St. Louis Cardinals: 125 years of great Cardinals moments tournament

ST. LOUIS, MO - JULY 7: Starter Carlos Martinez #18 of the St. Louis Cardinals delivers a pitch against the New York Mets in the fifth inning at Busch Stadium on July 7, 2017 in St. Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images)
ST. LOUIS, MO - JULY 7: Starter Carlos Martinez #18 of the St. Louis Cardinals delivers a pitch against the New York Mets in the fifth inning at Busch Stadium on July 7, 2017 in St. Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images)

The St. Louis Cardinals are a massive piece of baseball lore. 2017 marks the 125th year of the Cardinals existence and contain a treasure trove of great moments.

125 years of St. Louis Cardinals baseball is a wonderful thing. To celebrate, Redbird Rants is thrilled to join our brothers and sisters through the United Cardinals Bloggers and specifically with Cards Conclave (C70 At The Bat specifically) to bring you a special, multi-site tournament recognizing the top 125 greatest Cardinals moments.

This tournament will take place over the course of July, August, and September with a different match-up each week. The tournament will span the sites of C70 At The Bat, The Intrepid STL, and CardsBlog. We will also have our portion here at Redbird Rants.

Each site will post their weekly match-ups and will request that readers, Twitter followers, and Facebook friends vote for the greatest of the two match-ups. Results will be shared and the bracket will continue until we, the Best Fans in Baseball, determine the best of the greatest moments in St. Louis Cardinals history.

The bracket (as it were) was derived by you, the readers and Twitter followers of C70 earlier this year. C70 asked that readers submit to him their suggestions of the greatest St. Louis Cardinals moments so that he could build a tournament. From these messages and Tweets, C70 built the tournament matching-up the top 64 suggestions.

Each site listed above is given their own region of the bracket and we here at Redbird Rants received the Walk Jockety region. Additionally, the tournament is built so that you can visit C70 on Mondays for his match-ups and vote, head to Intrepid on Tuesdays, stop by here on Wednesdays, and finish off at CardsBlog on Thursdays. This schedule will continue until the winner is crowned.

These are the match-ups and dates that we will be hosting our competitions here at Redbird Rants:

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Based on the winners of each head-to-head, we will then work forward through August and into September. By the time the 2017 St. Louis Cardinals season comes to a close, we will crown the top 125th Anniversary Moment.

Visit us here at Redbird Rants on the dates above to hear more of a breakdown and deeper details of each of the match-ups. We will post videos and commentary to help you make your selections. Simultaneously, follow us on Twitter and Facebook so that you can submit your votes there.

For more information on the tournament, head over to Meet Me At Musial and have a listen to the special podcast dedicated to this tournament.

Be sure to visit the other sites participating in the tournament as well and thanks for being loyal followers of Redbird Rants! Go Cardinals!

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