How Cardinals Used Six Pitchers To Get A Shutout

Like a couple of grand chess masters, managers Joe Torre of the Cardinals and Jim Leyland of the Pirates engaged in a series of maneuvers designed to outwit the other. Torre won, and the result was as unusual as it was satisfying.

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Rick Sutcliffe Symbolized Sad State Of Cardinals In 1994

Rick Sutcliffe is, by all accounts, a smart and personable man who had a first-rate career as a pitcher in the major leagues. But his year with the Cardinals reflects how distressed the proud franchise had become in the final years of Anheuser-Busch ownership.

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Ex-Cardinal Mark Sweeney Signs 1 Year Deal With Dodgers

Mark Sweeney, second on the all-time pinch-hit list, has finalized his one-year, $600,000 contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, according to a major-league source.

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/7790128/Sweeney,-Dodgers-agree-on-one-year-deal?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT=49


History Note:
Cardinals aqcquired him form the Angels in 1995 for P John Habyan.
Cardinals then traded Sweeney, P Rich Batchelor, & P Danny Jackson to the Padres for P Fernando Valenzuela, OF Phil Plantier, & 3B Scott Livingstone in 1997.