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I came in here to post this.
I have lived 41 years out of the last 44 as a Cardinals fan, most of them in the St. Louis area.
I have met Whitey on several occasions.
My father in law got me a ticket to a cards media day, and I sat at the same table as him and Ozzie Smith.
Bill James had an excellent analysis of how Whitey used Joaquin Andujar in 1982..pitching him on 3 days rest, and four days rest for everyone else. It was brilliant.
I asked Whitey about that, and I wished I had a tape recorder. I learned more about baseball in a half hour that I could ever have imagined.
Whitey Herzog MAY have been the best manager I have ever seen. He once told his players to "keep it close, I'll think of something."
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