87
WORLD SERIES.
I DON'T REMEMBER MUCH OF THAT
DAY, HE WAS BORN IN THE DAY,
BUT I REMEMBER WATCHING THE
GAME THAT NIGHT IN THE
HOSPITAL.
POVICH SPOKE OF THE CUTOUT
CARDINALS ON THE MATERNITY
BASSINETTES, HOW SON MARK HAS
BECOME A HUGE CARDINAL FAN.
NOW 9 YEARS LATER, SHE COULDN'T
GET THROUGH TO GET PLAYOFF
TICKETS -- BUT SHE MADE A
PROMISE TO HER SON TO GET
BLEACHER SEATS -- BUT THAT
WASN'T TOO LIKELY EITHER.
I TOLD MY SON, HONEY, WHEN THE
TICKETS GO ON SALE FOR THE
BLEACHER TICKETS, I'LL GO DOWN
THERE AND WAIT IN LINE.
WE USUALLY THINK OF FATHERS
GOING DOWN TO THE GAMES WITH
THEIR SON.
PULL OUT THE T.V. DINNER FOR
THE OLD MAN, CAUSE YOU'RE GOING
TO THE GAME. I'M GONNA FAINT!
HI, J.C., I'M BECKY, I WON THE
TICKET, GIVE ME A HUG BABY
WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN THIS
HAPPENED? I WAS SHAKING, I
WAS SCREAMING ON THE PHONE,
SAYING I CAN'T BELIEVE IT, I'M
GONNA FAINT.
POVICH RUSHED TO SCHOOL TO
SHOW MARK THE TICKETS... HIS
CLASSMATES COULDN'T BELIEVE
IT.
THEY SAID, COOL, YOU'RE THE
LUCKIEST KID IN THE WORLD.
PRETTY AWESOME WORK FOR A MOM
TODAY? YEAH!
WE'LL GIVE MARK'S CLASSMATES
THE FINAL WORD ON THE DAY...
GO CARDS, CARDS NO. 1
WE SHOULD ADD THAT MARK'S DAD
IS A FAN... JUST NOT ANYWHERE
NEAR AS ENTHUSIASTIC A FAN AS
BECKY AND MARK.
THE SEATS ARE TENTH ROW...
BEHIND THE CARDS DUGOUT... AND