Why Cardinals Were Inclined To Acquire Rob Kline

Ron Kline had an ominous start to his stint with the Cardinals, foretelling of rough times ahead for the right-handed pitcher.

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How Bill White Made An Encore With Cardinals

A friendship with general manager Bing Devine enabled first baseman Bill White to finish his playing career with the Cardinals.

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Joe Garagiola & His Most Memorable Home Runs

Joe Garagiola, a St. Louis native who began his big-league career with the Cardinals, hit perhaps his most dramatic home run against his hometown team.

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Gino Cimoli Doubled His Fun With 1959 Cardinals

In his lone season with the Cardinals, Gino Cimoli achieved a standard no other St. Louis right-handed batter had matched in 20 years.

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Cardinals Nearly Traded Bob Gibson To The Washington Senators

The recent death of former big-league first baseman R.C. Stevens prompts me to tell the story of how the Cardinals almost dealt Bob Gibson to the Washington Senators.

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The Branch Rickey Pirates (Part Six:1954-55)

Previously, we've accompanied the storied executive Branch Rickey to Pittsburgh, then examined his first season of reasonable progress. But then we've followed him through three consecutive fall-off-a-cliff disaster years.

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The Branch Rickey Pirates (Part Three: 1951-52)

In our first installment, we joined the legendary Branch Rickey as he took over the general managership of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the autumn of 1950. Last time, we examined Rickey’s range of actions in his first year in the new job, a period in which he didn't find immediate success, but executed generally sound decisions and appeared to have made progress.

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