Several players from the '06 group -- which won the organization's 11th World Series championship -- are slated to be in attendance, along with manager Tony La Russa. The night's highest honor -- the Red Schoendienst Medal -- will be presented to the DeWitt family, commemorating their century of service with Major League Baseball.
Bill DeWitt Jr., current chairman of the Cardinals, purchased majority ownership in the club in 1996. He had formerly invested in or served as a partial owner of the Reds and Orioles. His father, Bill DeWitt, began working for the Cardinals as a concessionaire in 1916, and he later took over as owner/general manager of the St.