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.

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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.

101 ESPN

Why The Cardinals Paid Big To Acquire Bryn Smith

The franchise of Dizzy Dean and Bob Gibson gave Bryn Smith the most lucrative contract of any Cardinals pitcher.

RetroSimba

As He Enters The Hall Of Fame, Lee Smith Thinking Of Bob Gibson

As former Cardinals pitcher Lee Smith touches up his Hall of Fame speech in the next few days before Sunday’s induction, his thoughts are with another Cardinals Hall of Fame pitcher who won’t be at Cooperstown, N.Y. That would be Bob Gibson, who has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy in Omaha, Neb.

Post-Dispatch

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

Cardinals Caravan Makes Stop At SFCC

With less than a month before pitchers and catchers report to Jupiter, Florida, for spring training, past and present members of the St. Louis Cardinals Caravan met with local fans Saturday, Jan. 19, at the Fred E. Davis Multipurpose Center in Sedalia.

Sedalia Democrat

Cardinals Caravan Gives Fans, Players Chance To Take Advice

When the Cardinals Caravan rolls into town each year, kids in the crowd get the chance to seek advice from current and former St. Louis Cardinals.

News Tribune

Cardinals Caravan Makes Stop In Mid-Missouri

The St. Louis Cardinals Caravan made a stop in Jefferson City Friday evening at the Missouri Farm Bureau building.

13KRCG

Why Joe Magrane No Longer Fit With Cardinals

Two months after Joe Magrane won five consecutive decisions as a starting pitcher, the Cardinals gave up on him.

RetroSimba

Alex Reyes' Return Won't Be On TV - It's Another Facebook-Only Production For Cardinals

It’s one of the most-anticipated Cardinals games of the year, as prized pitching prospect Alex Reyes is set to make his return appearance after spending more than a full season recovering from Tommy John elbow surgery. But it will take place in a Cards game that, for just the second time in more than a decade, won’t be on television.

Post-Dispatch

Cardinals' Game On Facebook Draws Small Audience, But Comes Across As Advertised

Cardinals fans made it through “telegeddon,” Major League Baseball’s controversial move of the Redbirds’ game Wednesday afternoon against Milwaukee from conventional television to exclusive video streaming on social media colossus Facebook. But there weren’t many watching.

Media Views

Facebook Is The Only Place To Watch Wednesday's Cardinals Game

The Cardinals will finish up their three-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers with a day game Wednesday, but you won't be able to catch it on Fox Sports Midwest or any other TV channel.

KSDK

How To Watch Cardinals Game Today, Which Isn't On Regular TV

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is scheduled to continue testifying today before Congress in its probe into the company allowing users’ personal information to be compromised.

Post-Dispatch

Another Cardinals Game Pulled Off Television In Favor Of Facebook Streaming

The countdown to “telegate” for some Cardinals fans is five days, and Round 2 now has been added.

Media Views

Mets Give Cardinals Trouble In Season Openers

The Cardinals, who begin the 2018 regular season against the Mets at Citi Field on March 29, haven’t won an Opening Day game in New York since 1963.

RetroSimba

The Time Joe Magrane Stole Home Against The Dodgers

Thirty years ago the Dodgers were coming off a second straight 73-89 season, the first time in nearly two decades the franchise suffered through consecutive losing seasons. While researching a separate topic, I came across a Peter Gammons article in Sports Illustrated from August 1987 about how the once proud Dodgers lost their way, with this tidbit:

True Blue LA

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

Rookie Lessons For Joe Magrane In 1987

While the 1987 St. Louis Cardinals featured several veterans that had already made more than one trip to the World Series, it also featured rookie Joe Magrane in the starting rotation.

STL Baseball Weekly

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

Video: Joe Magrane Shares Memories Of Cardinals 1987 Season

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