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With spring training set to begin soon, it feels like a good time to look back at how the Cardinals came to integrate player housing at spring training …

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2020/11/08/ ... -training/

On this date in 1982, the trade that made Ozzie Smith a Cardinal was finalized. See why the deal took months to complete …

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2022/08/29/ ... ton-trade/

Check out the story below to see why the Cardinals felt like Gregg Jefferies could win a batting championship when they traded for him ahead of the 1993 season …

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2022/01/08/ ... jefferies/

Check out the story below to see how the Cardinals got Dennis Eckersley from the A’s and got Oakland to pay most of Eckersley’s 1996 salary …

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/12/29/ ... cardinals/

BrummerStealsHome wrote: ↑12 Feb 2024 11:48 am Jeffries did very well here, but left as a FA for the same money the Cards were offering, but with a No Trade clause. The Cardinals wouldn't do it, and I can't say that I blame them. Losing Jeffries set a train in motion that saw Zeile moving from 3rd to first, so he could prove he couldn't field at either position, trading for home town boy Scott Cooper to play third, giving up Hard Hittin' Mark Whiten and Rheal Cormier. They stunk in '95, but '96 brought new owners, a new manager, and new players . . . and winning.

I really find the Cardinals' post-Jack Clark situation at first base fascinating. They bungle the negotiations with Clark, which leads to them getting Horner in the final days of his career. Then they get Pedro Guerrero in the last years of his career (whom I loved as a kid), then one year of Andres Galarraga before he resurrects his career in Colorado, then Gregg Jefferies (who is easily the best Cardinals performer in this bunch), before we get John Mabry/Todd Zeile for a few years (yikes!), then the mid-'90s version of a Cardinals top prospect in Dmitri Young (remember him?!?), then McGwire arrives.

Take a look at how the iconic birds on the bat were created on February 16, 1921 …

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2023/02/17/ ... rguson-mo/

On this date in 2011, Stan Musial received his greatest honor – the Presidential Medal of Freedom. See how a campaign uniting the Cardinals, their fans, and even legislators helped to make it happen …

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/12/30/ ... f-freedom/

One year ago today, the Cardinals community lost Tim McCarver. Here’s the story of how his extra-inning homer won Game 5 of the 1964 World Series …

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2023/02/20/ ... es-game-5/

See how Scott Spiezio started a phenomenon at Busch Stadium …

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2022/01/01/ ... henomenon/

On this date in 1955, the Cardinals signed Ken Boyer to his first big-league contract. See why the Cardinals traded away a 100-RBI third baseman to clear room for Boyer …

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2023/12/24/ ... -ken-boyer

On this date in 2011, just two weeks after he signed a minor-league contract to return to the Cardinals, Jim Edmonds hung up his cleats. See what forced him to call it a career …

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2022/01/04/ ... s-retires/

On this date in 2004, Albert Pujols and the Cardinals agreed on a team-record $100 million contract that kept him in St. Louis through the 2011 World Series championship …

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2022/01/03/ ... -cardinals

With groups from Milwaukee and Houston bidding on the team, Anheuser-Busch stepped up and purchased the Cardinals on this date in 1953. Take a look back at how it happened and how close the Cardinals came to moving …

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2023/12/15/ ... s-in-1953/

See how former Cardinals shortstop Dal Maxvill became a surprising choice for general manager on February 25, 1985 …

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2023/12/21/ ... gm-choice/

See why the Cardinals traded future Hall of Fame pitcher Steve Carlton on this date in 1972 …

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2022/01/11/ ... -phillies/

See why the Cardinals unveiled new uniforms without the iconic birds on the bat on this date in 1956 …

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2023/12/25/ ... -uniforms/