Cardinals Hit Jackpot With Hard-Hitting Ray Jablonski

Ray Jablonski was an infielder who couldn’t field or throw well, but he excelled at stroking line drives for extra-base hits and generating large numbers of runs.

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The Story Of The Stan Musial Stature In St. Louis

Celebrated throughout the day and night, the unveiling of the Stan Musial statue outside Busch Stadium was the St. Louis version of a royal wedding.

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Whitey Kurowski: Home Run Brought Cardinals A Crown

Only once has a Cardinals player hit a ninth-inning home run that provided the winning run in the deciding game of a World Series.

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Marty Marion, Joe Medwick & Battle At Brooklyn

During the 1940s, no baseball rivalry was more intense than the one between the Dodgers and Cardinals. The player who perhaps best exemplified that fervor was Joe Medwick.

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How 1941 Cardinals Won 12 In A Row On Road

An effective combination of quality and depth in the starting rotation enabled the 1941 Cardinals to win their first 12 road games. That streak remains the franchise record for most road wins in a row.

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2015 Cardinals Could Join Elite Company With 100 Wins

If the Cardinals play at even close to .500 the rest of the way, their chances of becoming the ninth club in franchise history to attain 100 wins are genuine. Of their final 23 games, after the Chicago Cubs leave town Wednesday night, the Cardinals will have 17 against three of the worst clubs in the National League in Cincinnati (seven), Milwaukee (seven) and Atlanta (three), although Milwaukee recently took three straight from Pittsburgh.

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Marty Marion's Chanderville Property Sold

After 46 years as a family getaway, the heirs of St. Louis Cardinals great Marty Marion have sold the 276.56-acre property. Sullivan Auctioneers held the auction at 4 p.m., Saturday, November 2 in St. Luke’s Banquet Hall in Virginia. Dick McCormick of Central Illinois Outfitters (CIO) in Springfield., purchased the property, which includes a fine home and 28-acre lake, for $1,440,222, or $5,222 per acre. The ground is 3.5 miles south of Chandlerville, on the Philadelphia Road, and within a half-mile of the Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (JEPCSFW).

The Cass County Star Gazette