Tag Archives: St. Louis Cardinals
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Diamondbacks Fan Dodges Home Run Ball, Lets It Hit His Girlfriend in the Head (Video & Gif)
We’ve already shown you one example today of how baseball fans are still a little rusty just a few games into the season. How about another? At last night’s Diamondbacks-Cardinals game at Chase Field in Arizona, Redbirds shortstop Pete Kozma blasted a home run off Heath Bell into a picnic area in the top of [...]
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This Day In Sports History (March 13th) — The NFL’s St. Louis Cardinals
It was on this day in 1960 that the NFL’s Chicago Cardinals made the move to St. Louis. The Cards would go on to make one more move during the course of the franchise’s history. The Cardinals were established in 1898 in Chicago and they became a charter member of the NFL in 1920. They [...]
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Hunter Pence's Tricky Broken Bat Double Broke Things Open For The Giants Last Night (Video)
We've already awarded the “Stat Line of the Night” to Marco Scutaro, but we easily could have bestowed that honor upon his Giants teammate, Hunter Pence. After all, in addition to his one run and two RBIs on the night, the 29-year-old right fielder also accomplished the rare feat of recording three hits in a [...]
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Stat Line Of The Night — 10/22/12 — Marco Scutaro
Five days ago the San Francisco Giants' chances of reaching the World Series for the second time in three years were not looking good. After all, they had just lost Game 4 of the NLCS by a score of 8-3, and with the Cards holding a commanding 3-1 series lead, the Giants would have to [...]
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Two Bat Boys Were Almost Impaled By A Broken Bat Last Night In St. Louis (Video)
Most people probably don’t realize it, but being a bat boy is one of the toughest jobs in the game of baseball. Sure, it looks like they get to just hang out with ballplayers and hand them equipment, but in actuality, they work somewhere between six and eight hours a day, doing everything from cleaning [...]
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Stat Line Of The Night — 10/17/12 — Matt Carpenter
Prior to the opening pitch, many baseball fans were probably wondering who would emerge as the hero of Game 3 of the NLCS between the St. Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco Giants. And I'm almost certain that not one of those fans had the name Matt Carpenter in mind, but lo and behold, it [...]
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Here’s Footage Of The Braves Fans Littering Turning Field With Garbage During The NL Wild Card Game (Video)
Hey, remember that one time, during the very first ever “National League Wild Card Game,” when that umpire made the insane infield fly call that cut short a Braves rally and sent the fans at Turner Field into a frenzy? Really? You don’t remember it? It was less than a week ago. The Braves were playing [...]
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Nats’ Michael Morse Takes Part In The Strangest Home Run Trot In Baseball History (Video)
If you’re wondering why some people aren’t fans of the use of instant replay in baseball, this grand slam from Saturday night’s game between the Nationals and Cardinals in St. Louis might explain it. It’s not that the replay didn’t help the umpiring crew make the right call. It did. It’s just that it gave [...]
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Cards’ Jon Jay Makes Amazing Circus Catch At Minute Maid Park (Video)
Last year, the St. Louis Cardinals traded away their former “center fielder of the future,” Colby Rasmus, because they thought they had a very capable replacement in Jon Jay. How has Jay repaid their faith in him? By playing great defense and hitting .299/.358/.412 over his 1,155 career at-bats. In fact, so far this season, [...]
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Check Out This Monster Home Plate Collision Between Yadier Molina and Josh Harrison (Video)
During the offseason, some people wondered why the St. Louis Cardinals decided not to give Albert Pujols all the zeros he wanted, but then turned around and signed Yadier Molina to a record deal for a catcher (not named Joe Mauer) that will pay him $75 million over five years. Well, this season Molina [...]
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Stat Line Of The Night — 8/26/12 — Matt Holliday
Despite the loss of Albert Pujols during the off-season, the St. Louis Cardinals are proving that they are still World Series contenders, as they entered yesterday in sole possession of the second wild card spot in the National League. With the three-time MVP now playing for the Angels, the rest of the Cards’ line-up has had [...]
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Stat Line Of The Night — 8/21/12 — Adam Wainwright
After undergoing Tommy John surgery and missing the entire 2011 MLB season, St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright found himself struggling to regain the form that saw him record 19 and 20 wins during the 2009 and 2010 seasons, respectively. However, it suddenly appears as though the 2010 All-Star is finding his groove once again, [...]
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Stat Line Of The Night — 8/1/12 — Matt Holliday
On Tuesday night the St. Louis Cardinals cashed in a total of 11 runs during their first game of a three-game series against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. They were scoring runs in bunches once again last night, and no Cardinals player was taking advantage of the thin Denver air more than left fielder [...]
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Indians Closer Chris Perez Vomits After Earning the Save (Video & GIF)
During the ninth inning of yesterday afternoon’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians reliever Chris Perez was hurling fastballs over the plate en route to his league-leading 20th save of the season. And immediately following the final out of the game, Perez did some more hurling, although, this time he wasn’t hurling fastballs [...]
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Streaker Runs Wild At Busch Stadium Last Night (Video)
After hibernating during the winter, the streakers have been coming out of the woodwork throughout the first two months of the 2012 MLB season, as yet another one made an appearance last night at Busch Stadium during a game between the Phillies and the Cardinals. Unfortunately, umpire Jeff Kellogg wasn’t around to make the tackle [...]
