Why Cardinals Couldn't Hold On To Willie Montanez

The Cardinals had Willie Montanez in their organization, lost him, got him back, lost him again and made another attempt to reacquire him.

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Top Five Canadian Cardinals Of All-Time

The election of outfielder Larry Walker to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2020 qualifies him as the top Canadian to play for the Cardinals.

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Bob Gibson Couldn't Spoil Big Night For Jackie Hernandez

Jackie Hernandez experienced one of his most joyful moments in baseball after one of his most frustrating performances.

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How Joe Torre Overcame Odds & Completed Cycle

Because he didn’t produce a lot triples, Joe Torre wasn’t a prime candidate to hit for the cycle in a game. On the night he achieved the feat for the only time in his big-league career, Torre increased the degree of difficulty by nearly removing himself from the game while still in need of a single.

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Cardinals Were Tough Foe For Milt Pappas

Within a span of two months in the final season of his big-league pitching career, Milt Pappas experienced one of his worst and best performances against the Cardinals.

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The Cardinals' Search For A Starter Lands On Mike Leake

At the top of the morning the rumor factory cranked out a couple of names, with the Cardinals supposedly being a finalist in the free-agent bidding for LH starting pitcher Scott Kazmir.

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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

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A Random Blog On Bob Gibson

Bill James has one of his fun studies up on BillJamesonline.com, where he asks: How often does a team's Opening Day starter turn out to be actually the best pitcher on the team?

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2011 Red Sox Can Learn Lessons From 1973 Cardinals

Taking a page from the 1973 Cardinals, the Red Sox this year have become the fifth team in big-league history to reach first place after having lost at least 10 of its opening 12 games.

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Cardinals Pitchers Log Best Three-Game Series Since 1972

Most serious baseball fans with an eye toward the rich history of the game are well aware of the impact on starting pitchers of the increased specialization and deployment of the bullpen in recent decades. Another factor in the resultant reduction in workload for starters is the relatively-new focus on pitch counts.

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Cardinals Canadian Club: Tom Burgess & Larry Walker

Eight former Cardinals players have been elected to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in St. Marys, Ontario.

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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.

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Cardinals Notebook: Ryan Ludwick A Different Hitter In The Second Spot; David Freese RBI Start Is Among Best In Team History; Quality Starts...

Outfielder Ryan Ludwick will be the first to disagree with the common perception that hitting ahead of Albert Pujols means he is receiving a steady diet of fat fastballs from opposing pitchers. Further, he can back it up.

STL Globe-Democrat

Cardinals Quality Start Streak Pushing 1973 Run

With another quality start on Monday night in Philadelphia, the St. Louis Cardinals rotation would establish their longest string of quality starts since 1973.

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