Cardinals Stint Enabled Wayne Garrett To Showcase Skills

Wayne Garrett, who had some of his best games against the Cardinals, finished his major-league playing days with them, producing a sustained stretch of solid hitting for St. Louis and positioning himself to earn an opportunity to extend his career in Japan.

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How Bake McBride & His Mad Dash Led To A 25-Inning Win

In the last 40 years, no National League game has gone more innings than the one played by the Cardinals and Mets on Sept. 11-12, 1974.

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Bob Gibson Nearly Was Unbeatable Against Mets

From 1964 through 1966, Bob Gibson compiled a 12-1 record against the Mets. His only loss in that period was by the score of 1-0.

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Can The Cardinals Build A Winning Team Around Matt Holliday/

Authors note: I promise we're not trying to turn The Hardball Times Live into "The-Albert-Pujols-Decision.com". However, it is a topic worthy of extra attention. How his contract situation plays out will say a great deal about many questions that face Major League Baseball today. And over the past few years, I've poured a lot of time into Cardinals statistics, so I might as well put it to some use.

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Mets' Corner Men

The Mets corner outfield positions were two of their biggest question marks coming into spring training but if the numbers put up so far by the players expected to fill those spots are any indication, perhaps those questions will be answered in a positive way. Coming into action Thursday, here are some of the stats put up by the Mets rightfield and leftfield candidates:

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How Ryan Ludwick Unseated Newest Hall Of Famer Rickey Henderson

Newest first-ballot Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson will speed into Cooperstown as the all-time man of steal (no one is close), the all-time leader in runs scored (the chief goal of the game) and arguably the finest leadoff hitter in history. He will not however reach the Hall as the best single-season power hitter of the rarest breed of ballplayer — the bats-right, throws-left big leaguer.

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