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• "That's my Wall ball!" he hooted to St. Louis teammate Matt Holliday.
• Freese enjoyed his first look at century-old Fenway Park, exploring its many quirks Tuesday. Michael Wacha, Lance Lynn and a couple more Cardinals squeezed through a door leading to the cramped space behind the famed wall.
• "Like a bunch of kids," manager Mike Matheny said.
• No kidding come Wednesday night, when the Cardinals play the Boston Red Sox in Game 1 of the World Series.
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Today in History
The Associated Press
• Today is Wednesday, Oct. 23, the 296th day of 2013. There are 69 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On Oct. 23, 1983, 241 U.S. service members, most of them Marines, were killed in a suicide truck-bombing at Beirut International Airport in Lebanon; a near-simultaneous attack on French forces killed 58 paratroopers.
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• On this date:
• In 1864, forces led by Union Gen. Samuel R. Curtis repelled Confederate Gen. Sterling Price's army in the Civil War Battle of Westport in Missouri.
• In 1910, Blanche S. Scott became the first woman to make a public solo airplane flight, reaching an altitude of 12 feet at a park in Fort Wayne, Ind.
• In 1915, tens of thousands of women marched in New York City, demanding the right to vote.
• In 1941, the Walt Disney animated feature "Dumbo" premiered in New York.
• In 1942, during World War II, Britain launched a major offensive against Axis forces at El Alamein (el ah-lah-MAYN') in Egypt, resulting in an Allied victory.
• In 1954, West Germany was invited to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which it did the following year.
• In 1956, a student-sparked revolt against Hungary's Communist rule began; as the revolution spread, Soviet forces started entering the country, and the uprising was put down within weeks.
• In 1973, President Richard Nixon agreed to turn over White House tape recordings subpoenaed by the Watergate special prosecutor to Judge John J. Sirica.
• In 1980, the resignation of Soviet Premier Alexei N. Kosygin (koh-SEE'-gihn) was (Continued on page 34)
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