Stan Musial Passes

by Cardinal70 on January 20, 2013

Cardinal Nation is in mourning as longtime icon Stan Musial has passed away at the age of 92.  Capturing what Stan The Man meant to the city and the fanbase is nigh on impossible, but so many of the UCB did their best in the following posts.  Continue to check back as we add other links.

Aaron Miles’ Fastball 1
Aaron Miles’ Fastball 2
Aaron Miles’ Fastball 3
Balls & Strikes
Bird Brained 1
Bird Brained 2
Bleed Cardinal Red With Me
Born Bleeding
C70 At The Bat
Cardinal Diamond Diaries
Cardinals Fan In Cubs Land
Cards ‘N Stuff
Cards Tied For First
Cheap Seats Please
I70 Baseball
The McBrayer-Baseball Blog
Pitchers Hit Eighth
Redbird Rants 1
Redbird Rants 2
Redbird Rants 3
Redbirds Nest in Korea
RetroSimba
Stan Musial’s Stance
StanGraphs
View From The Cheap Seats 1
View From The Cheap Seats 2
Women Who Love Cardinal Baseball 1
Women Who Love Cardinal Baseball 2

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As 2012 was in its waning hours, it inspired a look back at the year that was.  As we do every year at this time, the United Cardinal Bloggers are listing out their top 5 stories of the year.  Click through and read what those that participate think were the most important things of the Cardinal year!

C70 At The Bat
Fungoes
Redbird Rants (Daniel)
Redbird Rants (Marilyn)
RetroSimba
StanGraphs
Women Who Love Cardinal Baseball

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Every year, the members of the UCB vote on various postseason awards, usually split between what happened in baseball and what happened in blogging.  Below are this year’s ballots–the awards will be announced next week.  Continue to check back as more links are added!

85% Sports
Aaron Miles’ Fastball (Christine, Tara, Miranda put their three ballots into one post)
Birds On The Bat 82
C70 At The Bat
Cards Disapora
Cards ‘N Stuff
Cards Tied For First
Fungoes
I70 Baseball
The McBrayer-Baseball Blog
On The Outside Corner
Pitchers Hit Eighth (Dennis)
Redbird Rants
Redbirds Nest in Korea
RetroSimba

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With the season finally over (though not exactly the way we were hoping) it’s time to sit down and do a post-mortem.  The best way to do that is, of course, the famous UCB roundtable.  Here’s the schedule–the day listed is the day the blogger should be posting their transcript. (The blogger will actually propose the question the day before.)  If there’s a link below, it goes to that transcript so you can read all the wonderful and brilliant ideas we’ve had!

Tuesday, October 30: Kevin, Cards ‘N Stuff 
Wednesday, October 31: Christine, Tara, Miranda, Aaron Miles’ Fastball
Thursday, November 1: Rodney, Ryan, Saint Louis Sports
Friday, November 2:  Pip, Fungoes

Monday, November 5: Bill, I70 Baseball
Tuesday, November 6: Daniel, Redbird Rants
Wednesday, November 7: Mark, RetroSimba
Thursday, November 8: Mary, MLB Voice
Friday, November 9: Chris, Bird Brained

Monday, November 12: Spencer, Brian, StanGraphs
Tuesday, November 13: Bob, On The Outside Corner
Wednesday, November 14: Dustin, Welcome To Baseball Heaven
Thursday, November 15: Wes, Keene On MLB
Friday, November 16: Dathan, Cards Tied For First

Monday, November 19: Chris, Birds On The Bat 82
Tuesday, November 20: Dennis, Pitchers Hit Eighth
Wednesday, November 21: Diane, Women Who Love Cardinal Baseball

Monday, November 26: Corey, Bleacher Report
Tuesday, November 27: Matt, Cheap Seats Fan
Wednesday, November 28: Nick, Pitchers Hit Eighth
Thursday, November 29: Tom, CardinalsGM
Friday, November 30: Daniel, C70 At The Bat

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