stlsports.com Number of the Day

May 1: 258,000,000

The number of lives saved by the US Department of Justice (per AG Pamela Bondi), as a result fentanyl seizures (3.4 kg, 22 million pills since Inauguration Day)


 April 28: 4

The Cardinals won-loss record is 12-16. As of today, exactly 4 major league teams have won fewer than twelve games: the Orioles (10), White Sox (7), Pirates (11) and Rockies (4)


April 27: 1000

Last night, Tommy Pham recorded hit number 1000.


April 26: 66 and 67

After three games in their playoff series, Winnipeg has 66 shots while the Blues have 67


April 24: .400
.400: WIth about a week left in April, the Cardinals W-L record is 10-15...which translates to a .400 winning percentage


April 23: 2
2: The number of goals scored by Tkachuks (Keith and Brady, one each) in last night's Stanley Cup playoff action...


April 22: 17
17: With their 100-94 victory over the New York Knickerbockers, the Detroit Pistons won their first playoff game in 17 years.
April 21: 4
4: Today the Cardinals open a three game series in Atlanta. Their won-loss record (9-13) is four (4) games under .500.


April 20: 2
2: In his second (2nd) game of his rehab assignment for AAA Memphis, SS Masyn Winn (batting lead-off as the DH for the Redbirds) hit two runs. Memphis defeated the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp 6-5.


April 19: 2
2: The number of stellar (daresay game-saving?) defensive plays made by Dodgers 3B Max Muncy in the bottom of the ninth inning of LA's 3-0 victory over the Texas Rangers


April 18: 9
The Red Wings of Detroit finished the NHL's 2025 regular season in sixth place in the Atlantic Division (39-35-8), and failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the ninth consecutive years.

9 years without a playoff appearance for Hockeytown USA.

My oh my.


April 17: 10,271

Joshua Caraway is the Tight Ends coach at Western Illinois University (the Leathernecks!). He also serves as the team's Recruiting Coordinator. In that role it is in his best interest to know everything that there is to know about the NCAA Transfer Portal.

As of April 16, 2025, Coach Caraway reports that there are 10,271 college football players in the 2025 transfer portal (6,426 DI; 3,845 D2/D3)...that's thousands of athletes putting their scholarships at risk.

My oh my.

Put me in coach...I'm ready to play.