Oscar Taveras, Stan Musial, and Public Commemoration in Sports
By Nick Sacco, Guest Contributor I was there on October 12, 2014. I was there, standing in the upper deck at Busch Stadium when Oscar Taveras, an emerging rookie outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, smacked a game-tying home run in the ninth inning of game 2 of the National League Championship Series. The Cardinals…