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    May 3, 2011

    George Vecsey on "Prince of New York" Stan Musial

    ​Veteran New York Times sports columnist George Vecsey will be at O'B Clark's in Brentwood next Thursday night, May 12, for a signing party of his new book Stan Musial: An American Life. (The event is sponsored by Left Bank Books.) Yesterday he took some time out from his tour to talk to Daily ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    SXSW Day 2: Toro Y Moi, The Civil Wars, The Baseball Project, Bob Geldof, Vandaveer, Abigail Washburn, Charles Bradley, Ron Sexsmith and Surfer Blood, Thursday, March 17

    Dana PlonkaThe Civil Wars​12:24 In the South By vortex, all news - or at least news not related to Jack White pop-up performances, Cee-Lo Green cancellations, Kanye gossip and R.E.M. show rumors - gets obliterated. Japan's nuclear nightmare is no exception. Glancing at an RSS reader under 75 d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    NYT: Pujols Asking for $80 Million Over Value

    Can he pull a Ted Williams and stay dominant till he's 41?​Interesting analysis by The New York Times yesterday on the Pujols situation. The writer, Dan Rosenheck, trolls into the statistical annals of baseball history to compare No. 5 with other players of his caliber -- Musial, Aaron and Wil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    Cardinals "Stand for Stan" Campaign: Please Stop Calling it "Grass Roots"

    ​So, if you haven't heard by now, the Cardinals have launched a campaign to get baseball legend Stan Musial the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest distinction a U.S. citizen can receive. The so-called Stand for Stan campaign is a virtual social-media blitzkrieg with the Cardinals crafting ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2010

    La Russa: McGwire Could Bat as Pinch Hitter (But Only Until Ted Williams' Body Defrosts)

    Image Via​The probability of the Cardinals new hitting coach Mark McGwire returning to the plate as a pinch hitter isn't likely, though manager Tony La Russa hasn't entirely ruled it out. Speaking this week to the Bay Area's Contra Costa Times, La Russa had this to say of the slugger who retired f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    Albert Pujols Wins MVP Award

    commons.wikimedia.org​Bill James has called him the perfect player, and this year, the voters apparently agreed. Albert Pujols won his third MVP award today, second in a row, by a unanimous vote. In other news, the sun came up today in the East, much as had been expected. Pujols nearly d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2009

    Stan the Man and the Tribute that Wasn't

    I attended the All-Star Game last night, and I went as both a journalist and a fan. The journalist side of me wanted to see good baseball, interesting stories, and a professional production from the St. Louis Cardinals. The fan side of me wanted to see the National League finally fucking win somethi ... More >>

  • News

    July 1, 2009

    Home Run: Why Latinos are baseball all-stars

    I attended the All-Star Game last night, and I went as both a journalist and a fan. The journalist side of me wanted to see good baseball, interesting stories, and a professional production from the St. Louis Cardinals. The fan side of me wanted to see the National League finally fucking win somethi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    Baseball Card of the Week: "The Man" Gets His

    With Opening Day coming up on Monday, it's appropriate to look back and reflect on our love for the Cardinals. And when it comes to the Cardinals, and the history of this great franchise, there's one name that stands out above all the others. You might know him as the Man.Our Card of the Week t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2009

    Cardinals Nickname Poll: Rick Ankiel Inaugural Edition

    Baseball nicknames. They don't make 'em like they useta. This isn't just Unreal blowing the proverbial smoke. This is documentable fact.www.dksbaseballcards.comIn the old days, baseball gave us Bob "Death to Flying Things" Ferguson. George "Prunes" Moolic. Frank Chance, a.k.a., "The Peerless Leader. ... More >>

  • News

    November 19, 2008

    ¡Ask a Mexican!: Was the Jimi Hendrix experience at all rooted in Mexico?

    Baseball nicknames. They don't make 'em like they useta. This isn't just Unreal blowing the proverbial smoke. This is documentable fact.www.dksbaseballcards.comIn the old days, baseball gave us Bob "Death to Flying Things" Ferguson. George "Prunes" Moolic. Frank Chance, a.k.a., "The Peerless Leader. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2008

    Steve Wynn and the Miracle 3 at Off Broadway, November 15

    Baseball nicknames. They don't make 'em like they useta. This isn't just Unreal blowing the proverbial smoke. This is documentable fact.www.dksbaseballcards.comIn the old days, baseball gave us Bob "Death to Flying Things" Ferguson. George "Prunes" Moolic. Frank Chance, a.k.a., "The Peerless Leader. ... More >>

  • News

    October 3, 2007

    The Egg Man

    Dr. Sherman Silber says he can extend a woman's fertility by decades. All he needs is an ovary and some ice.

  • News

    February 21, 2007

    Being Darryl Strawberry

    Baseball's bad boy is now doing the Lord's work in O'Fallon, Missouri. How long will that last?

  • News

    August 9, 2006

    Ballsy

    A pair of local entrepreneurs has a Barry Bonds home run ball for sale, but so far they're going down swinging.

  • News

    August 10, 2005

    Letters

    Week of August 10, 2005

  • News

    July 27, 2005

    Ask a Negro Leaguer

    Week of July 27, 2005

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    December 24, 2003
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    May 14, 2003

    Foul Ball

    Baseball coach Jim Brady has been fighting his bosses in the UMSL athletic department for seven years. And he thought colon cancer was a pain in the ass.

  • Culture

    June 13, 2001

    Man Trouble

    A new biography of Stan Musial adds complexity to "baseball's perfect knight"

  • Calendar

    April 19, 2000

    The Readbirds

    The life stories of St. Louis' pro-baseball teams are lovingly chronicled in Peter Golenbock's The Spirit of St. Louis: A History of the St. Louis Cardinals and Browns

  • Calendar

    August 4, 1999

    PALL BERRA

    A new PBS documentary on Yogi Berra drops the ball

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