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1964 Game 26: Cardinals at Phillies
May 10, 1964 St. Louis Cardinals (14-11) At Philadelphia Phillies (14-7) “That’s what I’m here for” – Roy McMillan The game 26 lineup: Ray Sadecki’s previous outing may have given his manager, Johnny Keane, a lot of confidence in him – but it may…
1964 Games 24 & 25: Cardinals at Mets
May 9, 1964 Game 1 St. Louis Cardinals (13-10) At New York Mets (5-17) “Ron Hunt doubled on a ‘cripple’ pitch” – Post Dispatch The game 24 lineup: The 1st scheduled double-header of the season – and believe me they had a lot. Roger…
1964 Game 23: Cardinals at Mets
May 8, 1964 St. Louis Cardinals (12-10) At New York Mets (5-16) “That’s what I’m here for” – Roy McMillan The game 23 lineup: I’m starting to figure out that while I thought Sunday’s would be full of content – they’re not. The quote…
1964 Game 22: Cardinals at Mets
May 7, 1964 St. Louis Cardinals (12-9) At New York Mets (4-16) “That’s how I play the game.” – Johnny Keane The game 22 lineup: Woo, ain’t nothing like getting to play the Mets. Free wins everybody! No way you can lose to the…
1964 Game 21: Cardinals at Pirates
May 7, 1964 St. Louis Cardinals (11-9) At Pittsburgh Pirates (11-8) “I was all messed up” – Curt Simmons The game 21 lineup: It won’t shock you to see that the Cardinals were facing a lefty – Bob Veale – a pitcher they just…
1964 Game 20: Cardinals at Pirates
May 6, 1964 St. Louis Cardinals (11-8) At Pittsburgh Pirates (10-8) “Oh no, here we go again” – Ray Sadecki The game 20 lineup: What we’ve seen in recent games – and I’ve only hinted at – was what was leading up to this…
1964 Game 19: Phillies at Cardinals
May 5, 1964 Philadelphia Phillies (10-5) At St. Louis Cardinals (10-8) “There was constant pressure and no margin for error.” – Howie Pollet The game 19 lineup: After the preceding day, there was great wonder if the beanballs would be continuing on to this…
1964 Game 18: Phillies at Cardinals
May 4, 1964 Philadelphia Phillies (10-4) At St. Louis Cardinals (9-8) “Chicken.” – Dennis Bennett on Bob Gibson The game 18 lineup: It was time to take on the Mighty Phillies. While the Cardinals spent the plurality of the 1964 season in 5th place,…
1964 Game 17: Pirates at Cardinals
May 3, 1964 Pittsburgh Pirates (8-7) At St. Louis Cardinals (9-7) “I couldn’t believe it” – Ernie Broglio The game 17 lineup: First, let me say this: The Cardinals played 169 games total in the 1964 season. So this puts me at the 1/10th…
1964 Game 16: Pirates at Cardinals
May 2, 1964 Pittsburgh Pirates (7-7) At St. Louis Cardinals (9-6) “How did this happen?” – Tim McCarver The game 16 lineup: Yeah, that quote is from 2011. Sue me. 60 years ago today the Cardinals played the Pirates, but also 60 years ago…
1964 Game 15: Pirates at Cardinals
May 1, 1964 Pittsburgh Pirates (7-6) At St. Louis Cardinals (8-6) “I’m not a slowball pitcher” – Roger Craig The game 15 lineup: Uh oh, a Roger Craig start. What kind of luck is this one going to have? The days before he did…
1964 Game 14: Mets at Cardinals
April 29, 1964 New York Mets (2-9) At St. Louis Cardinals (7-6) “With the junk I throw, I have to be sharp.” – Bobby Shantz The game 14 lineup: You couldn’t give a bigger gift to the Cardinals following an embarrassing series lost to…
1964 Game 13: Mets at Cardinals
April 28, 1964 New York Mets (2-8) At St. Louis Cardinals (6-6) “We just don’t have enough Italians in this league” – Ernie Broglio The game 13 lineup: The quote above was apparently in reference to Phil Gagliano getting a start. Ueck is back!…
1964 Game 12: Colt 45’s at Cardinals
