Lack Of Cardinals Baseball Is For The Birds - Literally

On Sunday, with a game originally scheduled for Wrigley Field, Mary Dueren would have watched the Cardinals.

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Cubs To Cardinals: How About Ray Sadecki For Lou Brock?

Ray Sadecki was the player the Cubs wanted in exchange for Lou Brock, but the timing wasn’t right. Sadecki got hot at the same time as the trade talks did and the Cardinals opted to keep him.

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How Al Jackson Earned His Masterpiece Vs. Sandy Koufax

After losing 10 of 11 decisions against the Dodgers, Al Jackson persevered and outdueled Sandy Koufax.

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How Mel Stottlemyre Beat Cardinals In World Series

As a 22-year-old rookie, Mel Stottlemyre pitched with poise and precision for the Yankees against the Cardinals in the 1964 World Series.

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We Haven't Seen Cardinals Pitchers Rake Like This Since 1966

Anytime you do something that hasn't happened since Bob Gibson was playing, you know it's good.

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Why Cardinals Made Big Investment In Ray Sadecki

At 17, Ray Sadecki already threw with as much velocity as anyone on the Cardinals’ major-league pitching staff.

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Orlando Cepeda Belongs To The Giants, But In St. Louis 'Cha-Cha' Is El Birdo Numero Uno

In San Francisco, Orlando Cepeda is the "Baby Bull."

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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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Criticism Of Carlos Martinez Is Unwarranted

In a recent online chat with St. Louis Post-Dispatch baseball writer Rick Hummel, a Cardinals fan offered a stereotypical assessment of the team’s best starting pitcher.

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Cardinals Gave Jack Hamilton His Start As A Pro

Jack Hamilton was a hard-throwing Cardinals pitching prospect who left the organization after four seasons and went on to experience his best major-league moments against them.

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Jack Hamilton, Whose Errant Pitch Derailed Career Of Tony Conigliaro, Dead At 79

Jack Hamilton, who pitched for the Mets but gained baseball infamy as a member of the California Angels when his errant inside pitch damaged the eyesight of Boston star Tony Conigliaro in 1967, has died. He was 79.

NY Daily News

How Don Choate Helped Cardinals Acquire Bill White

Along with Bob Gibson and Ray Sadecki, Don Choate was a prized pitching prospect who was projected to be in the Cardinals’ plans entering the decade of the 1960s, but he never got the chance to play for them in the regular season.
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Jim Donohue: Cardinals Prospect Found Home In AL

Delivering pitches with a motion that resembled someone cracking a whip, Jim Donohue was a top prospect in the Cardinals’ system.

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Division Win Would Be One For The Record Books

If they would win the National League Central Division this year, the Cardinals, who were under .500 as recently as Aug. 6, would accomplish something they never have done: No Cardinals league, division, or wild-card champion has ever been below .500 that late in the season and made the postseason.

Post-Dispatch

Jimmy Piersall & His NL Debut Against Cardinals

When Jimmy Piersall made his Mets debut in St. Louis, the league and the opponent were new to him, but the ballpark was quite familiar.

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How Bob Gibson Brought Out The Best In Bob Bruce

Over a two-year period, when he lost far more than he won, Astros pitcher Bob Bruce prevailed in a series of duels with Cardinals ace Bob Gibson.

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Why Bob Howsam Left Cardinals For Reds

A skilled administrator unafraid to make bold trades involving prominent players, Cardinals general manager Bob Howsam also was unpopular with many on the club and was second-guessed by bosses who restricted his authority and threatened his job security.

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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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The Story Of Bob Gibson & His Worst Cardinals Start

Jim Ray Hart had a prominent role in contributing to Bob Gibson’s worst start with the Cardinals, an outing so outlandishly poor that the pitcher was booed by the home crowd.

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Cardinals Rolled Out Welcome Mat For Orlando Cepeda

Feeling rejected and unappreciated by the Giants, Orlando Cepeda, who was traded to St. Louis, quickly was embraced by the Cardinals, who saw him as an asset rather than an outcast.

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