Table of Contents
Foreword Adam Wainwright vii
Introduction ix
Chapter 1 Things to Do 1
Throw Out the First Pitch at a Cardinals Game 2
Frame the Classic 1968 Sports Illustrated Magazine Cover 5
Name a Child or Pet "Vinegar Bend" 11
Play St. Louis Cardinals Monopoly 15
Rail the Dice on "First Pitch" Tickets 18
Attend Cardinals Fantasy Camp 20
Ride the Redbird Express 25
Cross the Stan Musial Bridge and Visit Donora, Pennsylvania 28
Cruise with the Cardinals 33
Get Opening Day in St. Louis Declared a Civic Holiday 38
Get Over 1985 45
Forgive Don Denkinger 48
Catch a Souvenir Ball at a Cardinals Game 53
Get Beaked by Fredbird 57
Settle the Feud between Tony La Russa and Ozzie Smith 62
Own a 1994 Fleer Pro-Visions No. 5 Ozzie Smith Baseball Card 66
Join Redbird Nation 69
Purchase a Personalized Brick at Busch Stadium 71
Donate to Cardinals Care 75
Chapter 2 Things to Read 81
Read A Well-Paid Slave: Curt Flood's Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports 82
Read October 1964 by David Halberstam 85
Read Bob Gibson's Stranger to the Game 91
Read Tony La Russa's Books 94
Chapter 3 Places to Go 99
Attend Cardinals Spring Training 100
Meet Someone at the Stan Musial Statue 109
Visit the Real Stan Musial Statue in Springfield, Missouri 114
VISIT Ballpark Village 117
Visit the Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum 122
Sit in the Cardinals Club Seats for a Game 125
Visit Grant's Farm 129
Attend the St. Louis Baseball Writers Awards Dinner 139
See a Cards-Cubs Game at Wrigley Field 142
Chapter 4 Places to Eat 153
Eat at Soup's Sports Grill 154
Eat at Harry Caray's Restaurant 161
Eat at Mike Shannon's Grill 164
Chapter 5 Things to See 168
Experience Opening Day in St. Louis 170
See a Game at AutoZone Park in Memphis 173
See Cardinals Exhibits at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown 177
Watch The Pride of St. Louis 182
See a Springfield Cardinals Texas League Game in Springfield, Missouri 185
Take a Busch Stadium Tour and See Trinket City 188
Witness a Cardinals No-Hitter 193
Chapter 6 Things to Know 201
Learn to Play "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" on the Harmonica 202
Learn to Score the Cardinal Way 207
Learn to Do an Ozzie Smith Backflip 212
Chapter 7 Things to Hear 217
Listen to Sam Bush's Song "The Wizard of Oz" 218
Hear Bob Costas Refer to Ozzie Smith as a Power Hitter 221
Hear Ozzie Smith Sing "Cupid" 223
Hear Jack Buck's 9/11 Poem 226
Chapter 8 Things to Wear 235
Get a Cardinals Tattoo 236
Grow a Mustache Like Al Hrabosky 239
Own a Brockabrella 244
Add a Cardinals-Red Blazer to Your Wardrobe 246
Checklist 251
Appendix 255
Acknowledgements 258