For years, "St. Louis is a baseball town" was used in a largely complimentary way. It was a thing that those involved in baseball said to speak highly of the passion for and knowledge of the sport in the St. Louis area. It didn't really have any tangible benefits--mostly, it meant ESPN announcers would compliment…
It’s time we talk about Jim Lindeman
On April 11, 2019, attempting to complete a four-game sweep, the Cardinals took the field for an afternoon game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Scheduled to head to Monterrey, Mexico, that evening, the Cardinals trotted out their getaway lineup, with José MartÃnez, Tyler O'Neill, Jedd Gyorko, and Matt Wieters filling in for their regular counterparts.…
The St. Louis Bullpen MLB.TV Draft, Part II
John, Josh, Mike and Alex return to tackle Part II of their MLB.TV draft.
The St. Louis Bullpen MLB.TV Draft, Part I
What would it look like if you could draft a "team" of all the MLB squads you'd most want to watch? We decided to find out.
A definitive ranking of the 2019 Cardinal walk-up songs
The beginning of the 2019 Cardinals season has been pretty stressful, so we ranked their walkup songs to relax.
Cardinals vs. Brewers: An opening series preview
So we're doing this again, huh? We're going to get emotionally invested in 162 (preferably more) of these games, most of which will take more than three hours, and somehow this is our idea of a good time? Are we sure we want to do this? Okay. It's wonderful to have this baseball thing back…
The 2019 class for the Cardinals Devil Magic Hall of Fame
Last year we unveiled the inaugural class for the Cardinals Devil Magic Hall of Fame, a place where we honor those who made some sort of Robert Johnson-esque pact while playing in St. Louis. The five inaugural inductees were Will Clark, Tom Henke, Gregg Jefferies, Craig Paquette, and Tony Womack. The criteria for eligibility is…
Let’s not overthink it – the Goldschmidt trade is a definite “win”
There will desire to immediately find the negatives in the Cardinals' trade for Paul Goldschmidt. We should ignore it.
Banning the shift seems like a bad idea
I want to share a screenshot from the beginning of a Youtube clip of Willie McGee making a great catch in Game 3 of the 1982 World Series. You probably know the play. As you can see, there are three infielders on our left side of second base, presumably from left to right, Ken Oberkfell,…
Cardinals Unveil New Alternate Jersey, Ozuna’s Sleeve In Jeopardy
Today at eleven, the Cardinals held a press conference at Ballpark Village, and as we all knew, no big free agent was unveiled, but the Cardinals organization made a bold move nonetheless by expanding their uniform repertoire. A hype video, and one Harrison Bader debuted the new jerseys, which will be worn as a road…
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