April 26, 1964 Houston Colt 45’s (5-6) At St. Louis Cardinals (6-5) “Did you ever hear of a ballplayer asking an umpire if a runner tagged up?” – 3B Umpire Mel Steiner The game 12 lineup: I want you to think about that quote…
1964 Game 11: Colt 45’s at Cardinals
April 24, 1964 Houston Colt 45’s (4-6) At St. Louis Cardinals (6-4) “Sometimes I wish I could hit in the middle” – Red Schoendienst The game 11 lineup: Wait, what’s that quote? OK. That’s an old quote. It’s a quote from a few days…
1964 Game 10: Colt 45’s at Cardinals
April 23, 1964 Houston Colt 45’s (4-5) At St. Louis Cardinals (5-4) “I was just happy to be in position to score” – Dick Groat The game 10 lineup: That’s what she said. That quote might seem weird. Maybe it seems a little spot…
1964 Game 9: Dodgers at Cardinals
April 23, 1964 Los Angeles Dodgers (1-7) At St. Louis Cardinals (5-3) “Ron Taylor failed again.” – Post Dispatch The game 8 lineup: Ooof that’s a harsh quote. And it gives the game away, doesn’t it? Well, alternatively this game was one of those…
1964 Game 8: Dodgers at Cardinals
April 22, 1964 Los Angeles Dodgers (1-6) At St. Louis Cardinals (4-3) “A poor man’s Sandy Koufax” – Curt Simmons on himself The game 8 lineup: Ahhh, the Cardinals home opener. The local holiday in St. Louis. Now the actual opening day wasn’t a…
1964 Game 7: Cardinals at Colt 45’s
April 20, 1964 St. Louis Cardinals 4-2 At Houston Colt 45’s 2-3 “Ugh, I don’t want to write about this game.” – Me The game 7 lineup: This is one of those games folks. You get 1 or 2 of them during the season.…
1964 Game 6: Cardinals at Colt 45’s
April 19, 1964 St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 At Houston Colt 45’s 2-2 “When Bob needed a little extra, he always reached back and got it.” – Tim McCarver The game 6 lineup: Maybe there’s someone out there that doesn’t know the Houston Colt 45’s…
1964 Game 5: Cardinals at Giants
April 18, 1964 St. Louis Cardinals 2-2 At San Francisco Giants 3-1 “Red told me to lean back and fire and let my arm do the job.” – Ernie Broglio The game 5 lineup: Here we see the Cardinals have abandoned their set lineup…
1964 Game 4: Cardinals at Giants
April 17, 1964 St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 At San Francisco Giants 2-1 “If I win, I’m going to hold onto the handwarmer even if it’s 110 degrees outside” – Roger Craig, looking for any good luck charm The Game 4 Lineup: Roger Craig is…
1964 Game 3: Cardinals at Giants
April 16, 1964 Game 3 St. Louis Cardinals (1-1) At San Francisco Giants (2-0) Once again it’s up to the pitcher to do it all. The Game 3 Lineup: I can’t help but wonder what the actual reputation of Ernie Broglio was at this…
1964 Game 2: Cardinals at Dodgers
Game 2 St. Louis Cardinals 0-1 At Los Angeles Dodgers 1-0 Bob Gibson, held out to make sure he didn’t face Sandy Koufax, instead got to match up with another Hall of Famer: Don Drysdale. The Game 2 lineup: Tim McCarver’s first start of…
1964 Game 1: Cardinals at Dodgers
1964. What a year. What a crazy year. If you don’t know how this year went…stay tuned. We’re going to go over every game of the season. You’ll see the ups and downs. Mostly, you’ll see the down. And then they are going to…
2024 St. Louis Cardinals Predictions
Looking forward to the 2024 St. Louis Cardinals season. You’re probably sitting here wondering what exactly is going to happen this year to your favorite players. Well wonder no more. I’m going to tell you. And I 100% guarantee this will happen, or you…
HOF Pace Tracker – 2023 Paul Goldschmidt
Back to 2023 HOF Pace Tracker AGE 35 Tracked Career 42.0 WAR – 46.5 WAR Floor Level Hall of Famer Year 2.1 WAR Average Hall of Famer Year 2.6 WAR Goldschmidt, Paul 2023: 3.7 WAR Career: 57.4 WAR Remember a few years ago, when everyone…
Extra! Extra! Mighty Mite Mashes Matty!
