In St. Louis
St. Louis is generally considered one of the best baseball towns in the United States, with fans more numerous, knowledgeable, and committed than in most cities. The Cardinals have been one of the most successful baseball franchises in history with 18 National League pennants and a National League record 11 World Series Championships. They are second only to the New York Yankees (who have 27) in total World Series Championships.
Cardinals fans are known for traveling to see their team on the road as well and fill nearly half of Wrigley Field in Chicago when the Cubs and Cardinals carry on their classic rivalry each season. (The converse is true when Cubs fans go to Busch Stadium in St. Louis when the Cubs visit.) When the Kansas City Royals play the Cardinals in Kansas City every season during interleague play, the games often sell out, unlike most other poorly-attended Royals' games. In the stands, Cardinals fans outnumber Royals fans almost two to one.
Many fans around the nation grew up listening to two baseball broadcasters considered among the best in history, Jack Buck and Harry Caray, call Cardinals' games starting in the mid-1940s, into the 1950s and through the 1960s. Jack Buck (with Mike Shannon, starting 1972), remained the voice of the Cardinals through 2001. KMOX dropped Cardinals' broadcasts after 2005, but resumed in 2011.
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