Silvio Martinez

As I was enjoying Chris Reed’s inaugural article for I-70 Baseball, When Will David Freese Run Out Of Chances?, I couldn’t help but think back of another player from the late 70′s that had a similar run-in with bad karma. That young man was Silvio Martinez, a little right-hander that looked like a slight breeze [...]

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What about Bing and Bob ?

Not Crosby and Hope, although perhaps they should have made one last Road movie: The Road to Cooperstown.    I am referring to Bing Devine and Bob Howsam who were both general managers during some of the Cardinals most successful years.   With Pat Gillick’s recent election into the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee, it [...]

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Bob Howsam (or Could You Trade Albert Pujols and Matt Holliday)

Trade Albert Pujols and Matt Holliday ?   Are you crazy ? That is exactly what General Manager  Bob Howsam did, or at least he did to their early 60′s counterparts (Ken Boyer and Bill White). Who is Bob Howsam, you ask ?  Ask a Cincinnati Reds fan and they will tell you.  It was Bob [...]

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The Trade That Wasn’t Made

Much has been written about the 2010 non-waiver deadline trade where the Cardinals sent fan favorite Ryan Ludwick to the San Diego Padres in exchange for Cleveland starter Jake Westbrook. As each of the players settle in with their new teams, I suspect that more will be written. Rather than compete with the Sabrmetricians and [...]

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Ones That Got Away, Or Did They ?

With the 2010 non-waiver trade deadline approaching in just a few days, sports radio talk shows and blogs are filling up with wild speculations about last minute deals that are sure to catapult the home team into postseason and beyond. All that’s missing from some of them is a photo of Buzz Lightyear. I think [...]

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Would you trade your top draft choice ?

Would you trade Shelby Miller and the six years of team control that comes with him for either three months of Cliff Lee or the salary burden of Dan Haren for the next two seasons ?

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Jack Lamabe

Jack Lamabe was a journeyman right handed reliever and his arrival in St. Louis couldn’t have come under more difficult circumstances. After a couple of rough appearances, he turned into one of the most dependable arms in the Cardinals bullpen as they chased the 1967 National League Pennant and another trip to the fall classic. [...]

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Andy Rincon

I read in a Cardinals blog that Brad Penny’s three consecutive quality starts to begin the 2010 season is the first time since Andy Rincon accomplished that feat in 1981. Newer Cardinals fans are asking, Andy Who ? Even some old time Cardinals fans may not remember the brief but exciting career of Andy Rincon. [...]

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Dick Hughes

As I was preparing to watch Jaime Garcia make his first start in 2010, I came across this most interesting blog from Derrick Goold about some young arms that the Cardinals could have taken in the draft. I understand the point that Goold is making in this article, but it made me think about some of the talent that is being developed today in the farm system. It also made me think of a right handed pitcher that toiled in anonymity for nine years before exploding into the major league scene with one of the greatest pitching seasons I have ever seen.

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Larry Jaster

We first took a look at the legend of Cardinals left hander, Larry Jaster in an earlier Where Were You when he took a perfect game against Tom Seaver and the Mets into the bottom of the eighth inning. It was an amazing performance to be sure, but there is something even more unbelievable in the young man’s career.

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