A Ride In A Car & A No-Hitter Gives This Cardinals Fan Her Love For Baseball

Lisa Phillipson had a great time with her friends at Spring Training this year. Though more than 40 years have passed, the crack of the bat and the smells of the ballpark bring her back to her childhood and the love of baseball that her grandpa instilled in her—the greatest gift he could have left her with.

STL Sports Page

John Gant's Second Career Hit? His Second Career Homer

Two weeks after snapping a homerless stretch that dated back to his high school days, Cardinals starting pitcher John Gant tallied his second career home run on his second career hit to give the Cards an early two-run lead over the Pirates in Thursday's 5-0 win at Busch Stadium.

St. Louis Official Site

Rick Hummel Rates His All-Time Cardinal Characters

In his five decades on the Cardinals beat, Post-Dispatch baseball writer Rick Hummel has covered plenty of players with character and, similarly, plenty of players who were characters. Here are some of the best in the latter category:

Post-Dispatch

Cardinals Home Opener Links Michael Wacha, Jerry Reuss

Michael Wacha is in line to become the youngest St. Louis pitcher to start a Cardinals home opener since Jerry Reuss more than 40 years ago.

RetroSimba

Tracy McGrady Simply Loves Baseball

Tracy McGrady was a highlight machine at the peak of his NBA career, but he's planning to take a subtler, more nuanced approach in his quest to pitch professionally with the Atlantic League's Sugar Land Skeeters. Yes, his fastball checks in at a Barry Zito-like 85 mph. But he complements it with a curveball, changeup, slider and a splitter. If he can add one or two more pitches to his repertoire, he'll be approaching Daisuke Matsuzaka territory.

ESPN

Scipio Spinks Helping Tracy McGrady Get Into Professional Baseball

Former NBA star Tracy McGrady is working with Arizona Diamondbacks pro scout Scipio Spinks in an attempt to play professional baseball as a pitcher.

MyFoxHouston

Mike Matheny Relishes Shelby Miller's Gem; Cardinals Have A Chip; Carlos Beltran Hosts Youths; Extra Bases

Upon further review ... Cardinals manager Mike Matheny, upon arriving home late Friday night and replaying Shelby Miller’s masterful, one-hit shutout in which he retired the final 27 Colorado hitters, determined that the event was even greater than he had recognized.

Post-Dispatch

Cardinals Vs. Reds: Rich Tradition Of July 4 Showdowns

The Cardinals will renew a red-white-and-blue rivalry July 4 when they play the Reds.

Retro Simba

Albert Pujols, Lance Berkman: On-Base Aces

Two of the greatest players in baseball history at reaching base are in the same lineup for the 2011 Cardinals.

Retro Simba

Jake Westbrook's Whiff-Fest

New St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Jake Westbrook has been striking out NL opponents at a record pace.

The Cardinal Nation Blog

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.

The Cardinal Nation Blog