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The St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Cardinals have won a National League record 10 World Series championships, second only to the New York Yankees (who have 27) in Major League Baseball. The Cardinals were founded in the American Association in 1882 as the St. Louis Brown Stockings, taking the name from an earlier National League team. They joined the National League in 1892 and have been known as the Cardinals since 1900. The Cardinals began play in the current Busch Stadium in 2006, becoming the first team since 1923 (NYY) to win the World Series in their first season in a new ballpark.




Late Night Issues

By: C70 At The Bat

21May2013

Well, I'm glad I didn't stay up for that one.That's probably a bit unfair to say--and I did watch a few innings before the late hour and the storm knocking out DirecTV did me in--but it'd have been tough to...

Cards beat Brewers 4-2 in weekend finale

By: Redbird Rants

20May2013

John Gast got his second career major league win this season as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2. The Cardinals spotted four runs in the fourth inning and that was enough to win the game. Gast pitched 5.1 innings, allowed 4 hits...

Brewing Up Some Dominance

By: C70 At The Bat

20May2013

The Cards have now played the Brewers 10 times this season.  They wish they could play them 100 more.After winning two of three against the Milwaukee squad, St. Louis has now won eight of 10 against them this season.  David...

The Art of the Squeeze

By: Redbird Rants

20May2013

Yesterday’s matchup with the Brew Crew showed a new weapon in the Redbirds offensive arsenal, the Suicide Squeeze. The most revealing part about the tiny play that had a huge impression on the game, was that is didn’t fail.  What shocked...

Cardinals fall in extra innings to Brewers

By: Redbird Rants

19May2013

With bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning and two outs, Daniel Descalso struck out swinging in a tie game. The St. Louis Cardinals would go on to give up 2 runs in the top of the 10th inning and lose 6-4. The Cards go on the board early wit...

Cards beat Brewers 7-6 as Freese hits grand slam

By: Redbird Rants

18May2013

David Freese hit a grand slam on Friday night as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-6. It was the first home run this season for the Cardinals third baseman, who has struggled to get it going offensively. The home run was his only h...

A Sinister Problem

By: C70 At The Bat

17May2013

sinister (adj): singularly evil or productive of evil; also, of, relating to, or situated to the left or on the left side of something; also, of ill omen by reason of being on the left.That's a long way to say...

Cardinals promote Ted Savage RBI Golf Classic

By: Redbird Rants

17May2013

The St. Louis Cardinals have announced that registration is underway for the Ted Savage RBI Golf Classic. REGISTRATION IS UNDERWAY FOR TED SAVAGE RBI GOLF CLASSIC JUNE 11TH 24TH Annual Cardinals Care Golf Tournament is a day of golf, good times and g...

The Cardinals Future is in Pitching

By: Redbird Rants

17May2013

As we await what the future of Chris Carpenter‘s career may hold, one thing is certain: the St. Louis Cardinals future is in the hands of pitchers like Shelby Miller and Michael Wacha. Carpenter is sticking to a plan of throwing bullpen session...

Roundup: Matt Harvey Improves to 5-0 as Mets Beat Cubs

By: NY Times

17May2013

Matt Harvey gave up five hits in seven and a third innings and singled in the go-ahead run in the seventh to lead the Mets over the Cubs Friday in Chicago.    ...

Winning Creatively

By: C70 At The Bat

16May2013

The Cardinals have won with dominant starting pitching.  They've done that quite a lot this season, actually.  They've won with some big thumpers, though not quite as often.  When a team is winning this regularly, they've got to mix it...

It Happens

By: The Ballclub

16May2013

It really does happen. Sometimes, the Mets win a game.Usually, it seems to be in those weekday afternoon Getaway Games, because for the past few years, it seems like having the game on the radio in my office appears to be some kind of demented good l...

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