Cards, Go Ham On ‘Em!

What the Yankees are to the American League, the Cardinals and Dodgers are to the National League—storied franchises with winning traditions.

The two franchises are winners of a combined 38 National League championships and 16 World Series titles, as well as participants in some of the most thrilling pennant races in the 1940’s, when the Cardinals and Dodgers both contended for the National League pennant.

Although the Cardinals won four pennants and three World Series in the decade against the Dodgers’ three flags in 1941, '47, and '49, the Cardinals-Dodgers saga is best known for two things.

When the Dodgers integrated in 1947, the Cardinals allegedly threatened to strike. While the story has been challenged over ...

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