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Re: This Date in Cardinals History
Posted: 14 May 2024 08:38 am
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See how Al Hrabosky and the “gypsy war gods” stifled the Reds in May 1977 …
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2023/03/16/ ... ifle-reds/
Re: This Date in Cardinals History
Posted: 15 May 2024 08:03 am
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On this date in 1984, pitcher Joaquin Andujar stunned his teammates when he called his shot and hit a grand slam. “Just like Ruth,” lamented Ozzie Smith. “Ruth and Andujar. He’s going to be impossible …”
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2022/03/17/ ... rand-slam/
Re: This Date in Cardinals History
Posted: 18 May 2024 07:42 am
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Re: This Date in Cardinals History
Posted: 18 May 2024 07:45 am
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Whitey Kurowski was named to the Cardinals Hall of Fame yesterday …
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2022/06/19/ ... ies-title/
Re: This Date in Cardinals History
Posted: 19 May 2024 07:19 am
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See why the Cardinals traded Matt Adams to the Washington Nationals for prospect Juan Yepez on May 20, 2017 …
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2024/01/23/ ... z-in-2017/
Re: This Date in Cardinals History
Posted: 20 May 2024 08:10 am
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On this date in 1964, Bob Gibson found that waxing his car helped him strike out 12 Cubs. See how polishing his ride made the difference in a 1-0 shutout …
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2020/08/22/ ... 0-shutout/
Re: This Date in Cardinals History
Posted: 21 May 2024 08:31 am
by remembirds
On this date in 1985, Vince Coleman hit his first career home run. Not surprisingly, it was an inside-the-park homer …
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2022/03/18/ ... -the-park/
Re: This Date in Cardinals History
Posted: 22 May 2024 08:11 am
by remembirds
On May 26, 1978, the Cardinals added a much-needed bat when they traded Eric Rasmussen to the Padres for right fielder George Hendrick …
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/05/02/ ... -hendrick/
Re: This Date in Cardinals History
Posted: 23 May 2024 09:06 am
by remembirds
When Mort Cooper walked into Sam Breadon’s office three years after winning the MVP Award, he thought he was there to discuss a new contract with the Cardinals. Instead, he learned that he had been traded to the Braves …
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2023/10/30/ ... rt-cooper/
Re: This Date in Cardinals History
Posted: 24 May 2024 08:08 am
by remembirds
18 years ago today, Adam Wainwright homered in his first big-league at-bat …
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/05/01/ ... e-at-bat/
Re: This Date in Cardinals History
Posted: 25 May 2024 07:08 am
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On this date in 1954, Cardinals rookie Wally Moon nearly broke a 50-year-old National League record when he stole four bases in a win over the Cubs …
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/05/25/ ... nl-record/
Re: This Date in Cardinals History
Posted: 26 May 2024 08:56 am
by remembirds
Given Ozzie Smith’s long journey to becoming an above-average major-league hitter, it was no wonder that he began to cry with joy and appreciation after he tripled on this date in 1992 for his 2,000th career hit.
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2022/03/18/ ... areer-hit/
Re: This Date in Cardinals History
Posted: 26 May 2024 09:02 am
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Re: This Date in Cardinals History
Posted: 27 May 2024 12:25 pm
by remembirds
On this date in 1975, Lou Brock hit for the cycle for the only time in his Hall of Fame career ...
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/05/09/ ... he-cycle/
Re: This Date in Cardinals History
Posted: 28 May 2024 21:14 pm
by remembirds
When the Cardinals traded Vinegar Bend Mizell and Dick Gray to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Julian Javier and Ed Bauta, St. Louis Post-Dispatch sports editor Bob Broeg had three questions: Why couldn’t the Cardinals get more for Mizell? Who was going to pitch for the Cardinals now? And who in the world was Javier?
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2024/01/23/ ... an-javier/
Re: This Date in Cardinals History
Posted: 29 May 2024 08:42 am
by remembirds
When the first inning of Paul DeJong’s major league debut rolled around, the 23-year-old shortstop wasn’t even in the stadium.
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/05/16/ ... ue-at-bat/