Dizzy and the Gas House Gang Quotes

“ballplayers with their cleats slung over their shoulders, crossing the railroad tracks to the “nice” part of town to play the “nice” team. The rough team, depicted as the Cardinals, was labeled as “The Gas House Gang,” coming from the tough gas house district of town. Little did Mr. Daniel know at the time that the moniker would be forever linked with the most hard-nosed team in the history of American sports.”
― Doug Feldmann, Dizzy and the Gas House Gang: The 1934 St. Louis Cardinals and Depression-Era Baseball