What if I told you that the only home run Christy Mathewson gave up over a total of two entire years was to a St. Louis Cardinal. What if I also told you it was to a pitcher? A soft hitting pitcher? Who was…
Vince Coleman Gets His Phil
“That’s the dumbest thing I ever heard” said one writer to future Hall of Famer Richie Ashburn. “How could you say a thing like that, as long as you’ve been around baseball?” said another. Richie was just trying to help. And the Phillies needed…
2023 HOF Era Committee Predictions
It’s Hall of Fame season! I love Hall of Fame season. So you’ll have to put up with a lot of Hall of Fame content. If that’s your bag, you’ll be pleased! If that’s not your bag, well, you’re probably not actually reading this…
1934 World Series Game 1 – The Experience
Just trust me – watch the video. You don’t need my behind the scenes comments below. Just click through and watch the video. You’re still here? Fine. I’ll tell you how this happened. The 1934 World Series is the earliest World Series we have…
2023 HOF Pace Tracker Update 7
For the 2022 Hall of Fame Tracker, with a lengthy analysis of each player’s case, click HERE. For update 1 (and an explainer of how this works) click HEREFor update 2 click HEREFor update 3 click HEREFor update 4 click HEREFor update 5 click HEREFor update 6 click HERE This is…
Jordan Walker, Get Out(s)
Much has been said about Jordan Walker’s defense this year. It’s easy to see why. He’s been one of the worst defenders we’ve ever seen. This isn’t his fault. He’s playing a new position, for a team that has repeatedly handled his development like…
Deadline News Addiction
Have you heard the latest rumors? I don’t know. I have to be honest. It’s hard to keep up. Arenado wants to stay a Cardinal, or he only wants to be a Dodger, or he wants to get out and be anywhere. The TV…
Trader Jack
I have been waiting for years for the Cardinals to get rid of Jack Flaherty. And by years, I mean, almost since the beginning. Since well before his 2019 post-All-Star game Gibson imitation. I believe my rationale for this was sound. First of all,…
Cards Clapback – Week 16-17 St. Louis Cardinals recap
Welcome back to Cards Clapback, boy the Cardinals are looking set up for 24 already aren’t they? It’s been about 10 days since we last talked, and it that time they’d DFAd a few guys and made a deal for a rookie league catcher.…
Cardinal Passion
June 22, 1990 the absolute trash last place Cardinals were playing in Wrigley. And for 8 year-old-me, an out-of-tower desperate to see the Cardinals whenever I possibly could, I was ready for this game. With a VHS tape queued up to tape it, the…
2023 HOF Pace Tracker Update 6
For the 2022 Hall of Fame Tracker, with a lengthy analysis of each player’s case, click HERE. For update 1 (and an explainer of how this works) click HEREFor update 2 click HEREFor update 3 click HEREFor update 4 click HEREFor update 5 click…
The Best Trade Mo Never Made
As we head into the 2023 trade deadline, the Cardinals sit, let’s see, a gazillion games out of the playoffs, and with every intent to be sellers at the trade deadline. Being sellers may fittingly send the team to the cellar as they would…
Mark Twain Murdered a Kid (A Baseball Story)
Welcome to CardAnnals.CardAnnals is an all consuming passion to tell the complete history of the St. Louis Cardinals.You will find amazing stories you had no idea existed.If this is your first CardAnnals post, know that it’s meant to be read as a series, and…
Dead Moms and Shocking Racism
Welcome to CardAnnals.CardAnnals is an all consuming passion to tell the complete history of the St. Louis Cardinals.You will find amazing stories you had no idea existed.If this is your first CardAnnals post, know that it’s meant to be read as a series, and…
Cards Clapback Week 14: Mo Trades Mo Problems
