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This day in Cardinals postseason history: Oct. 5, 1926, brought the first World Series played in St. Louis. Jesse Haines went the distance for the Cardinals in a 4-0 win over the Yankees in Game 3 of the Fall Classic. Haines was the star of the show on both ends, also smacking a two-run homer off Yankees southpaw Dutch Ruether. The win put the Cardinals ahead, two games to one, in a series they would eventually win in seven games.

(The first win of nine World Series championships … )