Opening Day Starters – 1996 to present
In this third and final part to the series looking back at opening day starting pitchers, we turn our attention to the Tony La Russa era (1996 – 2010). Andy Benes (1996) 1 no decision Andy Benes The...
View ArticleOpening Day 1998
This is one of my favorite stories ever. There is NO tradition quite like Opening Day in St. Louis. None. If you’ve never been in the ballpark for this St. Louis holiday, it’s like missing the orange...
View ArticleI Could Tell You, But Then I’d Have To Kill You
On Wednesday Cardinals GM, John Mozeliak pulled the trigger on a deal that sent Colby Rasmus, Trever Miller, Brian Tallett, and P.J. Walters packing. As part of the deal, Toronto sent Edwin Jackson...
View ArticleCome for the Atmosphere, Stay for the Baseball
Monday’s post by Erika wonderfully captured the magnitude of her family’s pilgrimage to St. Louis for a Cardinals game. Living in the Quad Cities, I have the chance to see a form of Cardinals’...
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