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Parkway Family Day At Busch Provides Good Luck Charm
Mason Ridge Elementary School students led the crowd in "God Bless America" before the game.
The history records will show an announced attendance of 41,469 in the crowd at Busch Stadium Sunday, as the Cardinals won their final home game in the 2011 regular season.
With the team making an unlikely run at the postseason, and the added drama considering Albert Pujols' pending contract negotiations, many more people may have claimed to be there when Adron Chambers crossed home plate with the winning run against the Chicago Cubs.
But a contingent of administrators, teachers, students and their families will know that they saw it all firsthand, as the Cardinals hosted Parkway Family Day at Busch Stadium.
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Russ Barton, the 2011 Parkway School District Teacher of the Year, threw out a ceremonial first pitch, and students from and elementary schools led the crowd in a rendition of "God Bless America".
Take a look at some of the photos from the day, and if you were there, share your own, too!
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