Why Cardinals Wanted Whitey Herzog In, Ken Boyer Out

When Whitey Herzog became Cardinals manager, he replaced a friend who had been his roommate and teammate with the Mets.

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Whitey Herzog Sought Gene Mauch To Manage Cardinals

Though given an offer he called the best he’d ever received, Gene Mauch rejected a chance to manage the Cardinals.

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King Of Beers To Queen Of England

Last Thursday, I opened the paper to read that President Barack Obama had named "Chicago businessman Louis B. Susman" as the new U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Suddenly, I was hit by a wave of nostalgia.

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Whitey Herzog, Louis Susman Weren't Best Buds

Former Cardinals manager and general manager Whitey Herzog, whose name again will come up for Hall of Fame consideration this fall, wasn't always (OK, almost never) the biggest Lou Susman fan when the latter had a large role in running the Cardinals franchise in the 1980s.

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Former Director Of Cardinals Named Ambassador To Britain

For the London appointment, Obama turned to Louis Susman, a retired vice chairman of Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking. A former Salomon Brothers employee, he won a commission appointment from President Ronald Reagan and was a director for the St. Louis Cardinals for more than a decade.

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