Round Two Dama Cuts Bracket Field To 24 Elite Clubs

The quest to crown the best single-season team in MLB history is underway, with the Round of 32 in the Dream Seasons edition of the MLB Dream Bracket continuing Wednesday.

St. Louis Official Site

MLB Dream Bracket: Epic Simulated Tourney Set

Which Major League franchise is the best of all time? It’s a question with no definitive answer, of course, but as we wait for real games to return, we’re going to have some fun with that timeless debate.

St. Louis Official Site

MLB To Celebrate 100th Anniversary Of Negro Leagues In 2020

Major League Baseball will celebrate the founding of the Negro Leagues — and such stars as Cool Papa Bell, Buck O’Neil, Jackie Robinson and Satchel Paige — during the 2020 season.

Fox Sports Midwest

With A Presidential Pitch, Baseball Gets A Boost In Mexico

The St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds and all of Major League Baseball will have one big fan rooting for them when they come together this weekend at Estadio de Béisbol de Monterrey — Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador.

USA Today

Adam Wainwright Vs. Yadier Molina? Righty Bests Batterymate; Roster Trimmed To 25

The day had come, as they knew it would. Adam Wainwright on the mound, getting in his final spring work as the starter for the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds in Monday’s exhibition finale for the Cardinals, with his longtime catcher Yadier Molina digging into the batter’s box.

St. Louis Official Site

Is Yadier Molina A First Ballot Hall Of Famer?

Molina has a shot, but I don't think it's so cut and dry. Do I think Molina is a first ballot Hall of Famer? Yes. I also thought Jim Edmonds deserved a higher vote than the abysmal percentage he got.

KSDK

Ted Simmons Is Best Switch-Hitting Catcher All-Time

If Ted Simmons is elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, he would become only the second switch-hitting catcher to receive the honor and the first to have played in the major leagues.

RetroSimba

Jackie Robinson Played In Venezuela Before Making Major League Debut

On November 24, 1945, Jackie Robinson arrived in Caracas.  (Translated)

LVBP Official Site

Rene Lachemann Reminisces About Jackie Robinson, Satchel Paige

Rockies coach and longtime baseball veteran Rene Lachemann feels fortunate to have learned of pre-integration baseball from one of the greatest witnesses and participants -- Hall of Famer Satchel Paige.

Colorado Official Site

MLB's Real Challenge: Drumming Up More Passion At The Stadium

We talk about pace of play. We talk about pitch clocks. We talk about declining offense. We talk about defensive shifts.

Fox Sports

Joe McDonald's 1982 World Series Ring Up For Auction

The late Danny Frisella’s 1969 New York Mets World Series player’s ring headlines several pieces of championship jewelry in the sale. Others include Joe McDonald’s 1982 St. Louis Cardinals General Manager’s World Series ring; a 1970 Baltimore Orioles World Series ring given to Stadium Ops Manager, Harry “Bud” Trageser; All-Star Game rings from Paul Molitor and Carney Lansford; a 1951 New York Yankees salesman’s sample ring and others.

Sports Collectors Daily

Red Schoendienst Doesn't Have To See Movie To Recall Jackie Robinson Abuse

Red Schoendienst does not have to see the movie 42 to remember how hard it was for Jackie Robinson to break the color barrier in major league baseball. He was there as it was happening.

STL Sports Page

How Bill Bergesch Got Bob Gibson To Cardinals

Bill Bergesch, a longtime baseball executive who worked for difficult team owners such as Charlie Finley, George Steinbrenner and Marge Schott, is the man most responsible for Bob Gibson becoming a Cardinal.

Retro Simba

Card Corner: Satchel Paige

With apologies to the chronically underrated Smokey Joe Williams, the consensus of baseball historians makes Leroy “Satchel” Paige the greatest pitcher in the history of the Negro Leagues. He might have been the most eccentric, too, with a list of quirks and quotations that could fill stacks of notebooks.

The Hardball Times

Legacy Award Winners Announced

Baseball's two most dominant hitters, the Cardinals' Albert Pujols and the Twins' Joe Mauer, were chosen winners of the Oscar Charleston Legacy Awards for their respective leagues for 2009 by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.

Cardinals Official Site

Film Takes A Look At Negro Leagues Star Josh Gibson

Josh Gibson was one of the best baseball players ever, a catcher who hit as many as 800 home runs and was voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972, the second year that Negro Leaguers were inducted.

NY Times

Historical WAR Review: Catchers

Rally just completed the Herculean task of estimating WAR season totals for every player in major league baseball, 1871 onward. I don't think it can be understated what an accomplishment this is--yes, we've had other measures on these same players before--win shares, WSAB, WARP, etc. But I think these are clearly the best measures of career value we have to date, and I was happy to purchase the database from him. In an effort to explore these data, and to learn some baseball history, I'm embarking on a position-by-position review of career WAR totals.

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