Augie Nash
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- Your daily source for St Louis Cardinals history - Posting vintage photos and memorabilia
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Joined February 2018
When we grow up, we need to be like Stan. #STLCards
@AugieNash I had the honor of meeting Stan at a Missouri Sports Hall of Fame golf tournament, I asked him to sign a baseball for me & he said "sure" signed it & asked "you want Whitey to sign it also" he called Whitey over & he signed it as well. Stan was a treasure
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This look back at Bob Costas and his praise of the well-lived life of Stan Musial will make a speck of dust fly into your eye. #STLCards
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How great was Rogers Hornsby? His cumulative six year average (1920 thru 1925) BA - .397 2B - 42 3B -14 HR - 26 RBI - 115 Hits - 216 Runs - 118 OPS - 1.133 All six years he led MLB in BA, OBP, SLG, OPS, OPS+, and total bases! #STLCards
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Joe "Ducky" Medwick serving as a Cardinals minor league hitting instructor. (1972)
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Snapshot of Dizzy Dean being swamped by autograph seekers. (unknown date) #STLCards | @dean_markdean17
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@AugieNash @TwoSportman NEPTA This Man!
Not enough people talk about Brian Jordan • .282/.333/.455 (.788 OPS), 32.9 WAR • Reached .295 BA 6x, 20 HR 4x, 100 RBI 2x • Same OPS as Ripken, higher than Yount • Six seasons with more RBI than strikeouts • Never struck out 90x in a season (high 88) • Elite defensive
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Did you know that the St Louis Stars won 3 Negro League titles? They won titles in 1928, 1930 and 1931. With the Cardinals winning World Series Championships in 1926, 1931 and 1934 - St Louis was a hotbed for baseball. Save this photo (1922) - It's as HQ as they come!!
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What Cardinals logo is your favorite? (I'm always going to pick the 1927-1947 birds)
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What ever happened to the Cardinals and them having an team team captain? There have only been 5 men with the title of captain: ▪️Leo Durocher (1934–1937) ▪️Terry Moore (1942–1948) ▪️Ken Boyer (1959–1965) ▪️*Ted Simmons and Reggie Smith (1976) * There is a debate that Simmons
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#OTD 1971 - The Montreux Casino on the shores of Lake Geneva in Switzerland burned down when somebody fired off a flare gun during a Frank Zappa and the Mothers show. Members of Deep Purple were in town to record a new album and were forced out of their hotel rooms by the fire,
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