Sometimes things are related in ways you would not expect. 
The Cathedral Basilica is a beautiful and spiritual place. It is a building that would seem to be more at home in Constantinople being the seat of the Byzantine empire than on Lindell Boulevard. 
Rich marbles, stained glass, and opulent mosaics give this building an other worldliness that commands respect and reverence. The Cathedral is without a doubt a work of art.Now of course many people in St Louis feel this way about Busch Stadium. Busch Stadium is a high holy place to the sacred right of St Louis baseball and heavenly abode of the Cardinals.
The Demi gods that ply their miracles on these Elysian fields often play host to mere mortals and add to their legend on a nightly basis. The divine raiment of these celestial beings is known as the “birds on the bat” and should never be the bird and squirrel on the bat. (The only thing that should go along with a squirrel is a “moose and squirrel”). To many in St Louis the emerald meadow of Busch also commands respect and if not reverence at least an awe inspired by the wizards that work their magic there. 
This would seem like a logical connection between the two places but I saw something different this night.It was the logo of another storied franchise challenging the home town nine, the either despised or beloved New York Yankees. The interlocked N Y of the Yankees was designed by Tiffany's as were the mosaic tiles and stained glass of the Cathedral Basilica.
Cake artist
Cathedral Basilica - Vince Sciaroni
Busch Stadium - Katherine Nelson
Seventy- nine and Eighty down 170 to go.
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