A Quote by Red Schoendienst
When there were just eight teams in each of the big leagues, I was always told, 'It's hard to come up, but it's just hard to stay in the big leagues.' That's because there's always somebody. The Cardinals had so many minor league clubs and had so many good ballplayers.
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There were a lot of players who worked just as hard as I did, and if you didn't, you didn't stay in the big leagues.
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