The Redbirds are Champions! - A Hunt and Peck

While the weekend for the major league Birdos was well... is disaster too strong of a word? Catastrophe? Wreck? Anyway, it was bad. Very bad, indeed. There is some good news! The playoff odds for the St. Louis Cardinals took a very major hit this weekend, but the team’s AAA affiliate, the Memphis Redbirds, had already made the Pacific Coast League playoffs after an incredibly successful year. The team went 91-50 on the year, becoming the American Southern Division Champions by a whopping twenty-two games. All this while their team was plundered by the big league club.

The Redbirds not only made it to the playoffs as heavy favorites, they won the whole. damn. thing.

This is the third time the Redbirds are PCL champs.

Check out are section Future Redbirds for info on the team’s battle through the playoffs and for more stats and analysis on the game. The Baby Birdos season is not quite over yet, as the team will face the Durham Bulls in the Triple-A Championship. Josey Curtis has more on that in Monday’s Future Redbirds article.

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Memphis Redbirds win Pacific Coast League Title, will face Durham Bulls in Triple-A Championship | Viva El Birdos

Memphis Redbirds cap historic season with PCL crown | Derrick Goold: Bird Land | stltoday.com

what else is going on in baseball...

• Trevor Bauer admitted this wasn't the first time he ended a 22-game winning streak | MLB.com
• Reel Fast: Indians' streak ends | MLB.com
• Experience all the sights and thrills from the Twins' Big Sexy Night | MLB.com
• Bright spots for MLB teams out of contention. | Sports on Earth
• Bryce Harper takes BP at Nationals Park | MLB.com
• Padres' Yangervis Solarte honors wife with HR | MLB.com
• The Twins Are Slugging Their Way to October | FanGraphs Baseball
• Byron Buxton looks like a star just in time for the Twins | SBNation.com
• Technology Threatens Scouts, Could Also Set Them Free | FanGraphs Baseball
• Defense and Contact and the American League Cy Young | FanGraphs Baseball
• Finding More Work for the Dodgers’ Other Great Catcher | FanGraphs Baseball
• Houston Astros win American League West | SBNation.com
• Eagles, Flyers and Phillies combined for the saddest 8 minutes in Philadelphia sports | SBNation.com
• From wild-card chases to MVP races: Your guide to season's final two weeks | SweetSpot | ESPN
• Real or not? Justin Verlander brings the swagger back as Astros clinch | SweetSpot | ESPN

what the cardinals are up to...

• Mike Matheny: 'We had our opportunities' in loss to Cubs | St. Louis Cardinals | stltoday.com
• For Two Years the Cubs Have Owned the Cardinals. Will the Cards Fight Back? | 101Sports.com

KNOW THINE ENEMY...

the nl central

• Cubs ride 7-run 6th to eventful win over Cards | MLB.com
• Cubs sweep Cardinals with 6th straight win | MLB.com
• Cubs complete sweep of Cardinals, send rivals reeling from division race | Cardinal Beat | stltoday.com

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