Cardinal Nation Stories
Just a few days into Spring Training, story lines are already beginning to develop amongst the Cardinals.
Telling the story of how the Cardinals reached the post season would mean hearing the names you would expect to hear, over and over. But there are others, we'll call them the unsung heroes who helped big-time.
Will you be watching the Cardinals tonight in game one of the National League Division Series playoffs?
If baseball is a religion in St. Louis. Then post season baseball is that religions high holidays.
Each week, we try to get the Cardinal players to open up about topics other then baseball. We call it, "Fun in the Clubhouse."
Today's little big leaguer is 10 year old Jackson Stern of Chesterfield, Missouri. Jackson is a 4'7 - 85 pound pitcher, catcher and shortstop. Recently he got the chance to sit down with Joe to find out what life was like when he was a little leaguer.
St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols, who in nine seasons has never not surpassed a .300 average, 30 home runs and 100 RBIs, is Sporting News' Major League Baseball player of the decade.
In a press release issued Tuesday afternoon, the St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have terminated the contract of outfielder Wagner Mateo with whom they agreed to terms on July 2.
Getting to ask players questions is one of the coolest parts of being a sports reporter.
Every Major League pitcher walks to the mound armed with an arsenal of pitches. We know all about a curveball, slider, and cutter.
Ryan Ludwick has become a mainstay in the Cardinals outfield the last two seasons, as well as a reliable power source in the line up.
Imagine being six years old and not knowing what to take to school for show in tell. Then imagine your father says this, "Don't worry you can take Ryan Ludwick to school for show and tell."
This is the time of year when us media types - start using the term "The Magic Number." And sometimes we say it without much explanation, which assumes everyone in Cardinal Nation knows what the number means.
When we watch our favorite Cardinals, it's hard to imagine them as little leaguers. But once upon a time they were and because so little is known about that time in their lives we asked current little leaguers to have a one-on-one discussion with a big leaguer to find out.
Pitchers have an arsenal of weapons they can throw to hitters, fastballs, curveballs, and sliders. And all typically have some type of movement.
Never one to shy away from a little free publicity, we hope you'll excuse this shameless plug for our little Sunday morning show.
Now, if you're a regular viewer of "The Cardinal Nation Show," you've noticed our "Look back at 1964" segments. We begin each segment with an animation that moves kind of quickly. You may have noticed the first baseball card - a 1964 Cardinal Rookie Stars card featuring, Mike Shannon and teammate Harry Fanok.
Time for a Cardinal "quick hit." Fun, fast facts to fill your Cardinal brain.
In less then three weeks, the 2009 regular season will be complete, and hopefully Cardinal Nation will be knee deep in pennant fever. But just what is this pennant fever anyway?
Albert Pujols is transcending the label - sports superstar. To thousands he's a community leader and a role model.
Each week on the show which airs Sunday's at 10 a.m. and again at 10:30 p.m. - we turn ordinary fans into SUPERFANS!. And we do that by putting their pictures on television.
Every once in awhile, during an interview, we spring some "none" baseball questions on a player.
We've seen balls bounce and kareem off walls, but why does a ball go in the direction that it does?
The St. Louis Cardinals announced on Wednesday that closer Ryan Franklin has been selected as the winner of the Major League Baseball Delivery Man of the Month Award for August.
Everyone in a while we like to go back into the Cardinal archives to find a story that aired even before our show went on the air in 2007.
Blake Hawksworth's road to the big leagues has been paved in pain, time and determination.
What better way to get geared up for the final push than with a day off spent having fun on the links.
The quest of the National League pennant unofficially began last week as we begin the last full month of baseball. The month of August was an historic one. Twenty wins - six losses. Wow!
Shelby Miller, the Cardinals the first round pick, got nearly $3 million from the organization, and was in town to work out last week.
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