Joe Ostermeier

Longtime @Cardinals columnist, BBWAA member, chapter chairman / Journalist / Husband, dad, grandfather / History buff / Theater lover

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@MatthewHLeach Great news, ML! Twins fans are about to get a whole lot smarter. And entertained, to boot.

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Announcing a special holiday deal for tickets to the 65th Annual Baseball Writers Dinner Jan. 19 at the MAC. If you buy tix by Jan. 3, you’ll get a coupon worth $25 off for each ticket you buy for our next dinner in January 2026. For more info, go to https://t.co/yyk4xJVpan.

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Our special guests: Ozzie Smith, Danny Cox, Vince Coleman and other ‘85 Cardinals; Ryan Helsley, Brendan Donovan and other players from 2023. Info, tix at https://t.co/yxHTrUa0r4.

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Hey, I’m on Bluesky. Find me @joeostermeier

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@DOB23 Man, do I have you guys beat. McGovern, 1972. Don’t ask me how it went.

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A fun look here, and notice how many of these series ended with a strikeout or a foul popout.

[Jon Heyman @JonHeyman]

Fun to recall the winning pitch of the last 50 World Series (and all the great calls, from Scully to Costas to Sterling to Garagiola to Jackson and more)

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@EarlFckinWeaver Lou Brock

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@Buster_ESPN They should take those season tickets and give them to sick children every game next year.

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This got me into Busch Stadium for free long before I was a baseball writer.

[Augie Nash @AugieNash]

I'm not sure if the Cardinals still do this or not, but if not, they need to bring it back. #STLCards

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Holey moley.

[BaseballHistoryNut @nut_history]

Still can’t believe this Babe Ruth/Shohei Ohtani comp is real.

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@Gary_D0312 @JoJoFromJerz Simply put: My granddaughters face the prospect of growing up in a world less safe and less free because of bullies like Donald Trump and cowards like Jeff Bezos. I can’t state it more plainly than that.

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Jeff Bezos has forced The Washington Post - the newspaper he owns - to not endorse in a presidential race for the first time 36 years because he’s worried Donald Trump will take away his government contracts.

RETWEET if you think @JeffBezos is a disgrace to democracy!

[Eugene Robinson @Eugene_Robinson]

This is the text of the Post columnists' statement, for those hitting the paywall:
The Washington Post’s decision not to make an endorsement in the presidential campaign is a terrible mistake. It represents an abandonment of the fundamental editorial convictions of the newspaper that we love. This is a moment for the institution to be making clear its commitment to democratic values, the rule of law and international alliances, and the threat that Donald Trump poses to them — the precise points The Post made in endorsing Trump’s opponents in 2016 and 2020. There is no contradiction between The Post’s important role as an independent newspaper and its practice of making political endorsements, both as a matter of guidance to readers and as a statement of core beliefs. That has never been more true than in the current campaign. An independent newspaper might someday choose to back away from making presidential endorsements. But this isn’t the right moment, when one candidate is advocating positions that directly threaten freedom of the press and the values of the Constitution.

Signed by: Perry Bacon Jr., Matt Bai, E.J. Dionne Jr., Lee Hockstader, David Ignatius, Heather Long, Ruth Marcus, Dana Millbank, Alexandra Petri, Catherine Rampell, Eugene Robinson, Jennifer Rubin, Karen Tumulty.

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@RammerSTL @lippyent Um, me?

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@BFW How about Mike Shannon’s favorite? “Big boy … heh heh heh …”

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I know umps are blind, so I wonder: Did they think they were talking to TLR?

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Happy Birthday to Tony La Russa and Kyle Lohse🎉

During the 2011 season Kyle Lohse presents the lineup card dressed as manager Tony La Russa and gets applause from his teammates back in the dugout.

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Well, that will bring fans to the ballpark.

[Jeff Jones @jmjones]

“I would anticipate seeing payroll go down because of these investments [in player development],” Mozeliak says.

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“I would anticipate seeing payroll go down because of these investments [in player development],” Mozeliak says.

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Hmm

[Katie Woo @katiejwoo]

The Cardinals have a press conference planned for 2 pm CST on Monday at Busch Stadium to discuss plans for 2025 and beyond. #STLCards

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: Chris Wallace just completely demolished Donald Trump’s debate performance. Wallace went so far as to call Donald Trump’s debate performance tonight the worst debate performance in American history. Retweet to make sure all Americans see this