Tag Archives: Rip Collins
Wednesday’s Book Review: “Dizzy and the Gashouse Gang”
Dizzy and the Gashouse Gang: The 1934 St. Louis Cardinals and Depression-Era Baseball. By Doug Feldman. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Co., 2000. The so-called “Gashouse Gang” was one of the most engaging major league baseball teams of the first half … Continue reading
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Tagged baseball, Burleigh Grimes, Dizzy and the Gashouse Gang: The 1934 St. Louis Cardinals and Depression-Era Baseball, Dizzy Dean, Doug Feldman, Frankie Frisch, History, Joe Medwick, Leo Durocher, McFarland and Co., Pepper Martin, Rip Collins, St. Louis Cardinals, World Series
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World Series Memories: The Cardinals Beat the Detroit Tigers in 1934
With the World Series currently underway, I want to reflect on the 1934 World Series of eighty years ago. In that fall classic the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Detroit Tigers. That 1934 Cardinals team was one of the most … Continue reading
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Tagged Brooklyn Dodgers, Charlie Gehringer, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Dizzy Dean, Frankie Frisch, Gashouse Gang, Goose Goslin, Hank Greenberg, Joe “Ducky” Medwick, Leo Durocher, Mickey Cochrane, National Major League Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Paul Dean, Rip Collins, St. Louis Cardinals, Stan Musial, World Series
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