Ā Although hardly on the scale of Game 4 and Game 6 in terms of significance, Game 3 of the ā47 fall classic also went into the Dodgersā victory column. In that game, a young Yankees catcher named Yogi Berra belted the first pinch-hit homer in Series annals. But when the page closed on thisā¦
1947Ā āĀ Sam BreadonĀ sells theĀ St. Louis CardinalsĀ empire toĀ Robert HanneganĀ andĀ Fred Saigh. The price is in excess of $4 million with the new owners getting the Cardinal players, physical assets, 16 minor league franchises, $2.1 million in reserve funds and payment on a new ballpark site, four minor league parks, and the lease onĀ Sportsmanās Park. Breadon had first acquired an interest in the Cardinals inĀ 1917Ā and bought control inĀ 1920Ā for an investment of $350,000.
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