Of the 10 candidates on the Golden Era ballot under consideration for election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, three played for the Cardinals: third baseman Ken Boyer, pitcher Jim Kaat and outfielder Minnie Minoso. Boyer was a seven-time all-star with the Cardinals and won the National League Most Valuable Player Award in 1964, leading [...]
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Minnie Minoso: Hall of Fame candidate, Cardinals flop
Posted in Hitters, Trades on November 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »
2012 Cardinals risk vulnerability without leadoff ignitor
Posted in Hitters on November 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
An area the Cardinals should strive for improvement in 2012 is production from the leadoff spot in the batting order. As a team, the Cardinals had a .254 batting average and .310 on-base percentage from the leadoff spot during the 2011 regular season. The only spot in the batting order with worse totals in those [...]
Forsch vs. Forsch: Bob had edge in brotherly matchup
Posted in Games, Opponents, Pitchers on November 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Note: With the announcement the Astros will move from the National League to the American League in 2013, we’ll look back at three key events in the rivalry between the Cardinals and Houston. This is Part Three of a three-part blog series posted this week. From 1974 through 1980, the Cardinals’ Bob Forsch made 17 starts [...]
Cardinals broke Astrodome hex with 19 RBI in one game
Posted in Games, Hitters, Opponents, Pitchers, Records on November 23, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Note: With the announcement the Astros will move from the National League to the American League in 2013, we’ll look back at three key events in the rivalry between the Cardinals and Houston. This is Part Two of a three-part blog series that will be posted this week. The Astrodome opened in Houston in 1965 and [...]
From the start, Cardinals vs. Houston rivalry was special
Posted in Games, Hitters, Managers, Opponents, Pitchers, Records on November 21, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Note: With the announcement the Astros will move from the National League to the American League in 2013, we’ll look back at three key events in the rivalry between the Cardinals and Houston. This is Part One of a three-part blog series that will be posted this week. When the Houston Colt .45s began play [...]
How well do you know Mike Matheny? Take this quiz
Posted in Hitters, Managers on November 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Test your knowledge of the baseball history of Cardinals manager Mike Matheny with this 10-question quiz (answers are below): 1. Matheny was the co-captain on the baseball team at which Big Ten Conference school? A) Michigan State; B) Iowa; C) Northwestern; D) Michigan. 2. In 1994, his rookie season, Matheny was the backup catcher for the [...]
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