In Memory Of Former Cardinals 2019

To note that 2019 was a difficult year for former St. Louis Cardinals is an understatement, as 18 individuals with direct ties to the team as a player or coach left us during the prior 12 months.

The Cardinal Nation

How Al Jackson Earned His Masterpiece Vs. Sandy Koufax

After losing 10 of 11 decisions against the Dodgers, Al Jackson persevered and outdueled Sandy Koufax.

RetroSimba

Al Jackson Dies At 83

Al Jackson, an original Met in 1962 who spent 50 years with the franchise, died Monday in a nursing home in Port St. Lucie, Florida. He was 83.

Newsday

Ed Charles Enjoyed Thrill Of Lifetime Against Cardinals

Ed Charles hit the most important home run of his major-league career against the Cardinals.

RetroSimba

Cardinals Gave Jack Hamilton His Start As A Pro

Jack Hamilton was a hard-throwing Cardinals pitching prospect who left the organization after four seasons and went on to experience his best major-league moments against them.

RetroSimba

Jack Hamilton, Whose Errant Pitch Derailed Career Of Tony Conigliaro, Dead At 79

Jack Hamilton, who pitched for the Mets but gained baseball infamy as a member of the California Angels when his errant inside pitch damaged the eyesight of Boston star Tony Conigliaro in 1967, has died. He was 79.

NY Daily News

Cardinals Pitching Was No Mystery To Don Lock

During a season in which the Cardinals won a National League pennant and World Series championship, Don Lock found the key to success against their formidable pitching.

RetroSimba

Why Cardinals No Longer Had Room For Curt Simmons

Two years after they joined Bob Gibson in forming the foundation of the World Series champion Cardinals’ starting rotation, left-handers Curt Simmons and Ray Sadecki were St. Louis outcasts.

RetroSimba

Why Cardinals Traded Ken Boyer To Mets

From a public relations perspective, the trade of Ken Boyer from the Cardinals to the Mets was a disaster. From a baseball perspective, it was a marquee deal that produced mixed results.

RetroSimba

Bob Gibson: Curt Flood Was My Best Friend In Baseball

On the field, pitcher Bob Gibson and center fielder Curt Flood were all-star players who exceled for a Cardinals club that won two World Series titles and three National League pennants in the 1960s. Off the field, Gibson and Flood were road roommates and confidantes.

RetroSimba

Michael Wacha In Ace Company With Near-Miss No-Hitter

With his dazzling performance Tuesday night in which he commanded 26 outs before permitting a hit – the fourth ninth-inning no-hitter broken up this season – Michael Wacha turned in a mirror opposite of Shelby Miller‘s gem from May 10. Miller, as you may recall, gave up a hit in the first at-bat of the game, then registered 27 outs in shutting out the Rockies. (He even bookended the performance by ending the game by striking out Eric Young, the man who claimed the only hit leading off the game.)

Fungoes

Kyle Lohse Joins Select Cardinals Few With April Gem

St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Kyle Lohse pitched a masterpiece at Busch Stadium on Thursday afternoon, tossing a two-hit shutout at the Washington Nationals. Both hits were singles. The 32-year-old walked two and struck out six. He threw 72 strikes among his 111 pitches. St. Louis ended the day on top by a 5-0 score.

The Cardinal Nation Blog

Three Plays That Defined The Cardinals 1967 Season

When looking back at a short series, it is often easy to spot the turning point, when one team takes control and becomes the winner. It might be a game, an individual performance, or perhaps even a single play. In 1964, Ken Boyer’s Grand Slam in Game Four of the World Series, with the spectacular relief efforts from Roger Craig and Ron Taylor to make it hold up is one such example. Who can forget the now famous “go crazy folks” call from Jack Buck in the 1985 NLCS ? Mr. Buck recognized it as such long before the baseball had a chance to leave the field of play.

I70 Baseball

Jaime Garcia Belongs On Early List Of Top Rookies

Jamie Garcia: Rookie of the Year?

I know. It's too early for that.

STL Today

Brad Penny Matches Adam Wainwright Stingy Streak

Two St. Louis Cardinals hurlers have current runs of four starts of seven innings or more and two or fewer earned runs. The last time it was done even once to start a season was in 1973.

The Cardinal Nation Blog

Adam Wainwright Extends To Four In Saturday's Loss

Three St. Louis Cardinals starters are working on pitching streaks of six innings or more while allowing two or fewer runs.

The Cardinal Nation Blog

Joel Pineiro's Bizarro Three-True-Outcomes Night

Following Todd Wellemeyer, whom we’ve cited in this space for his three-true-outcome pitching propensity, in the rotation, Joel Pineiro took the mound against the Mets and pitched to contact. A lot of it. Pineiro got the Mets to put the ball in play, but kept it in the park, facing 30 batters en route to the team’s 5-2 win Wednesday.

Fungoes

The Branch Rickey Pirates (Part Six:1954-55)

Previously, we've accompanied the storied executive Branch Rickey to Pittsburgh, then examined his first season of reasonable progress. But then we've followed him through three consecutive fall-off-a-cliff disaster years.

The Hardball Times

Scout.com: Counting Down Best Cardinals Teams #4 1967

Our new series counts down the 15 best St. Louis Cardinals teams in the long and storied history of the National League’s most successful franchise. The 1967 edition comes in at number four.

http://stlcardinals.scout.com/2/723511.html