This Day in Baseball History....

[Remembirds]

24 years ago today, Mark McGwire hit his 44th home run to break Johnny Mize's single-season Cardinals home run record:

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/06/25/ ... 40-record/

[Remembirds]

11 years ago today, the Cardinals traded Colby Rasmus to the Blue Jays to bolster their pitching staff and fuel their run to the 2011 world championship. Take a look back at what led to the trade and how Cardinals players and the media reacted:

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/07/03/ ... eries-run/

[Remembirds]

Eight years ago at the trade deadline, the Cardinals shook up their roster by sending Allen Craig and Joe Kelly to the Red Sox for starting pitcher John Lackey, a pitching prospect, and cash:

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2022/05/22/ ... hn-lackey/

[Remembirds]

20 years ago today, the Cardinals traded for Scott Rolen:

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/01/02/ ... ott-rolen/

[Remembirds]

63 years ago today, Bob Gibson made his first career start and shut out the Reds, the team that had almost signed him out of Creighton University:

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/07/05/ ... eer-start/

[Remembirds]

25 years ago today, the Cardinals traded pitchers Eric Ludwick, T.J. Mathews, and Blake Stein for Mark McGwire. McGwire went on to hit 220 homers for the Cardinals, including 70 in 1998 to break Roger Maris's single-season record:

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/07/09/ ... k-mcgwire/

[Joe Shlabotnik]

In 2022, the St Louis Cardinals acquired Juan Soto from the Washington Nationals for their entire major league roster. See why they had to forfeit their game in today's GDT.

[Pudgelewis]

25 years ago today, the Cardinals traded pitchers Eric Ludwick, T.J. Mathews, and Blake Stein for Mark McGwire. McGwire went on to hit 220 homers for the Cardinals, including 70 in 1998 to break Roger Maris's single-season record:

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/07/09/ ... k-mcgwire/

25 years?? Man does that make me feel old.

[Remembirds]

32 years ago today, the Cardinals named Joe Torre their new manager:

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2022/05/21/ ... -era-ends/

[Remembirds]

21 years ago today, the Cardinals traded Ray Lankford to the Padres for starting pitcher Woody Williams. See how Lankford's frustration with the Cardinals played a role in the deal:

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/07/10/ ... -williams/