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Rick Hummel - Like his long-time colleague, legendary columnist and Hall-of-Fame sportswriter Bob Broeg, Rick Hummel’s name is as synonymous with Cardinals baseball as it is with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the city’s oldest and most broadly circulated newspaper.
Hummel’s lengthy tenure at the Post-Dispatch began in 1971, at a time when Broeg, who had been covering the Cardinals since 1946, was already well established as the paper’s premiere journalist and the city’s well for baseball knowledge.
And as Broeg’s involvement with the baseball Hall of Fame—as a member of its Board of Directors—grew, Hummel’s grooming process to become the next great St. Louis baseball writer accelerated.
Now in his 25th year writing about baseball in the city that arguably epitomizes the grandeur and nostalgia of the sport, Hummel has eloquently carried on the excellence bred by Broeg and provided nearly two generations of Redbird fans with his meticulous insight.
Responsible for covering some of the most memorable moments in franchise history, including Mark McGwire’s epic home-run record chase in 1998, Hummel currently contributes to the Post-Dispatch as a national baseball writer and weekly columnist.
Honorable Mention: John Rawlings - Senior Vice President/Editor, Sporting News
Bernie Miklasz - Some feathers will surely be ruffled amongst my St. Louis brethren with this pick, as Mr. Miklasz has long been a fixture on the local scene, but my humble opinion shall be stated nonetheless.
His rotund and sometimes disheveled exterior pretty much setting the standard for what all sportswriters should look like, Miklasz has splattered his daily column at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch with predictable fervor for the last 20 years.
Like all serviceable writers, Miklasz doesn’t shy away from stirring the pot, often issuing ultimatums ordering each of the city’s sports franchises to do this or that, but his methods have about as much flavor as a stack of milk toast.
To his credit, Miklasz is well-versed in St. Louis sports—and it shows. But in far too many cases he has contradicted himself, easily letting the natural ebb and flow of the sports landscape influence his ideals.
Dishonorable Mention: Miklasz’s buddy-in-crime, fellow Post-Dispatch columnist Brian Burwell
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