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St. Louis Cardinals: Yesterday & Today | 
 enlarge | Author: Bruce Herman
Publisher: Publications International, Ltd.
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 213418
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 9.7 x 0.8
ISBN: 1412715040
EAN: 9781412716451
ASIN: 1412716454
Publication Date: February 29, 2008
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Product Description
The greatest Cardinal players, the greatest Cardinal teams, and the greatest Cardinal moments--this book describes them all in a way that will certainly thrill every Cardinal fan. This book also tells the fascinating story of the three Busch stadiums, what memorable baseball feats occurred there, and why Cardinal fans are so devoted to the home teams that have played there.
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 Condescending and needlessly negative August 17, 2008
Great pictures, great break down of the different Cardinal eras. However, I grew increasingly disgusted with the condescending and patronizing tone of the author and the needless pot shots in a book for young Cardinal fans. Did Vince Coleman have a troubled time as a New York Met? Yes, but I don't want to read more about the "fire-cracker" incident and less about his base stealing in a picture book about the Cardinals (p. 117). I felt this was not the place to go into his unfortunate post-St. Louis choices. Save it for a Mets book.
I really took issue with the vicious nature that was used to attack Mark McGwire on pg. 128. His controversy should be mentioned no doubt but it seems like the author had an axe to grind. McGwire, a "lanky" rookie who in 1998 was suddenly a "towering behemoth"? Since when has 6'5" 215-220 for a professional athlete in his early 20s been "lanky"? He's always been a large guy. Don't change facts to support the claims of attention seeking coke head Jose Canseco and the congressional witch hunt. I also thought it was obscene to ask if the "S" on his chest stood for "superman or the other S-word." The "other S-word"? What - 'steriods' or some other 'S' word? This was a completely inappropiate bashing of McGwire especially in a Cardinals book for the young fan. Steriods in MLB is an issue way too complicated to go into for half a page of text where it's made into a ridicuous "black and white" issue. (I used a lot of white-out for this section.)
Jim Edmonds turns easy plays into a photo-ops to "vogue for the camera"?(p. 129) Really? I thought he played shallow to take hits away from the opposition. And the "Redbirds Outlast the Red Sox" in 1967?(p. 82) Really? Is that what Bob Gibson did to Boston in the World Series - "outlast" them? A lot of this book just seems very condescending and needlessly passive agressive for a book supposedly celebrating the Cardinals. It also doesn't help that this book seems targeted for young Redbird rooters. There are about 30 better Cardinal books than this. It could have been really good b/c I really do like the layout and photos of memorabilia, unfortunately it was marred by poor editorial decisions.
 A Must For Every Cardinals Fan May 14, 2008
Every Cardinals fan will want to read this historical perspective of their favorite team. Filled with great photographs, it brought each era into focus and helped to explain the reasons for the strong support that this team has always enjoyed.
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