Mike Shannon
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"Thomas Michael Shannon" is an United States/American former Major League Baseball player and current radio sportscaster.

Shannon is a radio broadcaster for the St. Louis Cardinals. He was raised in St. Louis, Missouri and played with the Cardinals during some of the team's most successful years. Additionally, he is the proprietor of Mike Shannon's Steaks and Seafood in downtown St. Louis.

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I got an e-mail from a guy in Hong Kong, ... I get 'em from Afghanistan. I have farmers who come up to me - people who live on the East Coast, the West Coast; they come up to me - and they say, 'I'm so pleased I don't have to drive my tractor anymore up onto hill No. 7 to listen to the game. I can get it on the Internet.' .

Infinity decided to go another way, plain and simple.

These people love this place, OK? They're all saying, 'I don't want to see it go down. What's wrong with this ballpark?' When they see the new ballpark, they'll forget about this place in a hurry.

It's been 50-plus fantastic years, ... One of the great rides in the history of sports broadcasting. But the world has changed.

We'll put them together and see what happens and try to find what works best for us that last meet.

Does this stadium hold great memories? Yes.

I think [Tom] Seaver and [Jerry] Koosman have something to do with that, ... but I'm still surprised they've beaten us so many times here.

People forget now, but these stadiums ... were built to handle baseball, football, concerts, soccer. They were multipurpose stadiums.

We haven't been outside much.