Red Schoendienst has been in baseball for over 51 years. He coached St. Louis from 1961 to 1964 under manager Johnny Keane. He then began a 12-year stint as Cardinal manager, the longest anyone has occupied the position. As manager, he led the Cardinals to National League pennants in 1967 and 1968 and the World… Read more »
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Lyndal Scranton
He grew up in Springfield following the local high school or local college basketball teams, eventually kept stats of the Central High School boys and did the same for American Legion baseball teams. Usually for Lyndal Scranton, his summer nights ended in either calling in scores or running them by the Leader & Press. “That… Read more »
Dr. Richard Seagrave
Dr. Rick Seagrave earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan before heading south to work on his doctorate at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. It was at UTMB that Dr. Seagrave did his residency in Orthopedics. Always interested in sports, Rick moved to Los Angeles, where he completed a fellowship… Read more »
Kevin Seitzer
On his first day in the big leagues with the Kansas City Royals, Kevin Seitzer was given a locker next to the team’s great closer, Dan Quisenberry. “I was scared to death. I had never been on the 40-man roster before, so I wasn’t in big-league camp in spring training, and I didn’t really know… Read more »
Mike Shannon
He’s the old big-leaguer with the most enjoyable stories, the kind that you could listen to all day. And Mike Shannon doesn’t mind at all. Baseball stories? They’re the best. Ask him about the 1967 season when he graciously moved from right field to third base to make room for Roger Maris, and he jokes,… Read more »
Cindy Shook
Whenever Cindy Shook drives by the Branson RecPlex – a 40-acre sports complex on the city’s north side – she cannot help but beam. It’s here were hundreds of youth baseball and softball teams from all across the country play in tournaments, and where locals use the basketball gyms and more. “It fills me with… Read more »
Roy Sievers
Sievers is a former first baseman/left fielder in major league baseball. From 1949 through 1965, Sievers played for the St. Louis Browns (1949–53), the original Washington Senators (1954–59), Chicago White Sox (1960–61), Philadelphia Phillies (1962–64), and finally the new Senators (1964–65). Signed by the St. Louis Browns as a free agent in 1947, Sievers debuted… Read more »
John “Hi” Simmons
A native of Lancaster, Mo., John “Hi” Simmons had a long and decorated career at the University of Missouri as head baseball coach and a trusty football assistant to Don Faurot. In baseball, he coached from 1937 to 1973, posting a record of 481-294-3. His teams won 11 conference championships (1937-1938, 1941-1942, 1952, 1954, 1958,… Read more »
Ted Simmons
Born in 1949, Ted Simmons grew up in Highland Park, Michigan and attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. One of the greatest hitting catchers of all time, Simmons signed with the St. Louis Cardinals right after he graduated from Southfield High School. He played a few games in Sarasota, but spent most of… Read more »
George Sisler
George Sisler was highly thought of as both a person and a ballplayer during his day. A five-tool player before the term came into vogue, Sisler finished his career as one of the game’s greatest hitters. After graduating with a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Michigan in 1915, a rarity for ball-players at… Read more »
Enos Slaughter
Enos Slaughter is probably most remembered for his first-to-home dash that won the seventh game of the 1946 World Series for the St. Louis Cardinals. A 10 time All-Star while playing for the Cardinals, Slaughter was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985 and ranks in the top 10 Cardinals in 10 different… Read more »
Osborne “Ozzie” Smith
Ozzie Smith retired after the 1996 season, the same year the St. Louis Cardinals retired his number, and in 19 seasons he compiled a .262 batting average, 2,460 hits, 580 stolen bases, 13 Gold Glove awards and was named to 15 All-Star teams. Smith set the following major league records for this position: most assists… Read more »
Lee Smith
The story goes that he was discovered in the deep woods of Louisiana by former Negro Leagues manager-turned-scout Buck O’Neil and yet walked away from the game while in the minor leagues, unconvinced of the future for relief pitchers. Imagine that. Baseball was that close to never hearing of Lee Smith. Yes, that Lee Smith,… Read more »
Rod Smith
In almost every community across America, a unique connection exists between sports fans and their local sports reporters. Nowhere is that more pronounced than in mid-Missouri. In 2008, at the height of the Great Recession and its layoffs, longtime KRCG-TV 13 Sports Director Rod Smith was among the casualties, for financial reasons like so many… Read more »
Linda Smith
For one of the most respected staff members in Kansas City Royals franchise history, the idea of a career in sports could not have been more inconceivable. Throughout her childhood in Washington, Mo., Linda Smith seemed destined to follow a path focused on her talents in music and dance. “I find most people prefer the… Read more »
J. G. Taylor Spink
John George Taylor Spink was born to Charles and Marie Spink in St. Louis, Missouri. Charles owned The Sporting News, which Spink took over in 1914, after Charles’s death. Before taking over The Sporting News, Spink had been an official scorer for the 1913 World Series, between the Philadelphia Athletics and the New York Giants.… Read more »