Tag Archives: St. Louis Cardinals
Major League Baseball, the Cardinals and the Browns, and the Challenge of “Small Markets”
Not until the 1960s did baseball executives begin to use terms like “small market” to describe the unique challenges of operating a successful major league franchise in an environment that did not generate the type of revenues available to teams … Continue reading
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
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
How Did the Orioles Come to Baltimore? Cardinals versus Browns in St. Louis
The St. Louis Browns and the St. Louis Cardinals shared a city for more than half a century before the Browns finally left town after the 1953 MLB season for Baltimore to become the Orioles. That team went on to major success … 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
Baseball Uniforms as Fashion: The Dish on all the Changes to MLB Uniforms for 2012
I’m not going to give you much concerning this subject other than to point you toward an excellent story by Paul Lukas at ESPN. The full story is here. Check it out. Some of this report is really interesting. The Marlins, … Continue reading
Recovering from the World Series
Whew! What a ride! As a life-long St. Louis Cardinals fan I loved the outcome of the World Series on Friday night, a Cards victory for the team’s 11th championship in Major League Baseball. It was agony for me getting … 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
