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Rally Squirrel Has Fans Going Nuts, Benefitting Cardinal Glennon Hospital
Rally Squirrel T-Shirts can be purchased at the O'Fallon SportsPrint store or at the Wentzville and St. Charles Buffalo Wild Wings.
St. Louis is going nuts over Rally Squirrel as the Cardinals vie for a 2011 World Series berth.
Rally Squirrel T-shirts and embroidered caps are flying off the shelves at SportsPrint in Ferguson.
Business owner Ralph Rockamann, a Ladue resident, is a veteran of many of these overnight production campaigns. "We've sold thousands of T-shirts already," he said.
Proceeds from shirt and cap sales benefit Cardinal Glennon Hospital for Children. T-shirts donations are $15.00; caps with tails, $25, caps without tails, $20. Trading cards are also available for a donation. Customers can purchase them from their show rooms in Ferguson or at .
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The shirts and caps can also be purchased at and .
Rally Squirrel emerged as a mascot of sorts when a common gray squirrel ran across Busch Stadium home plate during Game 3 of the division series against Philadelphia. Then, a squirrel was nabbed running around before an away game.
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No word whether it was Rally, but rumors abound.
NBC Sports reported that Rally Squirrel was arrested and spirited away. Does that hurt our chances?
Go Cards!
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