As the St. Louis Cardinals prepare themselves for a return to the NLCS, we thought we we take a look back at a time when they went all the way to the World Series... and lost.
Today marks the 51 year anniversary of the Detroit Tigers 1968 World Series win, which reminds us both that the team has the ability to accomplish tremendous success, and also that the postseason used to be much shorter.
The 1968 World Series really seemed to be going St. Louis’s way. They won the first game, dropped the second to Detroit 8-1, then won the next two at Tiger Stadium (adding insult to injury), giving them a 3-1 series lead, seemingly poised to take it all.