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Category Archives: General History
It’s 1968 All Over Again
Congratulations to the Detroit Tigers for an impressive four game sweep of the New York Yankees to earn their 11th American League Championship. With the Cardinals just one win away from their 19th NL Pennant, it begs the obvious question, … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Season, General History
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Jumping on the Peter Bourjos Bandwagon
The last days leading up to the non-waiver trade deadline may be the most exciting time in the entire baseball season. In the coming days, fates of several franchises will be determined as buyers and sellers each try to make … Continue reading
Lee Smith and the Maikel Cleto Upside
This originally started out as another Player A vs Player B piece, but thought I might go a different route and get right to the point. Maikel Cleto reminds me a lot of a young Lee Smith. Calm down. I’m … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 Season, General History, Unforgotten Cardinals
Tagged bruce sutter, cardinals, chicago, cubs, forkball, lee smith, maikel cleto, saves, st. louis, stlcards
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Fixing the All Star Game
Raise your hand if you think the All Star Game, including the selection process, is just fine the way it is. Put down that arm, you are an idiot. Oh, I’m sorry, I didn’t realize you were trying to start … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Season, General History
Tagged 1957, all star game, asg, ballot stuffing, ban the wave, bud selig, cincinnati, ford frick, fraud, reds
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How Historic was Johan Santana’s No-hitter ?
On Friday night, June 1, 2012, Johan Santana wrote his name in both the Mets and MLB records books when he no-hit the St. Louis Cardinals. It was a remarkable pitching performance, to say the least. Teams in the National … Continue reading
Posted in General History, 2012 Season
Tagged Al Jackson, cardinals, john tudor, no hitter, st. louis, stlcards, strikeout, mets, nymets, new tork, tom seaver, mike baxter, johan santana, al weis, sammy drake, marv throneberry, ron darling, jesse orosco, dwight godden, one-hitter
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Is it Shutout or Complete Game Shutout ?
While the ability to watch every single baseball game being played is a genuine privilege of this era in technology, it is not without its faults. Like watching the same commercial over and over, not just once per inning but, … Continue reading
Posted in General History
Tagged al leiter, athletics, babe ruth, Boston, brick owens, carney lansford, complete game, dan mclaughlin, ernie johnson, ernie shore, neil allen, New York, no hitter, oakland, perfect game, Red Sox, Senators, shutout, Washington, Yankees
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Unforgotten Cardinal of the day: George Crowe
Influenced by our good friend William Tasker’s excellent “Debating Jackie Robinson Day“, I thought that today would be a good time to look back at the career of George Crowe. Cardinals fans under the age of 50 might not even … Continue reading
Closing the book on the steroids era …
… means opening the doors in Cooperstown. Yes, we get it. Some players cheated. They took performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) to gain a competitive advantage in a game that is played, well …. competitively. And since the league crackdown in … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball Bloggers Alliance, General History
Tagged amphetamines, baseball, cocaine, cooperstown, hall of fame, peds, steroids, tim raines
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1960′s Post-season MVBOP awards
While it is hard to look past the contributions of David Freese in the 2011 post-season, a singular award for outstanding performance makes it far too easy to overlook some unbelievable contributions of his teammates, and at times, those of … Continue reading
Posted in General History
Tagged 1964, 1967, 1968, Bob Gibson, Boston, cardinals, carl yazstrzemsi, denny mclain, detroit, jim longborg, Ken Boyer, Lou Brock, mickey lolich, Nelson Briles, New York, no hitter, Red Sox, redbirds, st. louis, stlcards, tigers, tim mccarver, World Series, Yankees
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Go Crazy Folks vs Adios, Goodbye and Maybe That’s a Winner
As the members of the United Cardinal Bloggers post their top five iconic moments in Cardinals history, Jack Buck’s famous “Go Crazy Folks” call has made more than one appearance. And it should, it is certainly an iconic moment. If … Continue reading
