Redbird Rants » Molina http://redbirdrants.com A St. Louis Cardinals Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:52:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Cardinal Catchers, who was the best? http://redbirdrants.com/2012/01/23/cardinal-catchers-who-was-the-best/ http://redbirdrants.com/2012/01/23/cardinal-catchers-who-was-the-best/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:50:33 +0000 Dennis McHawes http://redbirdrants.com/?p=6480 Yadier Molina, Mike Matheny, Tony Pena, Darrel Porter, Ted Simmons, just some of the names that have served as the backstop for the Cardinal hurlers.  The St. Louis Cardinal organization has had a strong list of former catchers throughout the years.  Some of them were hitters.  Some of them were great defensively and there were some that had cannons for an arm.  Then there were some that did a little bit of all of it.  Who was the best?  … [visit site to read more]

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This winter’s free agency market has brought about some definite unpleasantries to the heart of the Cardinal faithful.  As of right now I think we can all breathe a collective sigh of relief that no more real heart breakers are lurking for us in the near future.  That is until the end of the 2012 campaign.  This will be the year another mainstay in Cardinal red becomes eligible to hit the market as a free agent.  Yadi could be up for bid.  What happens then?  Well, my time machine is broke and the crystal ball is packed for the winter.  … [visit site to read more]

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