Writing about the history of the 11-time champion St. Louis Cardinals. My new book, The Trades That Made The St. Louis Cardinals, is available now on Amazon.
My new book, The Trades That Made The St. Louis Cardinals, is now available on Amazon! It tells the story of #STLCards history by analyzing one trade per decade, including the deals that brought Curt Flood, Lou Brock, Ozzie Smith, and Adam Wainwright to St. Louis.
Born on this date in 1869, Ted Breitenstein was a St. Louis native who emerged as an ace for some terrible St. Louis Browns teams … https://t.co/8kzmGSZ9Lt
Tuesday marked 34 years since Ozzie Smith’s 2,000th career hit. Here’s a look back at why the milestone meant so much to the Wizard … https://t.co/mCtpzUFftC
On this date in 1960, the #STLCards acquired Julian Javier in a four-player trade with the Pirates. Javier held down the Cardinals’ second base job for the next dozen years … https://t.co/UKhtLDT35V
How a salary dispute led the #STLCards to trade former NL MVP Mort Cooper (on the left, pictured with his brother Walker) on this date in 1945 … https://t.co/NiSz7eiW7b