St.Louis Cardinals Baseball
Kids have a good memory and most children can remember several things but something that will never be forgotten is the first step into Busch Stadium; it is a memory that will never go away, walking into the ballpark right before the Cardinals are about to start, smelling fresh popcorn and hotdogs walking through the gate. That is truly one of the best feelings about baseball. What people may not know is how big of an impact baseball has on life. The St.Louis Cardinals itself have such a big impact on life today. The St.Louis Cardinals are a phenomenal baseball team that has a lot of great baseball players that are still present and some that are former baseball players. The St.Louis Cardinals have a long history of amazing baseball players, they have achieved many goals, have a great winning record and a great
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coaching staff. When the Cardinals first got started, “most of the Cardinals players were home-grown farm boys from Heartland”(The Long Season: The Classic Inside Account of Baseball Year).
Which Heartland is not very far at all from St.Louis where the Cardinals are from. Most people may not know this but before the St.Louis Cardinals got the name “Cardinals” they were actually called the “Browns” they were renamed the St.Louis Cardinals because “Sportswriter Willie McHale, of the St.Louis Republic, heard a lady fan remark, “what a lovely shade of Cardinal,” the new nickname was used in his column, and a chord with St.Louis fans” (Official St.Louis Cardinals Website). Everything changed because of a lady making a remark about the Cardinals and ever since then the name “Cardinals” stuck and never changed after that. The name the St.Louis Cardinals currently the name as of right now and will continue to be a part of St.Louis history. When the Cardinals were still called the Browns in 1892 the Browns played Division two then the Browns got renamed to the Perfectos for a short time and not long after that they were renamed to the
Cardinals. The Cardinals began to do better and better after being renamed the Cardinals. After the Browns were renamed the Cardinals, the “Cardinals made it to their first World Series in 1926. The Cardinals won their first World Series against the New York Yankees. Roger Hornsby was one of the best players during this time and led the Cardinals to a victory. Roger Hornsby won the triple crown with 42 home runs, 152 RBI, and a .401 batting average. Hornsby won the title with a .424 average, the highest mark in the National League since 1900” (Official St.Louis Cardinals Website).
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Working on a farm in Washington County in the fall of 1888, Charles suffers a painful injury. While driving a horse drawn thrashing machine that cuts wheat, (like the one pictured), Charles seriously injures his right testicle.
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