The A’s also sent $1.5 million to the Cardinals to assist with the balance of his $13.5 million salary for the season. Holliday’s contract was due to expire at season’s end.

“I’m extremely excited to be back in the National League, to be back in a pennant race,” Holliday said.[1]

Though rumors also had connected the Cardinals to the Nationals’ Adam Dunn,[2] La Russa clearly prized Holliday above anyone else available on the trade market.

“We’ve been talking about him since last winter,” he said.[3]

Adam Wainwright was even more straightforward. “How big of a deal is it to get a player like (Holliday)?” he asked. “It’s as big as his biceps.”[4]

Wainwright had plenty of reason to be excited. Holliday burst onto the big-league scene with the Rockies in 2004, batting .290 with 14 homers and 57 RBIs in 121 games. In six seasons with the Rockies, he hit .319 with 130 homers and 486 RBIs, making three all-star game appearances and winning three Silver Slugger awards. He placed second in the National League MVP voting in 2007 when he led the league with 216 hits, a .340 batting average, 50 doubles, and 137 RBIs.

The Cardinals’ pursuit of Holliday had begun while he was still in Colorado, and had advanced far enough that Skip Schumaker said he preparing to play his home games in Denver.^[5] Instead, the Rockies traded Holliday to the A’s for Carlos Gonzalez, Greg Smith, and Huston Street following the 2008 season. In 93 games for the A’s, Holliday hit .286 with 11 homers and 54 RBIs.

In June, the Cardinals were once again engaged in discussions regarding a trade for Holliday, this time with the A’s. Oakland general manager Billy Beane had indicated that with his team in last place and little likelihood of re-signing Holliday, he wanted at least two first-round talents for his star outfielder. The Cardinals met that requirement with Wallace, the 13^th overall pick of the 2008 draft, and Mortensen, the 36^th overall pick in the 2007 draft. Peterson was the Cardinals’ second-round pick from 2008.

Prior to the deal, St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Bryan Burwell advocated for acquiring Holliday, even if it required including Wallace in the deal.

“If the price for bringing in Holliday, a proven bat and a three-time all-star, is a kid who could turn into a major-league bat, then what’s the issue?” Burwell wrote. “There are only two reasons why a farm system exists. It’s to develop kids who turn into major-league stars on your team and to convince other teams to take the others off your hands in exchange for proven veteran talent.”[6]

Wallace, whom Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak referred to as the “keystone of the deal,”[7] had advanced quickly through the Cardinals’ system. Upon being drafted out of Arizona State University, Wallace hit .327 in 41 games in Class A Quad Cities. In 49 at-bats in Double-A Springfield, Wallace batted .327 with five homers and 25 RBIs.

In 2009, Wallace returned to Springfield, batting .281 in 32 games before getting the call up to Triple-A Memphis. Wallace was batting .293 against Triple-A pitching at the time of the trade.

Beane said the A’s had strongly considered taking Wallace themselves with the 12^th overall pick in the draft. Instead, they took second baseman Jemile Weeks, and the Cardinals claimed Wallace with the next selection.

“At last year’s draft we had a difficult choice between him and Jemile,” Beane said. “Now we couldn’t be happier we have both of them. … We think (Wallace) is a middle-of-the-lineup power guy, which going forward is something we need.”[8]

“Wallace is not the type of hitter you’re going to replace easily,” Mozeliak said. “Our scouting department is going to have to work that much harder to find another one. That’s how this business works.”[9]

Mortensen had begun his Cardinals’ career in Batavia, their low-Class A affiliate, before advancing to Quad Cities during his first pro season. In 2008, the Cardinals promoted him to Double-A Springfield, where he posted a 4.22 ERA and 48 strikeouts in 59 2/3 innings.

In Triple-A Memphis, he thrown 80 innings prior to the trade, posting a 5.51 ERA with 57 strikeouts in 80 innings pitched.

Like Mortensen, Peterson started his Cardinals career in Batavia, where he hit .291 with 39 RBIs in 275 plate appearances before advancing to Springfield. He played just 18 games there prior to the trade, batting .284 in 80 plate appearances.

