The St. Louis Cardinals, based in St. Louis, Mo., participate in Major League Baseball (MLB) and are a member of the National League Central Division. The Cardinals were founded in 1892.
He seemed destined to be the one who threw open the Hall of Fame's doors for the influx of baseball's neo-knights, the closers. That did not happen, but now that Bruce Sutter and Goose Gossage have done the honors, Lee Smith would be more than thrilled to follow his peers across the doorsill. If a [...]
A few years ago, Mark McGwire was widely considered a lock for Hall of Fame enshrinement. How times have changed. McGwire, who retired as the No. 5 home run hitter of all time (he's now eighth), looked like a stone-cold lock for immortality back when he called it a career following the 2001 season. Since [...]
He might be baseball's most unlikely "lifer." Raised in a hockey-mad country without playing organized baseball until he was 11, Dave McKay's road to the big leagues was anything but typical. "People ask me why I didn''t play high school baseball? Well, my high school didn't have a baseball team," said McKay, the Cardinals' first-base [...]
After a strike-shortened 1981 season, baseball came back strong in 1982. In particular, the World Series between the Milwaukee Brewers and St. Louis Cardinals, dubbed the Suds Series, came down to a great last call. Behind a temperamental starting pitcher and clutch hitting, St. Louis, home of Anheuser-Busch, beat Milwaukee, home of Miller, 6-3, in [...]
ST. LOUIS — They surprised everyone but themselves. Resisting the term "transitional year," the Cardinals insisted that they could and would compete in a significantly improved National League Central, and in fact they did. St. Louis won 86 games, its highest total since 2005, while working in quite a few young players from an improving [...]
ST. LOUIS — John Rooney, one of the two men whose voices bring Cardinals baseball to radio listeners all over the Midwest and the country, is a busy fellow pretty much year-round. So when the December holidays offer him a chance to take a little break, he's delighted to take advantage. Rooney checked in with [...]
For pitching lovers, this was a dream matchup in a dream season. Cy Young winner vs. Cy Young winner. MVP vs. MVP. A 1.12 ERA vs. 31 wins. In Game 1 of the 1968 World Series, St. Louis' Bob Gibson, the National League MVP and ERA leader, dueled Detroit's Denny McLain, the American League MVP [...]
The best available closer on the free-agent market is doing his part to let the Angels know he's interested. A week and a half since telling his hometown Northern California newspaper that the Angels were his first choice, left-hander and former Rockies closer Brian Fuentes reiterated his interest to the Los Angeles Times in Monday's [...]
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ST. LOUIS — The Cardinals on Friday announced two big draws for the club's annual Winter Warm-Up. The club confirmed that two-time National League MVP Albert Pujols will attend and also released the extensive list of auction items that will be available to fans in attendance. Passes for the 13th annual Winter Warm-Up are still [...]