Cardinals Viewed Johnny Lindell As Possible Power Source

Johnny Lindell faced the Cardinals in a World Series as a Yankees outfielder and in a regular season as a pitcher for the Pirates and Phillies. He also played for the Cardinals for a couple of months when they sought power for their lineup.

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Cardinals' Top Five Right Fielders

No one loves a good debate quite like baseball fans, and with that in mind, we asked each of our beat reporters to rank the top five players by position in the history of their franchise, based on their career while playing for that club. These rankings are for fun and debate purposes only … if you don’t agree with the order, participate in the Twitter poll to vote for your favorite at this position.

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Cardinals' Top Five Third Basemen

No one loves a good debate quite like baseball fans, and with that in mind, we asked each of our beat reporters to rank the top five players by position in the history of their franchise, based on their career while playing for that club. These rankings are for fun and debate purposes only … if you don’t agree with the order, participate in the Twitter poll to vote for your favorite at this position.

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Why Cardinals Chose Jose Cardenal As Their Center Fielder

Jose Cardenal, looking for the right fit for a baseball home after being exiled from his native Cuba, embraced an opportunity to be the center fielder for the Cardinals.

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Cardinals Hit Jackpot With Hard-Hitting Ray Jablonski

Ray Jablonski was an infielder who couldn’t field or throw well, but he excelled at stroking line drives for extra-base hits and generating large numbers of runs.

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Johnny Lewis: From Pupil To Mentor With Cardinals

Johnny Lewis, a prospect considered to have more potential than Lou Brock, overcame personal tragedy, rebounded from setbacks in his playing career and became a pioneering coach for the Cardinals.

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The Story Of The Stan Musial Stature In St. Louis

Celebrated throughout the day and night, the unveiling of the Stan Musial statue outside Busch Stadium was the St. Louis version of a royal wedding.

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How Harry Brecheen Handcuffed Cardinals Opponents

Harry Brecheen came close to being perfect for the Cardinals.

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Whitey Kurowski: Home Run Brought Cardinals A Crown

Only once has a Cardinals player hit a ninth-inning home run that provided the winning run in the deciding game of a World Series.

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Marty Marion, Joe Medwick & Battle At Brooklyn

During the 1940s, no baseball rivalry was more intense than the one between the Dodgers and Cardinals. The player who perhaps best exemplified that fervor was Joe Medwick.

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Ralph Branca Produced Pair Of Gems Against Cardinals

Ralph Branca came close to pitching two no-hitters against the Cardinals within a span of a month. Instead, he earned a one-hit shutout in one of those games and he had another one-hitter when he departed with two outs in the ninth inning of the other game.

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How Harry Brecheen Came Through In Cardinals Clincher

Foreshadowing what would be an exceptional postseason for him, Harry Brecheen prevented the Cardinals from experiencing an epic collapse, saving the victory that carried them into the 1946 World Series.

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Jedd Gyorko's Home Run Ties Club Record; Cardinals Home Run In 19

Jedd Gyorko's 10th home run of August not only staked Adam Wainwright to a 1-0, sixth-inning lead over the Brewers on Tuesday, but it also put the 2016 club in the franchise record books.

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Rise Of Jeremy Hazelbaker, Aledmys Diaz Begs For Comparison

The high-octane starts to the career of Cardinals rookies Jeremy Hazelbaker and Aledmys Diaz beg the questions of who the comparables would be.

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Cardinals Hall Of Fame Balloting Begins

In a year when the organization will celebrate the 10th anniversary of its 2006 World Series championship, three players from that club will be first-time candidates for the Cardinals Hall of Fame.

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Starting Decades Team

With the St. Louis Blues kicking off their 50th Anniversary celebration earlier this week, I put together an All-Decades starting six for the organization–the key was one player from each of the six decades of the team’s existence had to fill a spot. Had lots of great suggestions and obviously with this sort of exercise there isn’t room to include all of those you would like, but here’s my six:

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Cardinals Announce 2016 Hall Of Fame Ballot

In a year when the organization will celebrate the 10th anniversary of its 2006 World Series championship, three players from that club will be first-time candidates for the Cardinals Hall of Fame.
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The generation of players that, 10 years ago, christened a new ballpark with the city's first World Series championship in more than two decades is going to be honored this season by the Cardinals and some will get the chance to be honored in perpetuity by the fans.
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Former pitcher Chris Carpenter headlines the new list of St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame candidates for 2016. Team President Bill DeWitt III made the announcement of the candidates Monday morning at the Winter Warm-Up.
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Why The Cardinals Evacuated Their Spring Training Site

When the 1945 Cardinals reported to spring training at Cairo, Ill., they found the outfield better suited for fishing than for chasing fly balls. Unable to have fielding or batting practice because of flooding at Cotter Field, the Cardinals abandoned the Illinois river town and conducted spring training at Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis.

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Paul Molitor Vs. Cardinals: Sensational, Strange 1982 Series

Paul Molitor is linked with Willie McGee and Darrell Porter as central figures in two of the most prominent plays in the 1982 World Series between the Brewers and Cardinals.

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2014 Giants Followed World Series Script Of 1946 Cardinals

Performing an escape act on the sport’s grandest stage, the Cardinals were the first team to emerge victorious in a World Series that ended with the tying run on third base

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