This Date in Cardinals History

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On November 13, 1968, Bob Gibson was named the National League MVP after he went 24-10 with a 1.12 ERA. He struck out 268 batters over 304 2/3 innings.

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/10/11/ ... eague-mvp/

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13 years ago today, the St. Louis Cardinals named Mike Matheny the 49th manager in franchise history.

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/10/12/ ... y-manager/

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13 years ago today, the St. Louis Cardinals named Mike Matheny the 49th manager in franchise history.

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/10/12/ ... y-manager/

I cut my thumb this morning. Synchronicity?

[remembirds]

After placing second in 2002 and 2003 and finishing third in the balloting in 2004, Albert Pujols finally won the first MVP Award of his career on November 15, 2005. See how it happened …

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2023/11/03/ ... d-in-2005/

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13 years ago today, the St. Louis Cardinals named Mike Matheny the 49th manager in franchise history.

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/10/12/ ... y-manager/

I cut my thumb this morning. Synchronicity?

I've found it really interesting that on Cardinals fan Facebook groups, there seems to be a real affection for Matheny's term as manager. People also really hate Mark McGwire way more than I would expect.

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13 years ago today, the St. Louis Cardinals named Mike Matheny the 49th manager in franchise history.

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/10/12/ ... y-manager/

I cut my thumb this morning. Synchronicity?

I've found it really interesting that on Cardinals fan Facebook groups, there seems to be a real affection for Matheny's term as manager. People also really hate Mark McGwire way more than I would expect.

It's consistent with how humans view history. It takes time for recency bias to mitigate. Look at Eisenhower. He used to be ranked very low among US Presidents but has been steadily climbing to the point he's considered among the best, and rightly so. Matheny drew the ire of Cardinal Nation because he was nowhere near the tactician that TLR was. But the combination of time and a present manager who fails to impress in any aspect of his job puts Matheny in a better perspective. We all know the story on Big Mac. It isn't even so much that he cheated, but then he lied about it in the hearings. If he'd have owned up to what he did and taken it like a man, I think Cardinals fans would be more forgiving.

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25 years ago today, the Cardinals acquired Darryl Kile in a trade with the Colorado Rockies ...

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2020/11/15/ ... rryl-kile/

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25 years ago today, the Cardinals acquired Darryl Kile in a trade with the Colorado Rockies ...

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2020/11/15/ ... rryl-kile/

Such a steal that was.

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10 years ago today, just 22 days after the untimely passing of Oscar Taveras, the Cardinals and Braves made a four-player trade that sent Jason Heyward to St. Louis …

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/10/17/ ... s-passing/

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On this date in 1985, Willie McGee was named the National League MVP after winning the batting crown with a .353 average. He led the league in hits (216) and triples (18) while adding 10 homers, 82 RBIs, and 56 stolen bases.

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/10/23/ ... eague-mvp/

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On November 20, 1996, the Cardinals signed Delino DeShields to become their new second baseman. In two seasons with St. Louis, he hit .293/.363/.440 and stole 81 bases ...

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2022/08/07/ ... deshields/

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The day after the Cardinals, Phillies, and Indians agreed on a three-team deal that sent Lonnie Smith to St. Louis on November 20, 1981, Philadelphia Daily News reporter Bill Conlin wrote that it “was a deal filled with marvelous paradoxes.”

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2020/11/20/ ... nie-smith/

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On this date in 2003, the Cardinals traded Tino Martinez to Tampa Bay, ending an experiment that didn’t work out the way either side had hoped.

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2023/08/19/ ... cardinals/

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On this date in 2003, the Cardinals traded Tino Martinez to Tampa Bay, ending an experiment that didn’t work out the way either side had hoped.

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2023/08/19/ ... cardinals/

Understatement of the year!

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On November 22, 2013, the Cardinals traded David Freese and Fernando Salas to the Angels for outfielders Peter Bourjos and Randal Grichuk. Here’s a look back at the trade ...

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/10/28/ ... d-grichuk/

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On this date in 1964, Ken Boyer was named NL MVP after batting .295 with 24 homers and 119 RBIs.

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/10/29/ ... eague-mvp/