This Day in Baseball History....
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One day after a new ownership group led by Bill DeWitt Jr., Andrew Baur, and Frederick O. Hanser announced that they had purchased the Cardinals for $150 million, they set about upgrading the roster with the signings of Ron Gant and Andy Benes. See how it all came about:
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2020/12/24/ ... ndy-benes/
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2020/12/24/ ... ndy-benes/
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See why the Cardinals gambled that Carlos Beltran could recover from knee surgery and be the impact bat they needed for 2012:
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/11/27/ ... s-departs/
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/11/27/ ... s-departs/
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When David Eckstein signed with the Cardinals, he thought back to a game he'd played against the Cardinals 2 1/2 years earlier. See why that moment stuck with him, and what Walt Jocketty liked about his new shortstop:
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/12/04/ ... cardinals/
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/12/04/ ... cardinals/
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Just months after he won 22 games and finished third in the Cy Young voting, the Cardinals signed Matt Morris to a three-year extension. See what made Morris's deal so unusual and why it took just two phone calls:
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/12/05/ ... year-deal/
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/12/05/ ... year-deal/
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See how Tony La Russa's conversation with Scott Boras helped the Cardinals sign Matt Holliday to a team-record contract 13 years ago today:
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/12/12/ ... -contract/
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/12/12/ ... -contract/
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See why negotiations between Jack Clark and the Cardinals broke down and he signed with the Yankees for less money 35 years ago today:
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/12/21/ ... yankees-2/
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/12/21/ ... yankees-2/
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38 years ago today, Lou Brock was elected to the Hall of Fame. See how the voting turned out and why Brock was up at 5 a.m. on induction day:
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/12/15/ ... l-of-fame/
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/12/15/ ... l-of-fame/
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21 years ago today, Ozzie Smith and his family planned to either celebrate his election into the Hall of Fame or go to Steak 'N Shake. Spoiler alert: they did not go to Steak 'N Shake.
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/12/18/ ... l-of-fame/
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/12/18/ ... l-of-fame/
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See how the three prospects the Cardinals sent to Oakland in exchange for Todd Stottlemyre panned out:
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2020/12/25/ ... athletics/
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2020/12/25/ ... athletics/
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Ahead of the 1988 season, Whitey Herzog didn't think Bob Horner was a good fit for St. Louis's first base vacancy. The Cardinals signed him anyway. See how it turned out:
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/12/20/ ... -concerns/
https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/12/20/ ... -concerns/