This Day in Baseball History....

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I miss So. I hope Lars can help us sign another player from Japan (before he bolts to the Dodgers).

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Radbird wrote: ↑
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I miss So. I hope Lars can help us sign another player from Japan (before he bolts to the Dodgers).
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Heart and Hustle Award Winner So Taguchi...one of my favorites.

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More than 43 years after he helped the St. Louis Cardinals win their first World Series championship, Jesse Haines was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee at age 76.

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/12/28/ ... l-of-fame/

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The trade to obtain Jack Clark may have taken longer than anyone would have liked, but in the end, the Cardinals had the middle-of-the-order slugger they needed to capture two National League championships.

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2020/12/29/ ... ack-clark/

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Take a look back at how the Cardinals pulled off the Nolan Arenado heist three years ago today …

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/12/31/ ... cardinals/

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See how former Cardinals first baseman Bill White became president of the National League …

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2023/12/23/ ... president/

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Born on February 9, 1899, see how Cardinals infielder Specs Toporcer made history while serving as backup to two future Hall of Famers …

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/02/15/ ... -toporcer/

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Specs Toporcer...that's a blast from the past.

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See why the Cardinals traded Ricky Horton and Lance Johnson to the White Sox for promising righthander Jose DeLeon on this date in 1988 …

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2022/01/15/ ... or-deleon/

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With spring training set to begin soon, it feels like a good time to look back at how the Cardinals came to integrate player housing at spring training …

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2020/11/08/ ... -training/

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