June 16, 1964: Boyer hits for the cycle, but Brock steals the show

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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🗓️ 7 February 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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In this bonus episode of the Best Podcast in Baseball, we bring you PlayBacks, an audio series that brings to life the archives of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

When Lou Brock first came to the Cardinals in 1964, a lot of St. Louis fans were unsure about the trade. But he made a splash in his first game with the Cardinals. Today we go to June 16, 1964, when Brock made a great first impression, and Ken Boyer hit for the cycle.

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0:20.1	When Lou Brock first came to the Cardinals in 1964, a lot of St. Louis fans were unsure about the trade, but he made a splash in his first game with the Cardinals.
0:28.6	I'm Carter Chapley, and this is Playbacks, an audio series that brings to life the archives of the St. Louis Post Dispatch, recorded and edited by Chris Lay.
0:36.8	Today, we go to June 16, 1964, when
0:40.0	Lou Brock made a great first impression, and Ken Boyer hit for the cycle. Birds and Bees
0:46.7	break skid by Neil Russo of the Post-Dispatch staff. Dateline, Houston, Texas, June 17th. For a team that had starved at the plate
0:59.8	and was reduced to K-strikeout rations, the spread was like a smorgas board. Ken Boyer recently,
1:07.6	cold as an icicle, hit for the cycle after putting on his lucky sport coat.
1:13.7	The rabbits, Lou Brock, Julian Javier, and Kurt Flood put on a speed show.
1:19.7	The All-Star Game Infield of 1963 shone again collecting 10 hits.
1:25.9	And Kurt Simmons pushed around in his last two starts, pitched a four-hit
1:30.9	seven-one victory over the Houston Colts. So the watermelon, cantaloupe, and pizza tasted better
1:37.2	than ever in the Visitors Clubhouse after the Cardinals snapped their five-game losing streak last
1:42.3	night. The Redbirds turned out to be spoil sports after all.
1:47.3	They had a chance to take over at ninth place from the Colts,
1:50.2	who had won the first two games of the series, but just couldn't make it.
1:54.7	Boyer, hitless in seven of his last eight games,
1:58.5	beat out an infield hit,
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