There are 66 article(s) tagged Memphis Redbirds:

• July 2020

  • Memphis manager Ben Johnson busy, just not on baseball field

    He's not managing this season because COVID-19 wiped out the minor league season, but Memphis Redbirds skipper Ben Johnson has players to call and a "honey do" list that just won't quit.

    By Don Wade July 10, 2020

• June 2020

  • It’s official: No professional baseball at AutoZone Park this summer

    MLB will have a 60-game season, but with no minor-league season, no St. Louis Cardinals "taxi squad" working out in Memphis and no pop-up league for minor-league free agents. AutoZone Park will not have any pro baseball this year.

    By Don Wade June 24, 2020

  • Calkins: The hardest Father’s Day of them all

    Pete Wickham should be taking his son, Matt, to a Redbirds game today. But Pete was diagnosed with a brain tumor and Matt — who is autistic and intellectually disabled — is locked down with COVID-19. Somehow, this very difficult Father's Day has become a reminder of what it's all about. 

    By Geoff Calkins June 21, 2020

• May 2020

  • Ben Johnson knows of racial prejudice, but believes America can do better

    The son of a black mother and a white father, Memphis Redbirds manager Ben Johnson grew up in Whitehaven and Germantown with a foot in both worlds. Even after recent events in Minneapolis, he hasn't lost hope for a more civilized America. 

    By Don Wade May 31, 2020

  • Sports Notebook: NBA mulls plans; an assist from Conley; AAC is Texas-bound

    If the NBA resumes, it is doubtful the Grizzlies will play at FedExForum. And don't hold your breath that there will be baseball at AutoZone Park. 

    By Don Wade May 25, 2020

• March 2020

  • Playing without fans in AutoZone Park no help to Memphis 901 FC, Redbirds

    "There's no playbook for this," Memphis 901 FC/Redbirds owner Peter Freund says of trying to navigate what lies ahead for city's USL soccer team and Triple-A baseball team. 

    By Don Wade March 20, 2020

  • MLB spring training camps closed as Cardinals and Redbirds head home

    From Memphis Redbirds principal owner Peter Freund, to Memphis manager Ben Johnson and St. Louis Cardinals coach Stubby Clapp, COVID-19 is now very real on a professional and personal level.

    By Don Wade March 14, 2020

  • Memphis sports scene: suspensions, postponements, cancellations

    The Memphis sports scene has been met with a wave of cancellations from schools and profession teams. 

    By Jonah Jordan March 12, 2020

  • MLB to cease operations for at least a month; Memphis Redbirds impacted too

    CBU’s baseball program was taking a hiatus and the Rhodes College season looked to be finished.

    By Don Wade March 12, 2020

• February 2020

  • Former Redbird ready to build on 2019 success with Cardinals

    Lefty reliever Tyler Webb had the best season in 2019 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and the former Memphis Redbird goes to spring training with new-found confidence. 

    By Don Wade February 16, 2020

  • Cardinals’ Jack Flaherty brings a little bit Bob Gibson, a little bit Kobe to plate

    After a 2019 season in which he often dominated the opposition, St. Louis Cardinals starter Jack Flaherty aims to bring the same focus and bulldog mentality to 2020.

    By Don Wade February 10, 2020

• January 2020

  • Cardinals Caravan, with ace Jack Flaherty, stops at AutoZone Park

    In town with the annual Cardinals Caravan, St. Louis starting pitcher Jack Flaherty says the Cardinals just ran into a “hot team” in the NLCS and that there is no place in the game for cheating of any kind. 

    By Don Wade January 17, 2020

• December 2019

  • Ben Johnson returning as Memphis Redbirds manager

    Ben Johnson, who starred in baseball and football at Germantown High, is returning for his second season as manager of the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds and is armed with the knowledge acquired in season one. 

    By Don Wade December 11, 2019

• November 2019

  • The Early Word: New Eggleston Foundation, police shortage and reaching peak peak

    It’s Wednesday, Nov. 27. We saw (heard?) a string of storms last night, but you can expect today to be windy but sunny. The Grizz take on the Clippers tonight at FedExForum, while everyone else will be doing last-minute grocery store runs to buy ingredients they forgot.

    By Mary Cashiola November 27, 2019

  • MLB contraction proposal could affect Redbirds owner Peter Freund

    MLB has a proposal to eliminate more than 40 minor-league affiliated teams; while the Memphis Triple-A team is not directly impacted, Redbirds owner Peter Freund's Short Season A team, the Williamsport Crosscutters, a Philadelphia Phillies affiliate, is on the preliminary hit list. 

    By Don Wade November 27, 2019

• October 2019

  • Wade: St. Louis Cardinals did more with less, but still not near enough

    The St. Louis Cardinals' season might have lasted longer than expected, but the end confirmed change is needed going forward.

    By Don Wade October 20, 2019

  • Stubby Clapp to interview for Pittsburgh manager’s job

    St. Louis Cardinals first base coach and former Redbirds skipper Stubby Clapp, who won two PCL Manager of the Year awards in Memphis, will interview for the Pittsburgh Pirates manager's job. 

    By Don Wade October 19, 2019

• September 2019

  • After winning titles in Memphis, Stubby Clapp in race for a pennant with Cardinals

    Former Memphis Redbirds manager Stubby Clapp is on the front lines as first base coach as St. Louis Cardinals pursue playoff berth.

    By Don Wade September 17, 2019

  • AutoZone Park gets new playing surface

    AutoZone Park has a new Bermuda hybrid playing surface in time for the Triple-A National Championship Game and the end of the Memphis 901 FC season.

    By Don Wade September 16, 2019

  • Redbirds’ season over, but several players join St. Louis Cardinals

    With a late push, the Memphis Redbirds stayed in the playoff hunt until the last series of the season. Manager Ben Johnson, a Germantown High School graduate, hopes to be back in 2020.

    By Don Wade September 05, 2019

• August 2019

  • Memphis Redbirds Notebook: September call-ups soon to be few and far between

    This September represents a last, best, opportunity for some Memphis Redbirds to get that late call-up to St. Louis; next season, MLB rule changes will drop the September active roster limit from 40 to 28.

    By Don Wade August 26, 2019

  • AutoZone Park’s tattered playing field to be replaced

    Weather and the lifespan of the field – not the combination of  baseball and soccer at AutoZone Park – are the main reasons the grass surface soon will be replaced.

    By Don Wade August 25, 2019

  • No. 2 pick Ja Morant is already First Grizzly

    Grizzlies rookie point guard Ja Morant hasn't even played his first NBA game and already he is the new, hope-filled, face of the franchise.

    By Don Wade August 23, 2019

  • Finding his rhythm: Redbirds’ Ben Johnson more comfortable in the manager’s seat

    Germantown High grad and first-year Memphis Redbirds manager Ben Johnson is growing in the job and, of late, his team has played quite well.  

    By Don Wade August 22, 2019

  • Growing up in the game

    Memphis Redbirds outfielder Dylan Carlson, the St. Louis Cardinals’ No. 2 prospect, has had one goal ever since he can remember: be a major-league baseball player. Now, he’s very close.

    By Don Wade August 21, 2019