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    For the Love of the Cardinals: An A–Z Primer for Cardinal Fans of All Ages
    For the Love of the Cardinals: An A–Z Primer for Cardinal Fans of All Ages
    For the Love of the Cardinals: An A–Z Primer for Cardinal Fans of All Ages
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    For the Love of the Cardinals: An A–Z Primer for Cardinal Fans of All Ages

    By Frederick C. Klein, Mark Anderson and Ozzie Smith

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    Expressing the passion felt for the Cardinals using all 26 letters of the alphabet accompanied by rhymes, colorful illustrations, and informative text, this tribute to the St. Louis baseball team explores the sports obsession in a fresh and humorous way. Readers will enjoy fun facts and amusing illustrations of some of the most famous—and infamous—characters in St. Louis history, including Grover Cleveland Alexander, Lou Brock, Dizzy Dean, Bob Gibson, Rogers Hornsby, Stan Musial, Ozzie Smith, and Cy Young.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTriumph Books
    Release dateAug 1, 2007
    ISBN9781623685294
    For the Love of the Cardinals: An A–Z Primer for Cardinal Fans of All Ages

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      For the Love of the Cardinals - Frederick C. Klein

      A is for

      Alexander,

      Whose bag of mound tricks

      Stopped the mighty Yankees

      In nineteen twenty-six.

      Grover Cleveland Alexander was one of baseball’s greatest pitchers, a right-hander whose 373 victories over 20 major league seasons rank third on the all-time list. Most of those wins were with the Philadelphia Phillies or Chicago Cubs, but some of his finest moments came with the Cardinals, whom he joined in 1926 at the advanced baseball age of 39. With his help the Cards won their first National League pennant that year and faced the Babe Ruth–led New York Yankees in the World Series. Alexander won Games 2 and 6 of the Series with complete-game performances, and despite having pitched the day before, he entered Game 7 in New York in the seventh inning with the Cards ahead, 3–2. With the bases loaded and two out, he struck out Tony Lazzeri to end that threat, then set down the Yanks in the final two innings to preserve the victory and secure the title

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