NLDS Pitching Preview
Michelle Smallmon takes a look at today’s NLDS Game 1 Pitching matchup between Miles Mikolas and Dallas Keuchel
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Michelle Smallmon talks fashion with Cardinals center fielder Harrison Bader
Michelle sits down with Harrison and plays a game of ‘Swing or Miss’ and he breaks downs the fashion looks of his teammates
There’s Good and Not So Good from Cardinals Spring Training So Far
The Cardinals have a week and a half of spring training games under their belt, and there are good signs, and warning signs. Here are three of each after nine grapefruit…
Cardinals Don’t Seem All-In for 2018 Season
As the Cardinals Winter Warmup came and went over the Martin Luther King Holiday weekend and club President of Baseball Operations John Mozeliak, manager Mike Matheny and Chairman Bill DeWitt,…
Cardinals Winter Meetings Mission: Two Big Bats and a Reliever
Baseball’s Winter Meetings begin December 10 in Orlando, and as the Cardinals try to form the foundation of a team that returns to the playoffs and hopefully the World Series…
How Whitey Herzog’s Cardinals Won Before the Analytics Revolution
With the Dodgers, whose GM Farhan Zaidi has degrees from MIT and Cal, and the Astros led by GM Jeff Luhnow (Penn and Northwestern), advancing to the World Series, the…
What Happened to the Cardinals? Takeaways from a Disappointing Season
There’s a lot to unpack from the Cardinals’ 2017 season. For fans of this franchise, this was an extremely disappointing year that didn’t meet our expectations. Baseball fundamentals were sorely…
Little League Classic Can Help with MLB’s Youth Problem
There was some consternation about the Cardinals trip to Williamsport to promote and celebrate Little League Baseball and their World Series. While I’m not a member of the traveling party…
Veteran Leadership Could be the Cardinals’ Ticket to the Playoffs
During the Blues’ 2016-2017 season, coach Ken Hitchcock was grating on his team. Hitch is a taskmaster, and his drive was wearing on the players. Veteran Troy Brouwer recognized this…
Four Months Into a Long, Strange Trip for the Cardinals
The 2017 baseball season turns four months old this week, and it’s been a wild ride for the Cardinals. Their opening day starting eight has been decimated, their bullpen has…