St. Louis vs. Cincinnati

May 18, 2011 by Daniel Shoptaw · 4 Comments

How exactly did we get here? Â How did we come from St. Louis and Cincinnati having just a passing thought in each other’s minds to a knockdown, dragout rivalry between the two squads and the two fan bases? Â And, honestly, why is there such a rivalry, Johnny Cueto notwithstanding? The history of Cardinals and Reds […]

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Book Review: “Rumor in Town”

December 4, 2008 by Mike Lynch · 1 Comment

The story of Ellsworth “Babe” Dahlgren is about more than just the life of a ballplayer. It’s about redemption, loyalty, promises made and kept, and love; love between a grandfather and grandson, between a player and his boyhood idol, and between a man and the game he fell for at age six while sitting in […]

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