The Day Cardinals Set Club Mark For Most Runs In A Game

After going two weeks without a win, the Cardinals broke their skid by scoring a week’s worth of runs in one game.

RetroSimba

Why Les Bell Went From Slugger To Outcast With Cardinals

Rogers Hornsby brought out the best in the baseball talents of Les Bell, and soon after Hornsby departed the Cardinals, Bell did, too.

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Why Bob O'Farrell Was One & Done As Cardinals Manager

Sam Breadon wasn’t satisfied with Bob O’Farrell managing the Cardinals to a 92-win season. Breadon, the club owner, wanted O’Farrell to perform at the level of a most valuable player, too.

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How Cardinals Won Two June Games By Combined 34-0 Score

Facing a collection of arms ranging from a 15-year-old making his big-league debut to a 36-year-old batting practice pitcher, the 1944 Cardinals became the first team in the majors to achieve two shutout wins by margins of 16 runs or more in the same month.

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Rabbit Maranville Helped Cardinals Make Pennant Runs

Heading into the final month of the season in pursuit of a second consecutive National League pennant, the Cardinals sought an upgrade to their infield defense. They took a chance on a light-hitting shortstop with a history of alcohol problems.

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Frankie Frisch & His Last Hurrah As Cardinals Clouter

The last hit of the Hall of Fame career of Frankie Frisch completed a ninth-inning comeback that carried the Cardinals to a walkoff victory and inspired his teammates to carry Frisch off the field.

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How Bob O'Farrell Went From NL MVP To Cardinals Manager

In a move made as much for its public relations value as for on-field leadership, the Cardinals, in effect, hired two managers to replace Rogers Hornsby.

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Mike Matheny Passes 400 Wins, Remains Under Microscope

Before he let rookie reliever Dean Kiekhefer become a grand-slam victim of Jayson Werth in Sunday's loss to Washington, Mike Matheny did something he has done even more often than stir debate about the Cardinals manager's bullpen management.

BenFred

Why 1st All-Star Game In St. Louis Was Drab Event

Except for the high number of outstanding players on the field, the first All-Star Game at St. Louis was a lot like any other Tuesday afternoon game at Sportsman’s Park in 1940.

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Ten Hall Of Fame Managers & Their Cardinals Connections

Tony La Russa and Joe Torre bring to 10 the number of managers in the National Baseball Hall of Fame who either played for or managed the Cardinals. Three of those 10 did both.

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Inside The Tony LaRussa-Dusty Baker Rivalry

The big numbers — and the little ones — speak to Cardinals manager Tony La Russa's success as a major-league manager.

STL Today

Graph Of The Day: Hall Of Fame Managers - By Wins Above Replacement As A Player

Beyond The Boxscore

Book Exerpt: "Evaluating Baseball's Managers" - Charles Comiskey

THT is publishing excerpts from Evaluating Baseball's Managers, 1876-2008, which should be released in December, but can be ordered now. (I should note I make considerably more money if you order directly from the publisher, but if you want to get it from Amazon or another source that's your call.)

The Hardball Times

Book Excerpt: Evaluating Baseball's Managers 1876-2008

For the next few weeks, THT will publish excerpts from my new book Evaluating Baseball's Managers, 1876-2008, which is scheduled for release in December, but can be ordered now. Please note, as an added bonus, and for a special limited time only, if you order it now you will get at no additional charge—new book smell!! (I should note I make considerably more money if you order directly from the publisher, but if you want to get it from Amazon or another source that's your call.)

The Hardball Times

Managerial Golden & Dark Ages

As readers of my work at THT have hopefully noticed, I have considerable interest in managers. Heck, I wrote a book on them—Evaluating Baseball's Managers—due out later this year.

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Four Managers Withstand Test Of Time

Managers are hired to be fired, as the adage goes. But some are so good that they withstand all the moves inherent in the job and the ravages of time.

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Evaluating Managers

Who was the greatest manager of all time? What constitutes a Hall of Fame manager? How can we identify active managers who are on a Hall of Fame path, and what do they still need to do to make it?

The Hardball Times

Cardinals Of Yore: Bob O'Farrell

Following a decade with Cubs during which he played in as many as 100 games a season only twice, Bob O'Farrell was traded to the Cardinals in 1925 for Mike Gonzalez and Howard Freigau.

View From The Cheap Seats

Scout.com: Counting Down Best Cardinals Teams: Mileur's Best Of The Rest

One is from the era of the first Cardinals dynasty while the other hails from the end of war during the club’s greatest decade ever. Yet the 1928 and 1945 clubs missed our tally of the Top 15 St. Louis Cardinals teams of all time. Ray Mileur explains why he disagrees with their omission.

http://stlcardinals.scout.com/2/725350.html

Scout.com: Counting Down Best Cardinals Teams: Walton's Best Of The Rest

One is an old-time club; one is new. One lost the World Series; the other won. Both the 1928 and 2006 clubs missed our tally of the Top 15 St. Louis Cardinals teams of all time. Brian Walton explains why he disagrees with their omission.

http://stlcardinals.scout.com/2/725012.html