Why Miller Huggins Left Cardinals For Yankees

Though the Cardinals were cash poor and never had won a National League pennant, their outlook was hopeful in 1917 because the top two leaders of their baseball operations, Branch Rickey and Miller Huggins, were among the best in the business.

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'Ladies Day' Connected Women To Baseball

Every time the Cardinals step onto the field at Busch Stadium III, thousands of seats are filled by a melting pot of people who have come together to take in a ballgame. Early in baseball's history, however, a diversity of spectators attending a game was extremely rare.

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First Female Owner Helene Britton Blazed Trail With Cardinals

A family walked onto the field at Busch Stadium before the Cardinals game on June 10. Char, Candy, Crystal and Chad Barone hadn't been to a game together for 30 years, but they met on the diamond in honor of an extraordinary woman.

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A Telegram That Changed Baseball History

It is a simple telegram, dated March 24, 1911, stating that Cincinnati Reds owner August “Garry” Herrmann has been requested to be a pall bearer at the funeral of St. Louis Cardinals owner Stanley Robison, who died that morning.

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How Branch Rickey Escaped Browns, Joined Cardinals

In a move that shifted the balance of baseball power in St. Louis, Branch Rickey left the American League Browns and joined the National League Cardinals.

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Cardinals Leaders Of The 1910's

During the teens in the last century several things happened that were important to the Cardinals and their future. First was the Robison brothers both died and left the team to Helene Britton who became the first woman owner in MLB history. She in turn sold the team to local owners who sold it to Breadon. Branch Rickey came into the fold and so did Rogers Hornsby. So, while the Cardinals were the only team not to win a pennant in the NL during the teens, the pieces were coming together to begin the ascendancy of the Redbirds to the top of the NL and eventually the World Championship.

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