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  • Running the Security Gauntlet (MLB All-Star Game Tight Because of Obama)

    07/14/2009 3:30:46 PM PDT · by Recovering_Democrat · 3 replies · 576+ views
    St. Louis Post-Disgrace ^ | 07/14/09 | Jeff Gordon
    Several thousand Cardinals fans managed to get into Busch Stadium while the National League was still holding batting practice. This was no small feat. Mindful of the security crackdown due to President Barack Obama’s attendance tonight, fans came directly from the All-Star parade and lined up at the stadium gates before the ballpark opened.
  • FBI Working Extra Innings at MLB All-Star Game

    07/13/2009 1:18:29 PM PDT · by Cindy · 19 replies · 652+ views
    FBI.gov - Press Release ^ | July 13, 2009 | n/a
    Note: Includes photo. # Note: The following text is a quote: FBI Working Extra Innings at MLB All-Star Game ST. LOUIS—Dozens of FBI agents and specialists are among the thousands converging on St. Louis for the Major League Baseball All-Star game and the events leading up to the annual baseball extravaganza. The FBI is teaming up with other law enforcement agencies to support the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, which is responsible for the overall security and emergency management of the event. The FBI’s role is to gather, analyze, and share intelligence related to potential threats. The Major League Baseball...
  • Goodbye, old friend. (Busch Stadium)

    10/21/2005 8:54:56 AM PDT · by Southside_Chicago_Republican · 56 replies · 1,546+ views
    St. Louis Post-Dispatch ^ | October 20, 2005 | Bill Smith, Elizabethe Holland, Jake Wagman, and Tim O'Neil
    Busch Stadium's final bow came under a cool October sky, with class and grace and the tiny, brilliant flashes of drugstore cameras sparkling deep into the night. It ended Wednesday with two of St. Louis' finest, capless and balding in their blue police shirts, standing in the left field grass and tossing a baseball back and forth as if they were still schoolboys. It ended with Emma Ganske, who had driven from her home in Collinsville without a ticket but who had talked herself into the old park at game's end, reaching over a low wall and scooping a handful...