This Day in Baseball History....

[Remembirds]

In a 2022 season that saw Albert Pujols eclipse 700 home runs and the Cardinals win the National League Central Division, nothing surpassed the image of Pujols, Yadier Molina, and Adam Wainwright walking off the field at Busch Stadium side by side.

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2023/08/06/ ... d-molina/

[Remembirds]

The first World Series game victory in St. Louis Cardinals history came courtesy of two players discarded by their previous teams earlier that season.

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/03/14/ ... outhworth/

[Remembirds]

24 years ago today, Rick Ankiel threw five wild pitches and forever changed the course of his career ...

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2020/07/11/ ... the-yips/

[Remembirds]

See how conflict within the front office led the Cardinals to dismiss general manager Walt Jocketty on this date in 2007 …

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2024/03/09/ ... y-in-2007/

[Remembirds]

On October 5, 1942, third baseman Whitey Kurowski struck the deciding blow in Game 5 of the World Series to beat the New York Yankees and begin a five-year run of dominance in which the St. Louis Cardinals won three world championships.

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2022/06/19/ ... es-title/

[Remembirds]

Cardinals pitcher Jesse Haines didn’t single-handedly beat the New York Yankees in Game 3 of the 1926 World Series – it just seemed that way.

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/03/16/ ... ries-win/

[Remembirds]

With the Cardinals’ backs against the wall in Game 4 of the 2011 NLDS, David Freese and the Rally Squirrel made their debuts as postseason heroes.

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

[Remembirds]

13 years ago today, Chris Carpenter and Roy Halladay put on a classic postseason pitching duel ...

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

[Remembirds]

On this date in 1969, the St. Louis Cardinals agreed to send Curt Flood, Tim McCarver, Byron Browne, and Joe Hoerner to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dick Allen, Jerry Johnson, and Cookie Rojas. Baseball was never the same again.

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

[Remembirds]

Game 7 of the 1934 World Series, played 90 years ago today, had a bit of everything — a fight, an ejection, fans ready to riot, and Dizzy Dean testing out new pitches.

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