This is what the Cardinals used to neutralize Ted Williams.
The .350+ hitter during the season was able to muster a 5-for-25 World Series (.250).
Make all the complaining you want but if it works and helps win games, do it.
Bill Self knows how to coach and he knows how to recruit. Diallo might be the best player he has had in Kansas before it is all over. Cheick Diallo, F, Kansas This college freshman is very active and came away with the MVP of the McDonalds’s All Star game with ten rebounds and…
St. Louis Cardinals History by the Decades- 1892-1899 Every once in awhile I get the urge to delve into some of the history of the Cardinals and this time I decided to share it with others. Remember, I didn’t make anything up in these column as it…
Here are the Top Ten Running Backs in the Big Ten in my opinion. They are listed in the order that I believe are the best of the ten first. Melvin Gordon- Wisconsin Kenosha born Gordon has had an outstanding career at Wisconsin. He is the fastest player in Wisconsin history to reach…
It started with the Cleveland Spiders in the 1890’s. They had been a decent team until their owners purchased a second team which was the St. Louis Perfectos in 1899. The owners decided they wanted to excite the fan base in the new city so they dumped their roster from Cleveland to St. Louis. The…
Emil Matthew Verban was born in Lincoln, Illinois on August 27, 1915 and became a second baseman who played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1944–1946), Philadelphia Phillies (1946–1948), Chicago Cubs (1948–1950) and Boston Braves (1950). Verban batted and threw right-handed. Verban was a second baseman noted primarily for his fielding with four National League…
The New York Times reported that Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner’s chief political backer, Ken Griffin, made $1.3 billion last year as manager of the hedge fund Citadel Capital. Griffin made as much personally as 26,000 average Americans making the median wage. He made as much as 16,000 civil engineers. Griffin made $625,000 per…