The St. Louis Cardinals are arguably one of the best franchises in MLB history. The team was officially founded in 1882. Before 1882, the team was called the St. Louis Brown Stockings and played in a charter league in the National League in 1876. John Lucas the team's owner at the time took the team out of the league though due to a pitching scandal. The Cardinals were originally called the Perfectos until 1900.
The Big Red Machine beat the Pittsburgh Pirates for the National League Championship 3 times in 6 years. That team also made it to the World Series 4 times in those 6 years. They won one championship against the New York Yankees and one against the Boston Red Sox. Johnny Bench is a member of the MLB Hall of Fame, inducted into the HOF in 1989.
The Cardinals first name was the St.Louis Brown Stockings, then a couple of years later they were called the St.Louis Browns (En.wikipedia.org, 2018). “In 1892, the American Association allowed the St.Louis Browns rejoin the National
Ruth over his career hit 714 home runs and had a lifetime batting average of .342. The Red Sox’s were not
Their record was 104-50, finishing 1st in the league (Contois 1). Dom had 169 hits that season, with seven home runs at the age of 29. The Red Sox went to the World Series, but lost to the Cardinals in 7 games (Wilson 1).Dom ended up playing for 7 more years until 1953. Dom was possibly the best defensive center fielder of his time, only comparable with his brother, Joe. (Wilson 1)
Well they have had some very bad seasons. They have gone on long droughts of not even having a winning record. They have gone a total of 108 years without winning a World Series. They were playing the Detroit Tigers and beat them 4-1 in Game 5. In 1908 they only played to
The Boston Red Sox were three games down. The Red Sox had to win the next four games to advance. Fans were worried. Boston had not won a World Series since 1918. No team had ever come back in the playoffs from a three-game deficit.
Established in 1630, Boston was one of the earlier settlements in Colonial North America. It was founded by the Massachusetts Bay Colony whose Puritan traditions influenced the local government. Annual town meetings were attended by a sizeable portion of inhabitants before and after the siege (Carr, page 88). These meetings helped Boston recover, grow, and adapt. Accessibility to the city was particularly difficult before bridges were built.
The Yankee franchise has a very vivid history from its creation,to fields, and the Steinbrenner dynasty. The New York franchise originally started in Baltimore for a short time from 1901 to 1903.In 1903 owners and managers made a vote on the team which moved them to New York. Shortly after the move to New York the Orioles became known as the New York Highlanders. Ten years later in the year 1913 the Highlanders name would change to the one everyone knows today, the New York Yankees.
The White Sox started playing in 1900-1910 at South Side Park, then to Cominsky Park, till 1991, but from 1910-12, it was known as White Sox Park, then they built a new field and called it U S Cellular field. (Even though the city of Chicago has two baseball teams playing only eight miles apart, there can only be one favorite team in the city to go see a game of baseball play at, and that would be Wrigley
Why did the Chicago Cubs win the World Series??? The MLB team Chicago Cubs won the 2016 World Series this years. Because they had a really young team and a lot of talent. The Cubs also had a great pitching staff.
Chicago Cubs Introduction The Chicago Cubs are a Professional American Baseball Team that competes in the Sports and Entertainment Industry. Tom Ricketts and family bought the Chicago Cubs along with Wrigley Field from the Tribune Company in 2007. The Chicago Cubs are one of the oldest franchises to this day. They are known for their old school ballpark right in the middle of a neighborhood, and the fans are known to party.
Yankees went on to win 7 American League pennants and 4 World Series championships in the coming years. Babe’s most renowned team, and what the majority of people would call the best team baseball has ever seen, came in 1927. The Murderer’s Row Yankees were an absolute force in 1927 (National Baseball Hall of Fame). Babe Ruth was the star of the team, which went on to win the World Series. During his career, Ruth broke an insurmountable amount of records, some that would not be broken for decades, and some that still stand today.
In 1960 Pirates win the Pennant and World Series. 1971 Pirates win World Series and pennant making it there 4th. In 1979 Pirates win their 5th World Series. The new Pnc Park is considered one of the best Baseball parks in
Without the people in the offices of the Boston Celtics throughout the years the successes they have obtained would not have existed. The Boston Celtics were created by Walter A. Brown in June