Hero with a hangover gives Cardinals their first World Series title
It had been a long, tense afternoon for the thousands hunkered around scratchy radios. After a wrenching scare in the seventh inning, the Cardinals led 3-2 with two outs in the bottom of the ninth at Yankee Stadium. Babe Ruth was on first, Lou Gehrig on deck.
Ruth bolted for second, but catcher Bob O'Farrell's throw reached second-baseman Rogers…
