Parade

It is a lovely day in StL -- sunny and 70 F. The St Louis Cardinals are on parade through the streets downtown.

Some notes:

-- The Cardinals have won their 10th championship, 2nd only to the mighty Yankees (26) See a list here.

-- Tony LaRussa joins Sparky Anderson as the only managers to win the WS from both sides (American and National Leagues).

-- One radio reporter said he was stopped in traffic, downtown, when the final game was in the 9th inning. As the Cardinal closer struck out the last banner to win the Series, people ignored the lights, jumped out of their cars, and started embracing.

-- The only time I have seen that was similar was when I lived in Ottawa in 1993, and Toronto won their 2nd WS. People were embracing strangers even though Ottawa is 5 hours away from Toronto.