Why Cardinals Wanted Bobby Del Greco, Not Bill Virdon

Bobby Del Greco was a graceful center fielder with a strong arm, but he was no Bill Virdon.

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Why Enos Slaughter Was Baseball's Ageless Country Boy

At 43, Enos Slaughter, the oldest active player in the big leagues in 1959, still had the skills to be considered a difference maker to a team in a pennant race.

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Cardinals Threw Roadblock On Dodgers' 1959 Pennant Path

Facing the Cardinals in the last week of the season during the heat of a pennant race, the Dodgers started Sandy Koufax, used a record number of pinch-hitters and rallied for three runs in the ninth on Frank Howard’s home run, but still lost.

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Cardinals With Homers In Their First At-Bats

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How Jim Baxes Welcomed Bob Gibson To Big Leagues

Bob Gibson and Jim Baxes, two rookies whose careers went in opposite directions, are connected by one swing of the bat.

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Notable Deaths From The St. Louis Sports World During 2018

It’s time to take a look back and remember the notable figures from the St. Louis sports world who died in 2018, listed in chronological order:

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Why Cardinals Traded Wally Moon To Dodgers

Wally Moon shined for the Cardinals for four years, but wore out his welcome in a single season when he slumped at the plate and displayed what some perceived as an indifferent attitude toward his outfield play.

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Ed Roebuck Nearly Was Unbeatable Vs. Cardinals

While pitching to a Cardinals batter, Sandy Koufax was replaced by Ed Roebuck, who got the Dodgers out of a jam and went on to earn a win in an eight-inning relief effort.

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Mark Worrell & His Cardinals Clout

In his brief stint with the Cardinals, Mark Worrell provided a lasting impression with his hitting instead of his pitching.

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Dodgers, Cardinals Discussed Deal For Duke Snider

Knowing Duke Snider wasn’t enamored with the new home of the Dodgers, the Cardinals made a bid to acquire him, but the price was deemed too high.

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Wally Moon Passed Away At Age 87

Wally Moon, a former Texas A&M baseball standout and a 12-year veteran of the major leagues, has passed away, according to Gabe Bock of TexAgs.com. He was 87.

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Dodgers Dealt Aces In Cardinals' Farewell To Brooklyn

In the last game the Cardinals played in Brooklyn, they faced a pair of 21-year-old emerging aces: Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax.

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Ruben Amaro Began Big-League Career With Cardinals

Desperate for a quality shortstop, the Cardinals turned to Ruben Amaro and gave him his first opportunity to play in the major leagues. Amaro fielded splendidly but didn’t hit well enough and the Cardinals quickly gave up on him.

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The Day Warren Spahn Shocked Stan Musial

Given a choice of facing Del Ennis or Stan Musial with runners in scoring position and the game on the line, Warren Spahn did what no other big-league pitcher had done before him: He opted to pitch to Musial.

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Del Ennis Provided Power In Cardinals Lineup

In a bid to bolster their offense, the Cardinals acquired one of the top run producers of the 1950s. The move helped them become contenders again.

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Cardinals Played In Korea In 1958

In this Major League Baseball (MLB) season, Oh Seung-hwan became the first Korean to play for the St. Louis Cardinals. But long before Oh became a dominant bullpen arm for the Cards, in fact long before he was born and before any Koreans played stateside, St. Louis got its first taste of Korean baseball.

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The Day The Cardinals Traded Red Schoendienst

Sixty years ago, soon after Red Schoendienst had driven off in his car, the phone rang at his house. Mary Schoendienst, Red’s wife, answered. The caller was a secretary for Cardinals general manager Frank Lane. She told Mary that Red had been traded to the Giants.

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Adam Wainwright & His Magical First At-Bat

Adam Wainwright turned a special at-bat into a special feat.

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Mike Matheny In No Hurry To Move Aledmys Diaz Up In Order

A weekend series in which he became the first Cardinals rookie since Wally Moon (1954) to post a five-hit game and the first since Bake McBride (1974) to tally eight hits over a two-game stretch earned shortstop Aledmys Diaz a stay in the Cardinals' lineup.

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Mike Leake Looking For First Cardinals Win In His Hometown

It took just one inning to spark the St. Louis Cardinals to a decisive victory against San Diego and out of their recent doldrums at the plate.

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