Even in the immediate afterglow of their first World Series title in 15 years, the Cardinals and manager Whitey Herzog were willing to trade significant and popular starters in order to secure another all-star for the left side of the infield. Thirty years ago, less than two months after winning the 1982 World Series championship, [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Buddy Bell almost joined Ozzie Smith in Cardinals’ infield
Posted in Hitters, Trades on February 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The story of how Ted Simmons became a Cardinal
Posted in Hitters, Prospects on February 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Forty-five years ago, big-league baseball scouts touted Ted Simmons as a can’t-miss prospect. The Cardinals believed the reports and were rewarded for their faith in the switch-hitting teenaged catcher. The Cardinals selected Simmons in the first round of the 1967 amateur draft. He would become the best-hitting catcher in Cardinals history, batting .298 with a .366 [...]
Stint with Boston farm helped Mike Shannon join Cards
Posted in Games, Hitters on February 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Mike Shannon’s debut with the Cardinals. Shannon played his first game for the Cardinals on Sept. 11, 1962. Fifty years later, he’s still with the Cardinals as their iconic play-by-play broadcaster. When Shannon got promoted from the minor leagues to the Cardinals in September 1962, there was no [...]
Gary Carter and his two 5-RBI games against Cardinals
Posted in Games, Opponents on February 20, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Many Gary Carter obituaries properly cite his first game with the Mets as an important event in his big-league career. In that game on April 9, 1985, at New York, Carter, who twice had been hit by pitches (by Joaquin Andujar and Bill Campbell), hit a 10th-inning home run off Neil Allen, lifting the Mets to a 6-5 [...]
Hank Aaron and the home run that wasn’t vs. Cardinals
Posted in Games, Hitters, Opponents, Pitchers on February 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Hank Aaron, the greatest home run hitter never to use performance-enhancing drugs, could have added to his historic total if not for an unusual call in a game against the Cardinals. Playing for the Braves, Aaron hit the 393rd home run of his career on Aug. 17, 1965, at St. Louis against the Cardinals’ Tracy [...]
How Topps finally got Stan Musial on its baseball cards
Posted in Hitters, Uncategorized on February 14, 2012 | 1 Comment »
So you think showing a squirrel on a Skip Schumaker Topps baseball card is controversial? How about printing baseball cards for seven years between 1951-57 and never offering a Stan Musial baseball card? In the first series of its 2012 baseball card set, Topps has printed two cards of St. Louis utilityman Skip Schumaker. The [...]
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