The Time A St. Louis Baseball Team Tried To Move To LA

On the morning after the owners’ vote that kept a St. Louis team from moving to Los Angeles, the Weatherbird, that longtime resident of the Post-Dispatch’s front page, appeared in different military uniforms. Each of the birds snapped a salute beneath a drawing of the U.S. flag. There was a story about how the country had seen its biggest enlistment rush since 1917, when the United States declared war on Germany.

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