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At the start of the season, the Blues rolled out a well-publicized “Every Game Counts” marketing campaign.  The campaign included television and billboard complements, but the core element allowed Blues fans to purchase season ticket packages for half-price. The catch was simple.  If the Blues clinched a 2010-2011 playoff spot, the remainder of cost was [...]

According to the faux Post-Dispatch, after hearing Tony LaRussa claim that Tyler Greene might get some playing time in centerfield this season, a distracted Colby Rasmus once again made the ultimate error when reporting for flyball shagging duty this morning… The incident has given more ammo to LaRussa as he is set to begin his yearly campaign pretending [...]

The “Dynamic Deal of the Week” from stlcardinals.com this week offered fans a unique opportunity to attend an entire April series against the Pirates or Nationals from the all-inclusive Bank of America seats.  Cost? Just $23.33 per individual ticket.  Sounds like a solid deal to get to take advantage of with some friends, especially considering [...]

If you would have told me last year that St. Louis Cardinals fans have largely rallied behind one side of the table regarding the Albert Pujols extension talks, I would have bet a custom #5 jersey that it wouldn’t have been on Bill DeWitt’s side.  But as the fictional “deadline” passes without a deal being agreed [...]

To be fair, the Blues, Mizzou and SLU all suck right now. That’s 22 mentions, for those counting at home. —– email: matt@joesportsfan.com tweet: @MattSebek

My cohort Matt Sebek first brought to our attention the Nike ‘Hair-itage’ themed t-shirts that included the unmistakable silhouette of Ozzie Smith’s beard/afro combo from the early 80′s.  And while we personally felt that the obvious addition to the Cardinals roster of shirts might be someone with a famous ‘stache like Al Hrabosky or Danny Cox, [...]

The magnificent Derrick Goold over at the Post-Dispatch has been using the grandiose “Albertageddon” title to describe the Albert Pujols contract saga.  The description has caught on in St. Louis, especially on Twitter. It reached a new level on Sunday night when USAToday used the word in a column. For us, it was a cue [...]

We found out this week that, for as much scrap as the Cardinals added this year in Ryan Theriot and Nick Punto, there was also a trade-off. As GM John Mozeliak flirted with the league limit of short white middle infielders, the decision was made to cut ties with Aaron Miles. To honor his contributions [...]

Like most teams around the country, the Cardinals are searching for more and more ways to leverage their facilities during the baseball off-season.  Truth be told, it’s a worthwhile endeavor since the Busch Stadium sits dormant for nearly six months of the calendar year. While filling the stadium with 40,000 inebriated baseball fans during January [...]

If ever there is a game between rivals where a fan of the road team goes into it about 98% sure their team will lose, it’s Mizzou-Kansas.  Over the past three seasons, including one in which the Tigers were one step short of the Final Four, the average margin of victory for the Jayhawks was [...]