Sunday, February 2, 2014

Red Schoendienst, A Man Ahead Of His Time

Red Schoendienst has represented traditional Cardinal baseball so long that many people aren’t aware that, as a player, he was something of an innovator. In particular, a couple of things that today seem either standard practice — like switch-hitting — or novel — moving rightward along the defensive spectrum — were features that the old redhead was incorporating into his game as he broke into the majors in the 1940s.

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