Ever since I’ve been a Cardinal fan, they’ve always had some good pitching, and many times they’ve had power arms. The template was set long ago, but when I started watching, Bob Gibson was still an intimidating force. Back in the 70s, they traded for guys like hard-throwing lefty Pete Falcone from the Giants in 1976 and fireballing righthander John D’Acquisto from San Francisco in 1977. They joined closer Al Hrabosky, who was a hard thrower for his time, and John Denny. In the 80s, during the Whiteyball era, Joaquin Andujar could throw hard, Danny Cox had a pretty good fastball, and Todd Worrell came up in 1985 throwing 95 mph.
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