Don Kessinger Kept Cardinals Seat Warm For Garry Templeton

After more than a decade with the Cubs as one of the premier shortstops in the National League, Don Kessinger joined the rival Cardinals and stabilized the position until a phenom was ready to take over.

RetroSimba

Relief Tandem Is Stellar For Cardinals; Jason Heyward Is Back; Carlos Martinez ERA Rises

Except for the saves totals, their numbers are almost identical.

Post-Dispatch

Why Cardinals Gave Six Intentional Walks To Giants

Forty years ago, the Cardinals established a major-league record for most intentional walks issued by one team in a nine-inning game.

RetroSimba

Al Hrabosky & The Incredible 1974 Cardinals Home Finale

In a performance that was as remarkable as it was messy, Al Hrabosky and the Cardinals turned the last home game of the 1974 season into a classic.

RestroSimba

The Night John Curtis Pitched A One-Hitter For The Cardinals

For one night, at least, amid the excitement of a pennant chase, John Curtis showed the Cardinals a flash of the high-caliber talent they had expected when they acquired him as the key player in a trade with the Red So

RetroSimba

Silvio Martinez

As I was enjoying Chris Reed’s inaugural article for I-70 Baseball, When Will David Freese Run Out Of Chances?, I couldn’t help but think back of another player from the late 70′s that had a similar run-in with bad karma. That young man was Silvio Martinez, a little right-hander that looked like a slight breeze might blow off the mound, but possessed one of the liveliest arms of his era. Before reading any farther, place a pillow under your chin. When you hear what he did in his rookie season, I wouldn’t want you to get hurt when your jaw drops all the way to the floor.

Throatwarbler's Blog

A League Divided: Part 4 (1969-81)

In three previous articles, the AL and NL have been divided up into Easts and Wests, given an unbalanced schedule, and discussed as the results warrant. Now that we're up to 1969, when leagues got real-life divisions, we'll re-alignh from the two division playoff format to three divisions and one wild card to see what will happen.

The Hardball Times