Steve Carlton, 1967 Cardinals Edge Crew In Bracket Two, Round One

MLB’s Dream Bracket 2 kicked off Thursday with a slew of the best single-season teams in baseball history, and the 1967 Cardinals, one of two Cards teams featured in the bracket, got started with a Round 1 win. They beat the 1982 Brewers, 4-2, and they will next play the ‘57 Braves, who defeated the 2001 D-backs.

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Cardinals Fielding 1967, 2004 Clubs In Dream Bracket Two

Two of the best single-season teams in Cardinals history, the World Series champion 1967 Cards and the juggernaut 2004 group, will match up against other clubs’ best single-season teams in MLB Dream Bracket 2: Dream Seasons.

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How Jim Wynn Tried To Dismantle St. Louis Scoreboards

In the ballpark on Grand Boulevard and Dodier Street and at the stadium downtown, Jim Wynn hit home runs to spots few others could reach in St. Louis.

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How George Culver Made Cardinals A Mod Squad

George Culver, a dapper dresser who threw a sharp slider, seemed suited for a spot in the starting rotation of the Cardinals until his season unraveled like a spool of cheap threads.

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How Cardinals Unwittingly Gave Pirates As Elite Closer

The Cardinals never envisioned Dave Giusti to be a closer and neither did the Pirates. When Giusti transformed into one of the National League’s best saves specialists, he helped the Pirates become an East Division power

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How Cardinals Took A Chance On Vic Davalillo

A different role in a different league revived the playing career of outfielder Vic Davalillo.

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Why Cardinals Rated Expos A Diamond In The Rough

Stepping foot on foreign soil for the first time in the regular season, the Cardinals felt the ground shift beneath them.

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Why Cardinals Traded Twice For Dave Giusti In Three Months

In seeking a third consecutive pennant, the Cardinals traded six players to get a No. 5 starter for their rotation.

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Powering Up On Cardinals Never Got Old To Willie McCovey

Willie McCovey made the Cardinals pay for disrespecting an elder.

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Coco Laboy: Cardinals Outcast Brought Joy To Expos

The National League expansion draft enabled third baseman Coco Laboy to get out from under control of the Cardinals and earn a chance to play in the major leagues.

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Why Steve Carlton Didn't Get Start In 1968 World Series

In 1968, Steve Carlton was a National League all-star and he ranked second among the Cardinals in shutouts and strikeouts, but manager Red Schoendienst decided not to start him in a game during the World Series against the Tigers.

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Brett Cecil's Return Has Cardinals Looking For What's Left As Brewers' Series Looms; Jack Flaherty Bumped Back; Carlos Martinez, Michael Wacha Rehab Stints; Extra Bases

With lefthanded hitters looming in the seventh and Chasen Shreve’s spot in the order coming up, the Cardinals turned to the reliever, who spent most of the season in the American League, and asked if he could bunt. He nodded. What else could he do? Shreve grabbed someone else’s helmet and borrowed John Gant’s bat and hopped onto the field to do something he rarely has done but that the team needed.

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How Cardinals Helped Former Foe Pete Mikkelsen

Pete Mikkelsen pitched against the Cardinals in a World Series and, four years later, helped them return to another while revitalizing his career.

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Familiar Foes: Rusty Staub Vs. Bob Gibson

Rusty Staub, who did his best hitting versus right-handed pitchers, and Bob Gibson were matched against one another often. Though Staub didn’t hit Gibson as well as he did most right-handers, he had a couple of significant games while facing the Cardinals’ ace.

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Lots To Celebrate: 1967 Cardinals Clincher

Though they entered September with a 10-game lead over their closest pursuer, making a pennant a virtual given, the Cardinals reacted with an outpouring of genuine joy and giddy wonderment on the night they clinched the 1967 National League championship.

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How Curt Flood Got Two Outs, One Win With Daredevil Catch

Recently returned to the lineup after recovering from a hamstring injury, Curt Flood sealed a win for the Cardinals and displayed his brilliance as a center fielder by making a rare unassisted double play.

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Orlando Cepeda: 1967 Cardinals Were Special Because 'Nobody Was Special'

The 1967 World Series champion Cardinals had five Hall of Famers, including manager Red Schoendienst, and a couple of others who perhaps should have been in the late Curt Flood and Roger Maris.

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Won & Done: Stan Musial's Only Season As Cardinals GM Ended With 1967 Championship

Stan Musial often was considered to have a “Midas touch” as a Hall of Fame hitter. So, too, was his career as a general manager.

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The Story Of Jim Hickman & His Cardinals Connections

The Cardinals were a significant part of the baseball career of Jim Hickman. He signed his first professional contract with the Cardinals, played in their minor-league system for six seasons and ended his big-league playing career with them. Also, Hickman’s two best games in the major leagues came against the Cardinals.

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Why Cardinals No Longer Had Room For Curt Simmons

Two years after they joined Bob Gibson in forming the foundation of the World Series champion Cardinals’ starting rotation, left-handers Curt Simmons and Ray Sadecki were St. Louis outcasts.

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