First Pitches: Cardinals’ Home Opener

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I’ve been looking forward to this day for a long time. The Cardinals and the Memphis Redbirds’ home openers on the same day makes it a great day full of baseball. No one does Opening Day like the Cardinals, and it was especially amazing given the World Series win. Here’s the ceremonial first pitches by [...]

The Louisville Slugger Museum and Why Pujols Makes Bank

Hank Aaron's 700th home run bat

I’m not much of a museum person. But this one is different. It’s a baseball museum. Precisely, the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory. For $10, you get to see the museum and take a tour of the factory where the famous Louisville Slugger bats are made. If you’ve ever played softball or baseball, chances are [...]

Surgery, Tradition and Albert Pujols’ Nostrils (But Not Really the Nostrils)

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A hysterectomy is no minor procedure. Like anything involving an abdominal incision, it’s one of the biggies. So when I realized that’s the direction we were going, I made plans to live it up with my family and a few friends before being out of commission for several weeks. And we did. Beginning with WordCamp [...]

Double Header, Game Two: Leverage Social Energy to Build Loyalty

Cardinal game in August 1976 at the old Busch Stadium

Last week I wrote about how much fun I have with St. Louis Cardinal baseball and social media. This week I’m talking about how to put it to practical use. I’ve been a St. Louis Cardinal baseball fan since the days of Brock, Gibson, Torre (as a player) and just after Stan Musial. (For the [...]

Double Header, Game One: Baseball for Geeks

The ball on the right is an official National League ball I caught at Busch Stadium many years ago. The one on the left was a gift from a friend.

I grew up watching St. Louis Cardinal baseball with my dad. When we traveled, we’d listen on the radio, at home we watched games on television and at least once each summer we would see the Cards play in person at Busch Stadium. If we were away from TV and radio, we had to be [...]