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Cubs, Cardinals fans getting used to new normal for rivalry

ST. LOUIS — Jeff Moran and Patti Carnahan dressed in their Chicago Cubs gear for opening day on Sunday. The twins even convinced their sister, Cathy Ferguson, a White Sox fan, to wear a Cubs shirt for their night game against the St. Louis Cardinals.

Moran, Carnahan and Ferguson, three of seven siblings from a family of baseball fans, were sitting on a bench outside Busch Stadium when a couple of Cardinals fans extended their congratulations on the Cubs' World Series title.

"They've been very cool," said Moran, 54, a graphic designer. "All Cardinal fans have been very hospitable to us.