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  • Monday Motivation: Kirby Puckett

    Always liked Kirby Puckett. Talk about some ‪‎Monday Motivation‬.  

  • Bill Veeck

    “I have discovered in 20 years of moving around a ballpark that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats” – Bill Veeck I’d rather sit in the cheap seats and go to as many games as possible, versus sitting in the nice seats a time or…

  • The Wizard Becomes a Cardinal

    Ozzie Smith became a member of the St. Louis Cardinals 34 years ago today. He is the greatest defender at ANY position EVER. http://m.bbref.com/m?p=XXleadersXXWAR_def_career.shtml

  • Specialization in Youth Sports

    I never would’ve expected one of the best quotes I’ve ever read on youth sports to come from Jeff Samardzija. “Those kids that have a coach telling them they need to play only one sport, they can tell (the coach) to take a hike,” Samardzija told me. “That’s selfish on the coach’s part . .…

  • The Great Bambino

    The Great Bambino

    “What did he say? What were you born in a barn man. Yeah yeah what planet are you from. You never heard of the Sultan of Swat. The Titan of Terror. The Colossus of Clout. The Colossus of Clout. The King of Crash man.” Photo courtesy of The Sandlot movie

  • The Kid

    The Kid

    I’m normally lamenting about how I wish I could’ve seen the greatest of the greats like Musial, Cobb, Gibson, Mays, etc play the wonderful game of baseball. Fortunately, I DID get to see one of the greatest of the greats when “The Kid” stepped on the field. An honor to watch Ken Griffey Jr. play…

  • Sure is Monday

    Yup, so true. Image courtesy of MLB.com

  • Roberto Clemente

    “Any time you have an opportunity to make a difference in this world and you don’t, then you are wasting your time on Earth.” – Roberto Clemente Clemente may be my favorite non-Cardinal player of all-time. Great ballplayer, but an amazing person who died on a plane trip, on this day in 1972, to deliver…

  • Happy Festivus!

    This is real, and it’s spectacular. Happy ‪#‎Festivus‬ everyone! “When you wake up on Festivus morning…”

  • Waino is the Man

    I really can’t describe how awesome it is having Adam Wainwright as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals. The dude is great on the field and he just “gets it”. The whole interview is excellent and worth a read/listen. GO CARDS! I think he especially nailed the whole Jason Heyward thing too: “He knows…