Who Will Have Cardinals' Next Retired Number?

The list of Cardinals retired numbers includes 10 players, two managers, one owner and one broadcaster. The only Major League franchise with more retired numbers is the Yankees, who have 20.

St. Louis Official Site

August A. Busch Memorial Shooting Range Opening In St. Louis On October 28, 2017

The Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) brand new shooting range on the August. A Busch Memorial Conservation Area in St. Charles will open to the public on Saturday, Oct. 28. To celebrate, MDC is holding a special grand opening from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

KSDK

Carlos Martinez In Midst Of Legal Battle; Chris Carpenter Praises Fans; Joe Torre Thrilled, Too; Jose Oquendo To Have Surgery

A potentially crackerjack pitchers’ duel between the Cardinals’ unbeaten Carlos Martinez and Washington ace Max Scherzer will go on as scheduled on Sunday, despite a legal cloud hanging over Martinez’s head.

Post-Dispatch

Twenty Years Later, Players Recall "Replacement" Spring Training

The names that filled the box score of the Cardinals’ first spring training game in 1995 have long since faded from memory. On March 4, 1995, the Cardinals began the spring by beating the Cleveland Indians 4-2 at Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg, Fla., with Mike Hinkle as the starting pitcher and Doug Radziewicz driving in the winning run as a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning.

STL Sports Page

Cheers! Busch Family Opens St. Louis Estate To Public For Weddings

Wedding and holiday planners take note: A historic St. Louis home that has hosted presidents, St. Louis Cardinals players, movie stars and beer industry executives is the region's newest party venue.

Baltimore Sun

Sportsman's Park, Part One: The Place

On May 8, 1966, after a day game in which the San Francisco Giants trounced the St. Louis Cardinals, the home plate at old Sportsman’s Park was jimmied out of the dirt and transported via helicopter to spiffy new grounds at the perfectly circular Busch Stadium downtown, marking the end of an era of professional baseball on the north side.

Examiner

Gateway Arch Was Expensive At The Time But Vital To Downtown St. Louis

The Gateway Arch in St. Louis is one of the most recognizable symbols in the United States of America. Yale University is sponsoring a series of books on American icons. As is typical of so much writing these days, the authors have a jaundiced view of America.

News-Sentinel

Tommy Pham Listed As Day-To-Day With Sore Left Shoulder

Manager Mike Shildt withheld outfielder Tommy Pham as the .316 hitter nurses a sore left shoulder, noting he is “day to day” but would not rule out a DL stint. Pham dove back into first base on Sunday. It’s the opposite shoulder that he wrecked on a diving catch in spring training last year.

Springfield News-Leader

Retired Uniforms By Division: National League Central

The National League Central is stacked when it comes to retired numbers, and it's not just because there are six teams. NL Central teams have retired a total of 44 player jerseys accounting for a staggering team-specific rWAR of 2,173.8. Even when pro-rating these figures to a five team division, the Middle American Senior Circuit outpaces all rivals.

Beyond The Boxscore

Bill White's Book Provides A Good History Lesson For Today's Players

Bill White never loved baseball. He approached the game simply as a business, a job to provide a living for his family – nothing more, nothing less.

Sports Page

Irrational Trades Are Bad Trades

Spite -- 1972 St. Louis Cardinals
Steve Carlton had a history of contentious negotiations with Augustus Busch, the owner of the Cardinals, who had once told his GM, "I don’t care if he ever throws another damn ball for us." In 1972, in the middle of another protracted negotiation, he got his wish. Carlton was dealt to Philadelphia for Rick Wise. Lefty went 27-10 with a 1.97 ERA for the last-place Phils. Rob Neyer calculated in his Big Book of Baseball Blunders that the move cost the Cards three NL East crowns.

ESPN

Model Found Dead In August Busch's Home

For generations, the Busches of St. Louis were the first family of American beer-making, the city's most devoted boosters, and bearers of the most famous name in town. But they have also been touched by scandal, tragedy and allegations of reckless behavior.

The Ledger

Cardinals Leaders Of The 1950's

After the 1940's the Cardinals had nowhere to go but down. But, their down wasn;t all that bad considering for the decade of the 1950's they played above .500 ball and were in 4th place in the NL standings for the decade. Their record for the 1950's was 776-763 .504. The best team was the 1957 edition which finished 87-67 .565 -8 2nd place. The worst team was the 1955 team that was 68-86 .442 -30.5 7th place.

Redbirds Rap

Sam Breadon Outshines August Busch & Bill DeWitt As Cardinals Owners

Lost in all the excitement over the Monday announcement of the election of Whitey Herzog to Baseball’s Hall of Fame and the outrage of former union chief Marvin Miller missing out again was a defeat for the history of the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Cardinal Nation Blog

Cardinals Great Bob Gibson Reflects On Baseball

Bob Gibson's on the phone. He's ready to talk baseball, never mind that he's 10 minutes early. He always liked to keep the game moving and other players on their toes.

STL Today

The Milwaukee Cardinals?

Recently, I became aware of a most interesting article by fellow SABR member Gordon Hylton that is especially topical given the current Milwaukee at St. Louis series. The subject is the potential risk of Major League Baseball losing its antitrust exemption within the context of the sale of the St. Louis Cardinals prior to the 1953 season.

The Cardinal Nation

Marty Marion At 91: Still Waiting For The Hall

Former St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Marty Marion celebrates his 91st birthday today, Monday, December 1. Why is he again going to miss out on joining Baseball’s Hall of Fame in 2009?

The Birdhouse

St. Louis Bids Farwell To Local Anheuser-Busch Ownership

Few American cities are as closely linked to an industry as St. Louis is to the Anheuser-Busch brewery, making Tuesday a difficult day for many here when Belgium-based InBev closed its $52 billion buyout of the company.

KMOV

Drug Secret Helped Mets Get Keith Hernandez

The 25th anniversary of the most significant trade in Mets history includes a historic footnote. It might never have occurred if the Mets' front office knew why the Cardinals were unloading Keith Hernandez.

AM New York

Flagwavers Rally Behind The Busches To See Off The Belgian Beer Advance

To many beer drinkers, a cold bottle of Budweiser is as American as a Hollywood movie. The prospect of the nation's favourite beer falling into foreign hands through a $46bn (£24bn) takeover by Belgium's InBev has prompted dismay and derision.

Guardian