Dane Iorg Was Cardinals' World Series Hero - And World Series Tormentor

The designated hitter, an American League concept largely foreign to St. Louis fans but which probably will be seen this summer and fall, has been employed here on just one previous occasion, the 1982 World Series.

Post-Dispatch

Tom & Pete Underwood: Brother, Can You Spare Me?

Tom Underwood began his major-league career with Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love, but nothing prepared him for the challenge he and his sibling faced.

RetroSimba

How Will McEnaney Returned To Majors With Cardinals

After endangering his life and his baseball career, reliever Will McEnaney sought to make a comeback with the Cardinals.

RetroSimba

Complete Story Of Controversial, Emotional, Downright Crazy 1985 World Series

It was nine months after the last out of the 1985 World Series.

CBS Sports

How Good Guy Dane Iorg Did Bad Thing To Cardinals

In a painfully fitting ending to the most miserable inning experienced by the Cardinals, a player who helped them win a World Series title delivered a hit that prevented them from earning another championship.

RetroSimba

Tim McCarver Challenged Bob Gibson For World Series MVP

In a 1964 World Series that featured Cardinals such as future Hall of Famer Lou Brock and all-stars Ken Boyer, Curt Flood, Dick Groat and Bill White, the hitter who performed with the most sustained excellence was their 22-year-old catcher, Tim McCarver.

RetroSimba

Jon Hamm's Seething Hatred For The Mets

Let’s begin with last week’s Pop Quiz question, which comes to us from Gary Mintz of South Huntington:

NY Post

Whitey Herzog Took Cardinals To The Top On Speed, Basics

In early 1980, Whitey Herzog was out of a job.

And not because of a horrid performance. Herzog was a proven winner, having just wrapped up five winning seasons as the Kansas City Royals' manager that included three division titles.

Investors Business Daily

Mid-1980's Playoff Baseball Had No Equal

Seriously, when did we ever see a run of iconic postseason moments like we had in the mid-1980s?

Now I tend to overrate the 1980s because that was the decade where I matured as a baseball fan, and my Hall of Fame picks have a definite pro-1980s slant. But I do not think I am seeing things through rose-colored Ray Bans.

The Hardball Times

Tom Underwood Was Key In Major Cardinals Trades

Tom Underwood’s time with the Cardinals was brief (19 games pitched in 1977), but he was an integral part of two trades that significantly shaped the St. Louis team.

Retro Simba

Royals, Cardinals Get To Do It One More Time

It was just like 1985 at Kauffman Stadium.

Good friends, old teammates and once-bitter rivals, reunited at The K before Saturday's Rockies-Royals game to compete in the '85 Classic -- a softball game honoring both teams from the 1985 World Series, featuring former players from those Royals and St. Louis Cardinals teams.

Royals Official Site

Members Of The 1985 Royals, Cardinals To Participate In Softball Game

The Kansas City Royals will partner with Farmland Foods and Willie Wilson Baseball to host the ’85 Classic on Saturday, May 22.

WIBW

David Freese's Six RBI In Historical Context

St. Louis Cardinals third baseman David Freese (pictured) drove in six runs against the Atlanta Braves Thursday afternoon. We tell you how unique that is.

The Cardinal Nation Blog

Godell "Butz" Herzog, Whitey's Younger Brother, Dies

Godell "Butz" Herzog, younger brother by two years of recently elected Hall of Fame manager Whitey Herzog, died in his sleep at age 76 in his native New Athens, Il., Saturday. Funeral services will be Tuesday in New Athens for Mr. Herzog, who often wore a shirt with the number 24½ on the back, in honor of his brother, who wore No. 24 as Cardinals manager in the 1980s.

STL Today

Dane Iorg & Gary Cooper Help Raise Money For Red Cross

For the record, those runs scored in the first two innings were unearned.

Former Major League Cy Young winner Vern Law was back on the mound on Thursday night at Utah Valley State College.

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