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Who am I ? Name that Cardinal

Dennis McHawes — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:29:29 +0000

As Cardinal fans we have been treated with countless highlights, wins and breathtaking moments. We are lucky. It’s not like we are Cubs fans. We all have our favorite moment or moments. That play, hit or pitch that we will always remember. Many of those were made by the “Superstars”. It was the big player making the big play. Most of us can see Bruce Sutter striking out Gorman Thomas to win the 1982 World Series. We can see Ozzie Smith and Jack Clark’s homeruns in the 1985 NLCS. We can see Lou Brock sliding into second base setting the stolen base record, McGwire’s 61^st. 62^nd and 70^th homeruns and Pujols’ s monster shot off of Brad Lidge in the play offs. … [visit site to read more]

THE CARDINALS WIN THE PENNANT!!!

Nick Zell — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 04:41:38 +0000

Capping off the most improbable run since…well…probably the 2006 St. Louis Cardinals, the birds came to beat Milwaukee 12-6 in Game 6 for their 18th pennant in team history.

Coming into August ten and a half back from the surging Brewers, the season was looking to some as a rather dismal end to a promising season. We started slow, came on strong, and just seemed to lose our way after the trade deadline. Team GM John Mozeliak made a rather controversial move right at the deadline to send a cancerous center fielder Colby Rasmus to the Toronto Blue Jays for a bunch of pitching prospects. The fan base was furious and TLR love certainly started falling off for even some of the most dedicated followers with a failing bullpen and the departure of one of our top prospects.
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FanSided Announces MLB Reliever of the Year Awards

Alex Brown — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 19:24:55 +0000

In the third of FanSided’s yearly award presentations, Craig Kimbrel of the Atlanta Braves has been named the National League Relief Pitcher of the Year. The announcement was first made over at our flagship site, visit site to read more]