Holliday was in the A’s team hotel in New York, where the A’s were playing the Yankees, when he was informed of the trade by text message. Accompanied by his wife and two sons, Holliday took a train to Philadelphia, where he arrived 30 minutes prior to batting practice.[10] As an old-school player, Holliday’s old-school form of travel didn’t distract him in his Cardinals debut. He singled three times and doubled while scoring St. Louis’s first run in an 8-1 win over the Phillies.

“You look at the lineup card and it’s exciting,” said Ryan Ludwick, who moved from cleanup to No. 5 in the lineup with Holliday’s arrival. “You take a hitter like him and it’s instant offense.”[11]

Holliday brought that instant offense for 7 ½ seasons. In January, he signed a seven-year, $120 million contract that marked the largest deal in franchise history.[12] As a Cardinal, Holliday batted .293/.380/.494 with 156 homers and 616 RBIs. He was part of the Cardinals’ 2011 world championship team and helped the Redbirds reach the National League Championship Series in 2012, 2013, and 2014.

In 2017, he signed a free-agent deal with the Yankees, where he hit .231 with 19 homers and 64 RBIs. He returned to the Rockies in 2018, appearing in 25 games before retiring following his age-38 season. The following year, he joined his brother Jeff’s coaching staff at Oklahoma State University.

Wallace never lived up to the high hopes for his potential. After the 2009 season, the A’s traded Wallace to the Blue Jays for Michael Taylor, and seven months later the Blue Jays traded him to the Astros for Anthony Gose.

Wallace played four seasons for the Astros, batting .242/.313/.391 before he was released. The Orioles signed him ahead of the 2014 season and the Blue Jays purchased his rights in July, but he didn’t return to the majors until the Padres signed him as a free agent ahead of the 2015 season. The 28-year-old Wallace looked as though he might have put it together after batting .302 with five homers in 107 major league plate appearances that season, but in 2016 his average fell to .189 in 256 plate appearances. He retired after the season.

Mortensen started six games for the A’s in 2009, going 2-4 with a 7.81 ERA, and started one game in 2010 before he was traded to the Rockies. He played one season in Colorado, posting a 3.86 ERA in 58 1/3 innings before he was traded to Boston. There, he was used exclusively as a reliever, posting a 3.21 ERA in 2012. In 30 1/3 innings in 2013, his ERA jumped to 5.34. He never returned to the majors.

Peterson appeared in two games for the A’s in 2013. He hit .259 in 226 plate appearances for the Brewers in 2015 and batted .253 in 88 plate appearances for the Rays in 2017. He retired following the 2019 season.

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[1] Joe Stiglich, “Holliday traded to the Cards,” Fresno Bee, July 25, 2009.

[2] Derrick Goold, “Redbirds explore ‘a lot of’ options,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 24, 2009.

[3] Derrick Goold, “Cardinals Get Holliday from A’s,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 25, 2009.

[4] Derrick Goold, “Cardinals Get Holliday from A’s,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 25, 2009.

[5] Derrick Goold, “Cardinals Get Holliday from A’s,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 25, 2009.

[6] Bryan Burwell, “Cardinals in need of a Holliday now,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 24, 2009.

[7] Derrick Goold, “Cardinals Get Holliday from A’s,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 25, 2009.

[8] Joe Stiglich, “Holliday traded to the Cards,” Fresno Bee, July 25, 2009.

[9] Derrick Goold, “Cardinals Get Holliday from A’s,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 25, 2009.

[10] Derrick Goold, “Cardinals Get Holliday from A’s,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 25, 2009.

[11] Joe Stiglich, “Holliday traded to the Cards,” Fresno Bee, July 25, 2009.

[12] Joe Strauss, “Cardinals get their man,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 6, 2010.

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The Cardinals had just completed a four-game series at Philadelphia that evening and were taking the “Federal Express” of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad line to Boston, where they were slated to begin another four-game series that day against the Braves.

