Teams Will Be Part of New Model to Better Serve Fans, Players and Clubs Minor Leagues to Include Player Salary Increases, Modernized Facility Standards and Reduced Travel MLB Preserves High-Level Baseball in Communities, Expands MLB-Supported Baseball FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – February 12, 2021Major League Baseball today announced that all 120 Minor League Clubs offered an…
65 PLAYERS INVITED FOR 24TH YEAR OF TRAINING IN JUPITER, FLA ST. LOUIS, MO., February 11, 2021 – The St. Louis Cardinals will be opening their 24th year of Spring Training in Jupiter, Fla. when the team’s pitchers and catchers report on Wednesday, February 17. The Cardinals full squad will conduct their first workouts on…
Like I’ve done for the last few years, I’m working through my Cardinals projections for the upcoming season. The process this year is trickier; normally I take a 3 year average of the players stats for a portion of the projections, but this past season saw the 60 game season, so there was a little…
We got another guest post; this time, friend of the site Marcus breaks down some of the story arcs from the comics that talks Scarlet Witch and her “mental illness”. He posted this in a series of comments on Facebook and allowed me to reprint it here. I got asked about the long history of…
PREMIER FRANCHISE PLAYER SET TO ENTER 18TH SEASON AS A CARDINAL ST. LOUIS, Mo., February 9, 2021 – The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have agreed to terms with premier franchise catcher Yadier Molina on a one-year contract for the 2021 season. Financial terms were not disclosed. Molina, 38, a nine-time Rawlings Gold…
A large week of comics, with 16 new ones on the app, including 2 X of Swords books, a book of Wolverine shorts, new arcs, and the return of Empyre. No retro review this week. New This Week (Published 11/04/2020)Amazing Spider-Man #51.1Atlantis Attacks #4Avengers #38Black Widow #3Captain Marvel #24Deadpool #8Guardians of the Galaxy #8Marauders #14Miles…
I typically will grab anything Pipeworks Brewing will release, so when I saw this stout I knew I had to grab it. Pipeworks made this in collaboration with Hacienda Beer Co out of Wisconsin. Did it live up to the hype in my head? ABV: 10.5%IBU: N/AStyle: Stout – Imperial/DoubleBrewery Description: Imperial Milk Stout with…
The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s AfterlifeBrad BalukjianUniversity of Nebraska Press2020 Have you ever looked back at your old baseball cards and wondered what happened to some of the players? Brad Balukjian bought a pack of 1986 Topps and tracked down the 14 players in the pack to interview. Balukjian’s…
New Date For Chicago (August 27-29, 2021); New Date For St. Louis (May 6-8, 2022, site TBD); Cleveland TBD 2022; All Tickets To Be Honored On Rescheduled Dates LOS ANGELES, February 4, 2021 – Wizard Brands, Inc. (OTCBB:WIZD) today announced that its scheduled 2021 live events in Cleveland (Feb. 26-28), St. Louis (March 12-14) and…
The Cardinals kept the surprises going on Thursday by trading Dexter Fowler and $12.75M to the Los Angeles Angels for a player to be later or cash. The deal clears out an outfield spot on the roster; Fowler was penciled in as the right fielder to start the season. Now Dylan Carlson will probably be…
OUTFIELDER DEXTER FOWLER DEALT FOR PLAYER-TO-BE-NAMED OR CASH ST. LOUIS, Mo., February 4, 2021 – The St. Louis Cardinals announced this evening that they have traded veteran outfielder Dexter Fowler to the Los Angeles Angels in exchange for a player-to-be-named-later or cash considerations. “We are extremely grateful for everything that Dexter has done for us…
