RIP Lou —the 1964 Cardinals were the best of the best.
Brock, Curt Flood, Mike Shannon, Ken Boyer, Dick Groat, Julian Javiar, Bill White, Bob Gibson......it was the most perfect of baseball seasons for this teen Cardinal fan.
Those were the days.......
If 1964 was exciting for Cardinal fans.
The Cardinals were struggling at midseason but went on a tear in the second half to get themselves into a tight pennant race with Cincinnati and Philadelphia. And the Cards prevailed by a single game if I recall correctly over the Reds and Phillies.
And then the Cardinals won a thrilling seven-game World Series over the Yankees.
The best part of that year was what they did to the Phillies.