Out of the Park Baseball (OOTP) 13 review

by Nick January 23, 2013

If you’re as obsessed about baseball as I am, or many fanatics of the game, you likely already know about the baseball simulation franchise Out of the Park Baseball. Now in it’s thirteenth iteration (OOTP13), the game has evolved from a one-man operation into a major yearly release. As a regular OOTP player (my focus [...]

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Plans for Stan

by Josh January 21, 2013

For anyone planning a trip to St. Louis, be safe and send the Man home in style. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Musial Funeral Arrangements Announced Public Visitation Will Be Thursday and the Funeral Mass Saturday at the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis ST. LOUIS, January 21, 2013 – The St. Louis Cardinals announced that the family [...]

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Thanks, Stan. Rest in peace.

by Nick January 20, 2013

I was on my way to dinner with my family last night when my phone started ringing – it was Josh, one of my cohorts at this very site. He had spent the afternoon at the Cards Caravan in Joplin, and I assumed he was calling with a great story about that event. I let it [...]

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Mabry Drives Cards Caravan Home

by Josh January 20, 2013

Sporting the 2013 alternate home jersey, Al Hrabosky welcomed fans with his usual style for this year’s Cardinals Caravan. A new autograph format followed the festivities, and both the current and former players put on a good show. Seth Maness was introduced first as he burst on the scene to earn minor league Pitcher of [...]

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Winter Warm-Up Live Blog

by Andrew January 19, 2013

We’re live from the media room at Winter Warm Up 2013. Stay tuned here, as we will be live blogging with stories, quotes, and hopefully audio throughout the day, as fast as we can type after the players leave the podium. 9:31 am – Matt Holliday Bouncing Back for 2013 Matt Holliday finished the 2012 [...]

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Win a Cardinals AnyDate newspaper by finding a box score from any date

by Nick December 23, 2012

If you’re one of our loyal four readers, you may remember WAAAAAY back in May of 2011, we gave away copy of a St. Louis Cardinals AnyDate newspaper at the generous request by the folks from AnyDate. Well, if you’ve been with us that long and didn’t win that contest, we (and the generous folks [...]

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Cardinals Burton History Tree giveaway and coupon code

by Nick December 17, 2012

Humblebrag forthcoming: I was lucky to be one of a group of folks asked to help edit (and have been credited as such, along with my esteemed colleague) one of the coolest Cardinals products I have ever seen. The Burton History Trees: Family Tree of the St. Louis Cardinals. The guys at Burton are a [...]

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Skip Schumaker traded to Dodgers

by Nick December 16, 2012

Somewhere in Cardinal Nation, fans are sad. Elsewhere in Cardinal Nation, fans are elated. Skip Schumaker has been traded to the Dodgers for Jake Lemmerman. Schumaker had become a bit of a crux of the saber versus scrap argument in St. Louis. Below average defense at second base, an “empty” (and declining) batting average, and [...]

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Chris Carpenter: “I want to keep pitching until I can’t pitch”

by Nick December 11, 2012

This bit of news is a few weeks old, but I wanted to share for multiple reasons. One, someone had a chance at, and presumably won, a fishing trip with Chris Carpenter.  I wonder if they listened to this before bidding? I mean, seriously, does last off-season’s snake/naked man/excursion deter potential bidders from the four-day [...]

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Remember Game 6? Relive it by winning Game 6 on Blu-Ray!

by Nick December 10, 2012

It’s not really necessary for me to include the year is it? David Freese made a name for himself (and probably millions of dollars, soon?) and found himself on the cover – that’s it at the right – of an A+E Networks Home Entertainment/MLB Productions package of one of “Baseball’s Greatest Games: 2011 World Series, [...]

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