Cardinals Rally Day at Concordia Publishing House
October 14th, 2011
We had some fun this afternoon, showing our support for the Cardinals. A photograph of CPH employees showing their Cardinal price in 1926 was found and we thought it would be good to show the tradition continues. I’ll post the picture from 1926 as soon as I can. It is terrific.
Here’s a quick video I shot of the gathering.
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It was fun tending beer at Busch Stadium, and cheering the Cards. It would have been nice if a group from a certain dog food company lightened up and got some beer. I guess their bosses were watching.
Oh, those Cardinals. Well, OK. I cheered for them in the days of Musial, Schoendienst, Slaughter et al.
Schoendienst is still around….what a guy. Up until a year or so ago he was still dressing out and present at nearly every game in the dugout. Wow, can you imagine? Talk about inspirational for the young guys. I’m a Cardinal fan by birth. My father grew up across the river and he attended many games, particularly the St. Louis Browns, because tickets were cheaper, but he told many a story about Sportsmen’s park and sitting with his Uncle Paul who was in the Navy listening on the radio, back in the days when games that were played elsewhere were broadcast by guys reading Morse code from the remote locations. My Uncle Paul could hear the Morse Code in the background and called the plays before the announcers did. Baseball: it is a thing of beauty.
Typical theologian of glory with the emphasis on elation and earthly success. You should have learned from your colleague, Scot Kinnaman, to support the one baseball team which Martin Luther would have supported had he been alive today: the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs are the essence of the theology of the cross. Nowhere are the concepts of suffering, pain, rejection, and earthly failure better taught than when following the Cubs. The Cubs even employed (on the same team in 1989), a third baseman by the name of Vance LAW and a first baseman by the name of Mark GRACE. The Cubs are truly THE Lutheran team!
Is the guy with the Nebraska shirt LOST?!?!?!
That is a cool story about the baseball games and Morse code readers, Pr. McCain. I was with a number of ‘diddy-bops’, as we called them in Air Force Tech School. It’s a shame the military discontinued Morse Code a few years back.
OK CPH This is where you lose me! Go Brewers!!
As a company, if you can’t tell, we try to remain absolutely neutral in matters of baseball.
Be assured that my comment was only meant in a light harded manner. In fact I can’t indicate how much I appreciate your Cyborbrethren Blog. I have informed as many as I can in our St Paul’s of the blog. I also like info on the new books offered by CPH.
That being said I have to speculate that Luther in the beer stubbe would have selected a Pabst, Schlitz or Miller rather than a Bud. Go Brewers! Go Packers!
I knew you were just having fun, so was I.
Roger Butt, I’m with you! And let’s add a “Go Badgers!” for good measure.
Though I think Luther would rather pick a brew by, say, Sprecher.
Brother McCain, this is a CLEAR violation of Synod’s traditional stance of neutrality in non-theological disputes (e.g., the Civil War)! But hey, I can’t stay mad at ya. After all, I have a mixed marriage — I’m a Brewers & Packers fan, my wife’s a Cubs & Bears fan.
By the way, the St. Louis Browns of the AL started out as the Milwaukee Brewers in 1901. (And don’t forget that the NBA’s Hawks were based in Milwaukee before moving to St. Louis. Hmmm, there seems to be a pattern…)
Let me also add that Albert Pujols is one classy guy! I already knew that, but his comments last night about the Brewers and Prince Fielder reinforced that.
(Now if we could just get him out of Cardinal red! Maybe a team closer to his home. I think Pujols would look mighty fine in KC Royal blue!)
I’m eagerly awaiting the 1926 pic. That is neat. 1926 was the Cardinal’s first World Series appearance.