Dan Buffa, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published October 15, 2021
Mike Shildt getting fired by the St. Louis Cardinals before the midway point of October ranked near the bottom of the list for things likely to happen — at least to me.
Who saw this coming? The Cardinals sure did, with President of Baseball Operations...
Dan Buffa, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published October 13, 2021
St. Louis has been without an NFL team since Jan. 12, 2016, but that doesn't mean the sport got very far on foot from the hearts and minds of football fans in this city. When Stan Kroenke used his majority ownership power, along with some legit corrupt...
Dan Buffa, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published October 12, 2021
Sometimes, it can be hard for sports fans to see the forest through the trees. This happens a lot in baseball, where every team carries multiple farm system squads that filter young players to the big league club. Before a guy can even make a name for...
BY DAN BUFFA, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published October 7, 2021
One game. Winner takes all. A finality that hits the Cardinals and their diehard fans on the wrong side of the bed this morning after a season-breaking 3-1 loss last night to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The task at hand seemed simple enough: Find a way...
Nate Bloom, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published October 6, 2021
New Jewish SNL cast member
Three new “Saturday Night Live” cast members were announced before the season premiere on Oct. 2. One of three, SARAH SHERMAN, made my job easier by making many Jewish references in a 2019 interview with VICE magazine.
Sherman,...
Dan Buffa, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published October 6, 2021
Benjamin Hochman tells stories for a living, colorful commentaries cloaked in a unique delivery and always carrying a personal touch. It's never just a stat-recap or quick word about a player or sports team; the St. Louis Post-Dispatch sports columnist,...
This article originally appeared at Forward. Reposted with permission.
Ah, October — when Jewish holidays, fall colors, Halloween and the baseball postseason combine to make for a particularly festive time of the year.
Of course, when we think...
Dan Buffa, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published October 5, 2021
Harrison Bader just finished off his best overall season in the Major Leagues, but he's not thinking about that right now. There are "other" things to accomplish this October.
On the dawn of perhaps the most important game of his life -- Wednesday's...
DAN BUFFA, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published October 4, 2021
"Get up, baby, get up."
A simple sequence of words transformed into a rally cry. For as long as I can remember, that's how a home run was called. While others define it as a long drive or a goner, Mike Shannon simply asked the ball to get up, like...
Dan Buffa, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published September 29, 2021
When the St. Louis Cardinals acquired Nolan Arenado -- one of the best all-around players in the game-this past January, a layer of doubt filled Cardinal Nation's minds. It centered around a couple lingering questions:
Could he hit well outside of...
Dan Buffa, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published September 27, 2021
Fortune favors the bold they say, and Harrison Bader couldn't agree more.
If there is one player on the St. Louis Cardinals who lives and breathes confidence on a playing field, it's the centerfielder with the great hair and wicked athletic ability....
Dan Buffa, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published September 23, 2021
Like most minor leaguers, Edmundo Sosa saw his 2020 season eliminated. Due to the onslaught of COVID-19, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred essentially canceled the minor league season. Few would imagine, even Sosa himself, that he would transform into the...
