Albert Pujols, revered St. Louis baseball legend, doubled in Monday’s victory for career extra-base hit number 1,378. That moved Pujols ahead of his late friend Stan Musial for No. 3 all-time in MLB history. Given The Man’s fondness for Pujols, I think he’d be happy...
Thank goodness for the three hits and the exhilarating home run that reanimated Busch Stadium and moved the Cardinals forward while taking us back in time. Thanks for the memories … those that are old and cherished like a fading but endearing family photo … and those...
I was there at Coors Field when rookie Albert Pujols, age 21, made his MLB debut for the Cardinals, batting sixth in the lineup. The Rockies slammed the Cardinals 8-0 that day, but Pujols singled in the top of the 7th for his first big-league hit. That was a cool...
BERNIE BITS Five things I want to see from the Blues over their final 38 games of the regular season … 1) Improve on the road. This is important because the Blues will play 21 of their final 38 games away from Enterprise Center. At 9-8-3 they’re barely above average...
God Bless Stan Musial, who died on this day in 2013. What an honor it was to know him, spend time with him, write about him, and be at the White House to cover the ceremony on the day he received the Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama. “There’s...
This is the way it used to be. This is how it should be done. This is an old-time baseball career. An illustrious old-time baseball career in the sport’s present-day platform. A forever partnership and relationship. You play 19 seasons for the same team. You...
Yadier Molina is doing Yadier Molina things. Catching, hitting, throwing, leading. Being indestructible. Being Yadier Molina. Still Yadi after all these years. Yadier Molina decided to skip the part where Yadier Molina declines as a player. That’s because Yadier...
In his final home game at Coors Field, in his last at-bat as the core of the Colorado Rockies, Nolan Arenado lost a seven-pitch duel against Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw. After fouling off three consecutive pitches, Arenado succumbed to Kershaw’s Hall of Fame slider....
There was confusion on social media Monday night, with Deidre Pujols posting a loving, heartfelt message in tribute to her husband, Albert Pujols. “Today is the first day of the last season of one of the most remarkable careers in sports!” Deidre Pujols wrote, in...
