St. Louis Cardinals – Liza Ketchum https://www.lizaketchum.org/blog Tue, 09 Jun 2015 12:01:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 76312305 Was Bill Mueller Boston’s Clark Kent in 2004? https://www.lizaketchum.org/blog/was-bill-mueller-bostons-clark-kent-in-2004/ https://www.lizaketchum.org/blog/was-bill-mueller-bostons-clark-kent-in-2004/#respond Mon, 08 Jun 2015 18:50:16 +0000 https://www.lizaketchum.org/blog/?p=480 128px-Bill_Mueller

Bill Mueller in 2005. Googie man at the English language Wikipedia [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons

Forget Clark Kent. Bill Mueller was the mild-mannered surprise for the 2004 Red Sox.

Winner of a league batting title that year, he pounded the rival Cardinals for six hits in the World Series. 

Small wonder the St. Louis-area native was hired by the Cardinals as a 2015 coach.

]]> https://www.lizaketchum.org/blog/was-bill-mueller-bostons-clark-kent-in-2004/feed/ 0 480 The 2004 Red Sox versus 1967’s ‘Impossible Dream’ https://www.lizaketchum.org/blog/the-2004-red-sox-versus-1967s-impossible-dream/ https://www.lizaketchum.org/blog/the-2004-red-sox-versus-1967s-impossible-dream/#respond Tue, 02 Jun 2015 11:56:44 +0000 https://www.lizaketchum.org/blog/?p=468 The strong right arm of Jim Lonborg sent the Sox to the 1967 World Series. By Boston Red Sox / MLB (ebay.com, front of photo, back of photo) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

The strong right arm of Jim Lonborg sent the Sox to the 1967 World Series. By Boston Red Sox / MLB (ebay.com, front of photo, back of photo) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

In Out of Left Field, Brandon saw many connections between his father’s past and his present.

Brandon’s 2004 Red Sox faced the Cardinals in the World Series that year, just like in 1967.

Relive the final step that “Impossible Dream” team took to the ’67 Fall Classic here:

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