Opening night itinerary
Gather 'round the television Sunday night for baseball's first official pitch of 2007. The World Champion Cardinals welcome the New York Mets to Busch Stadium for a 7pm ballgame, with Chris Carpenter taking the hill for the Birds.The real place to be that night will be Busch itself, where pregame festivities commence at 6 . They begin with the Budweiser Clydesdales circling the field, followed by the annual motorcade of players and coaches, and the semi-annual raising of the World Series Championship flag.
Three ceremonial "first pitches" will be thrown that evening in unison, one each by the last three Cardinals pitchers to coax the final out of a World Championship-- Hall-of-Famers Bob Gibson (1967) and Bruce Sutter (1982), and current Cardinals hurler Adam Wainwright (2006). Their catchers, respectively, will be the field managers who steered those victorious clubs-- Red Schoendienst ('67), Whitey Herzog ('82), and Tony LaRussa ('06). Also on hand will be former champions Lou Brock, Julian Javier, Tim McCarver, and Mike Shannon; Dave LaPoint, Bob Forsch, Keith Hernandez, and Joaquin Andujar.
REO Speedwagon will sing the national anthem in advance of the Tuesday release of their new album "Find Your Own Way Home," and everybody's favorite Cards fan, Academy Award winner Billy Bob Thornton, co-emcees the festivities along with the team's radio voice, John Rooney.
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Not Surprising: On the eve of the baseball season, The Chicago Sun-Times has a verdict in its month-long case of the people of Chicago vs. Tribune Co.
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