Chris Carpenter gives the Cardinals a good chance of winning on Opening Day. If Carpenter gets the start for the opener March 31 against the Padres at St. Louis, it will be his fifth Opening Day start for the Cardinals, the most since Bob Gibson. Gibson made 10 official Opening Day starts (1965 and 1967 through 1975). He was [...]
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Cardinals seek liftoff with Chris Carpenter
Posted in Games, Pitchers on February 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A visit with Dick Musial
Posted in Hitters on February 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Hello! This is Mrs. RetroSimba posting today! (You can call me Diane.) A couple of weeks ago, my husband was fortunate enough to meet and interview Dick Musial — son of Cardinals great Stan Musial. It was a great thrill for Mr. RetroSimba, as Stan the Man was his first sports hero and the figure that [...]
Ken Boyer converted from infield to center
Posted in Hitters, Prospects on February 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
When Tyler Greene was told recently by manager Tony La Russa he would be expected to fill in at center field as well as in the infield, it brought back memories of the Cardinals’ conversion of Ken Boyer. Greene, an infielder who has played one big-league game in center field (at Denver on Sept. 27, 2009, [...]
Jim Edmonds ignited Cards with hot start
Posted in Games, Hitters, Trades on February 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
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. With Edmonds’ decision Feb. 18 to retire as a Cardinal, several deserving tributes have been written about his St. Louis playing days. What sometimes gets overlooked is how Edmonds [...]
1956 Cardinals groomed nine managers
Posted in Managers on February 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The 1956 Cardinals had an unremarkable record with a remarkable cast of leaders. Hampered by a pitching staff that yielded 698 runs (third-highest total in the National League), St. Louis finished in fourth place at 76-78. Yet nine players on the ’56 Cardinals became major-league managers. A recent Society for American Baseball Research list serve had [...]
Gino Cimoli doubled his fun with ’59 Cards
Posted in Games, Hitters, Trades on February 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In his lone season with the Cardinals, Gino Cimoli achieved a standard no other St. Louis right-handed batter had matched in 20 years. Cimoli, who died Feb. 12 at 81, hit 40 doubles for the 1959 Cardinals. He was the first Cardinal to reach the 40-double mark since Stan Musial hit 41 in 1954, and [...]
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