Cardinals Continue To Roll
What’s been the most encouraging thing during this current Cardinal winning streak is that they keep winning in different ways. Â The first couple of games, they slugged. Â They’ve had good pitching...
View ArticleGaining On The Off Day
The Cardinals hit the Big Apple yesterday.  They saw the sites (Ryan Franklin went to the Statue of Liberty with his family, according to the official Cardinal Twitter feed), made some appearances...
View ArticleFrustration Revisited
I thought this was behind us. Whatever corner the Cardinals turned after the All-Star break, they’ve turned another one or two and seem to be back where they started from–a frustrating team that can’t...
View ArticleSweeping Our Cares Away
Earlier this year, the Cardinals took the first two games from the Toronto Blue Jays on the road and sent out Adam Wainwright to complete the sweep. Â Wainwright, though, had one of his rare off games...
View ArticleA Cautionary Note
I’ve been thinking about this topic for a bit, but before I could write about it Brian Burwell, for once, beat me to it.  There’s been a lot of optimism out of the sweep of Cincinnati, as well there...
View ArticleSigh-Inducing
Just when you start to believe in this team, to think that they’ve finally found that gas pedal on the team car, they stomp on the brakes. Â A four game winning streak to get into first place? Â Let’s...
View ArticleAnother Lost Cardinal Weekend
What is left to say about this team? Â We are using up all the possible words to describe what we are seeing out of this team that, on paper, is one of the most talented ever to play in St. Louis but,...
View Article“It Didn’t Look Like They Wanted To Come Out And Beat Us”
I think the title of this post says it all.  When a player on the opposing team questions the desire, there’s little else to say about the 2010 Cardinals. That was Geoff Blum’s quote to MLB.com after...
View ArticleCardinals Get Off Script
We’ve seen it before. Â Way too many times, in fact. Â A miscue, a bad pitch, and suddenly the Cardinals are in a 3-0 hole early in the game, a hole that they don’t climb out of as they slog to another...
View ArticleMore Of The Same
It’s a little checklist that Cardinal fans go through before games, to prepare themselves for what is to come: Is the opposing pitcher someone the Cardinals haven’t seen much of? Check. Does the...
View ArticleBroken Promises
“I won’t lose again.” Adam Wainwright said those words two starts ago, upset with how he had been performing and looking at a four-game losing streak. Â He was able to win last time out, continuing the...
View ArticleThe Berkman Actuality
Regular reader(s) will remember that, last week, I wrote about the possibility that Lance Berkman would become a Cardinal.  My conclusion was that it wouldn’t happen and it didn’t work for the...
View ArticleThe All-Time St. Louis Cardinals (a draft book chapter)
Who would be selected for a mythical All-Time Cardinals dream team roster? And how have others answered this fun question throughout the years?
View ArticleLove Is In The Air
Today is a day of love. Â That love that keeps you going, that warms you through the winter and sustains you in the summer. Â The love that is always there, continuing to grow and evolve. Â You have to...
View ArticleThe Calm After The Storm
Yesterday’s deadline came and went.  Albertageddon peaked yesterday morning, but by the end of the day had calmed back down.  Life goes on. The man himself showed up today at camp.  He spent a good...
View Article10 Reasons You Should Already Be Especially Psyched for Opening Day
The smell of freshly laid sod, ballpark hot dogs and seven-dollar beer is in the air (or on the ground). Baseball season is quickly approaching, and fans everywhere — well, perhaps except for...
View ArticleTrying to Focus on the Positives
At his best Nyjer Morgan is a scrappy, prototypical lead off guy. Â Diminutive in size, he plays with grit and determination. He hurt himself sliding head-first into second base one too many times a...
View ArticleFinal Cardinal Cuts
I’ve had a wonderful run of luck with my prognostications lately.  Seems like anytime I say X, Y actually happens and fairly quickly afterwards. Yesterday was another of those days, as Fernando...
