Mark McGwire Found Love At First Sight In St. Louis

Mark McGwire, an impending free agent at the July 31 trade deadline in 1997, had to waive his 5-10 no-trade provision to come to the Cardinals in a swap with Oakland for three young pitchers. He did so because Cardinals general manager Walt Jocketty told him that his “second dad,” manager Tony La Russa really wanted him

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