Presenting The All-DeWitt "Devil Magic" Cardinals, 1996-2019

In my review of the Bill DeWitt Jr. Era of Cardinals ownership, I’ve listed the best position players, starting pitchers, and relievers. And I’ve presented a list of the most disappointing Cardinals.

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How Mark McGwire Got Lost In Translation

At a time when Major League Baseball was embarking on globalization, Mark McGwire was insisting on isolation for the Cardinals.

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How Cardinals Got Jim Edmonds From Angels

Convinced center fielder Jim Edmonds would depart for free agency, the Angels were willing to deal him for the right offer.

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Pat Hentgen Was Samrt, Low-Rick Acquisition For Cardinals

The Cardinals began to rebuild their starting pitching rotation for the 21st century with the acquisition of a Cy Young Award winner.

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When Will The Cardinals Realize The Thrill Is Gone With Michael Wacha?

Imagine a bus driving down the road. There are passengers on-board, gas in the tank, a schedule to keep, and a prize at the end of the trip.

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Upon Further Review, Cardinals Benefitted From Umpire's Call

The Cardinals were involved in the first unofficial use of video replay to review an umpire’s call and it resulted in a favorable ruling for them.

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Best All-Time General Managers: No.9 Walt Jocketty

The #9 GM on our countdown of the best all-time general managers designed one of the great organizations in baseball before attempting to do the same with one of the game’s first ever franchises.

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How Kent Bottenfield Became Cardinals Starter

The Cardinals thought they were getting a short-inning reliever when they signed free agent Kent Bottenfield. Instead, much to their surprise, they got a pitcher who transformed into a starter and eventually became a big winner for them.

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How Kent Mercker Became Leader Of Cardinals Rotation

When the Cardinals signed free agent Kent Mercker, they figured him as a candidate for the back end of their starting rotation in 1998. What they didn’t project is that he would be their top winner and most prolific starter.

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California Dreaming? Giancarlo Stanton Should Talk To Ozzie Smith, Mark McGwire, & Jim Edmonds

Once upon a time California dudes loved playing baseball for the Cardinals.

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Kip Wells Failed To Click With Cardinals, Dave Duncan

After pitching coach Dave Duncan transformed Jeff Weaver from a consistent loser into a postseason ace with the 2006 Cardinals, the club wanted him to work similar magic with Kip Wells in 2007. Duncan and Wells were willing. The results, though, were far from the same.

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Brandon Moss Says 20 Home Run 'Is A Number I Expect'

I don't get the sense that all of Cardinal Nation is sold on Brandon Moss. He's not part of everyday chatter. This is perhaps …

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Joe Strauss & Jim Edmonds On The Morning After 8-4-14

Hello Joe, Cardinals and Oscar Taveras having a nice weekend, big turnaround for Redbirds against Brewers coming home from rough road trip, sense of urgency, definitely some upset about how Allen Craig and Joe Kelly discovered they had been traded, certainly a continuing adjustment process for Taveras moving forward, some not so pleased with rookie's work ethic (gaining weight in the off-season; concern about body type), comapring Oscar to other big prospect rookies that did or did not fit in well with clubhouse, Jimmy back on the air, how players react to teammates being traded & being acquired by the Cardinals for Kent Bottonfield.

Inside STL

Why Jim Edmonds Is Hall Of Fame Worthy

Dan Miceli knew the stakes. The veteran Houston Astros reliever was handed the assignment of keeping Game 6 of the 2004 NLCS tied just one more inning, just long enough for one of the Killer B’s to step up and send the Astros to their first ever World Series. The task was simple: get St. Louis Cardinals superstar CF Jim Edmonds to hit into a double play, head to the 13th, and let the B’s do their work. Well, perhaps I should say the goal was simple. The task was a nightmare.

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Adam Kennedy - Top 100 Angels #19

Adam Kennedy was a top prospect traded by the St. Louis Cardinals along with pitcher Kent Bottenfield to the Angels for outfielder Jim Edmonds. At the time Edmonds was one of a surplus of outfielders that the Angels had. Darin Erstad, Garret Anderson and Tim Salmon were all under club control longer than Edmonds would be. Meanwhile, it had been a long time - fourteen years, since the Angels had had a long-term solution at second base.

Halos Heaven

Sunday Starters Have Pitched In Many All-Star Games; Interleague Update

There was a time when starting pitchers actually worked on Sunday and then pitched in the All-Star Game two days later.

Post-Dispatch

Bargains For The Birds: Best Trades In Cardinal History

The standard by which all baseball trades are measured is the 1964 trade of Ernie Broglio to the Chicago Cubs for future Hall of Famer Lou Brock. But in 1964, it appeared the Cubs, not the Cardinals, got the best of that deal. Broglio, a 21-game winner in 1960, was 18-8 for the Cards in 1963 and Brock was a light-hitting poor fielder with little apparent upside.

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Post-Cardinals Pitching Syndrome

When Kyle Lohse begins his three-year gig with the Milwaukee Brewers, he’ll be going against history. He’ll have to reverse a trend that’s been in place for more than 15 years. I don’t know what to call it, but I guess I have to come up with something cute, so let’s go with this:

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How Rare Is Fernando Salas 44-Pitch Save?

The last time I wrote about new St. Louis Cardinals closer Fernando Salas here, his then-perfect 10-for-10 record in save opportunities was quickly ended.

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Jim Edmonds Ignited Cardinals With Hot Start

Jim Edmonds had a torrid start to his Cardinals career, triggering the franchise’s return to the status of a consistent championship contender in the National League.

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