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Based in St. Louis Missouri, United States - the St. Louis Cardinals are the professional baseball team that was established back in 1882. They won a total of ten wins, a record in National League and second to New York Yankees in Major League Baseball. The team was called St Louis Brown stockings from 1882 to 1899. They change their name to the Cardinals in 1900.The Cardinals became the first ever team to become victorious in the World Series in their first season in a new ballpark since 1923 when they began to play in the current Busch Stadium in 2006,

Important moment and accomplishments:

1880s?1900s

The Cardinals were founded in 1882 as St. Louis Brown Stockings. They immediately won four AA pennants in a row from1885-1888. The first two matches were played against the National League’s Chicago White Stockings, now the Chicago Cubs. The match ended in dispute in 1885. St. Louis won the game in 1886 series. St. Louis-Chicago started a rivalry that continues until today. After these, St. Louis played in an early version of the World Series. In 1899, the club changed its name to the Perfectos. It was immediately changed to the Cardinals in 1900.

1900s?1930s

In the 1920s, Sam Breadon bought the club and named Branch Rickey his general manager. The Cardinals, led by Rogers Hornsby, who won the Triple Crown in 1922 and 1925, improved drastically during this decade. The club won their first National League pennant in 1926. The next year, 1927, they defeated the favored New York Yankees in seven games to win the World Series.

1940s?1970s

The Cardinals dominated the National League, winning three straight pennants from 1942?1944. The 1942 they won a franchise record 106 games and defeated the Yankees in the World Series. They were defeated by the Yankees in their rematch the next year, 1943. They won again in 1944 against the cross-town rival, St. Louis Browns, for their fifth World Series title.
Pitchers in the current roster:

Mitchell Boggs

Chris Carpenter

Blake Hawksworth

Kyle Lohse

Braden Looper

Mike Parisi

Joel Pi?o

Adam Wainwright

St. Louis Cardinals recent news:

Albert Pujols led the cardinals to win the National League in six out of seven years as the team started a new era of success in the new millennium. They fail to advance in the post-season in 2000, 2001 and 2002 and even missed the playoffs in 2003 but won 105 games in 2004 to set a new best record in baseball. They won the NLDS, defeating the Dodgers and the NLCS, defeating the Houston Astros in seven games to set a match with the Boston Red Sox in the 2004 World Series. The Red Sox, however, swept the series to win their first World Series in 86 years. The Cardinals won the Central Division title in 2005, but lost in an NLCS rematch to the Astros. When the Cardinals moved to the new Busch Stadium in 2006, they finally overcame the playoffs. They defeated the San Diego Padres in the NLDS and the New York Mets in the NLCS. The Cardinals faced the Detroit Tigers in the 2006 World Series. They won in five games to claim the franchise?s tenth World Series title.

St. Louis Cardinals’ fans will be more than eager to see their favorite team win more games in their bid to add more titles to their list.



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The Pittsburgh Pirates are members of the National League Central Division in Major League Baseball. Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the Pirates? roots could be traced as far back as 1876 when teams in the area played without any affiliations to any organized league. The club has moved on from such beginnings to become one of the storied teams in baseball and is owner of five World Series championships. They are currently being handled by John Russell and play their home games at the PNC Park.

Important moments and accomplishments

The period from 1901-1903 was the time when the Pirates dominated the National League. They, however, lost the first modern World Series to the Boston Red Sox in 1903. But the Pirates never stopped improving and dominating until finally reaching the summit in 1909 when they won their first-ever World Series title, beating the Detroit Tigers in seven games.

The club reached nirvana once again in 1925 when they dispatched the Washington Senators in the Fall Classic in come-from-behind fashion, bucking a 3-1 deficit. The Pirates tried to duplicate the feat in 1927 but was stopped by the New York Yankees.
It took a while before Pittsburgh once again reached the apex of success. In 1960, bannered by Roberto Clemente, **** Groat, Bill Mazeroski and pitchers Vern Law, Bob Friend and Elroy Face, the Pirates exacted payback on the Yankees, pulling the rags from under New York in Game Seven. The 1960 team was also special as the team had eight representatives in the All-Star Game. The team had roller-coaster campaigns after their 1960 triumph.

The ?70s proved to be a banner period for the Pirates. They opened the decade by winning their first of five division titles over the next seven years (1970, 1971, 1972, 1974 and 1975). In ?71, they claimed their fourth World Series title. Tragedy struck the squad in 1972 when star hitter Clemente died in a plane crash while delivering relief goods to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. The Pirates closed out the decade by winning their last of five titles in 1979, beating the Baltimore Orioles in seven games. The year also saw the Pirates sweep all the available MVP awards — All-Star MVP was Dave Parker; NLCS, World Series and NL MVP was Willie Stargell. Stargell shared the NL MVP with Keith Hernandez of the Cardinals.

In 2001, the Pirates moved to a new stadium, PNC Park, which is widely hailed as the best park in the Majors.

The 2008 season saw the team make several player trades that sent veterans to other teams for fresh talents, among them left fielder Xavier Nady and pitcher D?so Mart?o the New York Yankees in return for Jose Tabata, Ross Ohlendorf, Dan McCutchen, and Jeff Karstens. Jason Bay was traded to the Boston Red Sox in a three-team deal that sent Manny Ram?z to the Los Angeles Dodgers and Andy LaRoche and Bryan Morris to the Pirates from the Dodgers and Brandon Moss and Craig Hansen to the Pirates from the Red Sox.

Pitchers on the current roster

Jimmy Barthmaier

Denny Bautista

T.J. Beam

Ronald Belisario

Sean Burnett

Matt Capps

Jesse Chavez

David Davidson

Jason Davis

Zach Duke

John Grabow

Craig Hansen

Yoslan Herrera

Jeff Karstens

Paul Maholm

Ross Ohlendorf

Marino Salas

Romulo Sanchez

Ian Snell

John Van Benschoten

Tyler Yates

Pittsburgh Pirates current news

With its pitching staff among the league?s worst in much of the statistical areas in the 2008 season, the Pirates have hired Joe Kerrigan as pitching coach to replace Jeff Andrews, who was with the club for only a year. Kerrigan served the Yankees as bullpen coach from 2006-2007. Prior to that he was part the Philadelphia Phillies pitching staff (2003-04) and the Red Sox (1997-2001). While with Boston, Kerrigan?s pitching crew compiled a record of 823-687. The Pirates hope that with Kerrigan?s experience and teaching skills, he?ll be able to help improve their pitching staff which compiled a Major League-low 33 wins (starting staff) and a National League-worst 5.36 ERA.

On rebuilding mode once again following the departure of veteran players, the Pirates franchise maybe in for new challenges. But as all good things must start somewhere, Pittsburgh fans could only expect things to get better for their favorite team.



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