Gashouse Gang
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The Gashouse Gang was a nickname applied to the St. Louis Cardinals Major League Baseball team of 1934.
The Cardinals, by most accounts, earned this nickname from the team's generally very shabby appearance and rough-and-tumble tactics. An opponent once stated that the Cardinals players usually went into the field in unwashed, dirty and smelly uniforms, which alone spread horror among their rivals.
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External link
- Cardinals History (http://www.cardinalshistory.com/lore_gashouse_gang.htm)
