Posts Tagged ‘st louis cardinals’

My One Day in the Show with a Uniform On (The Other Side of Sports Too)

April 3, 1964 I met then future HOF’er Tim McCarver on the St. Louis Cardinals team bus in route from Al Lang Field in St. Pete to Ft. Myers where the Cardinals played the Pittsburgh Pirates during spring training 1964.  Yes for at least that day I was a major league batboy wearing a Cardinals […]

AUDIO: A View from the Dugout – James Shields

The Padres land James Shields. The bigger question is, which teams dropped the ball? Kris Dunn, with his View from the Dugout, identifies a few teams that dropped the ball by letting Shields sign with the Padres.

Cardinals Trade for Braves’ Jason Heyward

The St. Louis Cardinals addressed a glaring need, both offensively and defensively, today. Looking for an offensive boost, the Cards added outfielder Jason Heyward in a trade with the Atlanta Braves. The Cardinals also added reliever Jordan Walden. The Braves receive two right handers, Shelby Miller and Tyrell Jenkins. Miller, Baseball Prospectus’ 10th rated prospect in 2012, struggled early in 2014 […]

2011 MLB Preseason Season/Award Predictions

The offseason brought Cliff Lee to the Philadelphia Phillies to have the makings of an historic pitching staff with Halladay, Hamels, and Oswalt that reminds some of the Maddux, Glavine, Smoltz and Steve Avery staff in Atlanta back in the early 90s. Is it enough for the fighting Phillies to get back to the World Series, and if not them, then who will challenge their dominance in the Senior circuit.