Chris Carelli

Chris holds a Master’s Degree in Sports Business Management and currently is a freelance sports writer for several outlets covering college athletics and Major League Baseball. He is a stay-at-home father of two boys, ages 6 and 4. After his commitment to family, his love of sports, especially baseball takes over. Working as the senior editor for Yanks Go Yard is very exciting for him having been a fan of the Yankees since he first saw Reggie Jackson from the bleachers in 1977. For links to Chris' other work please visit the Staff link on the site's homepage.

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Rants Daily: Beltran misses cycle, Cardinals fall to Braves in extras 9-7

Carlos Beltran‘s one man show continued to amaze last night as he flirted with the cycle, but settled with two home runs, a triple and double. Unbelievably it was not enough to get the St. Louis…Read More

Rants Daily: Cardinals begin five-game homestand against Braves, honor La Russa

The St. Louis Cardinals return home with a 20-11 record and a 3.5 game lead over the Cincinnati Reds. They welcome the Atlanta Braves to town in the first of a three-game set. Read | Share

Rants Daily: Cardinals beat Diamondbacks 7-2, earn first series sweep of season

There you go St. Louis Cardinals fans, the Redbirds were finally able to seal the deal on a series sweep last night with a victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Read | Share

Rants Daily: Carlos Beltran’s big night propels Cardinals past Diamondbacks

For the second time in two weeks, Carlos Beltran collected two homers in the same game. This time he accounted for all six St. Louis Cardinals runs in a 6-1 victory. Beltran’s effort combined with…Read More

Rants Daily: Cardinals homer-happy in 9-6 win over Diamondbacks

Lance Lynn was once again excellent in five innings of shutout ball en route to his Major League leading sixth win of the season. He had little trouble getting offensive backing from his teammates who…Read More

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Rants Daily: Greene launches two homers to back Wainwright in Cardinals 8-1 win over Astros

Tyler Greene was unable to secure the second base job coming out of Spring Training, but a couple more…Read More

Rants Daily: Cardinals lose third straight, get slammed by Astros 8-2

The St. Louis Cardinals lost their third straight game last night to a streaking Houston Astros team…Read More

Rants Daily: Lohse falters early, Cardinals lose to Astros 5-4

All good things come to an end. Kyle Lohse had a terrific beginning to his season and pretty much anchored…Read More

Beyond Busch: MLB Notebook

Beyond Busch is a weekly bullet-point style notebook covering each MLB team outside of St. Louis. Each…Read More

Redbird Rants Teams with Smack Apparel for T-Shirt Giveaway

Redbird Rants is happy to be partnering with Smack Apparel for our next promotion. Smack Apparel makes…Read More

Rants Daily: Cardinals swing and miss in 6-3 loss to Pirates

After scoring twelve runs Wednesday night, the St. Louis Cardinals struck out a collective 17 times Thursday…Read More

Rants Daily: Cardinals pound Pirates behind Beltran’s two homers, seven RBIs

St. Louis Cardinals’ right fielder Carlos Beltran erupted for four hits, two of them homers and…Read More

Mike Matheny proves he was the right man for Cardinals’ managerial post

Three days after the St. Louis Cardinals won the 2011 World Series there was a collective sigh as their…Read More

Rants Daily: Wainwright nabs first win as Cardinals beat Pirates 10-7

Adam Wainwright won his first game of the 2012 season backed by homers from David Freese, Matt Holliday…Read More

Rants Daily: Cardinals begin May hosting Pirates

The St. Louis Cardinals finished April with a 14-8 record. They would be happy to duplicate those efforts…Read More

Rants Daily: Cardinals can’t solve Greinke, lose to Brewers 3-2

The St. Louis Cardinals scored 20 runs heading in the first two games of the three game series against…Read More

Redbird Rants Recap: 4/22/12 – 4/28/12

As we approach the end of the first month of the season, we hope that you’ve been enjoying our…Read More

Rants Daily: Molina & Freese power Cardinals past Brewers, 7-3

The St. Louis Cardinals used home runs from Yadier Molina and David Freese to help Kyle Lohse earn his…Read More

Rants Daily: Cardinals use 8-run third to crush Brewers, 13-1

The St. Louis Cardinals continue to make minced meat out of Yovani Gallardo. The Redbirds scored eight…Read More

Beyond Busch: MLB notes from the first month

This week Beyond Busch will run through MLB and provide some notes about each team outside of St. Louis through…Read More