Great Talk with Danny Mac & Martin – October 1, 2025
A look at the Cardinals press conference as they move from Mozeliak to Bloom running the ship. What are the key takeaways? Thoughts on keeping Marmol, downtown safety, player development and more. We also chat about the team's rebuild in comparison to other clubs like...
The 2025 Cardinals: Where Did It All Go Wrong? Plus Year End Grades – From the Many Laptops of Will Saulsbery
As we witness the end of the Mozeliak era and the dawn of the Age of Bloom, I want answers about 2025. I want to know where it all went wrong. And, as I drove to meet the Great Danny Mac for coffee last week at the amazing MAC West it hit me like a Bob Gibson fastball...
Springfield blanks Tulsa in soggy Texas League semifinals; advances to first Championship Series since 2012
In the wee hours of a damp muggy overnight haze, Luis Gastelum struck out Tulsa Drillers’ shortstop Sean McLain and bedlam ensued as the Springfield Cardinals hugged each other in the infield and a handful of diehard supporters that endured a three-hour rain delay...
Cade Winquest gets a grip on slider to take firm hold with Springfield
A sharp fastball and 12-6 curveball that he’s commanded since he was 12 years old helped Cade Winquest pile up strikeouts at University of Texas-Arlington and persuaded the Cardinals to draft the righthander in the 8th round of the 2022 MLB Draft. But Winquest knew he...
The Greatest Cardinals Lineup I’ve Ever Seen – From the Many Laptops of Will Saulsbery
As the air turns to Autumn my mind turns to nostalgia. The teams of years gone by. The players, the fans in the stands, the sound of the roar from Clark echoing through the canyons of downtown. There were times of joy, despair, jubilation, and confetti below...
Hope, Stress, Joy, and a St. Louis Cardinals Playoff Run? – From the Many Laptops of Will Saulsbery
Let’s do this. I’m in. I love October, I love it more with local baseball on the telly. Can our Birds do it? Why the heck not? As you read this the St.Louis Cardinals are 61-61 having played 122 of their scheduled 162 games. 40 contests left. 40 opportunities to...
Sonny Gray: An Ace in the Way it Matters Most – From the many Laptops of Will Saulsbery
His numbers are good, not great. The respect from fans and media can be best described as “tepid.” But, I argue he has been what he was signed to be, an Ace. Now that I’ve lost 73% of readers who will now leave scathing comments after reading a sentence, how about us...
Pete Hansen miffs Arkansas with new gyro slider, helps Springfield staff close dominant July
The dog days of August arrived with mild weather forecast, and after a scorching July for lefty Pete Hansen and Springfield’s pitching staff, cooler temperatures are the best hope Texas League opponents have for some relief. Hansen went 3-0 and struck out 29 batters...
Blow It Up, Tear It Down, Start All Over Again – From the Many Laptops of Will Saulsbery
They’ve broken me, my Cardinals. This team seems so distant, non-understandable, endlessly frustrating and filled with unmet potential. I wrote multiple times about how good this team could be. Multiple former and future All-Stars, former top 5 Cy Young finishers, MVP...
“We’re not making a mockery of the game”: Banana Ball in St. Louis convinces a skeptic
Wearing a red superhero cape, Savannah Bananas’ right fielder Reese Alexiades turned a routine fly-ball into an acrobatic flip-catch on the first pitch of Banana Ball in St. Louis on Friday night, and with that, two hours of frantic baseball and sensory overload was...