Tommy Herr's Slam Brought Cardinals Out Of Their Seats & Their Seat Cushions Onto The Field

Not often does an April baseball game stand the test of time as one of the most significant events in team history, but those who were at Busch II on Saturday night, April 18, 1987, will not soon forget.

Post-Dispatch

The Easter Weekend With Seat Cushion Night

Easter always takes me back to 1987. The Cardinals and the Mets were the best rivalry in baseball then, and early in the year, in the fourth series of the year, the Mets made their way to STL for the Easter weekend. It was a cool Saturday night, and Busch Stadium was packed for seat cushion night. The Cardinals had won the NL East in 1985 in a tense battle with the Mets, and New York and run away and hid in their championship season of 1986.

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Why Cardinals Traded Joe McEwing To Mets

In assessing Joe McEwing’s value to the club as a utility player, the Cardinals placed a premium on productivity instead of popularity.

RetroSimba

Eduardo Perez Talks About Nearly Ruining Ozzie Smith's Farewell Game On 'Old Baseball Cards'

Eduardo Pérez doesn’t lack for baseball knowledge or personality, which is probably why he’s been around the game for so long. The current ESPN analyst and ex-big league player — who spent 13 years playing for the Angels, Reds, Cardinals, Rays and others — is this week’s guest on “Old Baseball Cards” and proved himself to be quite animated.

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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.

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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.

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Randy Choate Calls It A Career

Randy Choate’s idol is Jesse Orosco. Very early in his career, when he came up with the Yankees in the early 2000s, Choate told me his goal was to be just like Orosco, who retired after appearing in a record 1,252 games and pitched until he was 47.

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Cardinals Winter League Notebook 12-16-15: Felipe Lopez Singles Twice, Doubles, & Drives In Three Runs; Randy Ruiz Singles, Doubles, & Knocks In Three Runs; Nick Additon Strikes Out Three Over Five Scoreless Innings For The Win

Cardinals Winter League

How Cardinals Held Off Mets In October 1985 Drama

Needing to win one of three games against the Mets to block them from taking a share of first place in the National League East, the Cardinals finally achieved the goal in the finale of an intense October series at St. Louis.

RetroSimba

Randy Choate Ready To Keep Motoring On; Cardinals Eclipse Three Million; Injury Roundup; Extra Bases

In storage and awaiting its release is something Cardinals lefty and newly minted 40-year-old Randy Choate purchased to help him as he extends his career, he hopes, into his mid-40s.

Post-Dispatch

Cesar Cedeno & His Amazing Month With Cardinals

Three years after his pitching helped the Cardinals to a National League pennant and World Series title, Jim Kaat used his skills as a talent evaluator to help St. Louis to another championship season.

RetroSimba

Jesse Orosco & Edgar Renteria To Join Latino Hall Of Fame

Orlando Hernandez, Jesse Orosco, Edgar Renteria, Ivan Rodriguez, Sammy Sosa and Omar Vizquel will be among 11 players inducted into the Latino Baseball Hall of Fame in December, the Hall announced Friday.

Bakersfield Californian

Jon Jay To Begin Rehab Assignment & Results From Previous Rehabbers

Cardinals outfielder Jon Jay begins a rehab assignment with the Peoria Chiefs tonight when the Chiefs play host to the Clinton LumberKings at Dozer Park. The Cardinals placed Jay on the disabled list May 14 with tendinitis in his left wrist. He will be the first Major League player to rehab with the Chiefs since Jake Westbrook pitched for Peoria June 9, 2013, and the first position player to do so since then-Cubs third baseman Aramis Ramirez played two games June 19-20, 2010.

Playing In Peoria

Evaluating Relievers For Hall Of Fame Consideration

Is there a better way to evaluate reliever careers than just looking at their save totals?

Beyond The Boxscore

How Joe McEwing Endeared Himself To Tony LaRussa

An overachiever with a team-oriented attitude, Joe McEwing was Tony La Russa’s kind of Cardinals player.

RetroSimba

More Unbreakable Pitching Records

So my paean to Mariano Rivera led some readers to comment that I'd missed a few key pitching records of the last few decades, and they were right. So, as a mea culpa, below is my homage to Nolan Ryan. Okay, I'll cover more than just the Ryan Express, but his exploits are a key part of the conversation.

The Hardball Times

Darren Oliver Not Giving In To Age

The Rangers have two left-handed setup relievers with 37 years of Major League experience between them.

One wants to keep pitching. The other didn't sound too sure on Friday morning.

Arthur Rhodes wants to catch Jesse Orosco. Darren Oliver keeps thinking about staying home with his wife and two sons, especially since he was feeling his age on Friday in the Rangers clubhouse.

Rangers Official Site

Mid-1980's Playoff Baseball Had No Equal

Seriously, when did we ever see a run of iconic postseason moments like we had in the mid-1980s?

Now I tend to overrate the 1980s because that was the decade where I matured as a baseball fan, and my Hall of Fame picks have a definite pro-1980s slant. But I do not think I am seeing things through rose-colored Ray Bans.

The Hardball Times

Cardinals Like Collecting Lefties 30 & Older

Since manager Tony La Russa and pitching coach Dave Duncan joined the Cardinals, veteran left-handed relievers have been a staple of every St. Louis roster.

Retro Simba

Rick Ankiel's Last-Minute Heroics Carry Braves

After Marmol loaded the bases with three ninth-inning walks on Friday afternoon at Wrigley Field, Ankiel drilled a three-run, two-out triple that erased a one-run deficit and gave the Braves a 5-3 win over the Cubs.

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