Occupying two Pullman sleepers, the Cardinals originally were located near the front of the train behind the locomotive and a U.S. Fishery coach carrying young trout. In the summer heat, the position created a dilemma for the Cardinals players: it was too hot to sleep with the windows closed, but if they opened them, the smell of the locomotive engine and fish filled the car.[2]

After taking the Jersey City train ferry, the Cardinals’ Pullman was moved to the end of train, though it is unclear whether this was a result of demands from Cardinals manager Roger Bresnahan or a simple mix-up as the cars were reassembled. In that day’s paper, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch wrote that “the baseball coaches were hitched on at the end instead of in their proper place in the train.”[3] The train’s brakesman later said the Cardinals were moved to the rear after Bresnahan complained.[4] Regardless, the change may have saved the lives of the Cardinals players and the two reporters traveling with them.[5]

According to the St. Louis Star and Times, the train was an hour behind schedule and traveling approximately 60 mph at 3:32 a.m. when it jumped the overhead crossing in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and plunged 20 feet down an embankment. According to the railroad, the train should only have been traveling 15 mph.[6]

“When the heavy vestibule train of nine cars struck the switch at full speed the locomotive leaped, rocked, and swayed over the ties for nearly 150 yards and finally plunged to the street below, dragging six cars down the bank,” the Post-Dispatch reported. “The coupling broke between the sixth and the seventh cars, leaving three sleepers upright on the embankment, two of them still on the rails.”

The cars containing the Cardinals were the only ones that didn’t leave the track. Rube Geyer, a 27-year-old pitcher, suffered a sprained wrist and was the only Cardinal injured in the accident.

“No sooner had the wreckage piled up in the street than the baggage car caught fire,” the Star and Times reported. “The flames threatened to spread to the sleepers, where many injured passengers were imprisoned.”[7]

Bresnahan was credited with organizing the Cardinals’ rescue efforts, which were crucial in the minutes before ambulance crews arrived. “When the crash came the old-time leadership of Bresnahan came to the fore,” the Post-Dispatch said. “There was much excitement among the younger men, but Roger’s voice went carrying high above the din, calling his men to calmness and order as though he were ordering a game.”[8]

Lee Magee, a 22-year-old infielder, said, “If ever a man lived who possessed a cooler head, I have not heard of him. We were barely picking ourselves up off the floor. He seemed to be the first to recognize an accident had occurred and our assistance might be needed. He was the first man to leave our coach and we all followed.”[9]

With some barefoot and many still dressed in their nightclothes, the Cardinals emerged from their cars and rescued at least a dozen fellow passengers. Wally Smith, a 23-year-old backup infielder, saved two infants,[10] and 20-year-old catcher Ivey Wingo and Bresnahan worked together to rescue a woman from the debris of one car as it caught fire.[11] Miller Huggins, a 5-foot-6, 140-pound second baseman who later managed both the Cardinals and Yankees, squeezed into a tight space to help pull one man from the wreckage.[12]

“We got axes from our cars and the next one and started clearing away the wreckage so we could get at the bodies of the dead and the dying,” outfielder Steve Evans said.[13]

“Many a victim of the wreck owes his life to the promptness of the St. Louis National League Baseball team,” reported The Hartford Times the following afternoon.[14] In the aftermath, the City of Bridgeport petitioned the Carnegie Commission for medals to be presented to members of the team for their quick actions.[15]

Despite the Cardinals’ efforts, the scene was horrific. The dead recovered from the wreckage were laid out on the lawn of a nearby house and local residents opened their doors to aid the injured.[16]

Among the wreckage was the burned body of the engineer, Arthur Curtis. A 1-year-old baby was discovered alive in one car after it had been separated from its mother and aunt. In another car, a Mrs. Whatonm of Philadelphia was rescued, but her child was discovered dead beneath her. The Star and Times reported that two more babies were killed.[17]

George S. Roberts, whom the Star and Times identified as a lieutenant of the U.S. Army and whom the Post-Dispatch said was a sergeant in the Coast Guard, lost both his wife and infant son in the crash.[18] [19]

“The cars that had fallen to the street were piled up like a monster kindling pile,” center fielder Rebel Oakes said. “Men, women, and children were sticking out of the debris. Among the passengers was a man who was returning from the funeral of his sister. He was accompanied by his wife and two children. Only himself and one of the children escaped. It was pitiful to hear him crying aloud for his wife and child as he dashed about the wreck.”^[20]

Afterward, Bresnahan sent a telegram to the Post-Dispatch saying: Every car on train demolished except our two Pullmans in rear. All my men safe. We called off game with Boston because we lost our baggage and had no uniforms to play in.[21] There was no mention of his or his team’s heroics.

