Better Than You Remember: Terry Pendleton

While we’re waiting for baseball to come back, we are making do. So once a week, inspired by the late Deadspin’s “Let’s Remember Some Guys” series, we will take a look at one player in baseball history, why he was great, why he mattered and why we should hang on to him. Send me your suggestions at will.leitch@mlb.com.

St. Louis Official Site

How Cardinals Plugged Ted Power Into Starting Rotation

After a rough beginning to his season with the Cardinals, Ted Power recovered and developed into a reliable starting pitcher for them.

RetroSimba

Rick Hummel Rates His All-Time Cardinal Characters

In his five decades on the Cardinals beat, Post-Dispatch baseball writer Rick Hummel has covered plenty of players with character and, similarly, plenty of players who were characters. Here are some of the best in the latter category:

Post-Dispatch

Cardinals Helped Mike Maddux Get Foothold In Majors

Needing an effective performance to show he belonged in the major leagues, Phillies rookie Mike Maddux broke through with an impressive effort against the 1986 Cardinals.

RetroSimba

How Terry Pendleton Rescued Cardinals From The Brink

Attempting to hit a home run at the most urgent point in the most crucial game of the season, Terry Pendleton had the presence of mind to make an adjustment in the middle of his at-bat and accomplished his mission.

RetroSimba

What A Wild Ride The Cardinals Took In 1987

The 1987 season was a historic one for the Cardinals. Things happened that year that never had happened on a Cardinals club — or for any other team.

Post-Dispatch

A Rough & Tumble Easter For John Tudor

In a pivotal Easter weekend showdown with the Mets, the Cardinals proved to the reigning World Series champions they wouldn’t be intimidated, even when the Redbirds _ and their best pitcher _ got a bad break.

RetroSimba

Where Are They Now? 1987 Cardinals

In 1987, the Cardinals reached the postseason for the final time as members of the National League East. They won the division with a record of 95-67, advancing to the NL Championship Series against the Giants.

St. Louis Official Site

How Ozzie Smith, Matt Adams Enjoyed Key RBI Streaks

Ozzie Smith and Matt Adams, opposites in size, shared at least one common trait: Both were able to drive in key runs for the Cardinals over a stretch of games.

RetroSimba

Tony LaRussa: If You Have To Fire Me, Hire Jim Fregosi

In 33 years as a major-league manager, Tony La Russa was fired once. The man who replaced him was Jim Fregosi. A key factor why the White Sox chose Fregosi to succeed La Russa was because of the work Fregosi did in mentoring Cardinals prospects. One of those prospects, Jose Oquendo, became a Cardinals coach for La Russa on his staff in St. Louis and together they won three National League pennants and two World Series titles.

RetroSimba

Jaime Garcia Replicates John Tudor 1990 Start

Jaime Garcia is the first Cardinals left-handed starter to begin a season 4-0 since John Tudor did it 21 years ago.

Retro Simba

Adam Wainwright Extends Cardinals Best Streak In Almost A Quarter Century

With his complete game on Sunday, St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Adam Wainwright extended the team’s streak of seven or more innings pitched while allowing two or fewer earned runs to six games, longest since 1986.

The Cardinal Nation Blog

Ten Things I Didn't Know About Starting Rotations

Two weeks ago I wrote a column here called "Ten things I didn't know about bullpens" in which I took the splits info at Retrosheet to examine the best and worst of relief units of all time. Since I can just as easily study the starting pitchers, it makes sense to look at that as well.

The Hardball Times

Flashback

While watching the recent World Baseball Classic, I couldn’t help but be reminded of some teams that led to this sites name. Whiteyball? Whiteyball is why I love the game of baseball so much today.

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