Ted Simmons, the former eight-time All-Star catcher, witnessed racial bias when he moved to St. Louis nearly 45 years ago, and for the Cardinals. ... Bob Gibson and Bill White, ...

Cardinals baseball in the 1970s was average, but we were lucky to watch Bob Gibson pitch, Lou Brock run and Ted Simmons hit line drives from both sides of the plate. My late dad and grandpa were ...

Milwaukee catcher Ted Simmons awaits a throw as St. Louis runner Ozzie ... It might have been easier for him to catch Hall of Fame pitchers Bob Gibson and Steve Carlton in St. Louis, Don ...

The St. Louis Cardinals organization will pay tribute to National Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Ted Simmons July 31. Skip Navigation. ... Dizzy Dean, Enos Slaughter, Red Schoendienst, Bob Gibson, ...

Bob Gibson: ‘The reaper came ... “He was the biggest reason guys hit me,” cracked Gibson, who had Hall of Famers Joe Torre and Ted Simmons as his receivers 50 years ago.

One by one, Simmons walked to the plaques of several of his former teammates — Bob Gibson, Lou Brock, Steve Carlton, Rollie Fingers, Robin Yount, Paul Molitor — made a brief dash back to touch ...

Ted Simmons just had to stop and soak it all in. “It’s totally overwhelming and humbling, to say the very least," Simmons said Thursday as he gazed at the Baseball Hall of Fame's plaque ...

Cooperstown, N.Y. — Ted Simmons just had to stop and soak it all in. “It’s totally overwhelming and humbling, to say the very least,” Simmons said Thursday as he gazed at the Baseball Hall ...

The good news is that Bob Gibson would have been there if there had been no coronavirus pandemic-fueled shutdown of ... who had Hall of Famers Joe Torre and Ted Simmons as his receivers 50 years ago.

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) - Ted Simmons just had to stop and soak it all in. “It’s totally overwhelming and humbling, to say the very least,” Simmons said Thursday as he gazed at the Baseball ...

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Ted Simmons just had to stop and soak it all in. “It’s totally overwhelming and humbling, to say the very least," Simmons said Thursday as he gazed at the Baseball ...