Thomas Michael Shannon (born July 15, 1939) is a retired Major League Baseball player and the current radio broadcaster for the St. Louis Cardinals. Shannon is a radio broadcaster for the St. Louis Cardinals. He was raised in St. Louis, Missouri and played with the Cardinals during some of the team's most successful years. Shannon was the proprietor of Mike Shannon's Steaks and Seafood in downtown St. Louis until the restaurant closed January 30, 2016. He still has Mike Shannon's Grill in Edwardsville, IL and at Lambert St. Louis Airport run by his grandson Justin VanMatre.