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23 years ago today, Fernando Tatis set a home run record that may never be broken, hitting two grand slams in a single inning (WITH VIDEO):

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/01/03/ ... me-inning/

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Remembirds wrote:
April 23 22, 7:08 am
23 years ago today, Fernando Tatis set a home run record that may never be broken, hitting two grand slams in a single inning (WITH VIDEO):

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/01/03/ ... me-inning/
What a moment in time that was!

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30 years ago today, Ozzie Smith stole the 500th base of his career. Then, while he was at it, he went ahead and stole numbers 501 and 502. Look back at Ozzie's historic day:

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/04/23/ ... olen-base/

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17 years ago today, Mark Grudzielanek celebrated Chris Carpenter's 30th birthday by hitting for the cycle. See how a visit from Grudzielanek's 23-month-old son helped him do it:

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/04/07/ ... the-cycle/

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This summer, pitcher Jim Kaat will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. See why Whitey Herzog wanted him with the Cardinals for the final four years of his career:

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2022/03/15/ ... r-bullpen/

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When Pepper Martin hit for the cycle on May 5, 1933, it still didn't match the excitement immediately following the game's end:

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32 years ago today, the Cardinals traded outfielder Tom Brunansky to the Red Sox to acquire future Hall of Fame closer Lee Smith:

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/04/16/ ... lee-smith/

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On this date in 1966, the Cardinals made a deal with the Giants to acquire Orlando Cepeda. Cepeda led the Cardinals to the 1967 World Series championship and was a unanimous NL MVP selection after batting .325 with 25 homers and a league-high 111 RBIs:

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2022/03/16/ ... do-cepeda/

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On this date in 1967, as Roger Maris emerged from the dugout in the sixth inning of a 6-3 win over the Pirates, first baseman Orlando Cepeda told Maris he was going to hit a home run. Maris proved the first baseman correct, hitting his first blast as a Cardinal:

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2022/03/16/ ... -home-run/

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Sorry to steal your beat, @Remembirds:

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