Steve Lake

Steve Lake

July 7, 1987: Steve Lake and Jack Clark lead Cardinals to late-night doubleheader sweep

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In the end, it wasn’t his game-tying, two-run home run in the ninth inning that impressed backup catcher Steve Lake the most. It wasn’t Jack Clark’s game-winning RBI single. It was the thousands of Cardinals fans still cheering on their Redbirds when the final pitch of a rain-delayed doubleheader was finally thrown at 3:01 a.m. […]

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Milt Thompson

Why the Cardinals traded for Milt Thompson in 1988

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 From the moment he arrived in St. Louis, the Cardinals saw Milt Thompson as a Whitey Herzog type of player. On December 16, 1988, the Cardinals traded outfielder Curt Ford and catcher Steve Lake to the Phillies for Thompson. A former second-round pick of the Braves in 1979, Thompson was expected to serve as a

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