There are 23 article(s) tagged Stubby Clapp:

• May 2020

  • Hard habit to break: Coronavirus risk will mean ‘there’s no spitting in baseball’

    If MLB games return amid the pandemic, they will do so minus the time-honored baseball tradition of near-constant spitting — or at least that's the goal.

    By Don Wade May 22, 2020

• April 2020

  • Is the handshake in sports going, going, gone?

    The handshake is a time-honored tradition in sports (mostly), but Dr. Anthony Fauci's suggestion that we never shake hands again could change this ritual of sportsmanship at every level and, in turn, the way competitors view the games and one another. 

    By Don Wade April 30, 2020

• March 2020

  • Still the One: The 20th anniversary of AutoZone Park’s opening a milestone for Memphis

    Twenty years ago to great fanfare, AutoZone Park opened its doors to Memphians for the first time. It was the beginning of a beautiful friendship. 

    By Don Wade March 29, 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

• October 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

• July 2019

  • As coach with St. Louis Cardinals, Stubby Clapp looks for every edge

    Former Memphis Redbirds manager Stubby Clapp already has more time as a St. Louis Cardinals coach than he ever did as a player – and he's discovered that the winning matters more than ever.

    By Don Wade July 20, 2019

  • Baseball Podcast: Catching up with Stubby Clapp

    St. Louis Cardinals first base coach and former Redbirds manager and player Stubby Clapp joins Daily Memphian sportswriter Don Wade to talk about the Cardinals in the pennant race, his role with the team, and to relive a few Memphis memories.

    By Natalie Van Gundy July 19, 2019

• April 2019

  • Baseball Podcast: Opening Day

    It's Opening Day for The Daily Memphian Baseball Podcast, as sportswriter Don Wade and guest Frank Murtaugh of Memphis Magazine and The Memphis Flyer talk about baseball memories from summers past.

    By Natalie Van Gundy April 25, 2019

• March 2019

  • Former Redbirds manager Stubby Clapp learning on the job as Cardinals coach

    Former Memphis Redbirds manager Stubby Clapp had proved all there was to prove at Triple-A. His reward: a promotion to St. Louis to be first base and infield coach.

    By Don Wade March 25, 2019

  • Home Again: Memphis Redbirds manager Ben Johnson back where it all began

    He went to his first St. Louis Cardinals game at age 2, was drafted by the Cardinals out of high school, and Monday night Ben Johnson will manage against them at AutoZone Park as skipper of their Triple-A team, the Memphis Redbirds. 

    By Don Wade March 24, 2019

• February 2019

  • Local roots provide Ben Johnson a perspective of role as Memphis Redbirds manager

    Genuine Ben: Germantown’s Ben Johnson, new manager of the Memphis Redbirds, says he will be a listen-first leader as he relates to young players

    By Don Wade February 13, 2019

• January 2019

  • Cardinals make it official: Ben Johnson named Redbirds manager for 2019 season

    The long-awaited announcement of Ben Johnson as the Memphis Redbirds manager for the 2019 was finally announced by the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday afternoon.

    By Don Wade January 18, 2019

  • Long time coming: Stubby Clapp back with St. Louis Cardinals as coach

    After leading the Memphis Redbirds to consecutive Pacific Coast League titles, Stubby Clapp is heading to St. Louis to become the Cardinals' first base coach. And his return to the big leagues has been 18 years in the making.

    By Don Wade January 18, 2019

• December 2018

  • Calkins: The 10 most compelling Memphis sports figures of 2018

    Penny Hardaway was the most compelling Memphis sports figure of 2018. But here are 10 more who shaped the year. 

    By Geoff Calkins December 31, 2018

• October 2018

  • An assist from the skipper: Stubby Clapp helped Redbirds’ rebirth

    Brand identity. A pro sports franchise can’t live without it.

    By Don Wade October 29, 2018

  • Redbirds’ Stubby Clapp to be a coach for St. Louis Cardinals in 2019

    In two years as manager of the Memphis Redbirds, Stubby Clapp won multiple championships and sent many players up to the St. Louis Cardinals. Now, it’s his turn.

    By Don Wade October 29, 2018

  • Redbirds’ favorite son, Stubby Clapp, on verge of return to majors

    Stubby Clapp and the boys were still in the Memphis Redbirds’ clubhouse, spraying champagne like a bunch of kids with squirt guns at summer camp. Clapp had just led the team to a second straight Pacific Coast League title amid massive roster turnover that had robbed him of his starting rotation and the heart of his lineup.

    By Don Wade October 16, 2018

  • Stubby Clapp’s name continues to surface as major league teams fill vacancies

    Memphis Redbirds manager Stubby Clapp’s name emerged Tuesday afternoon as a possibility for major league positions with two organizations, including the parent St. Louis Cardinals.

    By Don Wade October 16, 2018

• September 2018

  • Stubby Clapp to Toronto Rumors Escalate

    John Gibbons knew he would not be returning to Toronto as the Blue Jays manager and it didn’t take long for him to go to work on endorsing a successor.

    By Don Wade September 28, 2018

  • Memphis Springboard

    Father and son were both still in uniform. Dad had just managed the Memphis Redbirds to their second straight Pacific Coast League championship. His uniform was damp with champagne.

    By Don Wade September 20, 2018

  • Memphis Redbirds finish ‘magical’ season with resounding victory in Triple-A title game

    The Memphis Redbirds were leading the Durham Bulls 8-0 in the fifth inning of the Gildan Triple-A National Championship Game Tuesday night when NBC Sports Network took a moment to interview John Mozeliak, the St. Louis Cardinals president of baseball operations.

    By Don Wade September 19, 2018

  • Of bunts and bombs

    There is more than one way to win a championship ring. The Memphis Redbirds’ pursuit of a second consecutive Pacific Coast League title featured a game-winning hit from a pitcher, a walk-off suicide squeeze bunt and two home runs in the championship-clinching game from a player who earlier had been demoted to Double-A Springfield.

    By Don Wade September 17, 2018