Whitey Herzog Builds a Winner: The St. Louis Cardinals, 1979-1982

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As Lou Brock was once chasing 3000 career hits late within the 1979 season–his last after 18 years within the majors–the St. Louis Cardinals were on the lookout for a new identity. Brock’s departure represented the final link to the team’s glory years of the 1960s, and a parade of new players now came in from the minor leagues. With the Cardinals mired in last place by the next June, owner August A. Busch, Jr., hired Whitey Herzog as field manager, and in a while handed him the overall manager’s position, too.
Herzog was once given free rein to rebuild the club in an effort to embrace the brand new running game trend within the majors. With an aggressive style of play and an unconventional method to body of workers moves, he catapulted the Cardinals back into prominence and defined a new age of baseball in St. Louis.

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