Like the Cardinals, Ray Lankford was having an uninspired season in 1995 when he suddenly jump-started it with a sizzling September. As part of a 16-game hitting streak from Aug. 29 to Sept. 16, Lankford had multiple hits in seven consecutive games (Sept. 4 to Sept. 11). As reported by Fox Sports Midwest in a story carried by [...]
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Late streak made Ray Lankford’s ’95 season
Posted in Games, Hitters on April 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ray Sadecki led Cards’ Crackers to crown
Posted in Games, Pitchers, Prospects on April 28, 2011 | 4 Comments »
In playing the Braves this weekend, the Cardinals return to the city where their top minor-league team once made an incredible stretch drive to win the International League championship and the Junior World Series title. The Atlanta Crackers were the Cardinals’ Class AAA affiliate in 1962 and 1963. Managed by Joe Schultz, the 1962 Crackers [...]
Joe Torre, Nolan Ryan and the April streak
Posted in Games, Hitters, Opponents, Pitchers on April 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Nolan Ryan and Danny Frisella, two pitchers Joe Torre hit well in his career, combined to stop the Cardinals third baseman’s historic April hitting streak. Torre hit safely in the Cardinals’ first 22 games of the 1971 season, April 6-April 28, setting a big-league record for the longest hitting streak in April. (First baseman Charlie [...]
Could Albert Pujols chase grand slam mark?
Posted in Games, Hitters, Opponents, Pitchers on April 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
With Alex Rodriguez of the Yankees recently moving within one of tying Lou Gehrig’s career grand slam home run record of 23, it prompted us to look at the all-time Cardinals regular-season leaders in that category: _ Albert Pujols, 11 grand slams with the Cardinals. Pujols hit five of his grand slams in 2009, tying [...]
Lance Berkman rules at Minute Maid Park
Posted in Hitters, Opponents on April 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
If Lance Berkman hits as well in Houston’s Minute Maid Park for the Cardinals as he did for the Astros, it should translate into impressive run production for St. Louis. For the first time since he was traded by the Astros to the Yankees on July 31, 2010, Berkman will play at Minute Maid Park [...]
In 1970, Cards fans correctly called ’82 title
Posted in Records on April 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
If hindsight is 20-20, we should have known in advance that the Cardinals would win National League championships in 1928, 1946, 1964 and 1982. In researching Cardinals history, I found an item in the Jan. 10, 1970, edition of The Sporting News that stunned and amazed. In an article by Neal Russo in that 1970 magazine, Cardinals [...]
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