28 Feb
On the last day of Black History Month, let’s take a look at some of the Cardinals over the years: Bob Gibson, Ozzie Smith, Lou Brock to go with the profiles I did on Tom Alston and Curt Flood. I also included Buck O’Neil and Jackie Robinson for their obvious contributions to baseball over the [...]
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27 Feb
The deal that Cards fans have expected is official. Felipe Lopez has signed a one-year deal with St. Louis and was expected to join the team for workouts this morning. Lopez was dying to get back on the field and wanted to be a Cardinal all offseason.
Scott Boras seemed to get in the way of Lopez [...]
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26 Feb
The Jay McGwire chapter of the Mark McGwire saga may be the saddest of all. It was disappointing, disgusting, and sickening to a baseball fan that McGwire cheated. It was embarrassing when he appeared on Capitol Hill refusing to talk about the past. It was cowardly when he disappeared from existence for the five years [...]
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25 Feb
It’s 1987. A young, skinny kid from California bursts onto the baseball scene for the Oakland Athletics. The kid is Mark McGwire. The ball explodes off his bat, leaving teammates, fans, and opponents in awe. He finishes the season with a rookie record 49 home runs to go with a .289 batting average and 118 [...]
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23 Feb
-Matt Holliday missed the first workouts today because he was feeling sick due to allergies or the flu. He will likely be back on the field for preseason workouts again soon. Holliday enters the first season of his seven-year deal worth $120 million. The organization and fans are excited to have him for entire year [...]
Posted in Cardinals, Holliday, Ryan by: Ryne Gery
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