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Thanks for the story. I like the ending.

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13 YEARS AGO TODAY: The Cardinals opened the 2011 World Series using the same recipe that got them there in the first place: dependable starting pitching, timely hitting, and sparkling relief.

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18 YEARS AGO TODAY: On the heels of an 83-win regular season in which nothing came easily, Yadier Molina, Jeff Suppan, and Adam Wainwright led the Cardinals to a 3-1 victory over the Mets in Game 7 of the 2006 NLCS, sending St. Louis to a World Series match-up with the Detroit Tigers.

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42 years ago today, Bruce Sutter struck out Gorman Thomas to seal the 1982 World Series championship.

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20 years ago today, Jim Edmonds hit the biggest home run of his career, a 12th-inning, walk-off blast that won Game 6 of the 2004 NLCS …

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On this date in 2006, Anthony Reyes outpitched Justin Verlander in the biggest game of his career …

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On October 21, 1981, the Cardinals and Yankees quietly made the trade that brought Willie McGee to St. Louis.

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With three home runs in Game 3 of the 2011 World Series, Albert Pujols joined Babe Ruth and Reggie Jackson as the only players in baseball history to hit three homers in a World Series game.

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Just two days after naming Tony La Russa the Cardinals’ new manager and one day after they began removing the AstroTurf from Busch Stadium to install natural grass, Anheuser-Busch shocked St. Louis on October 25, 1995, with the announcement that it was selling the team.

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