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Originally Posted by DeweyintheHall
...add to the list Ron Farkas, of whom an image is also desired.
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Several newspapers confirm that Ron Farkas and Steve Staniland were called up by the Cardinals on 9/1/1977. An example is the Sayre (PA) Evening Times of 9/2/1977. However, there is conflicting information which casts doubt on whether these two players ever arrived to join St. Louis.
You have now seen Topps Vault images of Farkas in a Cardinals' uniform. But he was a spring roster player with the Cardinals in 1977, 1978, and 1979. So his photo could have been taken at any of those times. The Shreveport Times of 9/3/1977 reported that "Two (Arkansas) Travelers, Ron Farkas and Manny Castillo, are ticketed for post-season delivery to the parent St. Louis Cardinals." I found a couple of subsequent reports of Farkas still playing for Arkansas later in September. Although newspapers.com includes the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, there was no report of his turning up with the Cardinals later that month.
On 11//29/1997, the Rochester (NY) Democrat & Chronicle reported that Steve Staniland had been traded by the Cardinals to the White Sox. The same day, the Palm Beach Post clarified Staniland's status further. The Post said the "White Sox assigned Steve Staniland, pitcher with St. Petersburg of the Florida State League, to their Iowa farm club." So Staniland had not actually gone into the major league post-season on the St. Louis Cardinals' roster.