Cardinals Nearly Put Stan Musial In Murry Dickson Deal

The Pirates came close to convincing the Cardinals to send them Stan Musial, but settled instead for Murry Dickson.

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Why Cardinals Got Sold To Robert Hannegan, Fred Saigh

In November 1947, Sam Breadon was 71 years old and he was thinking about mortality. He had been principal owner of the Cardinals for 27 years, operating the club with a hands-on approach, and he didn’t think he could do the job much longer.

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