View ArticleA New Beginning, The Same Ending
In all the hoopla surrounding the start of the season, perhaps I misunderstood. Â I thought we were turning the page to 2011, not reliving 2010. Â Yet, for one game at least, a lot of last year’s...
View ArticleSt. Louis vs. Cincinnati
How exactly did we get here? Â How did we come from St. Louis and Cincinnati having just a passing thought in each other’s minds to a knockdown, dragout rivalry between the two squads and the two fan...
View ArticleIf I Ran Baseball-Interleague Edition
Recently a few managers have come out against interleague play, stating the uniqueness has worn off, and that interleague play is tired. I disagree. I think it’s great that some interleague...
View ArticleNo Retirement in Site for Ageless Milo
As a broadcaster, Milo Hamilton doesn’t have to worry about his arms or legs giving out. He can still read his voluminous notes and talk about baseball with the best of them. Plus his voice still...
View ArticleNot With a Bang
It is over: Alan Craig squeezes the fly in his mitt and at the mound the Cardinals, the team from out of nowhere, (yes, the Cardiac Cardinals, and why hasn’t someone used this tag already?) pile on....
View ArticleTouring the Bases with Bart Zeller
Bart Zeller is a former major leaguer, who recently coached the Joliet Slammers to their first ever Frontier League championship. Bart is a great baseball man who obviously loves managing and actually...
View ArticleCan They Keep Up Their Hot Starts?
The first third of the baseball season is just wrapping up and has already been marked by numerous injuries, slow starts, and surprises galore. In particular there are some players who have come out of...
View ArticleHitters Fail the Quiz
Hey baseball fans! Sorry I haven’t posted in about five days. Anyway, I have a one question “quiz” for you. Who has the best mustache in Royals relief history, other than Al Hrabosky? The answer is, of...
View ArticleThe Bull-Moose Juju
As the first month of the baseball season drew to a close in 2012, the Gio Gonzalez trade looked like an inspiration. Stephen Strasburg was back and the Nationals had the best pitching in the National...
View ArticleHangin’ Out with Joe Torre & Friends
Hey baseball fans! I’m back from camp and I have lots to tell. So today’s post is going to be pretty long, but it’s worth your time. While I was at camp, I was invited to go to Joe Torre‘s Safe At...
View ArticleRemembering Pittsburgh from the “We Are Family” Era
Back when Fisher Bodies were made of steel that was cooked in blast furnaces in Pittsburgh, there was a great baseball team that played along the Allegheny River called the Pittsburgh Pirates. Despite...
View ArticleFeliz Cumpleaños a Gaylord Perry
Hey baseball fans! As some of you know, I share a birthday with no Hall of Famers. The only person who is close to becoming one is Alan Trammell. However, the people celebrating a birthday tomorrow do...
View ArticleML”what would”B: What if Orta’s Dribbler in ’85 was Called Out?
Hey baseball fans! I just put up another ML”what would”B post on More Than a Fan. In every ML”what would”B alternative history post, I discuss what would have happened if a famous event in baseball...
View ArticleThe Mad Dash
Hey baseball fans!As most of you probably know, the Boston Red Sox just won the World Series, beating the St. Louis Cardinals in six games. However, did you know that the Sox and Cards have squared off...
View ArticleNJBM: Whitey Herzog
Hey baseball fans! I just put up my latest post in the Kids’ Hot Korner section of New Jersey Baseball Magazine. This one is about Whitey Herzog, one of the greatest managers in Missouri baseball...
View ArticleCha-Cha Cha-Chas Into the Hall of Fame
Hey baseball fans! As some of you know, there are three Puerto Rican-born Hall of Famers in Cooperstown: Roberto Clemente, Roberto Alomar, and one other person. There are also three Hall of Fame...
View ArticleWoody Williams: Pitcher Beat Expectations Along the Way to Excellent 15-Year...
Baseball players drafted in the lower rounds face an upward battle when working towards their dream of reaching the major leagues. They don’t have the same name recognition of more highly-regarded...
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