Terry Francona Had Stint As Cardinals Farmhand

The Cardinals gave Terry Francona a chance to finish his playing career as part of a Louisville outfield with Ray Lankford and Bernard Gilkey.

RetroSimba

Coming Up Short: Abrreviated Seasons Haven't Been Kind To Cardinals

The delay of the 2020 baseball season and all the other professional and major college sports shutting down is unique. But it will not be the first time the baseball season will have started late.

Post-Dispatch

Ben Johnson Played A Sneaky, Important Role In Albert Pujols Legend

Within that 2000 season that hinted at the arrival of a generational talent in the Cardinals organization and ended with a dramatic flourish at Class AAA Memphis, there was a wrinkle in Albert Pujols’ advance through the minors.

Bird Land

Dugout Future For Stubby Clapp Is Bright

The Memphis Redbirds had just won an extra-inning playoff game at AutoZone Park. First-year manager Stubby Clapp was in his office. Next to him, changing clothes, was the guy who had managed Clapp on the team’s Pacific Coast League championship team 17 years earlier.

Memphis Daily News

Under First-Year Manager Stubby Clapp, Memphis Maximizes Winning Formula

Over the last quarter-century in the game, Stubby Clapp has learned many things. One is that the baseball gods do not believe in championships as entitlements.

Memphis Daily News

Talking Hit Streaks, Belly Flops, & Extra Innings With Peoria

Peoria Chiefs catcher Andrew Knizner took a 15-game hitting streak into Saturday’s duel with Beloit, and that put him on the franchise map, historically.

Peoria Journal Star

Bonded By Baseball, Reunited In Memphis

In June of 2001, Stubby Clapp walked down the long corridor in the Memphis Redbirds clubhouse that led to the manager’s office. He wondered why, on a day where he had a couple hits and had teamed up to pick off a runner at second base, would his manager, Gaylen “Chief” Pitts, want to talk to him?

Blogging In Memphis

Revamped Memphis Off To Flying Start, But Stubby Clapp Still Waiting For A Call

At first, new Memphis Redbirds manager Stubby Clapp wasn’t all that comfortable in his own office. When the Redbirds played the St. Louis Cardinals in an exhibition game at AutoZone Park just before the big league season started, Clapp saw his desk as almost a foreign object.

Memphis Daily News

The Day The Cardinals Fired Joe Torre, Traded Todd Zeile

Twenty years ago, in June 1995, the Cardinals were a franchise in disarray. The depth of their dysfunction was revealed on one dismal day, June 16, when they fired their manager, Joe Torre, and traded their cleanup hitter, Todd Zeile.

RetroSimba

Memphis Family Loses Former Player

St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Oscar Taveras, a top prospect who played for the Memphis Redbirds the past two seasons, was killed in a car accident on Sunday, Oct. 26, in the Dominican Republic. He was 22.

Memphis Daily News

George Kissell's Teachings Have Become 'The Cardinal Way'

For almost 70 years, from 1940 when he signed his first minor league contract and until his death in 2008, there was always George Kissell in the St. Louis Cardinals organization. Always.

Springfield News-Leader

Michael Wacha Handling Latest Example Of Pitcher Care

A few days ago, when the St. Louis Cardinals optioned young Michael Wacha back to Memphis, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny did not utter some of baseball’s most frightening names.

Memphis Daily News

Saying Goodbye To Another Old Ballpark

For three and a half decades, from 1966 through 2000, the Double-A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals was the Arkansas Travelers. For almost twice as long, starting in 1932, Little Rock’s Ray Winder Field was the home of the Travs.

The Cardinal Nation Blog

Burlington Stings Quad Cities In Doubleheader

The River Bandits dropped both ends of Sunday's doubleheader against the Burlington Bees, losing the first game of the double-header 6-0 before dropping the second game 4-0. The Bandits combined for just three hits in the two games.

Quad Cities River Bandits Official Site

Jonathan Rodriguez was determined not to give Burlington any more to celebrate than a doubleheader sweep Sunday at Modern Woodmen Park.

Quad-City Times

Cardinals Announce 2011Minor League Field Staffs

The St. Louis Cardinals today announced the organization's minor league coaching and training staffs for the upcoming 2011 season.

Cardinals Official Site

Manager Chris Maloney will return to Memphis to manage the Redbirds for the fifth straight season in 2011.

Memphis Redbirds Official Site

The St. Louis Cardinals have announced their minor league coaching staffs for the upcoming 2011 season, with Manager Ron "Pop" Warner returning for a fifth year to lead the Cardinals into another Texas League campaign. Warner tied a franchise record in 2010 with 76 regular season wins and took the eventual Texas League Champion NW Arkansas Naturals to a decisive fifth game in the Division Finals. The Cardinals have reached the playoffs in three of his four seasons in Springfield.

Springfield Cardinals Official Site

Dennis “El Presidente” Martinez will not return as Double-A Springfield’s pitching coach next season but is staying within the organization, heading to high Class A Palm Beach.

Springfield News-Leader

After finishing the 2010 season with the second-best overall record in the Midwest League and their first playoff appearance since 2007, the St. Louis Cardinals are sending manager Johnny Rodriguez back to the Quad Cities along with pitching coach Tim Leveque and hitting coach Joe Kruzel.

Quad Cities River Bandits Official Site

Quad-Cities River Bandits manager Johnny Rodriguez spent Friday afternoon working out with his son, Tampa Bay Rays infielder Sean Rodriguez, on a baseball diamond in Arizona.

Quad-City Times

Dann Bilardello will return in 2011 for his second season as manager of the Batavia Muckdogs. The 51-year-old Bilardello had a record of 45-29 and led the Muckdogs to the Pinckney Division title in his first season as the Muckdogs skipper.

Batavia Muckdogs Official Site

All seven St. Louis Cardinals minor league managers will return next season and most staffers, too. Mark DeJohn and Derrick May take new system-wide roles.

The Cardinal Nation

Interview: Cardinals Farm Director Jeff Luhnow

The St. Louis Cardinals VP of Scouting and Player Development discusses a myriad of topics in an in-depth and exclusive audio interview.

The Cardinal Nation

Cardinals Hoping Gambles Pay Off

The veteran scouts that have swung by Davenport, Iowa, have left town shaking their heads and grinning, sort of the way a proud parent might react to their kid's straight-A report card.

Springfield News-Leader

Surprise: Allen Craig Makes The Cut With Cardinals

If this baseball thing doesn't work out, maybe Allen Craig can find success on the Texas Hold 'Em poker circuit.

Springfield News-Leader

Minor League Notebook: Spring Training Competition Will Be Fierce

Even though they are not required to report to Florida for more than another week, many of the Cardinals' minor league players have already begun their own personal spring training.

STL Globe-Democrat

Luis Aguayo: New Palm Beach Cardinals Skipper

Former New York Mets third base coach named 2010 manager of the St. Louis Cardinals’ Florida State League team.

The Cardinal Nation