Wednesday, January 11, 2017

St Louis Cardinals

1950-Oct-21 Mound City Stamp Club, St Louis, MO

Commemorative cover honoring the 1950 St, Louis Cardinals.
The Cardinals finished the 1950 season in 5th place in the National League with a record of 78-75. The team featured Del Rice - catcher, Rocky Nelson -first base, Red Schoendienst - second base; Marty Marion - short stop; Tommy glaviano - third base; Stan Musial, Enos slaughter Bill Howerton -outfield.
On the bench were Joe Gargiola, Peanuts Lowrey, Johnny Lindell.
Pitching staff - Howie Pollet, Max Lanier, Harry Brecheen, Gerry Staley
1991-May-12 St Louis MO - 25th Anniversary

Busch Memorial Stadium (Busch Stadium II) was a multi-purpose sports facility in St. Louis, Missouri, that operated for 40 years, from 1966 through 2005. Built as Civic Center Busch Memorial Stadium, its official name was shortened to Busch Stadium in January 1982.

The stadium served as the home of the St. Louis Cardinals National League baseball team for its entire operating existence, while also serving as home to the National Football League's Cardinals team for 22 seasons, from 1966 through 1987, as well as the St. Louis Rams during part of the 1995 season.

The St. Louis Stars of the NPSL and later NASL played at the stadium from 1967 to 1974; the team later used the stadium for select matches up through the 1977 season.


1992-Apr-06 St Louis MO - Cardinals 100th Anniversary
April 2007 St Louis
Opening Day postmark when the Cardinals faced the New York Mets at Busch Stadium
The Mets would defeat the Cardinals 6-1.
The Mets received RBIs from Paul Lo Duca (3), Carlos Delgado (2) and Carlos Beltran. Tom Glassine earned the Win
The Cardinals lone RBI was credited to David Eckstein, Chris Carpenter took the loss.

Two days later after the World Champion Cardinals received their World Series rings (2006 Cardinals defeated the Detroit Tigers  4-1) The Mets went on to defeat the Cardinals again 4-1 to start the season at 2-0, while the Cardinals started at 0-2.
The Mets would receive RBIs from Orlando Hernandez (2) and Carlos Beltran, with Hernandez earning the victory.
The cardinals would get their RBI from Scott Rolen with Kip Wells taking the loss.

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Cardinals business envelope - 1942
slightly cleaned from internet image for presentation purposes
1948-Mar-22
1953 - See the Cardinals
1957 - See the Cardinals for Thrills! Action! Suspense!
1969 - Come Fly With Us
1972
For Sports Entertainment - At It's Best - See Cardinals Baseball
1977

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