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The summer of '14: almost a miracle: the Cardinals' first great pennant race.(1941, St. Louis Cardinals )(Reprint)(Essay)

"St. Louis is one of the greatest baseball towns in the country. It has probably turned out more professional baseball players than any other city.... The youngsters of St. Louis know more about big league baseball than the adult fans of the average city."

--Damon Runyon New York American, June 12, 1926

August 26, 1914, was an improbable day in a turbulent season in a city that had not experienced a pennant since 1888. The St. Louis Cardinals had surged toward the top of the National League and were playing for first place today. Twenty-seven thousand fans had streamed into Robison Field, a ballpark with a seating capacity of not much more than 20,000. Thousands ...

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