Tag Archives: Playoffs
Roger’s MLB Power Rankings at the Start of 2013 Spring Training
Major League Baseball is just now beginning Spring Training for the 2013 season. It’s been a long, cold, lonely winter. I’m looking forward to the spring and baseball returning. Accordingly, I thought I would take the time to prepare my … Continue reading
The Greatest Cardinal of Them All: Remembering Stan Musial (1920-2013)
If you are connected to anything at all you have heard that we lost a legend over the weekend, Stan “The Man” Musial. Both a great baseball player and true gentleman, a gentle man; he strode across the sports scene … Continue reading
Does the MLB Commissioner Have the Right to Overturn Owner’s Trades/Sales/Deals?
The question above is one that many people have debated during the last couple of weeks as the Miami Marlins and the Toronto Blue Jays undertook a megadeal that swapped several star players for top prospects. In mid-November 2012 the Marlins … Continue reading
Wednesday’s Book Review: “Bill Veeck: Baseball’s Greatest Maverick”
Bill Veeck: Baseball’s Greatest Maverick. By Paul Dickson. New York: Walker and Co., 2012. 448 pages, photographs, acknowledgments, appendix, notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover with dustjacket, ISBN: 978-0-8027-1778-8, $28.00 U.S. Paul Dickson’s Bill Veeck: Baseball’s Greatest Maverick is a most welcome … Continue reading
Last Stand of Whitey Herzog’s Cardinals: The 1987 World Series
Twenty-five years ago, in 1987 (and it seems like yesterday), the St. Louis Cardinals went to the World Series to face the Minnesota Twins. It seems appropriate to recall it now, as the World Series is currently underway. Sadly, the Cardinals are … Continue reading
Thirty Years Ago: The Cardinals Win the World Series
In 1982, the Cardinals roared to the division championship, the National League pennant, and victory in the World Series. It was the first world championship for St. Louis since the “El Birdos” of 1967 and the first appearance in the … Continue reading
Phillies vs. Royals: Reflecting on the 1980 World Series
Throughout the latter half of the 1970s the Kansas City Royals were the dominant team in the American League West, winning the division title in 1976, 1977, and 1978. They failed each year to defeat the New York Yankees in … Continue reading
Roger’s MLB Power Rankings after Two Months of the 2012 Season
We are now about two months into the major league baseball season and I thought I would take the time to prepare my own power rankings for the top ten teams. I know power rankings are subjective; even though the … Continue reading
The Great George Brett/Hal McRae Batting Title Race of 1976
In 1976 the expansion Kansas City Royals were in the midst of taking their first American League West division title, with a record of 90 wins and 72 losses, but just as important was the race for the American League … Continue reading
When the Phillies Collapsed and the Cardinals Won it All—1964
A banner of the St. Louis Cardinals with their World Series victories. The collapse of the Atlanta Braves, after having a 10.5 game lead over the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League wild card race on August 25, … Continue reading
