The Brooklyn Daily Eagle chimed on Apwith the following:ĬARDINALS' SNAPPY UNIFORMS The uniforms the St. On April 8, 1922, the Boston-based Christian Science Monitor declared the new togs to be "striking."
Media opinions from rival National League cities were nearly universally positive. They'll set the pace, likewise the style, And win the pennant by a mile Unless the local fans are rotten guessers. The Cardinals' new uniform Will take the populace by storm- For they are sure a classy bunch of dressers. Davis composed an Opening Day poem, appropriately entitled "The Opener," published that day: The effect was not lost on the Pittsburgh Press, which referred to the team as "Branch Rickey's red birds, a new name for the Cardinals." The first regular season game in which the "birds-on-bat" saw action was the 1922 home opener, on April 12, against the Pittsburgh Pirates. A representative sampling of some MLB uniforms from that season provides some insight into why the Cards' aesthetics were so noteworthy: The Cardinals' new look was a bold one for the baseball world of 1922.
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Louis uniforms, with the exceptions of 1927 (when a single bird on bat celebrated the team’s World Series championship of 1926) and 1956, when the birds disappeared for a single season. Starting in 1922, the two “birds on bat” have graced the St. Schmidt-head of the art department at the Woodward and Tiernan Printing Co-to create artwork for the Cardinals’ uniforms. Rickey then commissioned Allie May’s father, Edward H. Her decorations that night-cardboard cutouts of red cardinal birds, perched atop twigs made out of string-inspired Rickey. Rickey, then Cardinals Vice President and General Manager, was invited to speak at the Men’s Fellowship Club of the Ferguson (Missouri) Presbyterian Church on February 16, 1921. Congregant Allie May Schmidt was tasked with creating table decorations for the event. More than nine decades of visual tradition have served as the backdrop for eleven World Series championship teams.Īs I have previously noted, the Cardinals' look was famously created by Branch Rickey. Louis Cardinals' time-honored "birds-on-bat" uniform design is widely considered to be among the classiest in Major League Baseball. The Cardinals were playing the Milwaukee Brewers and won 2-1.The St. The department constantly stresses the importance of safety and responsible gun ownership." "We know 'what goes up must come down,' and in this case, an innocent victim was struck. Louis Police department said in a statement. "This further amplifies our yearly message of encouraging 'Fun Without Guns,'" the St. We will be sharing more information with the media as further details emerge." There is nothing more important than the safety of our fans, and the Cardinals are grateful that no one was seriously injured. She was interviewed by police who are investigating the matter. The fan was treated for an abrasion and a bruise on her arm at first aid and released. The Cardinals issued a statement on Wednesday: "We are aware of an incident last night in which a fan reported being struck by a stray bullet that presumably originated from outside of the stadium. Police said they found a bullet slug "in the immediate area around the victim's seat." "There were some little kids sitting in front of us, it could have hit them.” “That bullet could have hit anyone," Todd said. "We got out of there pretty quick once security came and everything, because we didn’t know if they were going to shoot again.” And next thing you know I’m like, you got shot for real? And she was like yes, and she reached over and picked the bullet up.” "You could see the little hole in her jacket, and all of a sudden you see the little bruise and a little blood on her arm," Porter said. They say everything was fine until they heard a man behind him calling for security, saying the woman next to him had been shot. Todd Porter, 54, and his son Chris were sitting directly in front of the victim. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. The woman went to a first aid station for treatment and contacted an off-duty police officer. The 34-year old woman was sitting in her seat near the dugout when she was struck.Īccording to the police report, the woman felt pain in her arm and noticed a small abrasion above her elbow when she removed her jacket, the St. Louis Cardinals game at Busch Stadium on Tuesday night was grazed by a stray bullet that presumably came from outside the stadium. Police are investigating after a woman attending the St. Louis Cardinals fan hit by stray bullet at Busch Stadium
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