The Cardinals had been out of the pennant race for months, but on September 18, 2023, they came to the ballpark with history on the line. As franchise icon Adam Wainwright pursued his 200th career win, everyone – fans, players, and even Wainwright himself – had a little extra adrenaline flowing as they arrived at […]
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Outside of the Gateway Arch and Busch Stadium itself, there aren’t many St. Louis monuments as recognizable as the Stan Musial statue. Now a familiar meeting place for Cardinals fans, the statue was dedicated on August 4, 1968, as part of a daylong celebration of Musial’s incredible career. The $35,000 monument was paid for through
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One year after acquiring slugger Mark McGwire at the trade deadline, Cardinals general manager Walt Jocketty found himself as a seller at the 1998 deadline, sending starting pitcher Todd Stottlemyre and shortstop Royce Clayton to the Texas Rangers for starting pitcher Darren Oliver, third baseman Fernando Tatis, and a player to be named later. That
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On July 25, 2010, Whitey Herzog took the stage in Cooperstown, New York, joined by 50 Hall of Famers who had gathered to induct him into baseball’s most exclusive club. His only goal? To keep from breaking down and crying in gratitude. “Ever since December, every question that anybody asked me is this: What’s it
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With the Cardinals already leading the Dodgers 4-0 on April 9, 2019, former Gold Glove Award winner Marcell Ozuna saw Kike Hernandez’s fly ball soar high into the air at Busch Stadium. Without hesitation, the Cardinals left fielder raced to the wall, leaped up onto the chain-link fencing near the visitors’ bullpen, and turned to
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Seeking to fill opposing needs, the Cardinals and Mariners swapped intriguing prospects on July 21, 2017, as St. Louis obtained slugging outfielder Tyler O’Neill in exchange for lefthanded pitcher and former first-round pick Marco Gonzalez. Both teams viewed the trade as an opportunity to trade from a position of depth to fill a need. O’Neill,
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Did Stan Musial call his shot in the 1955 All-Star Game? Hank Aaron certainly thought so. On July 12, 1955, almost exactly five years after his longtime teammate, Red Schoendienst, hit the game-winning home run in the 1950 All-Star Game, Musial smacked the first pitch in the bottom of the 12th inning over the right-field
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Coming off the best offensive season of his career, Ozzie Smith came out swinging once again as the 1988 season was about to open, this time with controversial statements that made waves across the National League. In advance of the April 1988 publication of his new autobiography Wizard, which Smith wrote with St. Louis sportswriter
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Just five days after longtime radio broadcaster Jack Buck passed away, the Cardinals were dealt another blow with the sudden passing of 33-year-old pitcher Darryl Kile. On June 23, 2002, Kile was found dead in the bed of his Chicago hotel room after teammates became concerned that he hadn’t arrived at Wrigley Field for the
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Less than six months after they signed him to a five-year, $87.5 million contract to replace Yadier Molina as the franchise’s starting catcher, the Cardinals stunned everyone by announcing that Willson Contreras was changing positions. The move came just 23 starts into Contreras’s tenure as the team’s catcher. With Contreras batting third and serving as
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