Runnin' Redbirds

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"When I close my eyes and dream of baseball, I dream of the 1982 Cardinals, the first baseball team I ever loved: A team that was young, fast and almost supernaturally exiting. Eric Vickrey's book brings all my memories back, in vivid color: The book is as electric and irresistible as that team was. If you loved that team, you will adore-and devour-this book."-Will Leitch, author of The Time Has Come and How Lucky "This book is more than just a Cardinal fan's labor of love, as Eric Vickrey has somehow captured the essence of one of Major League Baseball's most fascinating teams ever. Even if you know how everything comes out in the end, you'll still want to read every page of the '82 Cardinals exciting story."-Rob Neyer, Casey Award-winning author of Powerball: Anatomy of a Modern Baseball Game "Runnin' Redbirds is a well-researched sprint around the bases with an important team in baseball history. The brilliance of Ozzie Smith, the arrival and emergence of Willie McGee, the postseason heroics of Joaquin Andujar, the 'Sudsway Series' against the powerful Milwaukee Brewers-it's all here in a detailed dispatch from one of baseball's bygone eras."-J. David Herman, author of Almost Yankees: The Summer of '81 and the Greatest Baseball Team You've Never Heard Of