New ownership means lots of change for the Memphis Redbirds (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League), as $6.5 million in upgrades to AutoZone Park were unveiled by the team today. (more…)
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The Golden Age of baseball? When you are 12 years old
When the New York Giants went west during the 1957-58 offseason, my Long Islander father went contrary to Tony Bennett and relocated his heart to San Francisco. The Giants lost the World Series to the Yankees in ’62, invariably finished second through the rest of the decade, spun their wheels in the ’70s, found fleeting […]
Chiefs, Cardinals extend PDC through 2020
Another PDC to announce: The Peoria Chiefs (Low Class A; Midwest League) and St. Louis Cardinals have extended their player-development contract for four additional years, through the 2020 season. The current four-year deal was signed in September 2012 and runs through the 2016 season. “The Peoria Chiefs continue to run a first-class operation providing us […]
Spikes, Cards announce affiliation extension through 2016
We expect many of these in coming weeks: The State College Spikes (short season A; NY-Penn League) and the St. Louis Cardinals announced a two-year extension of their player development contract (PDC) through 2016. “On behalf of our ownership group and management team, we are thrilled to announce the continuation of our outstanding relationship with […]
It’s official: Cards close on purchase of Redbirds
As scheduled: the St. Louis Cardinals have closed on their purchase of the Memphis Redbirds (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League), with the city taking control of AutoZone Park. The Memphis Redbirds Baseball Foundation is now out of the baseball game with the sale of both assets, and Fundamental Advisors LP, the Foundation’s sole bondholder, retired […]
Decision on city takeover of AutoZone Park due today
Big day for the future of AutoZone Park, as the City Council is set to decide on a public purchase of the home of the Memphis Redbirds (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League). The proposal calls for the city to buy the ballpark for $14.5 million and allocate another $4.5 million toward future improvements. Also as […]
Decision on AutoZone Park purchase delayed by Memphis
A sale of AutoZone Park, home of the Memphis Redbirds (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League), to the city has been pushed back to Monday after objections from City Council members. The main objection: the pace of the deal. After years of having the ballpark and the team on the market, the city and the St. […]
Memphis offers $20M for AutoZone Park; city, Cards to pay $20M for renos
The city of Memphis is set to pay $20 million for AutoZone Park, the home of the Memphis Redbirds (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League), and spend $5 million more on upgrades, along with $15 million from the St. Louis Cardinals. Those are the terms of the deal, which will be debated by the Memphis City […]
Should Memphis worry about future loss of Redbirds?
Despite a long-term lease being part of a deal for Memphis to buy AutoZone Park, a local columnist warns that the St. Louis Cardinals could move the Memphis Redbirds (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) someday. Of course, this is an oblique threat: it sounds like the city and the Cards will sign a long-term, 17-year […]
Cardinals to buy Redbirds, city to buy AutoZone Park
The St. Louis Cardinals will buy the Memphis Redbirds (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) and Memphis will acquire AutoZone Park, with the two sides signing a long-term lease. The Memphis Redbirds Baseball Foundation, beset with financial issues in recent years, was seeking to shed both assets and met seriously with several parties, including at least […]
Ballparks of the World Series: Boston and St. Louis
When the Boston Red Sox and the St. Louis Cardinals open the 2013 World Series tonight, it will mark the fourth time the teams have met in the ultimate postseason play. Here’s a look at the ballparks hosting the four Series. In 1946 the Cards defeated the Red Sox, four games to three, in a […]
Cardinals hold topping-out ceremony for Ballpark Village
Big milestone for the St. Louis Cardinals, who held a topping-out ceremony with developer Cordish Companies on the Ballpark Village development adjacent to Busch Stadium. A nearly one-hundred foot long A-frame roof truss was carefully lowered into place on the northern end of the retractable skylight roof opening to symbolically mark the ceremonial end of […]
Crane: Astros close to finalizing Palm Beach training site
Houston Astros owner Jim Crane says the team is close to finalizing a deal with Palm Beach Gardens for a new spring-training facility that could open in 2017. The new complex, to be shared with the Toronto Blue Jays (though, we hear, the agreement is not final), would be located within a close drive of […]