Everyone that knows me knows I love baseball, especial Cardinal’s baseball. It is hard to live in St. Louis and not get addicted to this fabulous sport. I have always loved sports—particularly college sports like basketball but once I moved to St. Louis, I became addicted to Card’s baseball.
I moved to St. Louis in 1976 and quickly became a loyal fan. I remember my first Championship game in 1985 and all of them afterwards and most definitely the opening of the new stadium and the Build-A-Bear Workshop store in 2006, another championship year!
I have always followed sports as a business leader because I admire winning coaches and I like to learn from them. My favorite Cards coach, Whitey Herzog was just inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame and his jersey #24 retired from the Cardinals. This weekend celebrated that championship 1985 season.
Lately I have heard a few people say that St. Louis is about baseball, beer and bears
Wow!! For BABW to be in the company of such great brands as The Cards and A-B is truly an honor. Today was the perfect day too—it was Build-A-Bear Workshop day at Busch Stadium, the epicenter of baseball heaven, and we gave a way a collector bear wearing a 1985 Card’s jersey.
It was also a day to celebrate our partnership with the Pujols’ Foundation. We have a special bear—the Pujols’ Bear that sells in St. Louis and $5 of the price goes to the Pujols’ Foundation which supports children with Down Syndrome. Of course, this is a cause near and dear to my heart because this was my Mom’s passion as well. To tie into BABW Day we welcomed a special Down Syndrome boy, Bret, to throw out the first catch and Albert Pujols was his catcher. This week was also Bret’s birthday so he was on cloud 9.
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