Canadian Doughnuts in Stl; Opening Day a National Holiday?

A NATIONAL BASEBALL HOLIDAY.. WHAT DID THE OLYMPIC ATHLETES DO WITH THOSE STRAY DOGS??.. AND IF YOU LIKE DOUGHNUTS.. YOU MIGHT *LOVE THIS. THAT AND MORE .. TODAY IN THE SIFT. WELCOME TO THE SIFT...I’M GABRIELLE BIONDO WITH THE BEST OF WHAT ST. LOUIS IS TALKING ABOUT TODAY. HEY.. WONDER WHAT OZZIE SMITH’S BEEN UP TO? NOPE NOT THAT… HE’S BEEN BUSY TRYING TO CREATE A NATIONAL HOLIDAY. YEP.. ACCORDING TO MLB.COM.. WE COULD SOON HAVE THE DAY OFF FOR BASEBALL’S OPENING DAY. :57 - 1:02 “OPENING DAY SHOULD BE A HOLIDAY.. LET’S MAKE IT OFFICIAL” APPARENTLY SMITH TEAMED UP WITH BUDWEISER.. ALTHOUGH IT’S PROBABLY THE OTHER WAY AROUND.. AND THEY NOT ONLY MADE THIS VIDEO… BUT THEY’VE CREATED AN ONLINE PETITION TO GET THE WHITE HOUSE TO CONSIDER “MAKING IT OFFICIAL.” YOU CAN FIND A LINK TO THE PETITION BELOW.. AND IT’S A HOT TOPIC ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THERE’S THIS TWEET.. what ever you need I'll help you do this if your going for it.. AND LOT OF OTHER’S ON TWITTER AGREE.. BUT NOT *EVERYONE .. LIKE THIS GUY.. this has to be a joke...good grief is this ridiculous AND THIS FROM A FOX NEWS REPORTER.. Christmas, July 4th, Opening Day? IT GETS A LITTLE WEIRD.. BUT OPENING DAY IN THE U.S. IS MARCH 31ST. FROM BASEBALL.. TO HOCKEY.. KIND OF. BLUES CAPTAIN .. DAVID BACKES… WHO PLAYED ON THE U.S. TEAM IN SOCHI.. IS BACK IN THE STL.. AND HE BROUGHT TWO NEW FAMILY MEMBERS WITH HIM. FOX 2 REPORTS.. LIKE MANY OF THE OLYMPIC ATHLETES.. BACKES AND HIS WIFE ADOPTED TWO DOGS.. AFTER THE STRAY ANIMALS KEPT SHOWING UP AT THE PLAYER’S RESORTS. SOCHI JUNIOR AND SOCHI JAKE MADE THE 13-HOUR FLIGHT HOME WITH THEIR NEW FAMILY. RIGHT NOW ..THEY’RE STAYING IN A ST. CHARLES ANIMAL SHELTER.. JUST TO MAKE SURE THEY’RE HEALTHY.. AND TO LEARN ENGLISH. HEY.. THAT’S WHAT THE STAFF SAID. SO APPARENTLY CANADIANS DON’T JUST LOVE HOCKEY.. WHATEVER.. WE’RE NOT BITTER, BUT THEY LOVE DOUGHNUTS TOO. CANADA- BASED DOUGHNUT CHAIN TIM HORTONS IS BRINGING ITS PASSION FOR THE PERFECT DOUGHY DELIGHT HERE TO THE STL. ACCORDING TO THE ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH.. THEY ALREADY HAVE 807 LOCATIONS NATIONWIDE.. AND NOW THEY WANT TO BRING 40 NEW SHOPS TO ST. LOUIS BY 20-18. HEY.. WE LIKE DOUGHNUTS… REMEMBER.. WE JUST HAD THREE LOCAL DOUGHNUT SHOPS RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY.. BUT WE’LL TAKE MORE. THIS GUY’S READY.. SAYING HE’LL TRY THE TASTY TREATS.. IN HIS BLUES JERSEY. CHECK THE LINKS BELOW FOR MORE ON *ALL OF THESE STORIES. AND… WE’RE ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER, GOOGLE PLUS AND YOU TUBE, AND WE’D LOVE TO CONNECT WITH YOU THERE. NOW YOUR ST. LOUIS META MOMENT.. A ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH.. SANDWICH SOUND OFF. READERS NAMED THEIR FAVORITE SAMMY.. HERE ARE A FEW THAT CAUGHT OUR EYE.. THE Aporkalypse.. FROM BLUES CITY DELI … THE BIG BAD WOLF FROM NORA’S IN DOGTOWN.. AND THE HOT MOM WITH GRAVY.. YEP.. AT MOM’S… HEY ..THEY SAID IT NOT ME.