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The St. Louis Cardinals (get St. Louis Cardinals tickets) are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of the Pro Baseball. They play their home games at the Busch Stadium and are nicknamed the Cards. They have a fierce rivalry with the Chicago Cubs.

The St. Louis Cardinals (get St. Louis Cardinals tickets) play clad in Red, White and Blue and their official mascot is Fred, the Bird. Their central division opponents include the Houston Astros, Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates and the Milwaukee Brewers. The St. Louis Cardinals are the current Baseball World Champions after stunning the Detroit Tigers on October 27, 2006 at Busch Stadium.

St. Louis Cardinals baseball history

One of the oldest clubs in baseball, the St. Louis Cardinals (get St. Louis Cardinals tickets) have been a member of the National League since 1892, formally assuming the name 'Cardinals' in 1900. They struggled for a while in the NL and had to wait till 1914 to score a noteworthy victory. After finishing 3^rd place that season, the St. Louis Cardinals proved all those who called them 'weak' wrong.

Today, the St. Louis Cardinals (get St. Louis Cardinals tickets) are one of the most popular and successful Baseball (get Baseball tickets now!) teams with a fan following much greater than most of their contemporaries. They are also one of the most financially successful team. With a large fan network which extends beyond their home state, the Cards are going good.

Popularity of the St. Louis Cardinals

When the St. Louis Cardinals (get St. Louis Cardinals tickets) failed to make a mark in their early years, the critics were quick to write them off but they turned things around after some time with earnest hard work and emerged as one of the strongest MLB teams. Currently the World Champions, the Cards have won 10 World Series, the most of any NL team and second only to the New York Yankees in MLB, who have 26. Their 1942 team with 106 wins and World Series championship is one of the best teams all time, featuring NL MVP pitcher Mort Cooper.

There are 36 Hall of Famers who played part or all of their careers with the St. Louis Cardinals (get St. Louis Cardinals tickets). 4 of the most famous are Stan Musial, Lou Brock, Bob Gibson and Ozzie Smith. Musial was a lefty who could hit for power, but always had a high batting average. He is known as one of the best hitters of all time. Brock was one of the speediest players in history, at one time having the all-time stolen base record.

Gibson was an overpowering and intimidating right-handed pitcher who is first in wins (251), complete games (255), shutouts (56), innings pitched (3,884.1) and strikeouts (3,117) in the Cardinals record book. Ozzie Smith is known as one of the best defensive shortstops of all time.

Cardinal fans have gained the reputation as being the best and most knowledgeable in the game. They have drawn 3,000,000 or more fans in a season 11 times in their history. In 2007, they set a one-day attendance record in their new Busch Stadium with 46,237 fans.

The St. Louis Cardinals (get St. Louis Cardinals tickets) deliver sold-out games and the Busch Stadium is always jam-packed during a Cards' game, especially when the Cubs come to town. Till date, the champs have taken home 10 World Championship titles, 17 NL Pennants, 10 division titles and 1 Wild Card Berth.

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