There are 32 article(s) tagged baseball:

• August 2020

  • Room Without a View: Former Redbirds manager Stubby Clapp is trapped

    Positive COVID-19 tests have postponed seven Cardinals games and left the team, including the first base coach, stranded in a Milwaukee hotel.

    By Don Wade August 05, 2020

• July 2020

  • Vada was a ballplayer, I was a kid, and that was enough

    A black baseball player near the end of his career and a white kid not old enough to drive a car. What could they possibly mean to one another? More than they could have imagined. 

    By Don Wade July 14, 2020

• April 2020

  • Baseball lifers eager for game to return

    Detroit Tigers coach Dave Clark is "power walking" and watching "Designated Survivor." Redbirds manager Ben Johnson is an "Ozark" fan and giving "Tiger King" a try as they wait for baseball to begin. 

    By Don Wade April 01, 2020

• March 2020

  • Ex-Cards pitcher Motte regrets lost CBHS season, values family time

    Former MLB pitcher Jason Motte, now pitching coach at CBHS, appreciates the unexpected family time provided by the COVID-19 pandemic/shutdown while wishing the seniors could have the season they deserve.

    By Don Wade March 26, 2020

  • Rhodes College pitcher/future doctor takes metaphorical hit from COVID-19

    Trey Sledge had a good plan: Return to Rhodes College and pitch one last season before heading to med school. And then coronavirus happened and the season ended before the best part. 

    By Don Wade March 20, 2020

• June 2019

  • Now at Triple-A, Brent Rooker knows Westeros wasn’t conquered in a day

    The thinking man’s player, Brent Rooker (ECS) is a step away from the big leagues and well aware that baseball, like life, has its own schedule.

    By Don Wade June 16, 2019

• September 2018

  • Alumni report: Arlington salutes Brady Bramlett

    Brady Bramlett has already accomplished some terrific things in his 25 years on this planet. 

    By John Varlas September 26, 2018