Joe Garagiola's 1995 tour of The Hill neighborhood with Dan Buck highlights his St. Louis roots.

The St. Joseph Mustangs baseball team honored a team of the past on Saturday, June 21st, the St. Joseph Cardinals. The ...

No other player among the Big Red Machine's lineup of superstars can claim greater individual impact on how the game has been played since, even now.

"Catcher Joe Garagiola of the Cardinals," St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Sept. 6, 1946 "Garagiola Nervous but Bats 1.000 As He Marries Audrie Dianne Ross,"St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Nov. 6, 1949 ...

McManaman: After five decades of covering sports in Arizona, I'm adding 'columnist' (again) to my resume. I hope you keep ...

I used one of Joe Garagiola's old lines Tuesday night, and Joe died at 90 on Wednesday. Not a wild coincidence, because I find myself borrowing Garagiola's timeless material often. First, let's get… ...

Garagiola broke into broadcasting in 1955 as a radio and television analyst for the Cardinals. He spent 27 years at NBC and was paired with Tony Kubek as the lead broadcast team from 1976-82 and ...

Joe Garagiola was 90.Garagiola played for the Cardinals, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs. He broke in with the Cardinals, joining a powerful team led by the great Stan Musial ...

From 1946 to 1954, Mr. Garagiola was a catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs and New York Giants. Statistically, his career was eminently forgettable.

PHOENIX — Joe Garagiola, who turned a modest major league catching career into a 57-year run as a popular broadcaster in the sports world and beyond, died Wednesday. He was 90.

St. Louis Cardinals catcher Joe Garagiola, center, talks with pitchers Cloyd Boyer, left, and Harry “The Cat” Brecheen during spring training in 1951. Garagiola died Wednesday.

The Cardinals signed Garagiola after rejecting Berra at a 1943 tryout. The two remained lifelong friends, with Berra often the good-natured subject of Garagiola's wit. Berra died last Sept. 15.