The Cardinals vs the Browns
75 years ago this year Major League Baseball saw the first, and only, all St. Louis World Series when the National League Cardinals played the American League Browns. The National Baseball Hall of Fam...
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Welcome to St. Louis, Stanley
I still can't believe that the St. Louis Blues won the Stanley Cup. This was a day I never thought I'd see. I thought the Blues were doomed to another 50 years of championship drought a la the Cubs or...
Harlem Globetrotter Uses Rube Goldberg Machine for Trick Shot
As if the Harlem Globetrotters weren't awesome already, check out this video of a Globetrotter nailing a trick shot using a Rube Goldberg machine. If that interested you, on World Trick Shot Day in 20...
The Bygone Ballparks of St. Louis
Now that Baseball season is upon us, I thought I'd share a link that was sent to me a couple of weeks ago. Distilled History has a great look at the history of baseball parks in St. Louis (please forg...
The Greatest Speech in Sports History
Short. Classy. Optimistic. There has been no better speech in sports than the one given 75 years ago today from Lou Gehrig.
Pujols Signs with the Angels
"Do I want to be in St Louis forever? Of course. People from other teams want to play in STL and are jealous that we are in STL because the fans are unbelievable. So why would you leave a place like S...
Cardinals Sign More Former Talent
I'm loving the moves that the St. Louis Cardinals are making this year. In the face of a struggling pitching staff, roller coaster hitting performances, and general fan unease, the Cardinals have made...
Baseball Diversity
While reading an article about the lack of black players in baseball I posed a question to my coworker. The exchange went as follows: shep: do the cardinals have a single black player on their team? C...
Mark McGwire
Obviously the media is abuzz with news that former St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire has admitted to using steroids. For most people this comes as no surprise. After the investigation by Congre...
Boycotting the Cardinals
To quote Network, I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore. I never thought I'd say this, but I'm boycotting the St. Louis Cardinals. Yesterday's events were the final straw. In case you w...
The Wave
I love going to baseball games, especially if my beloved Cardinals are playing. One of the things that always amazes me about baseball games is the wave. I know a lot of people hate doing the wave, bu...
The Super Bowl
I didn't do anything exciting for this Super Bowl, and nothing exciting happened to me, unlike previous years. I've been sick for the last few days so I just wanted to chill at home and try to get bet...
John Mozeliak - Very Unprofessional
John Mozeliak recently gave even more St. Louis Cardinals fans a reason to hate him. I guess he figured that since people are already pissed at him for not doing anything to strengthen the Cardinals t...
MVP... Again
Albert Pujols has won the National League Most Valuable Player Award... for the second time in his illustrious career. From StL Today: Increasingly perceived as a transcendent player, Cardinals first...
The Boys are Back in Town
Today (unless it gets rained out by the major storms hitting the area this afternoon) is opening day for the St. Louis Cardinals. It should be an interesting season for the Redbirds, that's for sure....
New Theme and New Version
As you probably know by now if you're a WordPress user, WordPress 2.5 came out today. Along with that, WordPress.org received a redesign. I won't say much about the new version, as it seems to be the...
The Bucks Stop Here
All throughout the Mid-West the words baseball and Buck are synonymous. For almost 50 years Jack Buck broadcasted for the St. Louis Cardinals. He was a class act and could be heard, on a clear night,...
A Depressing Season
I have a feeling this is going to be a disappointing season for the St. Louis Cardinals. The new General Manager did very little, and I mean very little to strengthen the team for next season. In fact...
St. Louis History: The Maroons
Another post about St. Louis history. This one involving my favorite sport, baseball. Many St. Louis people may already know this because a St. Louis baseball fan isn't just a fan. We are usually hist...