World Series heroes Mike Shannon, left, and Barney Schultz whoop it up in the Cardinal dressing room Wednesday after they led the Red Birds to a 9-5 victory over the New York Yankees. Shannon belted a king-sized two-run homer in the sixth to tie the score at 4-4 and the Red Birds went on to take the lead for the keeps. Schultz, who has been the club's bullpen ace the last two months, pitched the final three innings to perserve the victory for Ray Sadecki.
A BIG-LEAGUE DEBUT. Rookie Wally Moon, having belted a home run on his first time at bat, is congratulated at home plate by Red Schoendienst, the Cards' next batter, in the first inning. Moon's smash gave the Cards a short-lived lead. Observing the amenities is Umpire Jocko Conlan., Moon, Wally. Baseball
According to General Manager Dal Maxvill, the Cardinals have no intention of trading their \"highly volatile\" pitcher Joaquin Andujar, shown here being restrained by teammates after being ejected by umpire Don Denkinger from the seventh game of the World Series.
Mike Shannon (left) and Jack Buck in the Busch Stadium broadcasting booth. When he started behind the mike, says Jack Buck, background, "he didn't even know how to keep score."
Mike Shannon outhit fellow Cardinal outfielders Lou Brock and Curt Flood in 1966, his best season at the plate in a nine-year major league career. But because he loved the Cardinals, as he will tell you, and because he loves "the great game of baseball," as he does tell you almost every summer day, Mike Shannon moved from right field to third base for the 1967 season without a whimper. Come to
Turning professional, Mike Shannon, former football and baseball star for CBC and the Mizzou freshmen, prepares to sign a contract with the Cardinals. Scout Joe Monahan (left) gives the lad a pen. An outfielder, Shannon received a bonus estimated at $40,000 to sign with the Cardinal farm at Omaha. He will be assigned to a lower classification team.
The inner outfield wall at Busch Stadium comes tumbling down, with a little shove by Cardinal first baseman Keith Hernandez. The Cardinals had the walls torn down Thursday, moving the home-run distance back to its original 386 feet in left- and right-center field and 414 feet in center. Since it was erected in 1973 to induce more homers, the fence produced just 49 home runs - 23 by the Cardinals
In four days Bob Gibson brings his heroic pitching record into the first game of the world series when opposes Detroit's hero, Denny McLain of the Tigers. Gibson broke his leg last year, and early this season had lost five games and won only three. Since then, he has allowed an average of less than one run a game, half the average of any other pitching giant, and his season mark is now 21 victories, 8 defeats...
"As Al Fleichman (extreme right), public relations counsel for Anheuser-Busch Inc., informed Cardinal baseball players that Tuesday night talk about the club being sold is nonsense. the meeting took place before the Pittsburgh Pirates at Busch Stadium. Listening are, from the left: Frank Smith, Alex grammas, Bill Virdon, Herb Moford, Rip Repulski, Gordon Jones, Bill Sarni, Red Schoendienst (seated), Fleischman, Manager Harry Walker, and Solly Hemus."
An image of pitchers at spring training from left: John Faszholz, Floyd Wooldridge, George "Barney" Schultz, Larry Jackson, and an unidentified player.
Fredbird, the mascot for the Saint Louis Cardinals Baseball Team, is seen on Old Newsboys Day greeting children in a school bus going down the street. Fredbird is wearing a Budweiser Old Newsboy apron.
Fredbird of the St. Louis Cardinals is standing on the front of a Bi-State bus headed for Affton-Lindbergh. He is telling the passengers about Old Newsboys Day, even through the glass of the bus window.
"[continued from title] from Shreveport, La., arrived here yesterday to see their favorite big league players, the Cardinals and the Browns, in action. They are shown here examining the most important Cardinal baseball bat-the one used by Stan Musial- in the Cardinal dressing room. Front row, from the left, are J. E. (Cap) Smith, manager; Dale Sandifer, 3b; Bill Ray, of; Walter O'Roark, 1b; Phil
"is Stan Rojek, middle man of the Cards' first of four double plays yesterday against the Giants. Red Schoendienst made a great stop of Whitey Lockman's grounder, throwing to Rojek to force the sliding Eddie Stanky. Rojek's throw to Nippy Jones doubled up Lockman. The umpire is Dusty Boggess."