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A new stadium reaps the All-Star Game

The new Busch Memorial Stadium had been opened less that two months when the 1966 MLB All-Star Game came to St. Louis, right in the midst of a mammoth heat wave. Temps of near 110 on the field made for the best quote of the day from Casey Stengel. Here’s the lineup and box score from that day. I was there, how about you??

Post Published: 15 September 2010
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