Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha
Bruce Sutter, my all-time favorite player in any sport, was on the 1982 Cardinals, and I was so happy when he finished off Game 7 against the Brewers by striking out Gorman Thomas. Lot of good players Herzog had on that team, and several of the later teams. Of course, I wasn't happy to see Bruce leave the Cards for the Braves, but fortunately, he was still a Cardinal in 1984 when I got to see my only MLB game in-person to date, against the Mets, on Father's Day 1984.
Darryl Strawberry hit two home runs for the New York Mets against us that day, but we still won 6-3, with Bruce Sutter closing out the win for us, There's a very long story about that trip to Busch Stadium that day which many may not believe easily, but which I might later relate, if and when the need or desire arises. Unfortunately, I never got to meet Bruce in person, at least on this side of life, but I should still have a Bruce Sutter-model glove somewhere, I believe, amongst my belongings at present.
Anyway, thank you for telling me about how a few of the Cardinals teams did in your scenario here. Very informative, to say the least, I think. But I still have to prefer my 1982 Cardinals, especially seeing as my all-time favorite player was on them in reality. And I think I even started to follow baseball, especially the Cardinals, and certain other professional sports teams, around that particular time in my own life, when I was still around nine or ten years of age, more or less, in it. I was nine in 1982, and have followed the Cardinals ever since from around that time, if not even before 1982. CD out.
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