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Cards to honor ’67 title team, ’16 top players
- Updated: November 30, 2016
ST. LOUIS — Members of the Cardinals’ 1967 World Series championship team, as well as top performers from last year’s club, are slated to be honored at the 59th annual St. Louis Baseball Writers Dinner on Jan. 15, 2017.
Tickets for the event, which will be held at the Union Station Hotel, went on sale Wednesday at $150 per ticket. Tickets can also be purchased as part of a Winter Warm-Up bundle for $175. That represents a savings of $15 if buying the two separately.
The highlight of this year’s dinner will be a reunion of the ’67 team, which will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the franchise’s eighth World Series title. Those who have already committed to attending include Tim McCarver, Mike Shannon, Bob Gibson, Lou Brock, Ted Savage, Dick Hughes, Bobby Tolan and Larry Jaster. Red Schoendienst, who managed that club, will also be making an appearance.
The program will also include the recognition of several standout players from a 2016 Cardinals team that won 86 games. …
