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Article: Fly balls, not flying cows, at scary Busch Stadium.
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- St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO)
- Article date:
- July 20, 2006
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Byline: Bernie Miklasz
ST. LOUIS _ It was a surreal Wednesday night at Busch Stadium. We walked into the ballpark expecting a baseball game between the Braves and the Cardinals, only to see a sequel to "Twister," the 1996 action film about storm chasers who race madly around Oklahoma, searching for the perfect tornado.
In "Twister," the lead character, Bill Harding, explains the magnitude of an F-4 tornado. "Four will relocate your house fairly efficiently," he says.
Another character is asked about the power of an F-5.
"The finger of God," he says.
Almost. There were no tornadoes at Busch _ just mighty wind, rearranging ...