Oakland wasn’t in town last night but boy, did the As come to play. First there was, as there has been every game so far, Nolan Arenado. Arenado wasted no time getting what turned out to be a rich #bombsaway game started by crushing a two-run homer in the first inning. That gives him three [...]
What do a small school signing, a free agent pick-up and a position change all have in common? To answer that riddle, first look at the marquee name who will get most of the publicity for Springfield this summer. Jordan Walker merits plenty of attention and will be the main focus for teams in the [...]
In 2017, Dexter Fowler started off his Cardinal career by hitting .132 with 16 strikeouts and only one extra base hit in his first 13 games. While Fowler rebounded after that (he had a .920 OPS the rest of the season), the slow start coupled with the fact that many fans weren’t excited about the [...]
Opening Day in St. Louis is always more of an event than a game. Legends don red jackets, Clydesdales circle the field ahead of cars bearing Cardinals old and new, and everyone comes together to celebrate a winter being over and a new season lying ahead. The game at times can be an afterthought and [...]
“Opening day baseball” are the three words that really get Cardinals fans going in early spring. After long awaited lockout finally came to a close, we were rewarded with another beautiful opening day ceremony. As someone who looks forward to this tradition every year, it felt like ages since we have had a full capacity [...]
Pujols takes a curtain call following his first homerun in front of the St. Louis crowd, 4/9/01. — — — — It’s Opening Day, my friends. Baseball is officially back. Albert Pujols is in the Cardinals starting lineup. Adam Wainwright is starting. It’s going to be Bedlam at Busch. It truly is one of the [...]
17 PLAYERS DEVELOPED WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION; SIX NEWCOMERS ON TEAM ST. LOUIS, MO., April 7, 2022– The St. Louis Cardinals will open their 131STseason of play in the National League this afternoon when they host the Pittsburgh Pirates at 3:15 p.m. CDT in the opening game of the 162-game Major League Baseball regular season. The [...]
The start of the season is always a joyous thing. Today downtown St. Louis will be full of people excitedly looking forward to another six months of baseball season. After a 2020 season almost entirely wiped out by a pandemic, a 2021 season that started with the stadium at much less than capacity, and a [...]
It was a winter extended by the cold realities of a lockout, but the 2022 baseball season is rapidly approaching. Given the vagaries of the scheduling and how rapidly everything has to happen, it would be easy to let some traditions go by the wayside. Not in this space! Playing Pepper returns for its 14th [...]
It was a winter extended by the cold realities of a lockout, but the 2022 baseball season is rapidly approaching. Given the vagaries of the scheduling and how rapidly everything has to happen, it would be easy to let some traditions go by the wayside. Not in this space! Playing Pepper returns for its 14th [...]
It was a winter extended by the cold realities of a lockout, but the 2022 baseball season is rapidly approaching. Given the vagaries of the scheduling and how rapidly everything has to happen, it would be easy to let some traditions go by the wayside. Not in this space! Playing Pepper returns for its 14th [...]
It was a winter extended by the cold realities of a lockout, but the 2022 baseball season is rapidly approaching. Given the vagaries of the scheduling and how rapidly everything has to happen, it would be easy to let some traditions go by the wayside. Not in this space! Playing Pepper returns for its 14th [...]