Welcome back to Cards Clapback, the All-star game is over, the Cardinals sit at minus 14, at 38-52, and well out of contention with nothing super exciting to talk about on the field.But it’s TRADE SEASON, with the deadline just a bit over two…
The Worst Trade in Cardinals History
With how bad the Cardinal’s season has been, you’d have almost thought that the All-Star break would be a welcome relief from all of the misery. Nope. It’s been a spotlight on the front office’s failures, as fans watched Randy Arozarena and Adolis Garcia…
Those Magic Moments Part II
This is all about finding beauty in baseball, purely for the sake of baseball. That’s what you have to go for watching the 2023 Cardinals. This ain’t about a playoff hunt. This is about the day to day emotions of watching a baseball team,…
Cards Clapback Week 14: Best and Worst Fans
Welcome back to Cards Clapback, hey another unspectacular week is behind us, the Cardinals continue to be 9.5 games out of first, the season is now halfway over, and like I said last week, so are their playoff hopes, so we have to focus…
Scott Rolen Topps Cards: The Official Ranking
OK, I admit. I collect baseball cards. Pretty fervently. I’m sitting in a room with around 100,000 of them. I just love baseball, and history, and also I clearly have brain damage. It’s a terrible combination. I have a serious day job in the…
Those Magic Moments
2023 is a different sort of year for the Cardinals. There isn’t much need to be staring at standings at this point. If the Cardinals win 18 out of 20 or something, we can happily start dreaming again about the Hunt for Red October,…
Wainwronged
Adam Wainwright took the hill in London. He got shelled. In the subsequent days, he went on to delete his Twitter account, at least temporarily, and the obvious reason as to why has to be the negative commentary being lobbed in his direction by…
Cards Clapback: You Deserve Better
See the video here: Two clapbacks in one thanks to the early game last Monday, but you didn’t miss much anyway. Last time I talked about how if the Cardinals had at least a chance of rebounding if they canned Oli Marmol, at the…
London Home Run? No. Run Home
Please, please almighty God, please let that famous London Fog overtake the stadium the next few days, cancel the games, and save the St. Louis Cardinals. I say this, God, because if you don’t step in personally, then other Gods will. The Gods of…
Chicagoed
Welcome to CardAnnals.CardAnnals is an all consuming passion to tell the complete history of the St. Louis Cardinals.You will find amazing stories you had no idea existed.If this is your first CardAnnals post, know that it’s meant to be read as a series, and…
The Great Dizzy Dean at Rickwood Field
Rickwood Field is a pretty cool ballpark, with a pretty cool history. And you’re going to get fed a lot of it over the next year, with the announcement that an MLB game will be played there by the San Francisco Giants and the…
Freese Warning
David Freese has chosen to not be a Cardinals Hall of Famer. He’s gotten a lot of praise for this move. I’ve seen a lot of people who have said, ‘Good for him!’ for essentially recognizing that he isn’t deserving. Good for him for…
Cards Clapback Week 11: The Obvious Problem
Once again, this is my loose writeup for the video, if reading is your thing, and watchin’ ain’t your thing, then read on my friends. But why you would want to read about the 2023 Cardinals, God only knows. Anyway… When we last left…
Grand Avenue Ball Grounds
Welcome to CardAnnals.CardAnnals is an all consuming passion to tell the complete history of the St. Louis Cardinals.You will find amazing stories you had no idea existed.If this is your first CardAnnals post, know that it’s meant to be read as a series, and…
It’s not Personal, Oli. It’s strictly business.
