Randy Karraker
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The Blues that defend the Stanley Cup will be almost identical to the Blues that won it
After signing Jordan Binnington on Saturday, the Stanley Cup Champion Blues have taken care of most of the heavy lifting for their off-season. They’ve signed Binnington and Zach Sanford, kept Carl Gunnarsson, and had already…
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Randy Karraker: The Cardinals Appear to be Mediocre
At the All-Star break, the Cardinals are 44-44, two games out of first in the National League Central and two games behind the second-place team in the NL Wildcard race. Many times, you can look…
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The problem with the Cardinals is that they’ve lost their evaluation mojo
This is bad, isn’t it? The 2019 Cardinals approach the All-Star break with the results looking suspiciously like the 2018 Cardinals. Manager Mike Shildt is 100% correct when he says this team is playing clean…
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Randy Karraker: In St. Louis, the Player Means More. Welcome Back Albert.
For the second time in two weekends, the unique magnificence of the St. Louis sports fan was on display Friday, Saturday and Sunday as Albert Pujols returned to Busch Stadium, to thunderous standing ovations each…
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The Blues Stanley Cup is the greatest St. Louis thing EVER
The 66 hours that started with the Blues Game Seven victory at Boston on Wednesday night and culminated with Saturday’s parade and rally for the Stanley Cup Champions, to me, the greatest sports event in…
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America’s Team still has Game Seven to vanquish Boston.
Yesterday was supposed to be a magical day in St. Louis and America. 19,000 St. Louisans passed through doors to fill up Enterprise Center. More than 40,000 people…many arriving in the morning for a 7:00…
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I honestly thought I’d die before the Blues would win a Cup. Now, not so sure.
Through the wonder of Hockey-reference.com, I am aware that the first hockey game I ever attended was between the St. Louis Blues and the Philadelphia Flyers on October 30, 1971. My dad took me and,…
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What’s the difference between Blues wins and losses in this Final?
A 4-2 win in game four of the Final has the Blues within two wins of the Stanley Cup Championship, and guarantees that they’ll play the maximum number of home games for the first time…
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The Blues found the key to beating the Bruins, and used it to unlock a victory
Carl Gunnarsson’s first playoff goal 3:51 into overtime gave the St. Louis Blues their first ever Stanley Cup Final win as they came back for a 3-2 overtime win in Boston in Game 2. With…
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Randy Karraker: The good, the bad and the ugly from Stanley Cup game one
Most observers expect a long Stanley Cup Final series between the Blues and the Boston Bruins, and game one…a 4-2 Bruins win that included an empty net goal…was probably typical of what we’ll see throughout. …