St. Louis Cardinals

The St. Louis Cardinals are a Major League Baseball team an belong to the National League Central Division. As a professional baseball team the St Louis Cardinals have their home in St. Louis, Missouri. Currently at the beginning of the 2007 baseball season the St. Louis Cardinals are the reigning World Series champions. The 2006 St. Louis Cardinals World Series win is not their only one. The St. Louis Cardinals baseball team has won 10 World Series in the teams history and there is only one team in Major League Baseball that has more World Series titles, the New York Yankees with 26. Ten World Series titles make them also the leader in World Series titles won in the National League. The St. Louis Cardinals baseball team was founded in the 1882 in the American Association as the St. Louis Brown Stocking. The team joined the National League in 1892 and changed their name to St. Louis Cardinals in 1900. In 1920 they won their first Pennant since their renaming and since their days with the American Association . In 1926 then soon followed their first World Series title. The current home stadium of the St Louis Cardinals baseball team is Busch Stadium that opened in 2006.

Nicknames used for the St. Louis Cardinals are “The Cards”, “The Redbirds” or just “the Birds”.

The St. Louis Cardinals logo depicts either one or two cardinals sitting on a baseball bat with the red script word Cardinals underneath, the logo is often also referred to as “the birds on the bat”. The St Louis Cardinals logo on the baseball hat is the white interlocking letters “S”, “T” and “L” on a red background. St. Louis Cardinals baseball uniform colors are cardinal red, white and navy blue. The team’s mascot is “Fredbird”, an anthropomorphized Northern Cardinal.

In spring St. Louis Cardinals baseball players report for spring training in their spring training facility, Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida.

As with so many other teams, the St. Louis Cardinals have evolved into a franchise business. They have their own St. Louis Cardinals official Major League Baseball website where St. Louis Cardinals tickets can be bought and the St. Louis Cardinals schedule can be found. At official St. Louis Cardinals stores as well as online St. Louis Cardinals merchandise is sold. Fan accessories such as St. Louis Cardinals baseballs, St. Louis Cardinals wallpaper and books of St. Louis Cardinals history are for sale.