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Cardinals celebrate '67 championship

ST. LOUIS -- Fifty years after defeating the Red Sox in seven games to capture the franchise's eighth World Series championship, members of the Cardinals' 1967 team gathered at Busch Stadium on Wednesday as part of an anniversary celebration. Mostly, though, they just wanted to share stories.

Reunions have become rare for this bunch, outside of those who remain employed by the organization or have made St. Louis their home. And so when they do get together, as 13 players from that team and manager Red Schoendienst did on Wednesday, conversation so easily turns to reminiscing.

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