ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - The St. Louis Cardinals aren't the only team in baseball to host an annual Opening Day celebration that's on the level of a local holiday for the community. But it's just different here.
There's no on who could sum that up better than the great former KMOX broadcaster and sports icon Bob Costas.
"The combination of knowledge, passion and relative civility distinguishes the fans in St. Louis," Costas says. "St. Louis is the place where Albert Pujols comes back and gets an extended standing ovation of appreciation. But it's also the place where a lesser player, as long as he was a contributor, and in some sense was viewed as admirable, that player is going to get his props when he comes back playing for another team or when fans sense that this is his last time at bat because his career is ending."
Hear more from Costas with KMOX's Tom Ackerman and Kevin Wheeler on Thursday's extended pre-game show, here:
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