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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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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Ron Fairly: Formidable Friend & Foe Of Cardinals

Ron Fairly tormented Bob Gibson as an opponent and helped him as a teammate.

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Why Cubs Accused Cardinals Of Having Scoreboard Spy

On a rainy St. Louis Sunday in 1961, the Cubs became convinced the Cardinals had someone inside the Busch Stadium scoreboard who was stealing the signs of catcher Sammy Taylor.

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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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Retiring Bruce Bochy Has Had Some Great Moments At Busch; Carlos Martinez Closes - And Loves It; Michael Wacha To Pitch Wednesday; Matt Wieters Gets The Boot

Bruce Bochy managed his 101st game in St. Louis on Monday when his San Francisco Giants lost to the Cardinals 3-1. The Cardinals have won 64 of those games.

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Dave Marshall Vs. Cardinals: Unusual Happenings

Dave Marshall got a big hit against the Cardinals and took some painful hits from them as well.

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Mudcat Grant Was Music Man Of Cardinals Bullpen

Mudcat Grant began the 1969 season as the top starting pitcher for the Expos and ended it as the top right-handed relief pitcher for the Cardinals.

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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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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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Gaylord Perry & His Masterpiece Vs. Cardinals

On a night when Juan Marichal was supposed to start for the Giants, Gaylord Perry got the call instead and outdueled the most dominant pitcher in baseball.

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Terry Francona Has Good, & Not So Good, Memories Of St. Louis

The Cleveland Indians and manager Terry Francona departed Busch Stadium late Wednesday night at the conclusion of their interleague series with the Cardinals, with the Indians not likely to return for six more years, according to the scheduling format.

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Joe Hoerner: Consistently Good For 1968 Cardinals

A closer for a rotation that often completed what it started, Joe Hoerner still served a valuable role for the 1968 National League champion Cardinals and supported the staff with a stellar season.

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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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Johnny Edwards A Good Catch For 1968 Cardinals

Johnny Bench made Johnny Edwards available to the Cardinals and Ted Simmons made him expendable.

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Cardinals To Honor 1967 World Series Championship Team On Wednesday

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the 1967 championship season, the St. Louis Cardinals will honor 14 former team members in a pregame ceremony before Wednesday's 7:15 p.m. game against the club's '67 World Series opponent, the Boston Red Sox.

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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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