A report on St. Louis Cardinals, Spring training, Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds

A 1994 Grapefruit League game at the LA Dodgers' former camp in Vero Beach, Florida
Charles Comiskey, shown here circa 1910, guided the Browns to four American Association titles.
Boston Red Sox players in Hot Springs, Arkansas, in 1912
The 1876 White Stockings won the NL championship.
Cincinnati Reds baseball team in 1909
Rogers Hornsby won two Triple Crowns as a Cardinal.
1885 Chicago White Stockings (known today as the Chicago Cubs)
The 1906 Cubs won a record 116 of 154 games. They then won back-to-back World Series titles in 1907–08.
Hall of famer Edd Roush led Cincinnati to the 1919 World Series.
Stan Musial retired owning numerous National League and team batting records.
Babe Ruth hit a 573-foot home run in spring training, 1918. He led the league with 11 home runs and had a 13–7 record as the Red Sox won the 1918 World Series.
1913 Chicago Cubs
Ted Kluszewski (1953)
Bob Gibson, the most decorated pitcher in team history, won two Cy Young Awards.
A 2007 Cactus League game between the Cubs and the White Sox at HoHoKam Park
Hall of Famer Hack Wilson
Crosley Field (pictured in 1969), the Reds' home stadium from 1912 to 1970
Pitcher Chris Carpenter, essential in two World Series titles, won 10 playoff games with a 3.00 postseason ERA.
New York Giants during Spring Training in Marlin, Texas (circa 1915)
Club logo (1927–1936)
Riverfront Stadium (pictured in 1974), the home stadium of the Reds from 1970 to 2002
Albert Pujols is one of the most accomplished players in Cardinals' history.
Jim Thorpe, US Olympian, New York Giants Spring Training in Marlin, Texas, likely 1918
Cubs logo (1941–1945)
Pete Rose at bat in a game at Dodger Stadium during the 1970s
Sportsman's Park during the 1946 World Series
A Braves spring training game against the Mets in 2008
A sports-related curse that was supposedly placed on the Chicago Cubs by Billy Goat Tavern owner William Sianis during Game 4 of the 1945 World Series.
George Foster slugged 52 home runs in 1977, earning the NL MVP award.
Busch Memorial Stadium, home stadium from 1966 to 2005
An extended spring training game in Sarasota, Florida, during the 2008 season
Ernie Banks ("Mr. Cub")
Eric Davis in 1990
St. Louis logo (1900–1919)
Ryne Sandberg set numerous league and club records in his career and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2005.
Opening day at Riverfront Stadium, 1995
St. Louis mascot Fredbird, 2013
Andre Dawson, 5× All-Star and 1987 NL MVP during tenure in Chicago
Great American Ball Park, the Reds' home stadium since 2003
Red Schoendienst (1965–76, 1980, 1990)
Sammy Sosa was the captain of the Chicago Cubs during his tenure with the team.
Ken Griffey Jr. played in his hometown of Cincinnati from 2000 to 2008.
Tony La Russa (1996–2011)
Kerry Wood, along with Mark Prior, led the Cubs' rotation in 2003.
Joey Votto, first baseman (2007–present)
Joe Medwick's Triple Crown in 1937 is the last in the history of the National League
Dempster emerged in 2004 and became the Cubs' regular closer.
Great American Ball Park opened in 2003 along the Ohio River.
Lou Brock
Alfonso Soriano signed with the club in 2007.
Logo (1915–1919)
Dizzy Dean
Carlos Zambrano warming up before a game
Scott Rolen wearing the current Reds away uniform, featuring classic lettering.
Curt Flood
Starlin Castro during his 2010 rookie season
Barry Larkin playing in Riverfront Stadium in 1990
Enos Slaughter
One of two Cubs building blocks, Anthony Rizzo, swinging in the box
Frank Robinson
Ozzie Smith
The Cubs celebrate after winning the 2016 World Series.
Eppa Rixey
Bruce Sutter
2016 Champions visit the White House in June 2017.
Ernie Lombardi
Harry Caray
Clark (left) with the Oriole Bird
The Ohio Cup trophy
Ron Santo
Marty Brennaman, the Hall of Fame "voice of the Reds"
Billy Williams
Ferguson Jenkins
Kiki Cuyler
Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown
Harry Caray

In two of these championships, the Browns met the Chicago White Stockings, now the Chicago Cubs, launching the enduring Cardinals–Cubs rivalry.

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The location of Hot Springs and the concept of getting the players ready for the upcoming season was the brainchild of Chicago White Stockings (today's Chicago Cubs) team President Albert Spalding and Cap Anson.

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Both seasons resulted in matchups with the St. Louis Brown Stockings, with the clubs tying in 1885 and with St. Louis winning in 1886.

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The Cleveland Spiders, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, Brooklyn Dodgers, and Boston Red Sox followed the White Stockings to Hot Springs.

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Early training sites include the St. Louis Cardinals in Hot Springs and Tulsa, Oklahoma; the New York Yankees in New Orleans and later Phoenix, Arizona, when the team was owned by Del Webb; the Chicago Cubs in Los Angeles when owned by William Wrigley Jr.; the St. Louis Browns and later the Kansas City Athletics in San Diego and then in West Palm Beach, Florida; the Pittsburgh Pirates in Dawson Springs, Kentucky around 1915 and Honolulu, while other teams joined in by the early 1940s.

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On July 14, 2018, following an 8–2 loss to the Cincinnati Reds, the St. Louis Cardinals announced they had dismissed manager Mike Matheny after seasons.

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The Cardinals home field in spring training is Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida.

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In other deals that proved to be less successful, the Reds traded Gary Nolan to the California Angels for Craig Hendrickson; Rawly Eastwick to the St. Louis Cardinals for Doug Capilla; and Mike Caldwell to the Milwaukee Brewers for Rick O'Keeffe and Garry Pyka, as well as Rick Auerbach from Texas.

- Cincinnati Reds

In, the Reds were in the newly created National League Central Division with the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, and fellow rivals Pittsburgh Pirates and Houston Astros.

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The Ohio Cup was an annual pre-season baseball game, which pitted the Ohio rivals Cleveland Guardians and Cincinnati Reds.

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The Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Browns, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Spiders, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, New York Highlanders, Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Red Sox were among the early squads to arrive.

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The Cubs' current spring training facility is located in Sloan Park in Mesa, Arizona, where they play in the Cactus League.

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Professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world.

National League Baltimore Orioles, 1896
Cy Young, 1911 baseball card
Jackie Robinson comic book, 1951
1959 World Series action at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Graph showing, by year, the average number of runs per MLB game
Mark McGwire was one of several central figures in baseball's steroids scandal
Cleveland Indians throwback uniform
A Grapefruit League game at the former Los Angeles Dodgers camp in Vero Beach, Florida
President John F. Kennedy throwing out the first pitch at the 1962 All-Star Game at DC Stadium
Rafael Palmeiro (batter), one of the MLB players suspended for steroid use
MLB blackout map in the United States
Canadian MLB blackout map
MLB blackout map in the United States

The modern Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves franchises trace their histories back to the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players in the 1870s.

Had the Dodgers moved out west alone, the St. Louis Cardinals—1600 mi away —would have been the closest NL team.

In 1985, Pete Rose broke Ty Cobb's all-time hits record with his 4,192nd hit, and in 1989 Rose received a lifetime ban from baseball as a result of betting on baseball games while manager of the Cincinnati Reds.

Spring training is a series of practices and exhibition games preceding the start of the regular season.