The remarkable September comeback by the St. Louis Cardinals to make the playoffs this year evokes a comparison with the 1964 team that did something similar. Some research yields a few ...

Lou Brock remembered September 1964 as a time when the St. Louis Cardinals began a salary drive. That's also when they started their path to the World Series championship.

Appraisal: 1964 St. Louis Cardinals World Champion Banner, from Austin, Hour 1. Watch Leila Dunbar's appraisal of a 1964 St. Louis Cardinals World Champion banner, in Austin, Hour 1.

ST. LOUIS — One of the greatest teams in Cardinals history is getting another look, in the form of a new book. Author Robert Tiemann and former 5 On Your Side sportscaster Ron Jacober are out ...

So it was in that long, hot summer 50 years ago, when the 1964 St. Louis Cardinals became our Boys of Summer.

At the end of play on June 10, 1964, the St. Louis Cardinals were in fifth place, four games behind the first-place San Francisco Giants. The Cardinals had won 28 games while losing 26.