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Re: This Day in Baseball History....
Posted: June 26 22, 7:56 am
by Remembirds
On June 27, 1973, Joe Torre hit for the cycle for the first time in his 13-year major league career. He had Cardinals manager Red Schoendienst to thank for it.
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/06/01/ ... oendienst/
Re: This Day in Baseball History....
Posted: June 29 22, 7:06 am
by Remembirds
On this date in 1935, Cardinals slugger Joe Medwick hit a home run off the foul pole to complete the cycle:
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/06/02/ ... foul-pole/
Re: This Day in Baseball History....
Posted: June 30 22, 6:36 am
by Remembirds
On June 30, 1954, Joe Cunningham kicked off his 12-year major-league career with a single, homer, and five RBIs in an 11-3 Cardinals victory over the Cincinnati Redlegs.
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2022/03/26/ ... gue-debut/
Re: This Day in Baseball History....
Posted: July 1 22, 7:18 am
by Remembirds
On July 1, 1934, Dizzy Dean threw 17 innings and Joe Medwick hit a game-winning home run as the Cardinals beat the Reds 8-6 in 18 innings:
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/06/04/ ... -marathon/
Re: This Day in Baseball History....
Posted: July 1 22, 7:44 am
by AWvsCBsteeeerike3
Can you imagine a starter pitching 17 innings today.
Re: This Day in Baseball History....
Posted: July 2 22, 8:48 am
by CardsofSTL
AWvsCBsteeeerike3 wrote: ↑July 1 22, 7:44 am
Can you imagine a starter pitching 17 innings today.
Pretty sure Flaherty will get to 17 innings this season. But I've always been a hopeless optimist.
Re: This Day in Baseball History....
Posted: July 3 22, 6:49 am
by Remembirds
On this date in 1967, a Lou Brock stolen base sparked a 12-minute brawl between the Cardinals and Reds that required 19 St. Louis police officers to restore order:
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2020/10/04/ ... -and-reds/
Re: This Day in Baseball History....
Posted: July 4 22, 7:04 am
by Remembirds
On July 5, 1961, Bill White and Bob Gibson starred in Solly Hemus's final day as Cardinals' manager. Neither was disappointed to see him go:
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2022/04/13/ ... lly-hemus/
Re: This Day in Baseball History....
Posted: July 7 22, 7:17 am
by Remembirds
35 years ago, Steve Lake hit a game-tying, 9th-inning home run and Jack Clark drove in the game-winning single in the 10th to finish a double-header against the Dodgers a little after 3 a.m.:
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2022/04/15/ ... der-sweep/
Re: This Day in Baseball History....
Posted: July 8 22, 7:10 am
by Remembirds
60 years ago today, 41-year-old Stan Musial became the oldest player to hit three home runs in a game:
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2022/04/15/ ... -the-mets/