MLB Showdown Obsession

 The Cardinals are an underrated franchise. Sure they pale in comparison to the Yankees and their 27 titles, but the Cards are the only other franchise to have more than 10 titles to their own name. Their first coming in 1926 over Babe Ruth and the Yankees. Their hopes of turning that into a habit were dashed two years later when those same Yankees got revenge. Skip to 1930, the Cards were back again but this time they were stopped by the Philadelphia A's. 1931 provided another chance to establish the Cardinals as a big time franchise. Gabby Street was back to manage as his boys rolled right through the National League to a 101-53 record, 13 games beyond the 2nd place Giants, and easily claimed their second straight NL pennant. Entering their 4th World Series, the Cards would get a familiar foe in the same Athletics team that beat them a year ago. The Athletics were in a unique position to become the first team in history to win three straight titles, but the Cardinals had no inte...