Incredibly, though their July 11 game against the Braves was postponed, it was rescheduled as a double-header the following day. As their own uniforms were destroyed in the wreck, the Cardinals played in Boston’s road uniforms with old-English B’s on their left sleeves. Word of the Cardinals’ life-saving efforts had spread, and the Boston crowd gave Bresnahan a warm cheer when he stepped to the plate for his first at-bat.[22]

The Cardinals won the first game 13-6 before the second ended in a 6-6 tie after 10 innings.

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[1] Tom Shieber, “Tracks of Cardinals Heroes,” National Baseball Hall of Fame, https://baseballhall.org/discover/tracks-of-cardinals-heroes.

[2] Tom Shieber, “Tracks of Cardinals Heroes,” National Baseball Hall of Fame, https://baseballhall.org/discover/tracks-of-cardinals-heroes.

[3] “Cardinals Escape Due To Error,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 11, 1911.

[4] Dom Amore, “Heroes Off The Field: In 1911, St. Louis Cardinals Became First Responders In Bridgeport Train Wreck,” Hartford Courant, July 9, 2011.

[5] Tom Shieber, “Tracks of Cardinals Heroes,” National Baseball Hall of Fame, https://baseballhall.org/discover/tracks-of-cardinals-heroes.

[6] “Cardinals Heroes in Wreck In Which 13 Meet Death,” St. Louis Star and Times, July 11, 1911.

[7] “Cardinals Heroes in Wreck In Which 13 Meet Death,” St. Louis Star and Times, July 11, 1911.

[8] “16 Killed, 65 Injured, When 60-Mile-An-Hour Train Leaps From Viaduct,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 11, 1911.

[9] Dom Amore, “Heroes Off The Field: In 1911, St. Louis Cardinals Became First Responders In Bridgeport Train Wreck,” Hartford Courant, July 9, 2011.

[10] “Cardinals Heroes in Wreck In Which 13 Meet Death,” St. Louis Star and Times, July 11, 1911.

[11] “16 Killed, 65 Injured, When 60-Mile-An-Hour Train Leaps From Viaduct,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 11, 1911.

[12] Dom Amore, “Heroes Off The Field: In 1911, St. Louis Cardinals Became First Responders In Bridgeport Train Wreck,” Hartford Courant, July 9, 2011.

[13] Dom Amore, “Heroes Off The Field: In 1911, St. Louis Cardinals Became First Responders In Bridgeport Train Wreck,” Hartford Courant, July 9, 2011.

[14] Dom Amore, “Heroes Off The Field: In 1911, St. Louis Cardinals Became First Responders In Bridgeport Train Wreck,” Hartford Courant, July 9, 2011.

[15] Jason Pickney, “Bridgeport Mayor Asks Carnegie Medals For Cardinal Heroes,” St. Louis Star and Times, July 12, 1911.

[16] “Cardinals Heroes in Wreck In Which 13 Meet Death,” St. Louis Star and Times, July 11, 1911.

[17] “Cardinals Heroes in Wreck In Which 13 Meet Death,” St. Louis Star and Times, July 11, 1911.

[18] “Cardinals Heroes in Wreck In Which 13 Meet Death,” St. Louis Star and Times, July 11, 1911.

[19] “16 Killed, 65 Injured, When 60-Mile-An-Hour Train Leaps From Viaduct,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 11, 1911.

[20] Tom Shieber, “Tracks of Cardinals Heroes,” National Baseball Hall of Fame, https://baseballhall.org/discover/tracks-of-cardinals-heroes.

[21] “All Cardinal Players Safe Roger Bresnahan Wires,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 11, 1911.

[22] Tom Shieber, “Tracks of Cardinals Heroes,” National Baseball Hall of Fame, https://baseballhall.org/discover/tracks-of-cardinals-heroes.

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Hernandez was a 17-year-old out of Capuchino High School in San Bruno, California, when the Cardinals drafted him in the 42^nd round of the 1971 draft. Due to a disagreement with his high school coach, Hernandez didn’t play during his senior year of high school, allowing him to slide to the later rounds of the draft. Nonetheless, with recruiters from Cal and Stanford interested in him for both football and baseball,[1] Hernandez had plenty of options if the Cardinals didn’t meet his salary expectations.