The time has come to fire Oli Marmol. I know. Media and bloggers will need their fainting couch at such a statement. Fans with profiles like “Cardinals fan, but a smart one, not one of THOSE BFIB morons” will scoff, roll their eyes, and…
Cards Clapback: The Titanic Sinks
Watch the video. But if you can’t, here’s my rough draft complete angry rant on the pathetic week 9 & 10 of Cardinals baseball: We’re back after a one week Memorial Day hiatus, and here I have compiled all of the best highlights from…
Hero Max Muncy and His Anti-Bullying Crusade
Finally, there is one person willing to stand up to the bullies: Max Muncy. You see last week there was a series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals. And in a FAIR world, in a RIGHTEOUS world, the Dodgers would…
2023 HOF Pace Tracker Update 3
For the 2022 Hall of Fame Tracker, with lengthy analysis of each player’s case, click HERE. For update 1 (and an explainer of how this works) click HERE For update 2 click HERE This is update 3/10. We will update approximately every 16 games…
Cards Clapback: How Did They Set This Record?
Cards Clapback Week 8: The Cardinals rolled last week behind Nolan Gorman, Paul DeJong, and others. But more work has to be done before they are back to normal. These are my notes from the video – so if you only want to read…
Cards Clapback: The Cardinals Found a New Catcher?
Week 7 was great. Finally!But who is this new catcher the Cardinals got?And how is this the MLB record Paul Goldschmidt is trying to break?Plus Nolan Gorman and Nolan Arenado are killing it, and Willson Contreras is a master at getting into opponents heads.…
Cards Clapback: What the $*!% Are They Thinking?
Dear Diary: Week 6 has to be the nadir right? Has Stifel asked for their money back? Willson Contreras isn’t catching? What an absolute freaking mess. Thank the good Lord for Paul Goldschmidt.
2023 HOF Pace Tracker Update 2
For the 2022 Hall of Fame Tracker, with lengthy analysis of each player’s case, click HERE. For update 1 (and an explainer of how this works) click HERE This is update 2/10. We will update approximately every 16 games Age Player WAR since last…
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David Freese and His Epic 2011 Postseason [An OnlyCardsFans Documentary]
If all you remember are Freese’s game 6 heroics, you aren’t alone. But Freese was a hero before game 6. The Cardinals had to make the playoffs, and win the NLDS & NLCS. They couldn’t have done any of it without David Freese. Listen…
Cards Clapback: St. Louis Cardinals – The Worst Start in How Long?
Week 5 wasn’t any better than the other weeks. Really, it was worse. One win. Six losses. Oh, and we had to say goodbye to Mike Shannon. Are there bright spots? Perhaps. But a historically terrible start has to change immediately, or the fans…
Meeting Mike Shannon
“I know that’s Mike Shannon.” I remember how fervently I had to state it to my friend, my friend who didn’t even know who Mike Shannon was, but still didn’t believe me. It was for a good reason. What the Hell was Mike Shannon…
DisCardGraphy – The History of St Louis Cardinals Music
Take a musical journey through St. Louis Cardinals history, reliving just a few of their countless highlights throughout the centuries. With Stan Musial, Dizzy Dean, Rogers Hornsby, Ozzie Smith, Adam Wainwright, Yadier Molina, Jim Edmonds, and more – Stay ‘tuned’ for an announcement at…
St. Louis Cardinals News the Media Won’t Tell You
Friends, you’ve been watching the Cardinals. You’ve seen what’s going on. You know how bad it’s getting. What are you reading about? How they are never giving up? They still have faith? They’re going to turn it around? Balderdash. You hear me? Balderdash. We’re…
So You’re Telling Me There’s a Chance
The Cardinals have started the 2023 season 9-14. 5 games under .500. 7 games out of first place. It’s not a pretty picture. Every newspaper article you read, every blog post, video, podcast, social media influencer, you name it – anyone who WANTS to…
Cards Clapback: St Louis Cardinals Week 4 Recap
Another lousy week for the 2023 St. Louis Cardinals. Here we talk about the truth with the starting pitchers, what we can expect from Paul DeJong, and we try to forget our misery with the drug that is Nolan Gorman’s April.
