This Day in Baseball History....

[Remembirds]

Happy Rally Squirrel Day to those who celebrate! 11 years ago today, David Freese and the Rally Squirrel emerged as postseason heroes. Click below to read more about Game 4 of the NLDS:

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/09/05/ ... on-heroes/

[Remembirds]

Tomorrow will mark 11 years since Chris Carpenter outdueled Roy Halladay in a 1-0 Cardinals win to send St. Louis to the 2011 NLCS:

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/09/06/ ... -the-nlcs/

[Joe Shlabotnik]

Tomorrow will mark 11 years since Chris Carpenter outdueled Roy Halladay in a 1-0 Cardinals win to send St. Louis to the 2011 NLCS:

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/09/06/ ... -the-nlcs/

One of the very best games of baseball I've seen.

[Remembirds]

On this date in 1969, the Cardinals made the trade that changed baseball history when they agreed to send Curt Flood, Tim McCarver, Byron Browne, and Joe Hoerner to the Phillies for Dick Allen, Jerry Johnson, and Cookie Rojas. Instead of reporting to the Phillies, Flood sued to eliminate the reserve clause:

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2022/06/17/ ... ve-clause/

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

Tomorrow will mark 11 years since Chris Carpenter outdueled Roy Halladay in a 1-0 Cardinals win to send St. Louis to the 2011 NLCS:

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/09/06/ ... -the-nlcs/

One of the very best games of baseball I've seen.

I would put that in the top 3 games I've ever seen. Didn't have the outlandish late inning drama that Game 6 of the WS did.

But, it had that full game suspense that only pitchers duels bring. In a winner take all game. With two aces dealing. Just awesome.

[Remembirds]

On October 9, 1926, the Cardinals clobbered the Yankees 10-2 to pull within one win of the first World Series championship in franchise history:

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/03/17/ ... es-game-6/

[Remembirds]

On this date in 1934, Dizzy Dean threw a shutout and Joe Medwick started a riot as the Gashouse Gang won Game 7 of the World Series:

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2022/06/26/ ... es-game-7/

[Remembirds]

On this date in 1926, Grover Cleveland Alexander got out of a seventh-inning jam and earned the save to win the Cardinals' first World Series championship. Though rumors emerged that Alexander was still drunk from celebrating his Game 6 victory, numerous teammates swore that Alexander was stone-cold sober as he saved the day:

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/03/18/ ... ies-title/

[Remembirds]

On Oct. 10, 2011, Albert Pujols homered, hit three doubles, and drove in five runs as the Cardinals won Game 2 and evened the NLCS:

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/09/10/ ... -the-nlcs/

[Remembirds]

11 years ago today, Fernando Salas, Lance Lynn, Marc Rzepczynski, and Jason Motte combined for four shutout innings of relief in a 4-3 NLCS Game 3 win over the Brewers. Check out the full story below:

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/09/11/ ... ame-3-win/