Bill Sayles, the Cardinals’ northern California scout, believed strongly in Hernandez’s potential and called general manager Bing Devine to see why the team hadn’t signed him yet.

“I said the kid wanted too much money,” Devine wrote in his 2012 autobiography. “And Bill Sayles said, ‘I think you’re missing the boat. He’s playing even better since you drafted him. Why don’t you send someone up to cross-check him?’ So we sent Bob Kennedy.”[2]

Kennedy was the Cardinals’ director of player development. A 16-year major-league veteran, Kennedy played third base and the outfield for the White Sox, Indians, Orioles, Tigers, and Dodgers.  After his playing days were over, he became a scout and farm system director for the Indians, then coached the Cubs and Athletics before joining the Cardinals organization.

“Kennedy called me back and said, ‘I don’t know about the money. But if you don’t sign this kid, you’ll regret it the rest of your life!’” Devine wrote.[3]

Convinced, Devine signed Hernandez and Kennedy sent him to St. Petersburg of the Class A Florida State League. In 1973, Hernandez played 105 games with the Double-A Arkansas Travelers, batting .260 with three homers and 52 RBIs in 105 games. They weren’t the statistics expected of a player with Hernandez’s potential.

“My numbers in AA were atrocious,” Hernandez wrote in his book, I’m Keith Hernandez. “If anything, I should have been left to shrivel up in that miserable Texas League or sent down to Single-A.”[4]

Instead, Kennedy promoted Hernandez to Triple-A Tulsa, where he hit .333 with five homers and 25 RBIs in 31 games. Suddenly, Hernandez was playing well enough to push for a major-league roster spot in 1974.

Years later, Hernandez had the opportunity to ask Kennedy why he promoted him when he was playing so poorly in Tulsa. As Hernandez recounts, “Kennedy looked at me with a serious gaze – Bob was a man who seldom laughed while in uniform – and said, ‘Keith, I knew if I left you in Little Rock, you might have hit .230 and been done. If I sent you down, it could have destroyed your confidence and you would have been done. So I took a chance because I knew you had the talent.”[5]

Hernandez got his first taste of the majors in 1974, appearing in 14 games. In 1975, however, expectations were far higher. During the offseason, the Cardinals had traded Joe Torre to the Mets for Tommy Moore and Ray Sadecki, leaving Hernandez a clear path to claim the starting job.

National League pitchers, however, were unwilling to cooperate. By June 3, Hernandez was batting just .203 and the Cardinals demoted him back to Tulsa. While Hernandez rediscovered his batting stroke under the tutelage of Ken Boyer, batting .330 with a .440 on-base percentage and .531 slugging percentage, he still had a few things to learn about professional baseball.

Hernandez first caused a stir when he told a reporter in Tulsa that the Cardinals’ clubhouse wasn’t as welcoming as he had hoped it would be. The story was picked up in the St. Louis media and drew the ire of some of the Cardinals’ veterans, including Ken Reitz.[6]

By August, just as it was clear that Hernandez had rediscovered his swing and his confidence, it was also visible to those around him that he had no patience for remaining in Tulsa.

“Keith has been pouting,” Kennedy said. “He feels he has nothing to prove by playing further in the minors. The boy has to grow up.”[7]

Bob Gibson was happy to help Hernandez along with a little tough love. The Cardinals called Hernandez up in September and he joined the team in time for the final two games of a series against the Cubs at Busch Stadium. When a reporter from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat asked for an interview in the dugout during pregame warmups, Hernandez obliged. He was still answering the first question when he was interrupted by Gibson, who shouted at him from the batting cage where the pitchers were just beginning to hit.

“There you are, Hernandez, always talking! Talk, talk, talk! Why don’t you just shut up and get your rookie ass out here to shag some balls!”[8]

Brock took a more diplomatic approach to helping Hernandez reach his potential. During one game against the Phillies in 1976, the 22-year-old Hernandez struck out during a pinch-hit appearance. Frustrated, Hernandez sat at the end of the bench and, by his own admission, sulked.

