Presenting The All-DeWitt "Devil Magic" Cardinals, 1996-2019

In my review of the Bill DeWitt Jr. Era of Cardinals ownership, I’ve listed the best position players, starting pitchers, and relievers. And I’ve presented a list of the most disappointing Cardinals.

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The Cardinals Need To Fix Their Pitching If They Want To Compete In 2020

It’s obvious that the St. Louis Cardinals offense needs a lot of help.

Cheap Seats

Cardinals Have Rotation Set For Rest Of Season

Although there is an off day on Monday, the Cardinals will not alter their rotation for the upcoming series in Denver and probably won’t adjust it until the last series of the season, if then.

Post-Dispatch

The 2019 Cardinals Can Do The Same Thing The 2006 & 2011 Teams Did

A dash of the 2006 St. Louis Cardinals and a heavy dose of the 2011 edition of the team are what keep my hopes up for this year’s team as this season heads down the stretch.

Cheap Seats

Middle Class In Baseball No Longer Exists

While the Paul Goldschmidt trade was great for the Cardinals and their entitled fan base, it was still another bad sign for the baseball industry.

Gordo

Why Cardinals Gave Up On A World Series Hero

Two years after he established the tone for the 2006 World Series, pitching a Game 1 gem and propelling the club toward a championship, Anthony Reyes and the Cardinals were eager for a divorce.

RetroSimba

Tommy Pham Says He's 'Betting On Myself' After Cardinals Impose $750,000 Salary On Him For 2018

Cardinals center fielder Tommy Pham knows the numbers. He has a feel for how much the analytics adore his production, is aware of how his 2017 season was unlike any other in Cardinals history, and can name the players who did some of the things he did (see: Trout, Mike). He can recite each of the stats on the back of his baseball card and also explain how he intends to improve each of them.

Bird Land

Cardinals Counted On Matt Clement To Start For Them

Though he hadn’t pitched in the major leagues since having shoulder surgery, the Cardinals signed Matt Clement with the expectation he would be on their Opening Day roster and ready to contribute as part of their 2008 starting rotation.

RetroSimba

Anthony Reyes Fighting Wildfires In Los Angeles

Former Cardinals pitcher Anthony Reyes, best remembered for outdueling Justin Verlander in the 2006 World Series, is now engaged in a much more serious battle.
St. Louis Official Site

Back in 2007, in the bright afterglow of his role in the Cardinals’ shocking 2006 World Series victory, Anthony Reyes sat in the team’s spring training clubhouse and told me all about the man who shaped him, and the bucket he needed to sit on.
Bird Land

Anthony Reyes Out Fighting California Wild Fires

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The 2006 Cardinals Were The Epitome Of Improbable

I remember watching Adam Wainwright's cutter land in Molina's mitt to end the World Series, and the adrenaline that shot through my body. The players sprinting onto the field. It was surreal.

KSDK

Looks As If Tony LaRussa Is Headed Back To The Playoffs

In another 10 days to two weeks, Tony La Russa is likely to be part of a playoff team for a fourth franchise.

Post-Dispatch

For Cardinals, Crossroads Comes Every Ten Years

For the Bill DeWitt Jr. and the St. Louis Cardinals, sustained success is the name of the game. Since the DeWitt family took over in 1996, the Cardinals have had just three losing seasons. Since their last losing season (2007), the club has added four division titles, two pennants, and a World Series title. Most impressive, perhaps, is the five consecutive playoff appearances between 2011-2015. Cardinals fans can rattle those achievements off. It’s quite possible, however, that two of the losing years (1997 and 2007) shaped the organization far more than the winning ones.

Redbird Daily

Game Preview 5-19-17: Memphis @ Fresno & Barry Weinberg Interview

Blogging In Memphis

Twenty Years Of Memphis Baseball

The Memphis Redbirds’ 20th season begins (unofficially) this Thursday, when the St. Louis Cardinals visit for an exhibition game at AutoZone Park. (Memphis opens the regular season April 6th at New Orleans. The home opener is Tuesday, April 11th.)

Memphis Flyer

Anthony Reyes Becomes LA County Firefighter

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The 2017 Cardinals & PECOTA Panic: Distribute The Oxygen Masks

Our dear baseball town was put into a tizzy the other day, when the august Baseball Prospectus rolled out its preseason PECOTA projections, which presented games-won forecasts for 2017. Based on the advanced calculations, the St. Louis baseball Cardinals will be a scrawny non-threat in the upcoming campaign … a sad little team that will stagger its way to 77 wins for the franchise’s lowest victory total since 1999.

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Ryan Franklin: From Cardinals Pitcher To Advisor

Acquired by the Cardinals to be a starting pitcher, Ryan Franklin appeared in 285 regular-season games for them and never made a start. Instead, Franklin established himself as a reliable setup reliever, then a closer and, when his playing career ended, a key member of the front-office staff.

RetroSimba

Kip Wells Failed To Click With Cardinals, Dave Duncan

After pitching coach Dave Duncan transformed Jeff Weaver from a consistent loser into a postseason ace with the 2006 Cardinals, the club wanted him to work similar magic with Kip Wells in 2007. Duncan and Wells were willing. The results, though, were far from the same.

RetroSimba

Audio: Flashback To 2006 World Series

As the Cleveland Indians and Chicago Cubs battle to win the World Series this year, the St. Louis Cardinals have spent the season celebrating their victory ten years ago to become the 2006 World Champions.

STL Baseball Weekly