Writing about the history of the 11-time champion St. Louis Cardinals. My new book, The Trades That Made The St. Louis Cardinals, is available now on Amazon.
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What a stunning piece.
Amadee was such a great artist and so in-tune with what was going on.
Published in 1959, in celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Cardinals 1934 World Series Championship.
Signed by 12 of the 15 players.
#STLCards
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The great Joe Garagiola was born 100 years ago today.
Honored with the Ford C. Frick Award in 1991, he received the 2014 Buck O’Neil Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the game.
ALT Portrait of Joe Garagiola in a suit and tie sitting behind a microphone. (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum)
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Carl Yastrzemski and Orlando Cepeda At Spring Training, 1968. The two were the MVPs of the 1967 season and faced in the World Series that the Cardinals won.
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Ozzie Smith high-fiving Gary Carter at the 1984 All-Star Game. Carter's home run was the difference in the game as he won MVP
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Tim McCarver, Orlando Cepeda and Roger Maris, 1967. Cepeda would end up winning MVP while McCarver finished runner up as the Cardinals win on to win the World Series.
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When asked by the Pope, during a WWII visit to the Vatican by US servicemen, about his vocation in civilian life:
"Your Holiness, I'm Joseph Medwick. I too, used to be a Cardinal." - Joe "Ducky" Medwick
This photo =🔥 (Shown with his son, 9 year-old Joe "Mickey" Medwick Jr.)
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A look back at how Grover Cleveland Alexander became the first Cardinal elected to the Hall of Fame on this date in 1938: stlredbirds.com/2021/12/23/f…
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On January 5, 2010, Matt Holliday and the Cardinals agreed to a seven-year, $120 million contract that represented the largest deal in team history. See how the Cardinals outbid the Red Sox to keep Holliday in St. Louis. stlredbirds.com/2021/12/12/c…
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Did you know?
The Cubs had two owners during the 1940s and 1950s?
The Wrigley family and STAN MUSIAL!
Stan's career stats against the Cubs:
422 games played
1784 AB
252 runs
492 hits
302 singles
104 doubles
19 triples
67 HRs
286 RBIs
.317 BA
.400 OBP
.549 SLG
.767 OPS
835 TB
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20 years ago today, Chris Carpenter was named the National League Cy Young Award winner.
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🔥⚾️🎨 I love artist Mike Right’s illustration work for the St. Louis Cardinals. A fun, playful style that hearkens back to the glory days of sports cartoonists in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s.
#BaseballArt #SportsArt #SportsArtist
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Lou Brock and Ted Simmons with their jersey numbers on their sleeves. (1979 or 1980) #STLCards
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A look back at Bob Gibson’s second career Cy Young Award, announced on 11/3/1970 … stlredbirds.com/2023/11/02/h…
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Knowing what came later, I find it really interesting to read the quotes from John Mozeliak’s introductory press conference on 10/31/2007 … stlredbirds.com/2023/09/14/h…
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14 YEARS AGO TODAY, the Cardinals won their 11th world championship … stlredbirds.com/2021/10/02/o…
