February 1971: 'They traded Red Berenson! Those idiots!'
On Feb. 6, 1971, the Blues traded two of their most popular players to the Detroit Red Wings for a rising star named Garry Unger.
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On Feb. 6, 1971, the Blues traded two of their most popular players to the Detroit Red Wings for a rising star named Garry Unger.
"Even as I write these words, he’s up on the wall behind my shoulder, looking for a fat one with a signed baseball just below him," Ray Elliott writes of
The Arena may no longer be standing, but the legacy of the father-son partners who brought the Blues to St. Louis lives on.
There was no doubt that Roberto Clemente was bound for the Hall of Fame when he stepped off the field on Oct. 11, 1972, at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati -- the day the Reds eliminated his Pirates in Game 5 of that year’s National League Championship Series. Less than two
There was no doubt that Roberto Clemente was bound for the Hall of Fame when he stepped off the field on Oct. 11, 1972, at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati -- the day the Reds eliminated his Pirates in Game 5 of that year’s National League Championship Series. Less than two