Years: Capacity: 14, ; 15, ; 21, St. Sportsman's Park. Years: Capacity: 8, ; 18, ; 34, ; 30, First night game: May 24, Busch Stadium Grand Avenue. Years: After Anheuser-Busch, Inc. The new stadium has gone on to host numerous World Series and Play Off games and continues to offer concerts and exciting events for the St.
Louis area fans. Your email address will not be published. For the first time in franchise history, the Cardinals have advanced to the postseason in five consecutive seasons The Cardinals have advanced to the postseason in six , '11, '12, '13, '14, '15 of their ten seasons under General Manager John Mozeliak.
The Cardinals have played in 61 playoff games since , the most of any major league team since that time. Since , St. Louis has a Major League best 32 postseason wins. Veeck would years later own the White Sox and be involved in the infamous "Disco Demolition Night" promotion. He was also behind bringing a midget named Eddie Gaedel to bat in another infamous promotion sponsored by Falstaff Beer in This promo was held at Sportsman's Park, an event that was attended by Adam's grandfather, Louis Vitale.
In any event, by the early fifties, the Cardinals were by far the favorite in St Louis and Veeck was in trouble. In , Cardinals owner Fred Saigh was convicted on tax evasion charges, and facing certain banishment from baseball, sold the Cardinals to Anheuser-Busch. A-B renovated the stadium, and the Browns moved to Baltimore and became the Orioles in However, then Commissioner of Baseball Ford Frick would not allow the name because it was associated with alcohol.
Frick could not stop this, and the name was officially changed to Busch Stadium in
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