Rich Hacker Was Liked, Respected

Rich Hacker, a protege of Whitey Herzog, developed and coached players for championship Cardinals clubs.

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Top Five Canadian Cardinals Of All-Time

The election of outfielder Larry Walker to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2020 qualifies him as the top Canadian to play for the Cardinals.

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Chuck Taylor Used Slider To Earn Spot With Cardinals

Chuck Taylor patiently persevered in the minor leagues for most of a decade before getting a chance to pitch for the Cardinals. Joining Cardinals staffs featuring Bob Gibson and Steve Carlton, Taylor emerged as a versatile contributor.

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Dick LeMay: Consistent Winner In Cardinals' System

Dick LeMay was a pitcher who impressed Carl Hubbell, earned a complete-game win in his first major-league start against Bob Gibson and was the ace on Cardinals minor-league teams managed by Warren Spahn.

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Phil Gagliano Was 'Secret Weapon' For Cardinals Long Before Jose Oquendo

Phil Gagliano isn’t going to be inducted into the Cardinals Hall of Fame. His name won’t be celebrated in front of big crowds at Ballpark Village, chiseled on a bronze plaque, surrounded by red jackets and loud applause.

Post-Dispatch

'Ron Taylor: Dr. Baseball' Is A Compassionate Look At The Player & Man

Just the prescription for baseball fans: “Ron Taylor: Dr. Baseball” is the story of an 11-year Major League pitcher, who after winning two world championships (with the 1964 St. Louis Cardinals and the 1969 Miracle Mets) embarked on a USO tour through Vietnam that would change his life. After visiting field hospitals, Taylor devoted the rest of his life to medicine, enrolling in medical school at 35 and eventually becoming the team physician for the Toronto Blue Jays. Through interviews with former teammates and friends, his two sons uncover the course of their father's life.

Examiner

Audio: Ron Taylor - Dr. Baseball

As his former teammate Mike Shannon notes in the film, the St. Louis Cardinals don’t win the 1964 World Series without Ron Taylor. The former right-hander 45-43 in 11 big league seasons and besides winning in ’64 with St. Louis, he also won again in 1969 with the New York Mets.

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The Story Of Why Cardinals Gave Up On Mike Cuellar

Determined to reconstruct their bullpen, the 1965 Cardinals acquired the closer they needed, but gave up an ace to get him.

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Why Gussie Busch Fired Bing Devine In Champiosnhip Year

Blinded by his impatience, insecurity and inability to quell internal politics, Cardinals owner August “Gussie” Busch ousted the general manager who built the team that two months later would win the franchise’s first World Series championship in 18 years.

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Cardinals Hold Reunion Ceremony For 1964 Champs

Major League Baseball's schedule makers kindly played into the Cardinals' anniversary plans by including the Yankees on their home schedule this season for the first time since 2005. It provided the perfect backdrop for a reunion of the 1964 Cardinals, a team that defeated the Yankees in seven games to capture the franchise's seventh World Series championship.

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Tim McCarver Challenged Bob Gibson For World Series MVP

In a 1964 World Series that featured Cardinals such as future Hall of Famer Lou Brock and all-stars Ken Boyer, Curt Flood, Dick Groat and Bill White, the hitter who performed with the most sustained excellence was their 22-year-old catcher, Tim McCarver.

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The Top Five Cubans To Play For The Cardinals

With comparisons already being made to a young Derek Jeter, shortstop Aledmys Diaz will face pressure to develop into the best Cuban player to perform for the Cardinals.

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Cardinals Seasons Going From Second Place To First

Looking back at when the St. Louis Cardinals improved from second place one year to first place the next.

Researcher Tom Orf generally focuses his attention to winter sports this time of year but recently sent me the following. It documents the four (and arguably five) cases since 1920 that the St. Louis Cardinals improved from second place one season to first the next.

The Cardinal Nation Blog

Three Plays That Defined The Cardinals 1967 Season

When looking back at a short series, it is often easy to spot the turning point, when one team takes control and becomes the winner. It might be a game, an individual performance, or perhaps even a single play. In 1964, Ken Boyer’s Grand Slam in Game Four of the World Series, with the spectacular relief efforts from Roger Craig and Ron Taylor to make it hold up is one such example. Who can forget the now famous “go crazy folks” call from Jack Buck in the 1985 NLCS ? Mr. Buck recognized it as such long before the baseball had a chance to leave the field of play.

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Cardinals Canadian Club: Tom Burgess & Larry Walker

Eight former Cardinals players have been elected to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in St. Marys, Ontario.

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Why Bean Ball Is Bad Baseball

Many bloggers and sports writers will be putting together their top stories of the 2010 baseball season, and among many of those will be the August 10 game between the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals.

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Here's How Bob Uecker Helped Cardinals To NL Title

Uecker, who survived two heart surgeries in 2010, says he plans to broadcast Brewers games in 2011. It will be his 41st season as the club’s radio voice and it will mark 50 years since Uecker broke into the big leagues in 1962 as a catcher for the Braves.

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Chris Carpenter Takes 2010 Vicente Palacios Award

Intended only in fun, this award honors the highest level of hitting futility by a St. Louis Cardinals pitcher in a season.

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Ron Taylor To Be Inducted Into Ontario Sport Legends Hall Of Fame

Dr. Ron Taylor, long time Toronto Blue Jays Doctor, a former pitcher with 2 world series rings, the 1969 "miracle" Mets, and the 1964 St. Louis Cardinals. Ron has an outstanding ERA of .000 in both of the world series.

Taylor, from his office mused:

" I wish I could have skated better, but I'm very impressed going into the Hall of Fame with 4 great hockey people."

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Todd Wellemeyer Takes 2009 Vicente Palacios Award

Intended only as fun, this award has been created to honor the highest level of hitting futility by a St. Louis Cardinals pitcher in a season.

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