Cardinals With Homers In Their First At-Bats

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Mark Worrell & His Cardinals Clout

In his brief stint with the Cardinals, Mark Worrell provided a lasting impression with his hitting instead of his pitching.

RetroSimba

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

Jeff Bagwell Was At His Best Versus Cardinals

In a career filled with consistent hitting versus the Cardinals, Jeff Bagwell reached a personal pinnacle when he hit for the cycle against them.

RetroSimba

Adam Wainwright & His Magical First At-Bat

Adam Wainwright turned a special at-bat into a special feat.

RetroSimba

Michael Wacha, Carlos Martinez, & Shelby Miller Experiencing Growing Pains

Two years ago, they were among the hottest pitching prospects in the game and the Cardinals had all of them: Shelby Miller, Michael Wacha and Carlos Martinez.

Post-Dispatch

Peoria Chiefs Vs. Peoria Chiefs In MLB Postseason

Saturday night, while watching the Oakland – Detroit game and seeing 2007 Chiefs pitcher Al Alburquerque face 2008 Chiefs catcher, turned 3B Josh Donaldson I was curious as to how many times that had happened. So the research was done and here is the list of the 27 occurrences when a former Chiefs pitcher faced a former Chiefs batter in the MLB post-season. Stats and some interesting notes at the bottom of the table.

Playing In Peoria

Memphis Redbirds History 101

Deep in the bowels of AutoZone Park — below ground level, where “authorized personnel only” can be found — there sits a batting cage, adjacent to the Memphis Redbirds’ clubhouse. Painted on the wall next to the cage are 14 yellow pennants, each with the year a Memphis professional baseball team won a league championship. This is the one and only place a fan — if “authorized” — will see acknowledgment of the 2000 and 2009 Pacific Coast League championships won by the team that now calls the stadium home.

Memphis Flyer

Gene Stechshulte Named Ohio Northern Head Coach

Former Major League pitcher Gene Stechschulte has been named the head baseball coach at Ohio Northern, effective immediately. Stechschulte is the 24th head coach in ONU baseball history, but is just the fifth head coach since 1971.

Putnam County Sentinel

How Rare Is Steven Hill's Debut Homer?

In his first major league contest, St. Louis Cardinals catcher Steven Hill hit a home run, the 11th time it has occurred in team history.

The Cardinal Nation Blog

Leverage & Tony LaRussa

While I was thinking about looking at this I wasn't sure whether the (relative) fungibility of relief pitching made it more likely to reveal a manager's innermost thoughts and desires—i.e. he can use anybody, and there are lots of candidates for the role, so he can lean toward his older pitchers if he wants—or less, that they were so difficult to predict that when one reliever does well he's as good as any other, age be damned.

Viva El Birdos

Cardinals Vs Twins - Regular Season History

This weekend, the St. Louis Cardinals are meeting the Minnesota Twins for the first time since the two clubs played a three-game interleague series during the 2001 season. The Cardinals swept the Twins at Busch Stadium II from July 15-17, 2001 as they out-scored Minnesota 13-6.

The Cardinal Nation

Mark Worrell Homers In First Big League At-Bat

Mark Worrell went deep on Thursday night, and why not? He entered the Cardinals' game against Washington with a .500 career professional batting average. Of course, that number came in a grand total of two at-bats.

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