Answer: cardinals

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CARDINALSMarty Marion's ball club.
CARDINALSRelatives of the finch.
CARDINALSPennant winners.
CARDINALSMissouri birds
CARDINALSSt. Louis nine
CARDINALSCOOKE AND MEDEIROS
CARDINALSSt. Louis nine or eleven
CARDINALSStanford
CARDINALSFive and ten, e.g.
CARDINALSPapal conclave members
cardinalsA deep scarlet color like that of a cardinal's cassock
cardinalsCARDINAL, a bright red bird
cardinalsA New World songbird of the bunting family, with a stout bill and typically with a conspicuous crest. The male is partly or mostly red in color
cardinalsA leading dignitary of the Roman Catholic Church. Cardinals are nominated by the pope and form the Sacred College, which elects succeeding popes (now invariably from among their own number)