Throughout the 2005 season, the Cardinals and MasterCard allowed fans to vote for their favorite baseball Cardinals moments as Busch Stadium II. These are the results.
Its insane to think that at the time of me viewing this video, Busch III is already 16 years old. But in those 16 years since the Inaugural Season of 2006, we've already witnessed 3 World Series within it's confines, and won two of those World Series . Absolutely unbelievable to see the magic of postseason ball that STL has witnessed in its current stadium
I love this...thank you for the upload, I appreciate you! I WISH they'd never have torn that beautiful unique stadium down. I loved the arches around the top....perfect for that city, right by the Gateway Arch. It, along with the Arch, were great landmarks for the city. I know folks like the new place but I'll always miss Busch Memorial.
Major issue with Busch II/Busch Memorial is, that by the early 2000s, pretty much all MLB teams were transitioning away from the old school cookie cutter style stadiums and transitioning to a modern "retro" look for their new ballparks
@@frederickglass1583 too me, it wasn't the same as all the other cookie cutter ones given it had that unique 96 arches encircling the top. Right next to the Gateway Arch, it was perfect for St. Louis
Thanks for sharing this. I had seen most of these before. But not organized into one segment like you did with Joe Buck in the beginning. I noticed in one of the Gibson clips, CF is 404 feet. Yet when Busch Stadium II was first built, CF was 414 feet if I'm not mistaken. Then, sometime in the '80s, I believe it was moved back to 414 feet. Is there any timeline when the dimensions were changed?
Thank you for sharing your revisionist morality point of view. I simply cannot understand it. I get that McGwire used steroids, but let's remember some things: 1) He was in the MAJORITY of players during his era, not the minority. PED's were rampant in baseball for a long time, and you can't single out one (or even a few) player(s) and point the finger at them, or expect a higher level of "integrity" or "morality" simply because they hit more home runs. 2) PED's were not tested for in baseball at the time McGwire played, and there were no rules agreed upon by MLB and the MLBPA regarding such things until 2005. If it's not against the rules of the sport you play in, well ... 3) We have no way of knowing when PED's were introduced to baseball. What we do know is that there are players in the Hall of Fame that used Amphetamines, Barbiturates, and Recreational Drugs, because those things were commonplace within the game for a long time before steroids. And, there are going to be, if there haven't been already, players elected to the Hall of Fame that used steroids. If people get so bent out of shape about steroids, why does nobody raise hell about Willie Mays distributing greenies in the clubhouse, or Mike Schmidt admitting that he used amphetamines on occasion? You don't think those things helped players put up those numbers? Every era has its advantages, from only whites being allowed to play, to and McGwire's just happened to be steroids. 4) This is baseball, not religion. Did you enjoy the '98 Home Run Race? Did you cheer when McGwire was hitting bombs into the upper deck of Busch Stadium? If you weren't crying out that "something must be going on" in 1998, then shut up about McGwire. If you suspected something WAS going on, but decided to go along for the ride, shut up about McGwire. He was one of the most exciting players of his era, and his time in St. Louis was tremendous fun. I don't like the fact that he, or anybody else, did steroids, but I'm not going to beat my chest and pretend like I'm outraged in hindsight because something came to light that, had I been older (I was 12 in 1998), I probably would have suspected was happening anyway. Look at it for what it was - a chemically enhanced exhibition that was enjoyable as hell. It produced some of the best baseball experiences we as fans have ever had. Enjoy the memories, but don't forget the lessons learned, and maybe the next time something seems too good to be true, we'll be more skeptical before heaping endless and unquestioning praise upon someone. To get mad about it, though, or pretend like the moments weren't great, or that they're not worth remembering, is juvenile stupidity to me.
Like it or not steroids saved baseball. After the 94 strike it left fans avoiding baseball, and just like Babe Ruth after the black sock scandal, the homeruns brought fans back
@@cardinalsbaseballclassics your correct he used no banned substances at the time he did it, should be a hall of famer only mlb player to average 50 homers a season (in a full 162 game season) for a career
McGwire was taking Androgen, which in '98, was NOT a banned substance under league rules. Get over yourself. Bonds is always named because he continued to use(and lie about "Non-usage) PEDs after the PED ban was put into place even after retirement. Hell, the guy went before a Congressional Jury
