Trades Link Tim McCarver, Willie McGee Decades Later

The Cardinals teams from the 1960s and '80s were some of the most successful teams in franchise history. St. Louis won six National League pennants and three World Series titles (’64, ’67 and ’82) in those two decades.

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The Night Lou Brock Got His 3,000th Career Hit

After getting lit up by Dennis Lamp, Lou Brock nearly turned out the lights on the Cubs pitcher.

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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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Lou Brock Displayed Flair For Dramatic Home Runs

During a season in which he led the National League in runs scored (126) and stolen bases (64), it was power _ not speed _ that produced two of the most satisfying moments for Lou Brock.

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How Joe Torre Overcame Odds & Completed Cycle

Because he didn’t produce a lot triples, Joe Torre wasn’t a prime candidate to hit for the cycle in a game. On the night he achieved the feat for the only time in his big-league career, Torre increased the degree of difficulty by nearly removing himself from the game while still in need of a single.

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How Cardinals Tried Making Ted Simmons A Third Baseman

Mercifully, an experiment by the Cardinals to play Ted Simmons at third base lasted just two games. Still, plenty of damage was done. Simmons made three errors that contributed to two defeats, got booed by Cardinals fans and then lashed out at them, saying they lacked perspective and that St. Louis didn’t deserve its reputation for being a good sports town.

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Cardinals Were Tough Foe For Milt Pappas

Within a span of two months in the final season of his big-league pitching career, Milt Pappas experienced one of his worst and best performances against the Cardinals.

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Willie Crawford & His Super Season For Cardinals

Willie Crawford was acquired by the Cardinals from the Dodgers to strengthen the bench. Instead, he exceeded expectations and became their starting right fielder, giving a good performance for a bad team.

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Why Lou Brock Got Into Hall Of Fame On First Try

Recognition for being a player of multiple skills was as important to Lou Brock as being elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Why Ed Brinkman Was Not A Shortstop Savior For Cardinals

Bing Devine thought he had added the final piece to a championship contender when he acquired Gold Glove shortstop Ed Brinkman for the Cardinals. What the general manager didn’t know was that he had dealt for a shortstop who did better playing on grass and dirt rather than on artificial turf.

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Forty Years Ago, Lou Brock Stole A Record & Our Hearts

Forty years ago, baseball’s Summer of ’74 produced a series of milestone moments.

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How Bake McBride & His Mad Dash Led To A 25-Inning Win

In the last 40 years, no National League game has gone more innings than the one played by the Cardinals and Mets on Sept. 11-12, 1974.

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Reggie Smith & The Cardinals After Hours Club

As the only Cardinals to draw five walks in a game, Solly Hemus, Ted Sizemore, Reggie Smith and Colby Rasmus were involved in four of the most unusual contests in franchise history.

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Colby Rasmus Transformation Continues

St. Louis Cardinals centerfielder Colby Rasmus brought increased attention to his new-look game when he drew five walks in six plate appearances during Sunday’s win over the Kansas City Royals.

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Colby Rasmus & The Cardinals Walking Men

Bases on balls may not be the most exciting element of the game, but they are an effective tactic for winning. And one of the most impressive aspects of the Cardinals’ 9-8 win over the Royals Sunday was that they drew 13 walks, led by a record five by Colby Rasmus, including the game-winning RBI.

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Will Ryan Theriot Deliver Like Ted Sizemore?

Forty-one years ago, the Cardinals, looking to steady their middle infield with a reliable sparkplug, made a trade with the Dodgers.

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Cardinals Go Five Years In Row With New Shortstop

The trade of Brendan Ryan to the Mariners on Dec. 12 means the Cardinals will have a new Opening Day shortstop for the fifth consecutive year in 2011.

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The Virtual 1971-80 Cardinals: Part One

The improbably named Vaughan P. "Bing" Devine served as the general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals for most of a 20-plus-year period. His Cardinals' tenure was broken up into two stints: the first from November 1957 until August 1964, and the second from December 1967 until October 1978. (In between, Devine spent one season as the GM for the New York Mets.)

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Cardinals Leaders Of The 1970's

After the 1960's the Cardinals of the 70's went on a bit of a down swing. While not a terrible decade, it wasn't exactly a great one either. The Redbirds record for the decade was 800-813 .496. It was 5th best in the 12 team NL.

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Backstopping & Roaming Wide (Part Three: 1970-2008)

In this series we identify and profile those rare major league ballplayers who've performed both as catchers and as shortstops, second basemen or center fielders. In our first installment, we tracked them from the 1890s to the 1930s, and last time we proceeded to right around 1970. This time we'll bring ourselves up to the present day.

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