Cardinals' Top Five Left Fielders

Here is Anne Rogers’ ranking of the Top 5 left fielders in Cardinals history. Next week: Center fielders.

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How Dizzy Dean Got Ensnared In Federal Gambling Probe

Decades after he pitched for the Cardinals as a member of the Gashouse Gang, Dizzy Dean was involved in a federal investigation of a gambling gang.

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How Babe Didrikson Became A Cardinals Pitcher

Babe Didrikson, who won Olympic medals in track and field before she became one of America’s top golfers, was the starting pitcher for the Cardinals in a spring training game.

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How Herman Franks Caught On With Cardinals

Herman Franks was a player, coach and manager in the major leagues for five decades and it all began with the Cardinals.

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Bill Doark Deserves A Spot In The Cardinals' Pantheon

A century ago, Bill Doak designed a glove with a pocket that revolutionized the game. And he was a darn good pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals too.

Redbird Rants

Why Cardinals Chose Jose Cardenal As Their Center Fielder

Jose Cardenal, looking for the right fit for a baseball home after being exiled from his native Cuba, embraced an opportunity to be the center fielder for the Cardinals.

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Why Pepper Martin Made Comeback With Cardinals At 40

Pepper Martin interrupted a successful stint as a manager to return to the Cardinals as a player and help them get to another World Series.

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How Terry Moore Used Speed For Two Home Runs In A Game

Taking advantage of clumsy defensive work by the Pirates, Terry Moore achieved an unusual feat for the Cardinals.

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Dexter Fowler Over .300

For the first time since joining the St. Louis Cardinals before the 2017 season, Dexter Fowler will go to sleep with a .300 batting average. With four hits, including a 2-run homer, the outfielder raised his average to .303 on the season and helped the team to a 13-5 win over the Milwaukee Brewers.

STL Baseball Weekly

Dexter Fowler's Exit Velocity Tops Charts; Tyler O'Neill Mans Center; Jack Flaherty Looks Back; Extra Bases

In a game that saw Paul Goldschmidt scald five baseballs at an exit velocity of 104 mph or faster and send three of them for home runs, the swiftest exit velocity of the evening Friday belonged to none of them. Instead it was a single, roped to right at 111.1 mph, by Dexter Fowler.

Post-Dispatch

Is Jim Edmonds Return To St. Louis A Sign The Cardinals Are Ready To Embrace Ex-Players?

It’s always perplexed me that the St. Louis Cardinals, one of the most storied and successful franchises in Major League Baseball history, didn’t do more to keep its former stars around after their playing days were over.

Cheap Seats

John Mabry Was Legendary Cardinal

When a baseball team’s manager is axed, sometimes others also march to the guillotine as collateral damage. In this case, that would be Cardinals’ hitting coaches John Mabry and assistant Bill Mueller, a native St. Louisan who was a batting champion for the 2003 Boston Red Sox and a year later a World Series champion with the Red Sox.

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Aaron Miles & His Walkoff Slam For Cardinals

Aaron Miles, a 5-foot-8 infielder, lacked size, not stature, as a Cardinals contributor.

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Switching Sides: Dizzy Dean Versus The Cardinals

When the Cardinals saw Dizzy Dean for the first time in the 1938 regular season, he looked a lot different to them. He was wearing the uniform of the Cubs instead of the Cardinals, he was throwing sidearm instead of overhand, and his pitches were slow instead of fast.

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Yadier Molina Speaks Highly Of Sam Tuivailala; Jose Martinez Adjusts Defensive Sights; Early Birds

Sporting a Lionel Messi soccer jersey, Yadier Molina strolled into a Cardinals spring training clubhouse for the 15th consecutive February on Tuesday, a day ahead of the first official workouts for pitchers and catchers. “Time flies, huh?’ the 35-year-old catcher mused.

Post-Dispatch

Yadier Molina Moves Up On Stan Musial, Bob Gibson

Yadier Molina walked into a Cardinals’ spring training clubhouse for the 15th consecutive February on Tuesday. “Time flies, huh?’ he mused.

Cardinal Beat

How Cardinals Won Two June Games By Combined 34-0 Score

Facing a collection of arms ranging from a 15-year-old making his big-league debut to a 36-year-old batting practice pitcher, the 1944 Cardinals became the first team in the majors to achieve two shutout wins by margins of 16 runs or more in the same month.

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One-On-One With Tim McCarver

Fox 2 Sports Director Martin Kilcoyne talks it over with Tim McCarver. the former Cardinals catcher in the 1960's and current broadcaster for the team, was inducted into their Hall of Fame on Saturday afternoon. McCarver was inducted into the Cardinals Hall of Fame with former Cardinals first baseman Mark McGwire and Pepper Martin, a member of the Gas House Gang teams of the 1930's.

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Video: Jenny Weathersby Reflects On The Legacy Of Her Father, Pepper Martin

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One-On-One With Mark McGwire

Fox 2 Sports Director Martin Kilcoyne talks with new Cardinals Hall of Famer Mark McGwire. The former Cardinals first baseman was inducted into the team's Hall of Fame on Saturday, along with Tim McCarver and Pepper Martin.

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