1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1264+ words) March 27, 2026 by retrosimba A St. Louis Browns player was part of a mob that lynched a man. The mob included Dode Criss of the Browns. "Criss was with the crowd when it moved on to the courthouse and jail," the…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (1298+ words) March 21, 2026 by retrosimba An American son of Russian immigrants, Lou Novikoff was an outfielder who thrilled baseball fans with prodigious hitting and frustrated managers with erratic baserunning and atrocious fielding. He was nicknamed the Mad Russian. Novikoff grew up near…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (1874+ words) March 10, 2026 by retrosimba A right-handed sinkerball specialist, Frank Linzy pitched for and against the Cardinals. During his prime, as a Giants reliever, some of his most noteworthy achievements came versus St. Louis. He was on the backside of his career…...

1+ mon, 33+ min ago  (673+ words) March 5, 2026 by retrosimba Famous for the Hollywood ending he brought to a World Series, Bill Mazeroski was a natural for a part in a movie. Seven years after hitting a walkoff home run for the Pirates in the ninth inning…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1811+ words) February 16, 2026 by retrosimba Like a fabled Wild West gunslinger fast on the draw, Sonny Jurgensen had the quickest release of any quarterback. "Swaggering onto the field and then back into more or less a pocket, he would pump quickly and…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (935+ words) February 11, 2026 by retrosimba As a college football player, Clendon Thomas scored touchdowns in bunches. As a NFL player, his primary job was to prevent touchdowns. In three varsity seasons (1955-57) with Oklahoma, Thomas scored 36 touchdowns: 34 (rushing or receiving) as a running…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1158+ words) February 6, 2026 by retrosimba An aching back couldn't stop John Brodie from being a pain in the neck to the St. Louis football Cardinals. After a hospital stay for back treatment, Brodie had one of his best games as San Francisco…...

3+ mon, 58+ min ago  (1263+ words) January 5, 2026 by retrosimba The distance between the Canary Islands and St. Louis is 4,300 miles. It took Alfredo Cabrera 32 years to make the trek. Cabrera is the only person born in the Canary Islands to play baseball in the big leagues....