One is a St. Louisan, through and through, who grew up watching Ozzie and Willie and Vince, TP, “Jack the Ripper”, Tommy Herr and Pedro Guerrero. Even Rex Hudler. And, like nearly everyone else, he liked to dine on the square beyond compare and toasted ravioli.
The other is someone who spent two seasons in St. Louis and would have liked to have stayed longer, but he couldn’t hit here like the party of the first part.
On Tuesday night, Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard, a Lafayette High product, crushed his 12th homer in just 36 games played at Busch Stadium III.