Missives of a Baseball Milquetoast

Today is the first Friday in August and that means beer lovers worldwide celebrate International Beer Day. This is not to be confused with National Beer Day which is a separate holiday I honored here once before on its occurrence in 2023 with a  2011-18 Helena Brewers cap in paying tribute to Miller Brewing Corporation. For this one the focus is on a St. Louis Cardinals cap and Anheuser-Busch who are the titans of beer in the Gateway to the West.  For reference, the US holiday commemorates Franklin D. Roosevelt signing a law allowing Americans to brew and sell beer, and thus creating a path toward the creation of Amendment Twenty-one to the Constitution which would undo the prohibition laws that had been in place since 1917. By contrast, the holiday we are celebrating today was arbitrarily created in 2007 with the following intentions according to  internationalbeerday.com :  To gather with friends and enjoy the deliciousness that is beer. To celebrate the dedicated men and women who