St. Louis Cardinals

The current World Series champions, the St. Louis Cardinals can be found in St. Louis Missouri. The St. Louis Cardinals have been in St. Louis since 1882.

The current St. Louis Cardinals logo features a cardinal sitting on a baseball bat over the word “Cardinals”. The St. Louis Cardinals logo has shown various combinations of baseball bats and birds since the team became known as the Cardinals in 1899.

The team having been around for 125 years, the books of St. Louis Cardinals history can only scratch the surface of St. Louis Cardinals baseball. However, they can be a great place to start your reading up on the St. Louis Cardinals official history, particularly if you want to know more about St. Louis Cardinal baseball when they were still known as the Browns. With 10 World Series and 17 National League Pennants under their belts, the history of St. Louis Cardinal baseball makes for an interesting read.

If recent St. Louis Cardinals baseball is more your speed, visiting the St. Louis Cardinals official homepage can give you all the information that you seek. You can also see the current St. Louis Cardinals schedule, or purchase St. Louis Cardinals tickets and St. Louis Cardinals merchandise like clothing and St. Louis Cardinals wallpaper.

The St. Louis Cardinals are the current World Series championships. 2006 saw the opening of the new Busch Stadium. They had their longest losing streak that June (eight games) and then another one in July, and a seven game streak in September. However, despite nearly losing it all, the Cardinals came back to win the National League Central Title after Atlanta beat Houston.

This put the Cardinals into the post season with the third-worst record for a playoff team, 83-78. Forecasters did not expect them to make it very far. However, they managed to beat the San Diego Padres to face the New York Mets. Despite being severe underdogs in the game, the Cardinals beat the Mets, winning their 17th National League Pennant.

The Cardinals then went on to play the World Series against the heavily favored Detroit Tigers. However, the team shocked and amazed baseball fans by compiling a 2.05 ERA, while Detroit performed much worse than expected, earning only .199. The Cardinals went on to win their 10th World Series, which made them the first team since 1923 to win a World Series the first season in a new ballpark. The only other team to win double digit World Championships is the New York Yankees.