Showing posts with label Ed Spiezio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ed Spiezio. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Sunday, October 20, 2019

How Cardinals Unwittingly Gave Pirates As Elite Closer

The Cardinals never envisioned Dave Giusti to be a closer and neither did the Pirates. When Giusti transformed into one of the National League’s best saves specialists, he helped the Pirates become an East Division power

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Saturday, December 8, 2018

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Fun Facts To Know About Francisco Pena

Francisco Pena provided one of the surprises of the Cardinals’ 2018 spring training, leapfrogging ahead of prospect Carson Kelly and earning the backup catcher spot behind Yadier Molina on the Opening Day roster.

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Monday, May 15, 2017

Cardinals To Honor 1967 World Series Championship Team On Wednesday

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the 1967 championship season, the St. Louis Cardinals will honor 14 former team members in a pregame ceremony before Wednesday's 7:15 p.m. game against the club's '67 World Series opponent, the Boston Red Sox.

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Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Mike Shannon & The Spring Training Intrigue Of 1967

Benefiting from the wisdom and experience of master instructors, Mike Shannon was a willing pupil in a grand experiment that was integral to the Cardinals becoming World Series champions in 1967.

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Friday, April 8, 2016

The Story Of Father & Son Cardinals Sluggers

Fifty years ago, Ed Spiezio, hoping to jumpstart his career and contend for the Cardinals’ third base job, hit his first big-league home run for St. Louis. Forty years later, Scott Spiezio, hoping to jumpstart his career and fill a utility role with the Cardinals, hit his first National league home run for St. Louis.

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Friday, February 12, 2016

Scott Spiezio Replaced John Mabry As Cardinals Utilityman

Scott Spiezio had the pedigree, the championship experience and the right amount of nonconformity to appeal to the Cardinals. What they didn’t know when they invited him to spring training was whether he still could produce.

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Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Cardinal Countdown: 26 Days To Opening Day

Sure, it would have been simple (and obvious) to spotlight either of the most recent Cardinals to wear 26 today, as we're now that many days until the Cardinals take on the Cubs at Wrigley Field on April 5. I could have written hundreds of words on Trevor Rosenthal (more than I have, anyway) or Kyle Lohse, but I'm always a sucker for good stories.

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Friday, June 27, 2014

Billy McCool: Cardinals Nemesis Closed Career With St. Louis

His name, perfect for a young, hard thrower, seemed the kind a novelist or screenwriter would conjure. Yet, Billy McCool was real, a left-hander who broke into the majors with the Reds as a teenager and for two years was among the top relievers in the National League.

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