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I was wondering who the 5th player was as I didn’t see Carlton’s photo on there, but I not only agree with what you mentioned about him, Jnevel, but I’d also rather forget about him…Haha! As for Renteria, a strong case could be made that his best stretch of work was done in a Cardinal uniform. Freese is de facto already in there, and it wouldn’t bother me one bit if Silent George snuck in there one day. It’s difficult not to laugh and joke when speaking of Andujar, but the fact remains that in addition to being a two time 20 game winner with the Cardinals, he was 2-0 with a 1.35 ERA in 13.1 IP’ed in the ’82 WS. Anyone who watched that ’82 WS 7th game recalls that the game was precariously close to getting out of hand in the visitor halves of both the 5th and 6th inning. Andujar kept the Cardinals in that ballgame on sheer guts alone before the Redbirds came back to take the lead and eventually win their 9th World Series Championship. Joaquin was most definitely a borderline lunatic but, without question, was also one tough Dominican. I think he should be in the Redbird HOF someday.
