Of all seasons, the least likely in which to expect a pitchers’…
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With the Cardinals trailing the Philadelphia A’s two games…
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The mood was gloomy and subdued at Sportsman’s Park in the…
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On this steamy August afternoon, the bespectacled outfielder…
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Not even the all-powerful Kenesaw Mountain Landis could predict…
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Before the start of the 1928 World Series, former major-league…
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On Tuesday, June 21, 1927, at Sportsman’s Park, the reigning…
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The New York Times described the outcome of a 1940 midseason…
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Under a broiling midsummer sun, five National League pitchers…
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For nearly 15 minutes 25,562 excitedly impatient fans had been…
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As the 1940 season began, the Cardinals were sputtering in the…
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Johnny Mize, a country boy from Demorest, Georgia, had been given…
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The St. Louis Cardinals had been favored to win the 1934 World…
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You know you’ve been to a great ballgame when you leave the…
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After the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals split two contests…
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Down two games to one in the 1934 World Series, the Detroit Tigers…
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“[He] pitched with devastating speed, his curves breaking fast…
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Gabby Street wanted revenge, so he went to the firm of Hallahan…
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The day before Game Six of the 1931 World Series, more than 500…
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Bill Hallahan “cast a spell of impotence over the bats of the…
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October 6, 1930: Jimmie Foxx’s ninth-inning homer puts A’s on verge of a championship in Game 5
October 5, 1930: Jesse Haines defeats Lefty Grove in Fall Classic pitchers’ duel
October 4, 1930: Wild Bill Hallahan shuts out A’s in Game 3 to rekindle Redbirds’ hopes
August 21, 1930: Chick Hafey hits for the cycle as Cardinals pound Phillies
October 9, 1928: Sultan of Swat smacks three homers to sink the Cardinals in World Series sweep
October 7, 1928: Lou Gehrig’s two homers too much for Redbirds in Game 3
June 21, 1927: Jesse Haines goes the distance; Cardinals win on Les Bell’s 13th-inning single
July 13, 1940: Johnny Mize’s cycle boosts Cardinals in walk-off win over Giants
July 9, 1940: Five NL pitchers combine for first All-Star shutout at Sportsman’s Park
May 24, 1940: Cleveland spoils Browns’ first night game in St. Louis
May 7, 1940: Cardinals tie NL record with seven home runs in rout of Dodgers
July 20, 1938: Johnny Mize blasts three home runs for second time in eight days
April 29, 1936: Parmelee bests Hubbell in epic 17-inning duel
October 7, 1934: Tommy Bridges outduels Dizzy Dean as Tigers take 3-2 lead in World Series
August 4, 1937: Cardiac Cardinals complete crazy comeback; Medwick ties record with four doubles
October 5, 1934: Paul Dean impresses brother Dizzy in Cardinals’ Game 3 win
October 6, 1934: Tigers even World Series in Game 4; Dizzy Dean knocked out cold
September 18, 1934: Browns’ Bobo Newsom tosses no-no through nine, loses in 10th
September 16, 1933: Cardinals outlast Dodgers after 27 runs, 36 hits, and 17 walks
July 30, 1933: Dizzy Dean fans 17 Cubs for new modern strikeout record
June 23, 1932: The Goose wallops three; Goslin’s homers lift Browns over Yankees
October 10, 1931: Revenge is sweet for Cardinals in Game 7, even without Pepper
October 9, 1931: A’s Lefty Grove stymies Redbirds again in Game 6
October 2, 1931: ‘Wild Horse’ Pepper Martin steals the show as Cardinals take Game 2 of World Series