Interview With Author Of "Mr. Rickey's Redbirds"

Author Mike Mitchell has written a book, “Mr. Rickey’s Redbirds,” and it’s a compelling blend of baseball and American history.

RetroSimba

Unsatisfied Cardinals Believe Playoff Spot Is Only The Beginning

The walking tour of Wrigley Field that winds through this stadium hours before the first pitch includes a stop in the second-deck seats high above the third-base line, the perfect vantage point for a lesson about the history that lives on the outfield walls.

BenFred

Luke Easter Kept Up With Young Rabbits On Cardinals Farm

Luke Easter was a popular player with a power-packed swing who produced home runs well past age 40, including two seasons with a Cardinals farm club.

RetroSimba

Tony LaRussa On Mike Shildt: 'I'd Never Met Anyone That Thirsty For Knowledge'

It’s been easy crowning Cardinals manager Mike Shildt the best thing since sliced bread because it really hasn’t been an exaggeration. He’s made the cliche come true; the proof is in the pudding.

101 ESPN

It's Difficult To Understand Why The Cardinals Are Standing By Mike Matheny

Although​ a dignified​ and courteous man,​ Cardinals chairman​ Bill​ DeWitt​ Jr.​ is no​ stranger​ to​ circuses.​ As​ a 9-year-old bat​ boy​​ for the St. Louis Browns, DeWitt had an innocent part in staging the most outrageous stunt in MLB history.

The Athletic

Browns Come Back To Life On TV Documentary Thursday Night

It has been a lifetime, 65 years, since St. Louis had two big-league baseball teams. But the Browns, the lovable losers who led to the coining of a memorable phrase about the city, “First in shoes, first in booze and last in the American League,” are set to surge back to life in an interesting television documentary.

Post-Dispatch

Cardinals' History Began With Cleveland's Heartbreak

As if to add immolation to insult, the shaky-kneed National League scheduled the Cleveland Spiders’ 1899 opener at St. Louis against the newly christened, smartly garbed, but strangely familiar St. Louis Perfectos.

Bird Land

Eddie Gaedel To Be Remembered Friday Night

The Gaedele family, or “Gaedel”, has combined for 519 professional baseball games, 518 of them coming from current River City Rascal Kyle Gaedele and one historical game coming from his great uncle, Eddie Gaedel.

KSDK

Cardinals Rank #8 In MLB Team's Bobblehead Giveaways

Bobbleheads are still a popular promotional item at your local big league park. And why not? Who doesn't love a bobblehead? I have an Ichiro Suzuki and Mike Cameron in my office, along with Mark Messier, who played some other goofy sport where the players slide around on ice. A good bobblehead list should focus on the current roster but if a team wants to commemorate its history, that's fine as well, especially if they can find a creative way to do so.

ESPN

Lobby Trades Disappear At Baseball's Winter Meetings

Forty years ago this month, Chicago White Sox owner Bill Veeck and general manager Roland Hemond set up a table in the lobby of the Diplomat Hotel in Hollywood, Fla., with an “Open for Business Anytime” sign and made four trades in an hour that involved Mickey Lolich, Rusty Staub and Ralph Garr.

Observer Reporter

Sit Back & Listen To Vin Scully Tell A Classic Tale About Satchel Paige, Whitey Herzog, & Bill Veeck

Vin Scully, as he does so naturally, graced his listeners with a story during Tuesday's Marlins-Dodgers game. It involved outfielder Whitey Herzog facing off against 50ish-year-old teammate Satchel Paige in a throwing contest for a bottle of bourbon. The two were, of course, playing for a Minor League team run by Bill Veeck. But stop reading this and listen to Vin tell the tale (in different voices!) in the above video. I know nothing.

Cut4

In 1921, Baseball Considered Banning Radio Broadcasts

In December 2011, when the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Texas Rangers signed away their local television rights for about $3 billion apiece, the sport media heralded a new record for local television rights fees.

Science 2.0

Minnie Minoso Found Dead In Car

Minnie Minoso, Chicago’s first black major league baseball player who became one of the White Sox’s greatest stars, died Sunday morning.
Chicago Tribune

Native Cubans could move to the big leagues without dealing much in politics, secrecy and defection six decades ago. Cuban baseball talent was highly regarded and increasingly desirable. Not coincidentally, Minnie Minoso was at the forefront of the international game then. His baseball skills caught the eye. His distinctive name caught the ear. And his warm and engaging personality made him an uncommonly popular figure anywhere he played -- no, anywhere he went -- and helped forge a legacy that, to this day, prompts baseball folks to smile.
St. Louis Official Site

Rogers Hornsby Hits .400 In 1944 Season In Mexican League & Retires

Rogers Hornsby, the man who more times hit over .400 in the majors and is considered one of the greatest hitters of all time, was signed to handle the Blues Veracruz Jorge Pasquel 1944 season and his hiring was front-page news. Hornsby has the highest batting average in baseball season with .420 and though she was 48 years and retired as a player in 1937, fans and especially the chroniclers had heard so much about.  (Translated)

MiLB Official Site

This Series Is For The 'Birds

This weekend the Cardinals make a rare appearance at Camden Yards to face the host Baltimore Orioles. The Cardinals have never played a World Series here. Neither of these modern clubs has any postseason clashes with each other to highlight. The Cardinals cannot count a remarkable moment in their history against the Orioles, outside of maybe a scorcher at Busch II when Sidney Ponson started against them in a throwback uni.

Bird Land

Success Wasn't Always Easy For Hall Of Fame's New Skippers

Hired to be fired.

That's what we say about managers, and we say it because it's true, even for those who one day wind up in the Hall of Fame.

St. Louis Official Site

Sportsman's Park, Part One: The Place

On May 8, 1966, after a day game in which the San Francisco Giants trounced the St. Louis Cardinals, the home plate at old Sportsman’s Park was jimmied out of the dirt and transported via helicopter to spiffy new grounds at the perfectly circular Busch Stadium downtown, marking the end of an era of professional baseball on the north side.

Examiner

Eddie Gaedel's '1/8' Jersey Is Coming Home

Not only was the famous '1/8' St. Louis Browns jersey housed at the National Baseball Hall of Fame a hit jersey, it was his jersey.

Bird Land

How Ernie Banks Got Away From The Cardinals

It’s no secret that the St. Louis Cardinals had an interest in signing Ernie Banks when he was still playing for the Kansas City Monarchs. The Chicago Cubs Hall of Famer is one of three Hall of Famers to be born on January 31st, along with the pioneering Jackie Robinson and strikeout king Nolan Ryan.

Redbird Rants

Hot Stove Dinner, Cardinals Caravan Action For Cardinals Fans In Illinois

Louis area Cardinals fans are gearing up for this weekend's Winter Warmup and hot stove league enthusiasm is going strong all over. Because StLSportsPage.com has many Illinois readers and podcast listeners who are Cardinals fans-- evidenced by Cardinal Caravan #5, we want to fill them in on an exciting event going on in the Bloomington-Normal area.

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