Drive to be Held on September 15 at Busch Stadium in Honor of Longtime Cardinals Beat Writer Joe Strauss ST. LOUIS, Mo., September 6, 2018– For the third consecutive year, the St. Louis Cardinals, in conjunction with the St. Louis Baseball Writers and Be The Match, will host the#Join4Joe bone marrow donor drive at Busch Stadium [...]
As the Redbird Daily continues to merge with the Cards Conclave, we are proud to feature some of our most popular articles from the past as part of the Redbird Daily Flashback series. This article was written in February of 2017 by Adam Butler of our very own Bird Law blog and the Bird Law podcast. Following the announcement that Chris [...]
The Cardinals won another series! Since it wasn’t against the Reds, that shouldn’t have been a big surprise, should it? Yet nothing about this series was assured or given. The Cards really should have swept it–we’ve already talked about Monday’s game–but for the fact that they piled up leads (and large leads at that), they [...]
Home run #: 60 Date: September 5 Opponent: Cincinnati Reds Location: Busch Stadium Pitcher: Dennys Reyes Score: 0-0 Inning: 1 Outs: 1 Runners on: 1 Distance: 381 feet End of day Sammy Sosa total: 58 End of day Ken Griffey Jr. total: 47 Six is a serious digit. Babe Ruth had 60 home runs in 1927. Roger Maris had edged his mark in [...]
This is not what you would consider a hot take. Jordan Hicks has been touted as the Cardinals’ closer-of-the-future for quite some time. The line is an easy one to draw, considering the man sports a high-octane fastball (sinker) and a slider that is dominant at times. His repertoire plays for the role. At only [...]
Suddenly, October’s outlook has been replaced with September’s struggling. Since the calendar flipped to the ninth month of the year, the Cardinals have lost three straight games for the first time since July 11-14, the last three games of Mike Matheny‘s tenure. Their semi-comfortable lead as the first wild-card team has been replaced by hanging [...]
This series was originally published at the Redbird Daily, but is now proud to call Cards Conclave home. This installment was written by Rusty Groppel. If you haven’t, check out the Introductory Article to gain understanding of how these rankings were built. That article can be found by clicking here. If this were an episode [...]
Opponent: Florida Marlins Location: Pro Player Stadium End of day Sammy Sosa total: 56 End of day Ken Griffey Jr. total: 46 You hear people talk about “the zone”. You hear people talk about getting that extra kick as they get closer to a finish line. That is probably the best way to describe what the first week [...]
This series was originally published at the Redbird Daily, but is now proud to call Cards Conclave home. This installment was written by Rusty Groppel. If you haven’t, check out the Introductory Article to to gain understanding of how these rankings were built. That article can be found by clicking here. At long last, we [...]
Opponent: Florida Marlins Location: Pro Player Stadium End of day Sammy Sosa total: 55 End of day Ken Griffey Jr. total: 46 For some reason, this series against the Marlins is one that I can remember from the Mark McGwire chase. I mentioned before that I would start noting the home runs on my work calendar and I [...]
This series was originally published at the Redbird Daily, but is now proud to call Cards Conclave home. This installment was written by Colin Garner. If you haven’t, check out the Introductory Article to to gain understanding of how these rankings were built. That article can be found by clicking here. Without further ado, I [...]
So here’s the deal. With last night’s win over Pittsburgh, the Cardinals have 10 consecutive series wins. This is a feat achieved only twice previously (’44 & ’09) in the franchise’s history. They have not lost back-to-back games since dropping a finale in Chicago and an opener in Cincinnati on July 22nd and 23rd, 38 [...]