Angry Chatter
Aren’t you tired of being talked down to by the geniuses in the media? Aren’t you tired of feeling like some writers believe they were hired only to disperse an endless barrage of condescension out on their silly, slack-jawed readers? I’m tired of it.…
St. Louis Cardinals Hitting for the Cycle
Relive Cardinals history by watching cycles by Nolan Arenado, Mark Grudzielanek, John Mabry, Ray Lankford, and Willie McGee.
The Cardinals First Cycle (the Birth of Devil Magic)
With Tommy Edman’s near cycle against the Diamondbacks, we were bound to be reminded of other Cardinal’s cycles. Nolan Arenado had the pleasure of doing it just last year in a loss – always a fun way to remember a game. He’s not alone!…
Cards Clapback: St. Louis Cardinals Week 3 Recap
After a 4-3 week, yeah, we’ve got to talk about Jordan Hicks. And also Nolan Gorman! The Cardinals could have lost every game without him! And: See the Cubs get bombed.
Booing Stan Musial
It was April 7, 1974, and Earl Weaver was mad. His Orioles had just won a baseball game. That wasn’t unusual, the Orioles had won lots of games under Earl Weaver. Since he took over the managerial duties 6 years before, they had the…
Adam Wainwright, Hall of Famer?
I…I can’t believe I’m writing this post. Seriously, Adam Wainwright has been done for years. Done. Career over. Finished. In 2014 he signed a 5-year deal for 19.5 million dollars a year to be the Cardinals ace. And in 2014, he was a bargain.…
Appreciating Tim McCarver
I’m not going to write a flowery eulogy to Tim McCarver. There’s about 9,000 posted on the Internet just in the 2 hours after he died. That fact has made me rather reflective. Tim McCarver got more praise in the hours after he died…
2023 St. Louis Cardinals Season Preview – The Cardinal Sin
Well, it’s time for the 2023 season. April is just around the corner, and the luckiest of fans will have important baseball to pay attention to for the next 7 months before we have to distract ourselves from terrible, dark thoughts by pretending we…
CardAnnals 1875: The First Professional Baseball Game Played in St Louis
Welcome to CardAnnals.CardAnnals is an all consuming passion to tell the complete history of the St. Louis Cardinals.You will find amazing stories you had no idea existed.If this is your first CardAnnals post, know that it’s meant to be read as a series, and…
CardAnnals: The Original Roster
Welcome to CardAnnals.CardAnnals is an all consuming passion to tell the complete history of the St. Louis Cardinals.You will find amazing stories you had no idea existed.If this is your first CardAnnals post, know that it’s meant to be read as a series, and…
CardAnnals Controversy 3: A Confidential Talk
Welcome to CardAnnals.CardAnnals is an all consuming passion to tell the complete history of the St. Louis Cardinals.You will find amazing stories you had no idea existed.If this is your first CardAnnals post, know that it’s meant to be read as a series, and…
CardAnnals Controversy #2: Anyone Want to Catch?
Welcome to CardAnnals.CardAnnals is an all consuming passion to tell the complete history of the St. Louis Cardinals.You will find amazing stories you had no idea existed.If this is your first CardAnnals post, know that it’s meant to be read as a series, and…
CardAnnals Controversy #1: What High School Did You Go To?
Welcome to CardAnnals.CardAnnals is an all consuming passion to tell the complete history of the St. Louis Cardinals.You will find amazing stories you had no idea existed.If this is your first CardAnnals post, know that it’s meant to be read as a series, and…
CardAnnals: Why 1875?
Welcome to CardAnnals.CardAnnals is an all consuming passion to tell the complete history of the St. Louis Cardinals.You will find amazing stories you had no idea existed.If this is your first CardAnnals post, know that it’s meant to be read as a series, and…
CardAnnals: The Players Association Or The Cubs Have Always Been Terrible
Welcome to CardAnnals.CardAnnals is an all consuming passion to tell the complete history of the St. Louis Cardinals.You will find amazing stories you had no idea existed.If this is your first CardAnnals post, know that it’s meant to be read as a series, and…