Cardinals Originally Picked Max Scherzer

Marty Maier still remembers driving to that suburban high school field 15 years ago, mainly because Maier was looking for someone else. That's the way scouting works sometimes. You arrive targeting one player and another catches your eye, a player with a tool or two. A player you can dream on.

St. Louis Official Site

Two Woman In The Cardinals Organization Who Are Celebrated All Year - Not Just Mother's Day

This weekend men and women everywhere become emotional about their mothers and those who are like mothers. Everyone has a mother; some are living, some deceased, and some live far away. Some reading this are mothers, and then there are those women who are “like a mother” to us.

STL Sports Page

Vince Coleman "Humbled, Honored" To Be Back With Cardinals After Hall Of Fame Election

Vince Coleman was driving from San Jose to Fresno, Calif., on Friday afternoon, heading for a minor-league game, when he received a telephone call from Cardinals’ chairman Bill DeWitt Jr.

STL Sports Page

How Cardinals Gambled On Rick Ankiel In 1997 Draft

Every club in the major leagues knew Rick Ankiel was a pitching prospect worthy of being taken early in the 1997 draft. Many, though, thought it would cost too much to sign him. The Cardinals decided to take a chance.

RetroSimba

'Smokey' Ortiz Teaches Craft Of Hitting

Ramon Ortiz was sitting in a restaurant in Johnson City, Tenn., one morning in 1988 when two middle-aged women approached.

Centre Daily Times

Cardinals Mourn Fred McAlister

Another link to the St. Louis Cardinals' rich history was lost on Sunday with the death of Fred McAlister, who had been in the organization since 1945.
Cardinals Official Site

This unfortunate news from St. Louis Cardinals media relations director Brian Bartow:
Birdland

Longtime St. Louis Cardinals scout Fred McAlister died Sunday at the age of 80.
News-Leader

George Kissell Taught Cardinals Right Way To Play

Major League Baseball teams that experience tough times on the field always are looking for answers to discover a new and different direction.

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