Lynn Worthy | Post-Dispatch

Sports columnist

Forty years ago, Cardinals outfielder Willie McGee stood at the forefront of a National League pennant-winning club that excited and entertained with its fast-paced, high-energy brand of baseball, and, somehow, he also managed to remain in the background.

It doesn’t make sense, but McGee did it in 1985. He put together superstar performances, but he paired them with sensibilities of someone seeking anonymity. McGee, a baseball legend and Cardinals Hall of Famer, still holds onto those sensibilities today at age 66.

But is it even possible to be one of the leading forces behind a World Series team and win the NL Most Valuable Player award anonymously?

Former Cardinals third baseman Terry Pendleton, who won his own MVP with the Atlanta Brav

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