The 37-year-old Brock sat down next to Hernandez. As Hernandez recalled:

He very gently said: What the hell are you poutin’ about? No one’s gonna feel sorry for you. You getting mad and feeling sorry for yourself? Who’s making you mad? You see that guy on the mound? He’s making you mad. Get him. Take it out on him. He’s the one who’s gonna put you into a day job. You wanna go to work nine to five and have two weeks off a year? Then go ahead and do what you’re doing. Or get mad at him. He’s the one who’s gonna take the job away from you.[9]

With that, baseball’s stolen base leader stood back up and returned to the other end of the dugout.

Brock’s assistance went beyond merely teaching Hernandez to conduct himself like a professional. That same season, Brock saw that the left-handed hitting Hernandez continued to struggle against left-handers, particularly when they threw the breaking ball on the outer half of the plate. Brock recommended that Hernandez crowd the plate.

“You’re going to go around the league for at least a month, they will see you on top of the plate, and they are going to throw you inside,” Brock said. “Look for it and rip it! Pitchers can’t relate to hitting. They don’t know you’re looking in there. It doesn’t matter if you make an out or pull it foul, just hit it hard. Establish the inside pitch as your pitch. Each time you do this, they’re going to say, ‘Hey, that’s my best fastball and he hit the dog out of it. Maybe I can’t get in there …’ That’s when you have them! Because they’re going to throw right into your strength – the outside corner, with the barrel of your bat in full coverage.”[10]

The adjustment worked exactly as Brock described. In 1977, Hernandez actually hit better against left-handers (.313 batting average with eight homers and 39 RBIs) than against right-handers (.279 with seven homers and 52 RBIs). For his career, Hernandez would bat .291 against left-handed pitching with a .370 on-base percentage.

In 1979, Brock’s final season, Hernandez put it all together, leading the league with a .344 batting average, 116 runs scored, and 48 doubles. Along the way, he hit 11 home runs and drove in 105. In November, Hernandez was named the National League’s co-MVP alongside Willie Stargell, who helped lead the Pirates to the World Series championship. Hernandez made it a point to thank Brock for helping him along the way.

“Lou is very unselfish,” he said. “He’s done more for me than just about anybody. He always had a pat on the back at the right time, and he was there with encouragement in my moments of self-doubt, reminding me to think positive.”[11]

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[1] Keith Hernandez and Joan Ryan (2018), I’m Keith Hernandez, Hachette Book Group, Inc., New York, N.Y, Location 344 (Kindle Android version).

[2] Bing Devine and Tom Wheatley (2004), The Memoirs of Bing Devine: Stealing Lou Brock and Other Winning Moves by a Master GM, Sports Publishing, New York, N.Y., Location 157 (Kindle Android version).

[3] Bing Devine and Tom Wheatley (2004), The Memoirs of Bing Devine: Stealing Lou Brock and Other Winning Moves by a Master GM, Sports Publishing, New York, N.Y., Location 157 (Kindle Android version).

[4] Keith Hernandez and Joan Ryan (2018), I’m Keith Hernandez, Hachette Book Group, Inc., New York, N.Y, Location 855 (Kindle Android version).

[5] Keith Hernandez and Joan Ryan (2018), I’m Keith Hernandez, Hachette Book Group, Inc., New York, N.Y, Location 855 (Kindle Android version).

[6] Keith Hernandez and Joan Ryan (2018), I’m Keith Hernandez, Hachette Book Group, Inc., New York, N.Y, Location 2493 (Kindle Android version).

[7] Neal Russo, “Hernandez Pouting In Tulsa,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 8, 1975: Page C1.

[8] Keith Hernandez and Joan Ryan (2018), I’m Keith Hernandez, Hachette Book Group, Inc., New York, N.Y, Location 2535 (Kindle Android version).

[9] Keith Hernandez and Joan Ryan (2018), I’m Keith Hernandez, Hachette Book Group, Inc., New York, N.Y, Location 2963 (Kindle Android version).

[10] Keith Hernandez and Joan Ryan (2018), I’m Keith Hernandez, Hachette Book Group, Inc., New York, N.Y, Location 3268 (Kindle Android version).

[11] Arnold Irish, “Hernandez: Garage To Co-MVP,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 14, 1979: Page B1.

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