Cardinals in the Appalachian League – 1975 to present
The first league-affiliated club from Johnson City, Tennessee was the Soldiers. They began play in 1910 and competed for four years in that decade, four during the Twenties and returned to the...
View ArticleMaloney guides Memphis back from the dead
Monday night’s game might have appeared like any other as the Memphis Redbirds took a 5-2 win over Omaha at AutoZone Park. It wasn’t. The win in game 109 put the Redbirds on the same lofty perch as...
View ArticleTop Cardinals minor league managers – 1966 to present
As I sat down to write an article commending the excellent managing job done in 2009 by Memphis’ Chris Maloney, I couldn’t help but recall the last time the Redbirds were in the playoffs. Here is a...
View ArticleCardinals top minor league manager – Chris Maloney
Not only does Chris Maloney manage at the highest level of the St. Louis Cardinals system, at Triple-A Memphis, he is also the winningest one in terms of regular season action since at least 1966....
View ArticleThe Cardinal Nation Blog top stories of 2009 #13: Memphis and Springfield...
The youngest Triple-A and Double-A clubs in baseball both made the playoffs, the first time that was accomplished by Cardinals’ clubs in a quarter of a century. Despite a down year overall across the...
View ArticleThe Cardinal Nation Blog 2011 top story #7: Mo’s man Matheny
The changing of the managerial guard for the St. Louis Cardinals had not occurred in the last decade and a half and of course, never on the watch of general manager John Mozeliak. That officially...
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