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Rob Rains , who runs STLSportsPage.com was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2017, St. Louis Media HOF 2018, and is a former National League beat writer for USA Today’s Baseball Weekly. For three years he covered the Cardinals for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat until its demise in the 1980s. Rains was awarded the Freedom Forum Grant to teach Journalism for a year at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State. Now based in St. Louis, Rains is often a guest on Frank Cusumano’s Pressbox Show on 590AM and has been writing books, magazine articles, and covers the Cardinals and Blues for STLSportsPage.com. He has written or co-written more than 30 books, most on baseball, including autobiographies or biographies of Ozzie Smith, Jack Buck, and Red Schoendienst. Rains volunteers his time helping run Rainbows for Kids, a 501 (c)(3) charity for families of children with cancer in the Greater St. Louis Area.
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Ed Schiller dies; Family made it possible for him to realize Stanley Cup dream

February 16, 2022 Rob Rains 1

Update: This article was posted in 2019. Ed Schiller passed away Feb. 12, 2022, and we thought his family and friends would enjoy seeing it again. Obituary at bottom of post. Original Story: By Rob […]

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Adjusting to baseball in 2020 – John Rooney and Rick Horton broadcasting Cardinals road games off television monitors

September 2, 2020 Rob Rains 0

John Rooney and Rick Horton are broadcasting the Cardinals road games this season while watching two 85-inch television monitors – and make it sound like they are at the game. […]

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Sunday’s Game Report: Wainwright throws complete game on his 39th birthday to give Cardinals win over Indians

August 30, 2020 Rob Rains 0

Adam Wainwright celebrated his 39th birthday by throwing a complete game on Sunday to lead the Cardinals over the Indians at Busch Stadium. […]

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Thursday’s Game Report: Cardinals swept by Pirates in doubleheader

August 27, 2020 Rob Rains 0

The Cardinals failed to capitalize on their opportunities and were swept by the Pirates in a doubleheader on Ghursday at Busch Stadium. […]

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For baseball’s official scorers, like Cardinals’ Gary Mueller, phrase ‘scoring at home’ has new meaning this season

August 24, 2020 Rob Rains 0

The traditional baseball phrase “scoring at home” has literally become Gary Mueller’s job description this season. […]

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Wednesday’s Game Report: Cardinals split doubleheader with Cubs

August 19, 2020 Rob Rains 0

The Cardinals completed a stretch of eight games in five days as they got back on the field on Wednesday with a 4-4 record; which Matt Carpenter said was “nothing short of a miracle.” […]

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With Carlson now in majors, childhood friends Gorman, Liberatore move to the top in annual re-ranking of Cardinals best prospects

August 18, 2020 Rob Rains 0

Childhood friends Nolan Gorman and Matthew Liberatore find themselves together again at the top of the list in the STLSportsPage’s annual re-ranking of the Cardinals best prospects. […]

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Cardinals return to play, ride four-run innings to sweep doubleheader from White Sox

August 15, 2020 Rob Rains 0

The Cardinals played their first games in 17 days on Saturday, using a four-run first inning as a catalyst to a doubleheader sweep of the White Sox. […]

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Cardinals ready to resume season with Wainwright on the mound, Carlson in the lineup

August 14, 2020 Rob Rains 0

Adam Wainwright will be on the mound and Dylan Carlson will be in the lineup for game one of Saturday’s doubleheader against the White Sox as the Cardinals resume their season. […]

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Three years ago, Cardinals scouts envisioned a day like Saturday when Luis Robert would be playing for them – not against them

August 14, 2020 Rob Rains 0

Luis Robert will be on the field during a Cardinals game on Saturday, but it won’t exactly be the way their scouts envisioned that happening three years ago. […]

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2023

The Cardinals will have a workout at Busch Stadium today in preparation for Thursday's season-opener against the Blue Jays at Busch Stadium. Miles Mikolas will be making the second opening-day start of his career, the first at home.

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