Family Of Legendary Scout Lou Maguolo Honored After Donating His Scouting Reports To Baseball Hall Of Fame

The family of legendary scout Lou Maguolo will be honored at a reception on Sunday at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., in recognition of their donating 250 of his scouting reports from his nearly forty years as a scout to the Hall.

STL Sports Page

In Memory Of Former Cardinals: 2017

2016 was a relatively quiet year in that only seven former St. Louis Cardinals passed away, the lowest total since I first began preparing these annual reports in 2005. Unfortunately, in 2017, the count increased to nine, including former manager Solly Hemus.

The Cardinal Nation

Notable Deaths In The St. Louis Sports World During 2017

There were several notable deaths in the St. Louis sports community in 2017. Here is a look back at the people we lost this year: (listed in alphabetical order)

STL Sports Page

How Jimmy Piersall Got To Manage Cardinals Prospects

Seeking a return to professional baseball after a stint in a hospital rehabilitation facility to treat his depression, Jimmy Piersall was given a chance to manage a group of players in the Cardinals’ organization.

RetroSimba

Why Roy Sievers Rejected Chance To Earn Cardinals Job

Roy Sievers, a St. Louis native who began his major-league career with the American League Browns, nearly ended it with the National League Cardinals.

RetroSimba

Roy Sievers Dies At 90

St. Louis native and 17-year Major Leaguer Roy Sievers has died at 90-years-old.

KMOX

Four Candidates For Cardinals MVP

With 27 games remaining on the Cardinals’ regular-season schedule, it’s a good time to pose this question: Who is the team MVP?

Bernie Bytes

Remembering That St. Louis Used To Be A Two-Team Town

A few weeks ago, I spent an afternoon in the company of some elderly former major league ballplayers. They, at one time, wore the uniform of the St. Louis Browns.

The Southern

Cardinals, Charlie Manuel Remember Harmon Killebrew Fondly

Former American League catcher Dave Duncan, the Cardinals' pitching coach, talked of how far the late Harmon Killebrew hit home runs and how often Duncan had called the fateful pitch. Indeed, of Killebrew's 573 home runs, Duncan called 12 of them.

STL Today

Inside Baseball: Ryan Howard Takes Aim At Two St. Louis Legends

Ryan Howard will arrive in his hometown of St. Louis Monday, hoping to increase his season total of nine home runs and his career total of 262 as the Phillies take on the Cardinals.

Sports Page

40th Annual Jack Buck Awards Honor Adam Wainwright, Mark Buehrle

The prestigious Missouri Athletic Club hosted the 40th Annual Jack Buck Awards Thursday night.

KSDK

The League Award: 1931-69

To the surprise of no one, Albert Pujols won his third MVP award this year. Since entering the majors, Pujols has more or less been in the award-winning business, and those MVPs will count nicely toward a Hall of Fame induction. (I could be presumptuous here, but as Albert's about to enter his 10th season, I can't imagine him not making it off his accomplishments to date.)

The Hardball Times

Cardinals Blew It By Raising Expectations On Matt Holliday

Judging by the comments made by team President Bill DeWitt III and general manager John Mozeliak, the Cardinals don't seem to think it's financially feasible to retain Matt Holliday, give a new contract to Albert Pujols and fit the deals into a $100 million payroll level.

STL Today

MLB Network To Air "The Eddie Gaedel Story" On Monday

MLB Network will air on Monday, August 31 MLB Network Remembers: The Eddie Gaedel Story, narrated by Bob Costas about 3’7” 65-lb Eddie Gaedel’s at-bat stunt between the Browns and Tigers for an MLB game in St. Louis in 1951.

The Biz Of Baseball

Steven Goldman Chat 6-24-09

Joe (Washington, DC): Steven: When you missed the chat on Monday you should have said that you were hiking the Appalachian trail. Oh, and how overrated is Tony LaRussa?

Steven Goldman: You know, I should have, but that story hadn't broken yet. Besides, he wasn't on the Trail, he was in Argentina(?).

Had to stop to seal the window in my office here as the grounds crew is outside with weed-whackers and I'm literally being gassed...

I don't know that LaRussa is overrated. I look at this year's Cards and I see an offense that is Pujols and little else, a not particularly impressive rotation (except for Chris Carpenter -- how can he pitch so well when he's never healthy?), and an improvised bullpens. Seeing this, it sure seems like all his manipulations are bearing fruit. He's also one of just 14 managers to take his team to five or more World Series, and he's done this while never managing in New York or LA--and his Cardinals are neither those of the Branch Rickey or the Busch years. You can't dismiss all that.

Baseball Prospectus

DG's 10@10: Too Grand - Tony LaRussa's Win & Albert Pujols Ties Stan Musial

With the ninth grand slam of his career and the third of this season, St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols did more than send manager Tony La Russa to his 2,500th career win, did more than give the Cardinals a series sweep in Kansas City, and did more than assert his place atop the league leaders in home runs and RBIs.

Birdland

Former St. Louis Browns Reunite In St. Louis

Five former members of the St. Louis Browns baseball team from the 1940's and 50's spoke at the Browns Fan Club annual luncheon at the Missouri Athletic Club on Tuesday.

STL Today

Annual Baseball Writers Dinner Jan. 19 To Honor Albert Pujols, All-Stars

The 51st annual St. Louis Baseball Writers Dinner will honor the National League's Most Valuable Player Albert Pujols and the St. Louis Cardinals' All-Star tradition when the event is held Jan. 19 at the Millennium Hotel in St. Louis.

Belleville News-Democrat