El Birdos - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook El Birdos write by Doug Feldmann. This book was released on 2010-03-22. El Birdos available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In 1953, August A. Busch purchased the St. Louis Cardinals for nearly four million dollars. His dream included not only the best players money could buy but a brand new Busch Stadium in downtown St. Louis. The early sixties found Busch working on both, and by May 1966, when the new Busch Stadium was opened, the St. Louis Cardinals were on the cusp of greatness. A world championship would follow in 1967, and in 1968 the Cardinals battled the Tigers in a classic seven-game series, narrowly losing their bid for back-to-back titles. This volume looks back at the outstanding Cardinal teams of the 1967 and 1968 seasons. Beginning with the ownership shift in the early 1950s, it examines the events leading up to the opening of the new stadium and tracks the various player trades, policy changes and inside dealings of baseball that produced one of the era's great teams. The effects of Branch Rickey's farm system on both the franchise's success and the sport of baseball are discussed, as are the rumblings of labor trouble that would directly involve one of the Cardinals' own. An appendix contains detailed statistics from the 1967 and 1968 seasons. An index and period photographs are also included.
St. Louis Cardinals: Past & Present
St. Louis Cardinals: Past & Present - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook St. Louis Cardinals: Past & Present write by Doug Feldmann. This book was released on 2008-12-15. St. Louis Cardinals: Past & Present available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Explore over a century of Cardinals baseball in this illustrated tour of the players, teams, ballparks, and historic moments! With a legacy that goes back to the Brown Stockings of the old American Association, the St. Louis Cardinals have one of the longest and greatest traditions in the history of baseball. Winners of ten World Series titles (second only to the New York Yankees) and twenty-one pennants dating back to 1885, the Redbirds have established a dynasty across the decades—from Charlie Comiskey’s four-time AA champs, through the “Gashouse Gang” of the 1930s and the “Runnin’ Redbirds” in the 1980s, up to the 2006 World Champions. Front-office pioneers like Chris von der Ahe and Branch Rickey have put the Cardinals franchise at the forefront of innovation, while bringing in some of baseball’s greatest talent—pitchers Dizzy Dean to Bob Gibson, sluggers Johnny Mize to Mark McGwire, and all-around superstars like Rogers “Rajah” Hornsby, Stan “the Man” Musial, and Albert Pujols. Pairing historic black-and-white photos and contemporary images of the modern game, St. Louis Cardinals: Past & Present explores the ballparks and the fans, the players and the teams that have defined Cardinals baseball.
High-flying Birds
High-flying Birds - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook High-flying Birds write by Jerome M. Mileur. This book was released on 2009. High-flying Birds available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Mileur provides a game-by-game account of the 1942 St. Louis Cardinals, world champions and the winningest team in franchise history. He recounts the team's close pennant race against the Brooklyn Dodgers and World Series victory over the New York Yankees, while conveying the physical and mental demands on the players within the context of wartime America"--Provided by publisher.
If These Walls Could Talk, St. Louis Cardinals
If These Walls Could Talk, St. Louis Cardinals - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook If These Walls Could Talk, St. Louis Cardinals write by Stan McNeal. This book was released on 2015. If These Walls Could Talk, St. Louis Cardinals available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "This books details the last four years of the St. Louis Cardinals' playoff run"--
Cardinals Journal
Cardinals Journal - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cardinals Journal write by John Snyder. This book was released on 2010. Cardinals Journal available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Updated to include the 2009 season, Cardinals Journal is the definitive, in-depth chronicle of one of Major League baseball’s most beloved franchises from their founding in 1882. This is the ultimate Cardinals fan’s resource, dividing the team’s history into decades, years, and even days. The updated journal not only provides hitting and pitching highlights as well as team and player stats, but it also includes unusual facts that go beyond just a box score. Along with past and present photos, sidebars, and anecdotes, fans will also find lists of all-time hitting and pitching leaders, all-decade all-star teams, and an all-time roster that includes team uniform numbers. Baseball fans will have their hands full well beyond the season of America’s favorite game.
