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The Curt Flood trade happened 68 years ago today. No, not that one. The first one …

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Remembirds wrote: ↑
December 5 25, 5:13 pm
The Curt Flood trade happened 68 years ago today. No, not that one. The first one …

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I love reading a story that shows how a trade like this was received when it happened. I’m glad most of the assessments about Flood were wrong.

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12/15/1995: Willie McGee returned to the Cardinals as a free agent.

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12/7/1980: Whitey Herzog started his rebuild of the St. Louis Cardinals by signing his former Royals catcher, Darrell Porter, as a free agent.

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How the Yankees lied to Roger Maris and traded him to St. Louis …

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A look back at how Whitey Herzog completed the trade with the Cubs for Bruce Sutter on this date in 1980.

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Just months after he was ejected from Game 7 of the World Series, the Cardinals traded Joaquin Andujar to the Oakland Athletics on 12/10/1985, ending his five-year run in St. Louis.

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A look back at how the Cardinals signed 37-year-old closer Tom Henke on 12/12/1994. The Terminator dominated his lone season in St. Louis before retiring:

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On this date in 1984, the Cardinals traded George Hendrick and a prospect to the Pirates for John Tudor and Brian Harper.

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Remembirds wrote: ↑
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On this date in 1984, the Cardinals traded George Hendrick and a prospect to the Pirates for John Tudor and Brian Harper.

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Quite the trade

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