Schuckman: Muddy River staff chimes in on greatest living baseball player debate

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | June 23, 2024
Willie Mays, considered by some to be the greatest baseball player ever to appear in Major League Baseball, passed away this week at the age of 93, opening the debate as to who is baseball's greatest living player. | Photo courtesy National Baseball Hall of Fame

QUINCY — The tributes to Willie Mays since the Hall of Fame baseball player passed away have been captivating and enlightening. If you watched FOX’s pregame show prior to the St. Louis Cardinals facing the San Francisco Giants at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Ala., you were treated to some of the most well-produced and engaging…

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‘We were able to live it’: Gengenbachers watch Pujols hit 700th home run from Dodger Stadium bleachers

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | September 27, 2022
From left to right, Rick, Kristen and Becky Gengenbacher pose for a picture during last Friday's game at Dodger Stadium. The Quincyans were able to witness Albert Pujols hit his 700th career home run in person from the right-field bleachers. | Submitted photo

Rick Gengenbacher didn’t want to witness history through a 4-inch screen. So when St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols walked to the plate in the fourth inning of last Friday’s game at Dodger Stadium, neither Gengenbacher nor his wife, Becky, nor their daughter, Kristen, pulled a cellphone from their pocket in hopes of recording Pujols’…

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Crim: Pujols’ surge, Iowa’s meager offense and Williams’ record-setting effort provide stats, numbers to ponder

By Don Crim, Senior Columnist | September 5, 2022
Hannibal's Aneyas Williams makes a touchdown catch between two Jefferson City defenders during Friday night's game in Jefferson City, Mo. It was one of eight TDs Williams scored, breaking the single-game school record. | Photo courtesy Mathew Kirby

Stats, stats and more stats for your reading pleasure on a leisurely Labor Day. Every Cardinals fan knows 42-year-old Albert Pujols looked like a younger version of himself at the plate in August, fueling a surge that propelled St. Louis to the top of the National League’s Central Division. Just how hot was he? Jayson…

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