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In Memory of Former St. Louis Cardinals – 2018. In our 13th annual feature, we remember 11 former #stlcards who passed away during the last year, including Hall of Famer Red Schoendienst. (free) https://t.co/9Cwy7h1HdT pic.twitter.com/am9kz7Vg6R
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) January 2, 2019
Former #stlcards IF prospect Breyvic Valera will either remain with BAL, but off the 40-man roster or move to his third post-Cards organization (LAD was the other). https://t.co/1yIACJcmoz
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) January 4, 2019
The Pirates today hired David Eckstein as a Special Assistant, Baseball Operations.
Eckstein, the younger brother of Pirates hitting coach Rick Eckstein, played in the big leagues for 10 seasons from 2001-10 with Anaheim, St. Louis, Toronto, Arizona and San Diego.
— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) January 5, 2019
SF is Valera's 4th organization since April – #STLCards LAD, Bal prior. https://t.co/BiAs0Y5Qay
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) January 6, 2019
The most recent news on Chris Duncan’s battle against brain cancer:
Dunc will be taking a permanent leave from 101 ESPN to continue his fight against cancer and focus on health. If you pray, please keep him in your prayers. If you don't, keep him in your thoughts. He is our brother and we miss him deeply@AnthonyStalter @Bettlach101ESPN
— TheTurn101ESPN (@TheTurn_101ESPN) January 7, 2019
The Cards’ 2012 first rounder was never able to make the final step…
Congrats to former #STLCards first round draft pick @jamesramsey23 who has been hired by Georgia Tech as their hitting coach.
— Rob Rains (@RobRains) January 7, 2019
#WhiteSox in serious discussions with free-agent outfielder Jon Jay, sources tell me and @ByRobertMurray.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) January 8, 2019
Jaime García will announce his retire today. #STLCards
— Alex Carrión Velo (@alexc_velo) January 9, 2019
Alex Mejia heads to Mexico to keep playing.
https://www.milb.com/mexican/news/alex-mej237a-jugar225-con-acereros/c-303129430
#DBacks in agreement with free-agent reliever Greg Holland on one-year deal, pending physical, sources tell me and @Ken_Rosenthal.
— Robert Murray (@ByRobertMurray) January 30, 2019
Greg Holland gets $3.5 million from the #Dbacks, per @JonHeyman
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) January 30, 2019
Free agent Bud Norris has switched agencies at an interesting time, less than 2 weeks before spring training. He has hired the Ballengee group.
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) February 1, 2019
Back in the day, didn’t Baltimore have a soft hitting slick fielding SS by the name of Mark Ballengee? Must be related to this agency one would guess.
RHP Arturo Reyes, released by #stlcards off the Triple-A Memphis roster in July, has signed a minor league deal with Tampa Bay. pic.twitter.com/UxGsDMm3NL
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) February 3, 2019
Mark Belanger
Right on, Scotty! From what I heard, both Belanger and his skipper(Earl Weaver), were pretty much Marlboro cigarette chain smokers back in the day. Another player from that era who couldn’t wait to get that third out, so to get off the field and sneak away for a few quick puffs, was Don Gullet of Cincinnati. I would think there were many other ball players from the 70’s who would literally walk a mile for a Camel. Anyone know of any Cardinal players who enjoyed lighting up? Reflecting back to when I was a kid in the 70’s, it’s getting kind of hazy as to what places it was acceptable to smoke…..I’m pretty sure they had ash trays positioned throughout grocery stores. You could smoke in banks. I came from a non-smoking household, but I recall being in friends homes where ashtrays were littered all about. I even recall smelling cigarette smoke from the stall next to me during confession.
Josh Zeid pitched in 33 games for the 2017 Memphis Redbirds. https://t.co/fjRPVPSzap
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) February 9, 2019
After sitting out for three years, now 30-year old former #stlcards C Cody Stanley has signed with the Sugar Land (TX) Skeeters of the independent Atlantic League. https://t.co/TglT3WBIH0
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) February 10, 2019
I think Scrabble has more than nine lives. He signed a minor league deal with Arizona.
Officially official. The Arizona Diamondbacks have signed Marc Rzepczynski and Ricky Nolasco to 1-year Minor League Free Agent Contracts. They have been assigned to Reno. pic.twitter.com/oytBA0HLjW
— Reno Aces (@Aces) February 9, 2019
Speaking of Ricky “Ricardo” Nolasco, did you know that he has made in excess of 81 million dollars in his baseball career? I bet he’s glad he didn’t decide to enter the teaching profession, as it would have cost him about a cool 80 million in career earnings.
The mention of Mark Belanger and Earl Weaver in this thread has me sending condolences to the family of the great Frank Robinson.
F Robby never played with the Cardinals, but battered us around for 10 years as a Red, and his best buddy Vada Pinson suited up for us for a season. And of course Curt Flood tagged along with those guys now and then as well.
RIP Frank. You showed Bill DeWitt Sr. what a mistake he made when he called you an “old 30” back in the day, and traded you.
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