Jody Davis Survived Medical Emergency With Cardinals

Jody Davis was with the Cardinals when he experienced a life-threatening health crisis, recovered and got on a fast track to the major leagues.

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Bobby Tolan & The Saga Of The Senior League

Bobby Tolan, who played on championship clubs with the Cardinals and Reds, was a champion as a manager in the Senior Professional Baseball Association.

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Mark DeJohn's Retirement Will Leave Big Void In Cardinals Organization But After 33 Years He Says "It's Just Time"

One morning this week, Mark DeJohn will wake up, get into his rental car and make the 80-mile drive from Johnson City, Tenn., to Marion, Va.

STL Sports Page

Why Cardinals Could Gamble On Brian Jordan

The departure of Jack Clark enabled the Cardinals to take a chance on Brian Jordan.

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Mike Shannon & The Spring Training Intrigue Of 1967

Benefiting from the wisdom and experience of master instructors, Mike Shannon was a willing pupil in a grand experiment that was integral to the Cardinals becoming World Series champions in 1967.

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Baseball Royalty Made South Florida Shine During Heyday Of Spring Training

It was two years after “Where the Boys Are” put Fort Lauderdale on the map that the M&M boys came to town and made a bigger splash.

Sun Sentinel

How Stan Musial Went To Bat For Warren Spahn

In a union of legendary rivals who represented baseball at its best, Stan Musial hired Warren Spahn to be a manager in the Cardinals organization.

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Book Details How Cardinals Were Segregated In Florida

In 1961, Bob Gibson, Curt Flood and Bill White would leave Al Lang Field in St. Petersburg, Fla., after a Cardinals home spring training game, walk across the street and get into an orange station wagon that would take them to another part of town where they stayed in a boarding house. The rest of their Cardinals teammates went nearby to their spring training accommodations at the swank Vinoy Hotel along the waterfront.

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Tom Hughes: First Panama Native To Play For Cardinals

On his 25th birthday, Tom Hughes made his major-league debut as the starting pitcher for the Cardinals. His catcher that day was a 17-year-old, Tim McCarver, who was appearing in his fourth big-league game.

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Report: Braves Looking At New Spring Home

The Braves search for a new Spring Training home has led them to propose developing a site near St. Petersburg, Fla.

Atlanta Official Site

Bob Gibson & His Final Opening Day With Cardinals

At 39, his knees aching and his arm suspected of lacking its familiar zip, Bob Gibson made what he knew was his last Opening Day start for the Cardinals and delivered a performance in which he overpowered and fooled batters barely more than half his age.

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Why The Cardinals Evacuated Their Spring Training Site

When the 1945 Cardinals reported to spring training at Cairo, Ill., they found the outfield better suited for fishing than for chasing fly balls. Unable to have fielding or batting practice because of flooding at Cotter Field, the Cardinals abandoned the Illinois river town and conducted spring training at Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis.

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Just Because: Scott Boras, Minor League Ballplayer

Scott Boras! He's one of the most important figures in the post-free agency era of baseball history, and he's widely reviled by rank-and-file fans for being very good at his job. In matters related, his last name lends itself to hackneyed and unimaginative message-board puns!

CBS Sports

Bart Zeller Earned His Place In Cardinals' "Field Of Dreams"

Nobody ever made a movie about driving across the country trying to find Bart Zeller.

STL Sports Page

Joe Cervino Retires As High School Coach

Joseph Walter Cervino has no regrets.

“It’s been a great ride,” said the recently retired Paramus High School baseball coach. “Everything has worked out exactly as I mapped it out when I graduated college.”

Paramus Patch

Lon Kruger Once Was Headed To Tulsa -- As Pitcher

During the summer of 1974, the baseball Tulsa Oilers were the St. Louis Cardinals' top farm team and dominated the Triple-A American Association while much of the nation focused on President Nixon and Watergate.

Tulsa World

Sparky Anderson's Days As A Cardinal

A quick look back at brief time one of baseball’s greatest managers spent in the St. Louis Cardinals organization.

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Cardinals Minor League History Being Made

St. Louis Cardinals minor leaguers posted the system’s best winning percentage since 1966 and could set a new high in championships, too.

The Cardinal Nation

Cardinals Top Minor League Manager: Chris Maloney

Not only does Chris Maloney manage at the highest level of the St. Louis Cardinals system, at Triple-A Memphis, he is also the winningest one in terms of regular season action since at least 1966. Maloney has also managed across the most diverse of prospect environments, down to rookie ball.

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Chris Maloney: One Step Away

Chris Maloney doesn't hesitate when he's asked, essentially, where this is all going.

"I want to get to the big leagues and manage," said Maloney, the Jackson native who manages the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds.

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