Jim Edmonds was just looking for a single when he launched the biggest home run of his career, walking off Game 6 of the 2004 NLCS with a two-run, 12th-inning home run that pulled the Cardinals within a win of their first World Series appearance in 17 years. On October 20, 2004, Edmonds’ walk-off shot […]
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After 13 years, seven playoff appearances, and the 10th World Series championship in franchise history, the Cardinals and general manager Walt Jocketty parted ways, citing internal conflict and division in the front office. Cardinals chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. announced the decision, emphasizing that both parties had “cordially and respectfully parted ways.”[1] “The Cardinals and Walt
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For most of the summer of 2021, the Cardinals were an average team, treading water in their pursuit of the playoffs. Then, fueled by a bolstered pitching staff and a power-packed offense, they reeled off a franchise-record 17-game win streak to earn their place in October. The Cardinals had led the National League Central Division
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The rivalry between the St. Louis and Chicago baseball teams may never have been more heated than on September 22, 1974, when a Cardinals-Cubs brawl added heat to the National League East pennant race. One inning after punching Bill Madlock in the face and sparking the bench-clearing brawl, Cardinals catcher Ted Simmons capped off his
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After 15 ½ seasons and 196 victories with the Red Sox, Athletics, Cubs, and Nationals, Jon Lester won the 200th game of his career as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals. The five-time all-star and three-time World Series champion had been in St. Louis for less than two months when he reached the milestone.
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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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