As many of you know, every spring I do a series called Playing Pepper where I talk with bloggers of other teams. It’s sort of a season preview from the point of view of those that know the team best. After the wild card matchup was set, Scott Andes, a long-time participant in Playing Pepper [...]
Tickets for Potential NLCS Home Games to Go On Sale Thursday, Oct. 7, at Noon ST. LOUIS, Mo., October 5, 2021– As the Cardinals prepare to take on the Los Angeles Dodgers tomorrow in the NL Wild Card game, tickets for potential National League Championship Series games will go on sale Thursday, October 7, at [...]
@C70’s recent post about the best Cardinals-centric accounts on Twitter places focus on those who excel and stand out from the crowd as a result. Bravo. It’s a wonderfully altruistic effort to acknowledge and reward the people behind those accounts with a bit of recognition bestowed upon them by a jury of their peers. Congratulations [...]
The wild card was clinched and there was nothing else that could be done for playoff positioning. The streak was over the next night While the Cardinals and others won’t count the last four games of 2021 when they talk about the team has played X number of meaningless games over the past decade or [...]
With the end of the regular season, we start thinking about the things of the fall. Playoff baseball is at the top of the list, of course, but here at the blog, we’ve got our own calendar. For instance, the Playing Pepper series will start getting worked on in January or February for a March [...]
REDBIRDS LEGACY PITCHER SET TO ENTER HIS 18TH SEASON WITH ST. LOUIS ST. LOUIS, MO. – October 1, 2021– The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have agreed to terms with pitcher Adam Wainwright on a one-year contract for the upcoming 2022 season. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Wainwright, 40, will be entering [...]
On Friday, September 10, 2021, the Cardinals lost to the Cincinnati Reds 4-2. Yadier Molina homered and Jon Lester went seven innings while only allowing two runs, but T.J. McFarland stumbled in the ninth, allowing two runs, and while the Cards got the tying run to the plate in the ninth, Harrison Bader ended the [...]
On Saturday, September 21, 1935, the Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3. The Cubs got out to a 4-0 lead behind a home run by Augie Galan, three hits by Billy Herman, and two knocks by Frank Demaree. Roy Henshaw tried for the complete game, but he allowed a run in the eighth when [...]
RHP Jordan Hicks, INF Nolan Gorman, OF Lars Nootbaar & LHP Zack Thompson Highlight AFL Roster Picks ST. LOUIS, Mo., September 28, 2021–The St. Louis Cardinals today announced eight players have been selected to participate in the 2021 Arizona Fall League (AFL) season. The list of players is highlighted by Major League reliever Jordan Hicks and outfielder Lars [...]
On Monday, August 27, 1951, in the second game of a doubleheader, the New York Giants defeated the Chicago Cubs in the Polo Grounds. Eddie Stanky and Monte Irvin homered. Whitey Lockman had three hits. Both starters, Al Corwin for the Giants and Bob Rush for the Cubs, went the distance. That was the last [...]
On Tuesday, April 12, 1892, the St. Louis Browns took the field against the Chicago Colts. No boxscore exists of that game but the current Cardinals trace their history back to when those players stepped onto the diamond as part of the National League. From that date until September 10, 2021, the club posted 11,018 [...]
On Thursday, July 18, 1935, the Cardinals defeated the Boston Braves 13-3. Paul Dean, also known as Daffy because the press needed a nickname that reflected his brother’s, went the distance and gave up just five hits and three runs. Burgess Whitehead and Pepper Martin both had four hits and Martin would have been the [...]
