J.D. Drew
If you think back on the Tony La Russa Era of Cardinals baseball (1996-2011), at least one player immediately should spring to mind at each position in the field. Every position, that is, except for one. There’s Yadier Molina at catcher, Scott Rolen at third base, Edgar Renteria at shortstop (or maybe David Eckstein if […]
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Tagged with: Aaron Miles, Bo Hart, Chase Utley, Daniel Descalso, David Eckstein, Delino DeShields, Edgar Renteria, Fernando Tatis, Fernando Vina, Frankie Frisch, J.D. Drew, Jason Parks, Jim Edmonds, Joe McEwing, Kolten Wong, Lance Berkman, Larry Walker, Luis Alicea, Mark Grudzielanek, Matt Holliday, Mike Matheny, nick punto, placido polanco, Ray Lankford, Red Schoendienst, Rick Hummel, Rogers Hornsby, Ryan Ludwick, Ryan Theriot, Scott Rolen, Skip Schumaker, Tom Herr, Tony La Russa, Tony Womack, Troy Glaus, Tyler Greene, Yadier Molina, Zack Cox
There’s nothing quite like opening day at Busch Stadium. This year, the Cardinals have selected former Cardinal great Jim Edmonds to throw out the first pitch. As I’ve already suggested, I believe it would be apropos for Jimmy Ballgame to launch it from either CF or the bullpen just because he’s awesome enough to do […]
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Tagged with: Bob Gibson, Branch Rickey, Brett Hull, Bruce Sutter, Isaac Bruce, J.D. Drew, Jason LaRue, Jim Hart, John Tudor, Jose Oquendo, Juan Encarnacion, Kurt Warner, Mark Whiten, O.J. Anderson, Ozzie Smith, Red Schoendienst, Stan Musial, Stump Mitchell, Torry Holt, Troy Glaus, Vince Coleman, Willlie McGee
Growing up on the Iowa/Illinois border, two things were always assured every summer. You spent a lot of time in or around the Mississippi River and the Cubs/Cards rivalry became the big story no matter how each team was playing. Luckily for me I was able to witness the Big Mac/Sosa experience before leaving home […]
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Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Albert Pujols, Anheuser-Busch, Camp Foster, Camp Lejeune, Chris Carpenter, Darryl Kile, Grapefruit League, Iraq, J.D. Drew, Jack Buck, Larry Walker, Reggie Sanders, United States Marine Corps
The United Cardinal Bloggers‘ January project tasked us bloggers with putting together a Cardinals team made up of the best at each position, in our opinion, during the recently completed decade. Not really any other restrictions placed on this one, other than it was due on Friday. Oops. Better late than never. Not surprisingly, there […]
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Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Albert Pujols, Cardinals All-Decade Team, Chris Carpenter, Chris Duncan, Darryl Kile, David Eckstein, Edgar Renteria, Fernando Vina, J.D. Drew, Jason Isringhausen, Jim Edmonds, Matt Morris, Mike Matheny, Ray Lankford, Reggie Sanders, Ryan Ludwick, Scott Rolen, So Taguchi, Steve Kline, Woody Williams, Yadier Molina