St. Louis Cardinals

Ruby's Bar and Grill in Coney Island, 1985

Every week, the Brooklyn Historical Society sends round a historic photo of Brooklyn. This weeks it's a shot from Ruby's Bar in Coney Island, taken during the 1985 World Series, a nail biter in which the Kansas City Royals edged out the St. Louis Cardinals four games to three. Ruby's has been a favo ... More >>

Remembering Stan Musial

It's a truism that American men are first conscious of their own mortality when their fathers die, but I would argue that such consciousness is a process for the average American male that usually begins earlier, the men pictured on his baseball cards start dying. When I was a kid in 1963, Stan Mus ... More >>

The Sleazy Mets

Last month, Mets GM Sandy Alderson called R.A. Dickey "one of our two core players" in the Mets organization - the other, of course, being David Wright. On Thursday, Alderson changed his tone: "It would be a little unusual to trade Cy Young winner " - everyone is assuming, rightfully so I think, th ... More >>

Come Back, Carlos Beltran, All Is Forgiven

I wonder what kind of reaction Carlos Beltran will get when he comes to bat tonight at Citifield? Will fans respond to him as if he was, perhaps, the best all-around player the Mets had over 7 seasons? I can't blame Mets fans if they don't remember it that way. I didn't even remember Beltran mysel ... More >>

Cardinals Win World Series; Suicide Bomber in Afghanistan; Qantas Flights Grounded

​The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Texas Rangers 6-2 last night to win their 11th World Series. After letting up 2 runs in the first, the Cardinals scored 6 unanswered to take the series. They were down 2-3 in the Fall Classic after losing game 5 to the Rangers. David Freese was the World Serie ... More >>

Euro Crisis Meeting; Earthquake in Turkey; Gaddafi's Autopsy

​EU leaders are in Brussels today for a crisis meeting on how to resolve the Euro's financial woes. Germany is resisting calls to increase the bailout fund and cut Greece's debt. Bloomberg reports "measures on the table include writedowns of as much as 50 percent on Greek debt, 100 billion eur ... More >>

74 Arrests Made at Occupy Wall Street Protests; MLK Memorial Dedication; Demonstrators Killed in Yemen

​A total of 74 people were arrested yesterday as Occupy Wall Street protesters marched from Zuccotti Park to Times Square. 24 people were arrested and charged with criminal trespass at a LaGuardia Pl. Citibank. Witnesses and protesters say some of those arrested were trying to close their acco ... More >>

Super and Not-So-Super Bowls: Allen Barra Ranks all 44 Previous Big Games from Worst to First

​While we wait for this Sunday's showdown between the Steelers and the Packers, we're feeling nostalgic for the big games of our past. We've been spoiled lately with some pretty exciting Super Bowls. But we remember a time not so long ago when the ultimate championship tended to be something ... More >>

Free Will Astrology: September 29 through October 5, 2010

Three Days at Shea: All Heaven Broke Loose

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. October 23, 1969, Vol. XIV, No. 54 Three Days at Shea: All Heaven Broke Loose by Joe Flaherty It is no small wonder that H.L. Mencken was a cranky fellow. Living in Baltimore can do that to a man. Its proximity to New York is so close, ... More >>

With Mets One Win from a Pennant, the Voice Actually Goes to a Game!

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. October 2, 1969, Vol. XIV, No. 51 Young-at-Heart Mets Wait Till This Year! by Michael C.D. Macdonald The first game ever played at Shea Stadium had proved to be my last visit with the Mets. Feeling apart from the "new breed" of mid-sub ... More >>

Will Leitch Unspectacular on Television

​MSG Network continues to waste our time with "The Lineup." So far, there haven't been any picks by the five-man panel (Sparkly Lyle, Gary Carter, Will Leitch, and Steve Hirdt along with host Fran Healy) that couldn't have been phoned in: Yogi Berra as the best catcher in New York baseball hi ... More >>

Baseball Legend Whitey Herzog Goes to the Hall; Should He Go (Back) to the Mets, Too?

​by James H. Burns Last week's vote by the veterans' committee to put Whitey Herzog into the Hall of Fame reminds us of something a lot of fans don't know: though for years Mets devotees thought of Whitey as the "White Rat," an arch-enemy, managing the rival St. Louis Cardinals to three Nat ... More >>

Crazy Yankee Chick: Well, well, well. Carl F%#&ing Pavano. We meet again.

