As our coverage of ’80s week continues, I think it’s important to highlight just how different the game was back then versus what it is now. Baseball is cyclical, sure, but even in all the cycles the game goes through, the St. Louis Cardinals were a different breed. Nowhere is that difference greater than with the speedster Vince Coleman.
As a team, the 1980s Cardinals had their own particular “Whiteyball” style that all fans know or have at least heard about. They led the league in stolen bases and played the best defense for the majority of the 1980s.