Mark Lamping Says His Greatest Moment In Sports Was The 2006 World Series

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00:00 It's September 1, 1994, and you come back and you're not offered the priesthood, so

00:11 you take the position as president of the Cardinals.

00:14 And five Central Division titles, the 2006 opening of Bush Stadium, the new one.

00:21 Man, how do you time it where you open a stadium at the same time the team wins its 10th World

00:26 Series the same year?

00:28 What an amazing position you put yourself in.

00:31 That was unbelievable.

00:34 I think it has happened one of the time.

00:36 I think when Yankee Stadium opened, the Yankees won a championship that year, but it was a

00:42 real special year.

00:45 A lot of things went well for the team that year.

00:49 We made a late run to get into the playoffs and then beat the Mets in a great NLCS, and

01:00 the Tigers had won the American League pennant, but they won really early on, so they were

01:05 sitting on their hands for four or five days.

01:09 They went into the World Series really cold, and we won in five games.

01:13 It's still the most significant moment I've had in sports is being there with my family,

01:21 with my kids, and sacrificed so much to support us in these types of careers.

01:26 And we were all able to celebrate as a family a world championship that sort of came out

01:31 of nowhere.

01:32 I understand that you and Tim McCarver and Jack Buck all got together and decided who

01:38 would run for king, and you all decided to continue your ongoing careers.

01:45 Did you buy a meal in St. Louis through the remainder of your tenure?

01:49 I get treated really well in St. Louis, but it's like anything else.

01:54 Whenever you work on a project that involves public funding, you're also going to have

01:59 your share of detractors.

02:00 I have nothing to complain about.

02:03 In fact, I was just in St. Louis last weekend for a Cardinal game, and I've been gone almost

02:09 14 years.

02:11 It seemed like it was just yesterday I was there.

02:14 Standing O for Mark Lamping?

02:15 No, no, no.

02:17 But I've got visits from a lot of people, which was very touching.

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