*An error has been corrected in this story that reported Mike Shannon had helped pay for four seats that will be donated to fans every home game next season, according to Cardinals.com. The story has been changed to show the tickets weren't paid for by Shannon.
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - After 50 years, Mike Shannon has called his final regular season game for the St. Louis Cardinals in the radio broadcast booth. Although there's some chance he returns for a possible Game 3 of the NLDS, if St. Louis makes it past the Wild Card game.
Shannon was honored Sunday before his final game, as he was gifted with an honorary plaque from Anheuser-Busch, a golf cart from the Cardinals and the renaming of the KMOX broadcast booth at Busch Stadium as the "Shannon Broadcast Booth."
A gift to Cardinals fans, that will keep on giving, was also announced by John Rooney, Shannon's radio partner of nearly two decades:
"In recognition of Mike's ambassadorship, Budweiser has partnered with the Cardinals to sponsor an initiative that will bring four fans to every home game in 2022, courtesy of Mike Shannon and Budweiser. We've identified four seats in Mike's favorite black color, where four fans can take in a game with a few cold, frosty Buds," Rooney announced.
You can see more photos from Sunday's ceremony below:
Mike Shannon driven by his wife, Lori, in his new golf cart gifted by the Cardinals
(USA Today Sports Images)Members of the Cardinals clap for Shannon before his final game in the broadcast booth
(USA Today Sports Images)Shannon waves to fans inside the newly renamed KMOX Shannon Broadcast Booth
(USA Today Sports Images)The largest crowd of the regular season for St. Louis — 46,525 — give Shannon as standing ovation
(USA Today Sports Images)Shannon is one of only 14 announcers in baseball history to have spent at least 50 years in a broadcast booth, and one of just six to call all those games for only one team
(USA Today Sports Images)Shannon has been part of 10 World Series with the Cardinals: Three times as a player and seven times in the broadcast booth
(USA Today Sports Images)
