Episode Details

Will Saulsbery joins The Sports Chasers to unpack 50 Forgotten Cardinals — 140 years of St. Louis Cardinals history condensed into 50 overlooked players, with a foreword by Tony La Russa and praise from Bob Costas and Dan McLaughlin.

🎙️ On the panel: Kevin L. Warren, Host and Moderator with guest, Will Saulsbery

📋 ON THIS EPISODE:

🔍 How a Baseball-Reference rabbit hole starting with "Icebox" Chamberlain sparked the idea

✂️ How Will defined "forgotten" and narrowed 140 years of Cardinals down to 50

🚤 The wild true story of Slim Sallee leaving mid-season to work as a Mississippi River deckhand

💪 Whitey Kurowski playing third base with a shortened throwing arm

🏆 What it meant to land a foreword from Tony La Russa and praise from Bob Costas and Dan McLaughlin

✍️ Will's career as a ghostwriter and sports writer, and his podcast Hoops on Scoops

🏙️ St. Louis's chances at an NBA team, plus his take on NIL

⏱️ CHAPTERS:

00:00 🎣 Forgotten Cardinals Tease

00:48 📢 Show Intro and Subscribe

01:48 👋 Meet Will Saulsbery

03:32 ✍️ Sportswriting Origins

05:21 ⚾ Covering Cardinals in STL

06:51 📖 Why Write This Book

07:58 🔍 Defining Forgotten Players

09:13 🎭 Best Names and Nicknames

10:11 ✂️ Picking the Final 50

11:04 😲 Surprising Research Finds

12:39 🚤 Slim Sallee Storytime

15:23 ⚖️ Balancing Eras and Fans

18:21 🧠 Who Gets Remembered

22:05 🏆 La Russa and Costas Praise

25:07 📺 Media Shapes Legacy

29:41 🏀 NBA Tangent and Memories

31:39 🤝 Writing With Respect

32:39 📚 Short Chapters Hook Readers

32:57 ✒️ How Ghostwriting Works

35:07 🎙️ Telling A Living Story

37:47 ⛳ Golf Talk And Handicaps

40:59 🎧 Hoops And Scoops Origins

45:34 🏙️ Why No NBA In STL

48:40 💰 NIL And Paying Players

53:40 ⚡ Rapid Fire Sports Picks

57:55 📕 Book Plug And Farewell

⭐ HIGHLIGHTED CHAPTER: 🚤 The Slim Sallee Story (12:39)

Will tells the almost unbelievable true story of Cardinals pitcher Slim Sallee, who once walked away from the team mid-season to work as a deckhand on the Mississippi River — exactly the kind of forgotten history that inspired the entire book.

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🎬 PRODUCTION CREDITS:

Narration: Ken Marsiglia

Intro Music: Super Bowl

Outro Music: Buss Down

Music Licensed via Epidemic Sound

Music Producer: Darrell L. Warren

Intro & Outro Video Production: Azad S.

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