Why Lon Warneke Umpired The Cardinals Game With Reds

Lon Warneke threw balls and strikes, and wanted to call those pitches, too.

RetroSimba

Cardinals' Top Five Left Fielders

Here is Anne Rogers’ ranking of the Top 5 left fielders in Cardinals history. Next week: Center fielders.

St. Louis Official Site

Five On Your Side Coutdown: Ranking The Best Players In Cardinals Franchise History

We're doing some serious ranking here at 5 On Your Side.

KSDK

Cardinals' Top Five First Baseman

No one loves a good debate quite like baseball fans, and with that in mind, we asked each of our beat reporters to rank the top five players by position in the history of their franchise, based on their career while playing for that club. These rankings are for fun and debate purposes only … if you don’t agree with the order, participate in the Twitter poll to vote for your favorite at this position.

St. Louis Official Site

How Herman Franks Caught On With Cardinals

Herman Franks was a player, coach and manager in the major leagues for five decades and it all began with the Cardinals.

RetroSimba

Paul DeJong's Power Is Aimed At October

If neckties ever become part of the baseball uniform — anything is possible after Players' Weekend — Paul DeJong should adjust his often while tilting his head and bulging his eyes.

BenFred

Yankees Gave Johnny Mize What Cardinals Did Not

Johnny Mize barely missed out on being part of the Cardinals’ championship run of the early 1940s, but his timing was right with the Yankees.

RetroSimba

Yadier Molina Keeps Piling Up Milestones For Cardinals

Yadier Molina is turning into a milestone machine.

KMOV

Around The Horn: Paul DeJong, Kolten Wong Solid Up Middle

This is the third piece in a five-part Around the Horn series that is taking a position-by-position look at the Cardinals' projected starters and backup options heading into the 2019 season. After examining the club's catching depth and corner infield options in recent weeks, let's move on to the middle infielders.

St. Louis Official Site

Cardinals Introduce Paul Goldschmidt

He was a high schooler then, standing alongside some buddies in center field as the city of Houston simmered toward an eruption. Paul Goldschmidt's beloved Houston Astros were one out away from advancing to the World Series for the first time.
St. Louis Official Site

With fanfare last reserved for a switch-hitting center fielder the Cardinals hoped would rewrite and recharge the top of their lineup, officials Friday introduced the thunder-packed first baseman they feel will revitalize the middle of the order and return them to October.
Birdland

Most of the buzz about new Cardinals first baseman Paul Goldschmidt is about his Silver slugging. He has won four such awards, including the past two seasons.
Post-Dispatch

The all-star is here! The Cardinals introduced their latest addition in a press conference on Friday.
KSDK

Cardinals brass introduced Paul Goldschmidt Friday morning at Busch Stadium. Watch the video here.
KMOV

Before he spoke on the now, St. Louis Cardinals Chairman of the Board Bill DeWitt Jr. spoke on the past–as in the lineage of first basemen who have preceded Paul Goldschmidt with the team.
STL Baseball Weekly

Paul Goldschmidt, 'The Perfect Fit' For Cardinals, Says All The Right Things

The newest Cardinal, longtime Arizona star first baseman Paul Goldschmidt, said Friday during a press conference what Cardinals many fans would hope to hear.

Cardinal Beat

Paul Goldschmidt Is Perfect Fit For The Cardinal Way

The Cardinals probably could not have found a more perfect fit than Paul Goldschmidt -- that's on the field and in the clubhouse and community. If there's a prototype of what a Major League player should be, he is it. It's really that simple.

St. Louis Official Site

As Matt Carpenter Returns To Wrigley, Can He Return To Form For Cardinals?

When asked about Matt Carpenter, Mike Shildt deadpanned from the pregame dugout Friday: “He was pretty good the last time he was here.”

Hochman

Cardinals Have A Tough Schedule The Rest Of The Way, & That's A Good Thing

The computers are still spitting out nasty numbers on the Cardinals’ playoff chances. Both Baseball Prospectus and Fangraphs give the Cards a 14.2% shot at returning to the postseason for the first time since 2015.

101 ESPN

When It Comes To Baseballs, Cardinals Don't Prefer Blonde

Yellow baseballs couldn’t help a Cardinals club from feeling blue about a season coming apart at the seams.

RetroSimba

John Mabry Was Legendary Cardinal

When a baseball team’s manager is axed, sometimes others also march to the guillotine as collateral damage. In this case, that would be Cardinals’ hitting coaches John Mabry and assistant Bill Mueller, a native St. Louisan who was a batting champion for the 2003 Boston Red Sox and a year later a World Series champion with the Red Sox.

Post-Dispatch

How Will Albert Pujols Cap Off His Hall Of Fame Career?

When his career ends and immortality starts to arrive, it will be Cardinals fans who get the first crack at putting Albert Pujols into one of baseball’s Halls of Fame, plaque and all.

Bird Land

With Pressure To Produce, Mike Matheny Nears Rare Milestone

With a spot in the Hall of Fame and a number retired to the rafters, Dan Issel, a 6-foot-9 center known as “The Horse,” loomed over the basketball court and the media all the same, so it’s impossible to forget the moment he leaned forward to answer a question, locked eyes, and let free a moment of raw uncertainty.

Post-Dispatch

Switching Sides: Dizzy Dean Versus The Cardinals

When the Cardinals saw Dizzy Dean for the first time in the 1938 regular season, he looked a lot different to them. He was wearing the uniform of the Cubs instead of the Cardinals, he was throwing sidearm instead of overhand, and his pitches were slow instead of fast.

RetroSimba

Yadier Molina Climbs Cardinals All-Time Lists In Memorable Weekend At Busch

It was another wildly successful weekend for the St. Louis Cardinals, who are likely sad to see the battered Cincinnati Reds leave town. St. Louis completed another sweep of the Reds this season as Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina had a weekend to remember.

KMOX