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How Edgar Renteria was traded to the Cardinals

In December 1998, the Cardinals’ winding quest for a shortstop led them to Miami and Edgar Renteria. On December 14, the Cardinals traded pitchers Braden Looper and Armando Almanza and shortstop prospect Pablo Ozuna to the Marlins for Renteria. Just 13 months earlier, Renteria’s 11th-inning RBI single off Charles Nagy won Game 7 of the […]

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May 24, 2006: Adam Wainwright homers in his first MLB at-bat

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When defending Cy Young Award winner Chris Carpenter was scratched from his May 24 start against the Giants with inflammation of a bursa sac located between his right shoulder and rib cage, the 2006 Cardinals pitching staff was dealt a blow. In Carpenter’s place, the St. Louis pitching staff started dealing some blows of its own,

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