Ballpark Village is just an amazing place to go to in itself. On the west side
there's an entrance to the Cardinals Hall of Fame and Museum.
The Hall of Fame's on the second floor. You step off the elevator and see all these plaques.
All the people in the Cardinals Hall of Fame have a plaque.
And at the time we came these were the two newest Hall of Famers inducted into the Cardinals Hall of Fame.
Tim McCarver and Mark McGwire, and these are the past inductees.
Starting with Rogers Hornsby, a bunch of them. Enos Slaughter, Stan Musial, Jack Buck, Bob Gibson, Whitey Herzog, Ozzie Smith.
Great names, great history. They say there's 125 years of Cardinal baseball history in this Hall of Fame Museum.
When you think of Cardinals baseball you think of their greatest player - Stan Musial. And Stan Musial said,
"I love to play this game of baseball. I love putting on this uniform." You're playing for the St. Louis Cardinals.
It's an honor to wear the Birds on the Bat. The fans have respect for the baseball game that you love
so dearly.
I think when we say the "Cardinal Way", we're talking about fundamentals. The execution of fundamentals on a daily basis.
Playing the game the right way.
There's something about this atmosphere that helps you get to the best place that you can be.
You can see some of the old uniforms; old style bats.
Birth of the franchise - Browns joined the National League in 1892. That looks like pretty heavy material right there.
Double-breasted even. And they won their first championship in
1926; their first of eleven. It's got the bird on the bat there!
The Cards got a championship again in 1931. Some old merchandising.
The Mud Cats.
And the Gas House Gang.
In 1934 they won their third World Series.
And they won in 1942. There's Stan Musials' first home run ball in 1941.
This is a model of Sportsman's Park.
In 1926, that's where they won their first World Championship. There's a long list of Stan Musial's records held at retirement.
There's a Stan Musial section here.
Number 6. Stan Musial was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in
2011 by President Barack Obama.
That's the highest civilian award that can be given.
There's a picture of him with Michelle and Barack Obama.
Lot of Stan Musial memorabilia here.
No ball player is more beloved in St. Louis than Stan Musial. Embracing diversity.
Tom Alston became in the cards first black player in
1954. And thankfully, baseball is a very diverse game today. "Make Your Call On Historic Plays".
This is a broadcast booth.
You can come in the broadcast booth, and pick a great moment in Cardinal history, like the David Freese home run,
3,000 hits for Stan Musial,
17 strikeouts... different things like that. Of course the, "Go crazy folks", home run.
And you can do your play-by-play over that footage and then play it back and hear yourself
call the game! First you get to hear the original call and then you try to do the same call. "All right -
here's your chance to make the call! Here we go. 3, 2, 1."
"And he's up to the mound, he's running, he's running! And he's safe! 105!"
"Hey, that's not bad at all. Let's take a listen back." Oh, gosh!
It's Cool Papa Bell.
Has his game used bat up there.
His jersey. His speed and hitting ability helped him evolve into a feared offensive threat. Yeah, there's so much to see in here.
She was the first woman owner. She actually inherited it from her Uncle, Stanley Robison.
Wow.
Making Her Mark.
And this tells the origin of the Cardinals logo, the Birds on the Bat.
It started with a Allie May Schmidt back in 1921. Her original artwork resulted in the team's Birds on the Bat logo.
Which debuted on the uniforms in 1922. Here's a tribute to Whitey Herzog's era of the Cardinals - Whitey Ball.
Which was about speed, and stealing bases and
getting one run at a time.
And in this section you can hold history. Hold a bat used by a Cardinals great. You have to wear gloves,
Have to be admitted by the attendant. No swinging the bats.
You get to choose your bat. You choose a bat used by one of the gentleman on that sign. So we only ask that you wear a pair of those fancy plastic gloves.
So who's bat do you think is calling your name?
Oh, definitely Lou Brock! So this is the bat he used for several seasons, but starting in
1964, which means that this is the bat that he used his very first season after coming to us from the Cubs.
So a lot of history with this bat. It's 33 ounces. It's 35 inches long. A nice piece of history.
Donna's up to bat. She's ready. There's a look at the actual bats you could try out.
Pretty cool. Thank you.
This documents the home run chase of 1998 between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa.
That was an incredible year. It was fun to watch. They traded blows until September 25th
when Sosa took a brief lead with 66 home runs.
McGwire tied it just minutes later and pulled away to finish with 70 home runs.
What a record!
Some seats from the old stadium - Busch 2.
There's the old round Busch Stadium.
With the arches all around the circumference. There's the El Birdos, the Runnin' Redbirds.
Al Hrabosky's jersey, Lou Brock's.
El Birdos dominate National League winning the
1967 series. And this room shows all the Championships that St. Louis won.
'26 '31, '34
'42, '44, '46
'64,
'67, '82
2006, and 2011. Here's some trophies - 2011,
2006,
'82,
'67. There's just a lot to see here, and there's some interactive exhibits, which make it fun, too.
Tons of history. There's the groundbreaking shovel for Busch Stadium 3. And they call Busch Stadium,
"Baseball Heaven". Here's a model of Busch Stadium 3.
Really a cool park - very classic looking and a fun place to go see a game. Even if you get the bleacher seats.
Remember, one time we paid like four bucks for bleacher seats. Yeah,
bleacher seats are a lot of fun. I remember doing that when I was a kid. Bleacher seats were where we always sat.
They just won't go away.
This is already a classic.
Freese hits it in the air to Center.
Get up, baby, get up! Oh yeah! It is gone!
David Freese has just sent us to Game #7!
An unbelievable win by the St. Louis Cardinals!
What a night! What a heckuva baseball game! This one will go down in history as an all-timer!
What a ride! The Cardinals are World Champs in 2011!
And how about the Hall of Fame Museum? The Hall of Fame Museum was awesome!
Reminds me of being a little kid and going to the, I guess it would have been Busch Stadium 2,
which I didn't know that at the time.
With my mom and dad and he was a big fan.
That was the whole era that was like Lou Brock and Bob Gibson.
Yeah, good times! My brother used to say, "I want to grow up and be just like Woo Bach."
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