SAD NEWS: St. Louis Cardinals Two-time World Series Champion Confirmed Dead

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV/Dark News) – Incredible Cardinals telecaster and double cross Worldwide championship champion Mike Shannon has passed on, the St. Louis Cardinals reported Sunday.

“The St. Louis Cardinals were disheartened to realize toward the beginning of today of the death of Cardinals Corridor of Famer and cherished St. Louisan Mike Shannon,” said Cardinals proprietor and CEO Bill DeWitt Jr. in a news discharge. ” Mike’s remarkable association with Cardinals fans and his colleagues was reflected in his unrestrained energy for the game, the Cardinals, and the St. Louis people group. We express our sympathy to Mike’s loved ones and numerous fans on behalf of the entire Cardinals organization.

A multi-sport star at CBC Secondary School in St. Louis, Thomas Michael “Mike” Shannon stays the main competitor ever to be named the Missouri Secondary School Player of the Year for both football and b-ball around the same time. He received interest to play quarterback at the University of Missouri, but he dropped out in 1958 to sign a contract with the Cardinals for professional baseball.

Shannon spent his whole major association playing profession with St. Louis from 1962 to 1970 and was a double cross boss as an individual from the 1964 and 1967 Cardinals. However Shannon’s playing profession finished rashly because of kidney illness, his days as a significant piece of the Cardinal family were simply beginning. Shannon joined Jack Buck in the Cardinals radio station corner for the 1972 season.

For the people who weren’t around to see his playing days, the “Moon Man” became known to ages of Cardinals fans for his rich style on the air. After 50 years as the Cardinals’ voice, Shannon stepped down from the KMOX broadcast.

Mike Shannon, a member of the Cardinals Hall of Fame, is associated with Cardinals baseball.