​Previewing Game 3 of the ALDS, Yankees @ Twins, 7:07pm...Minnesota facing elimination... "Are the Twins on crack starting Pavano over Baker on full rest?" --Text message from White Sox buddy It's a fair question. I'm not really sure what the reasoning is behind this, but the only thing I ca ... More >>

Crazy Yankee Chick: PAP SMEAR

​Karma's a cruel mistress. A bitch, even. There is something to be said for honoring the Code of War. Hnoor among thieves, etc. As much as I wanted to, I refrained from texting asinine comments to my Sox fan buddies. I doubt they would show me the same courtesy. Actually, I know they wouldn' ... More >>

Crazy Yankee Chick: I just like it when the Sox lose, that's all.

​Thanks to our friends over at WeeklyDig for spot-on scouting predictions: I suspect that Lackey will have a decent game tonight notwithstanding, but I also expect to see Torii "Dogface" Hunter come up short when it counts - like he always does. John "Cursing Maniac" Lackey and Jared "Reme ... More >>

Crazy Yankee Chick: Previewing Game 2 of the ALDS, Yanks/Twins @ 6:07

​(Yanks look to go 9-0 against Twins and take 2-0 lead! On 10.09.2009! More number fun! Though I may be playing it a little fast and loose with the word "fun" right now..) It doesn't get any easier from here on out.. Yeah, I don't know who I'm referring to right now--the Yankees' battle wit ... More >>

Crazy Yankee Chick: Previewing Game 1 of the ALDS

​ My hands have been shaking all day. And probably will continue to do so for the remainder of the postseason. I've been reduced to little more than a teething infant. And it's only Game 1. Sweet Christ.

Crazy Yankee Chick: ONE DOWN...Yankees' quest for 27 begins with 2-7 win

​So about 5 hours ago, I lamented that my hands have been shaking all day. And they still are. But for different reasons now. The Yanks are down 2-0 in the bottom of the 3rd, and that was around the time my manic desperation started to manifest itself full throttle. It's a crazy frenzy that ... More >>

Jockbeat: Judge says Feds Improperly Obtained Steroid Data, Just As We've Been Saying All Along

​   Though it was related to page 70 in this morning's Daily News, Wednesday's decision by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is going to have a huge impact on future reporting of performance enhancing drugs.   Essentially the 9-2 vote means that the federal agents who sei ... More >>

Jockbeat: Why is Jerry Crowe Such an Asshole?

First off, anything written about St. Louis Cardinals' first baseman Albert Pujols should begin with a sentence along the lines of "He's the greatest player in the game today, and the best player so far in the 20th century. And, probably, one of the 20 greatest players of all time." He didn't do ... More >>

PLAY BALL!

The Mets take on the Cardinals

New York Baseball Grows Contentious

"Slice and binge ya like a license ninja," observes this St. Louis rapper to some punks from New York. "Yo Tell Me How New York Got Bodied By St. Louis," concurs a colleague. This is timely, as the Cardinals swept the Mets this week, with Albert Pujols punching two home runs in yesterday's game. T ... More >>

Homage to Nick Swisher

As you know, we don't like the Yankees around here, but we know class when we see it -- especially, as Mets fans, class in the face of futility -- so we must tip our orange-and-blue cap to Nick Swisher, utility infielder, who stepped in to pitch for the Yanks during the 8th in last night's 15-5 de ... More >>

Jockbeat: Will the Mets have the best bats in baseball this year?

As usual, the New York Mets ignored my advice and didn't sign Manny Ramirez. They could have done it, you know. If the Dodgers talked him into a two-year deal, the Mets could have done it, too. I know a lot of you disagree with me, but my point is this: with Manny in the batting order, the Mets woul ... More >>

Fun with the Duhks, Donna the Buffalo, and Old Crow Medicine Show

Three folk acts in denial

Did the Yankees Play Last Night? The All-Star Game

Philadelphia Edición

Our Mexican files from the City of Brotherly Love

Play Ball! Baseball is Back in the City.

Cotton Comes to Harlem

The Yankees' Clean-Up Man

Rudy went to bat for the Yanks, and look what he scored.

Seven Days in Shea

Why do the Mets keep torturing us?

The Shrunken-Balls Era

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Dead Man Wearing

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Through the Looking Glass

Steve Phillips Undergoes Transaction Analysis

Timo's Dance Roger's Trance

Transfixing a City and a Game

Grace Under Pressure

Screen Test

World’s Hardest Movie Quiz 2000

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Tip o' the Cap

Madison Queer Garden

Above Average Joe

The Subtle Genius of Torre's Yankee Reign

Baseball's New Pitch

The National Pastime Finally Reaches Out To Its International Fan Base

Winterball Heats Up

Grading baseball's off-season moves

Striking Out

Rotten to the Corp