Benjamin Hochman
@hochman314.bsky.social
St. Louis Post-Dispatch sports columnist. Author. And I like that old Seinfeld show.
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One of the funniest humans I know is coming to St. Louis. Go see Adam Cayton-Holland (@caytonholland.bsky.social)
do standup comedy on Thursday at 10 PM at Hot Java Bar! Here’s ticket info: www.eventbrite.com/e/adam-cayto...
do standup comedy on Thursday at 10 PM at Hot Java Bar! Here’s ticket info: www.eventbrite.com/e/adam-cayto...
November 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
One of the funniest humans I know is coming to St. Louis. Go see Adam Cayton-Holland (@caytonholland.bsky.social)
do standup comedy on Thursday at 10 PM at Hot Java Bar! Here’s ticket info: www.eventbrite.com/e/adam-cayto...
do standup comedy on Thursday at 10 PM at Hot Java Bar! Here’s ticket info: www.eventbrite.com/e/adam-cayto...
One of the funniest humans I know is coming to St. Louis. Go see Adam Cayton-Holland (@caytonholland.bsky.social)
do standup comedy on Thursday at 10 PM at Hot Java Bar! Here’s ticket info: www.eventbrite.com/e/adam-cayto...
do standup comedy on Thursday at 10 PM at Hot Java Bar! Here’s ticket info: www.eventbrite.com/e/adam-cayto...
November 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
One of the funniest humans I know is coming to St. Louis. Go see Adam Cayton-Holland (@caytonholland.bsky.social)
do standup comedy on Thursday at 10 PM at Hot Java Bar! Here’s ticket info: www.eventbrite.com/e/adam-cayto...
do standup comedy on Thursday at 10 PM at Hot Java Bar! Here’s ticket info: www.eventbrite.com/e/adam-cayto...
St. Louis Blues star Robert Thomas shares details with me about his hockey stick. Wrote about him in this fun column — #STLBlues opening night is tonight: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
October 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
St. Louis Blues star Robert Thomas shares details with me about his hockey stick. Wrote about him in this fun column — #STLBlues opening night is tonight: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
I interviewed Cardinals assistant GM Rob Cerfolio. “Cerf” shared a macro view of the Cards’ minor league growth, discussing number of new hires & certain technology purchased.
Then, Chaim Bloom offered a micro view of the minors & zoomed in on 1 pitcher:
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Then, Chaim Bloom offered a micro view of the minors & zoomed in on 1 pitcher:
www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
Hochman: Here’s how the Cardinals accelerated improvements in their minor-league system
A look at the Cardinals' minor-league system, one year after Chaim Bloom and his staff took over the revamping process.
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October 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I interviewed Cardinals assistant GM Rob Cerfolio. “Cerf” shared a macro view of the Cards’ minor league growth, discussing number of new hires & certain technology purchased.
Then, Chaim Bloom offered a micro view of the minors & zoomed in on 1 pitcher:
www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
Then, Chaim Bloom offered a micro view of the minors & zoomed in on 1 pitcher:
www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
On Sunday, as the Cardinals readied at Wrigley Field for their last game of 2025, probable 2026 rookie JJ Wetherholt visited Busch Stadium for the first time.
The next time the Cardinals play at Busch, Wetherholt could very well be in the lineup: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
The next time the Cardinals play at Busch, Wetherholt could very well be in the lineup: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
Hochman: Cardinals top prospect JJ Wetherholt visits Busch Stadium for 1st time
The No. 6 prospect in baseball per MLB.com, Wetherholt visited St. Louis' Busch Stadium for the first time on Sunday. He'll likely call Busch home at some point in 2026.
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September 29, 2025 at 11:23 AM
On Sunday, as the Cardinals readied at Wrigley Field for their last game of 2025, probable 2026 rookie JJ Wetherholt visited Busch Stadium for the first time.
The next time the Cardinals play at Busch, Wetherholt could very well be in the lineup: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
The next time the Cardinals play at Busch, Wetherholt could very well be in the lineup: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
His name is Al.
You can call him Hall of Famer.
Cardinals fan favorite, broadcaster & ambassador Al Hrabosky was inducted into the team’s HOF this weekend.
My homage to the Mad Hungarian: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
You can call him Hall of Famer.
Cardinals fan favorite, broadcaster & ambassador Al Hrabosky was inducted into the team’s HOF this weekend.
My homage to the Mad Hungarian: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
Hochman: Popular pitcher and broadcaster Al Hrabosky enters Cardinals Hall of Fame
Al Hrabosky, the former Cardinals relief pitcher and longtime broadcaster, was enshrined Saturday in the team's Hall of Fame.
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September 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
His name is Al.
You can call him Hall of Famer.
Cardinals fan favorite, broadcaster & ambassador Al Hrabosky was inducted into the team’s HOF this weekend.
My homage to the Mad Hungarian: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
You can call him Hall of Famer.
Cardinals fan favorite, broadcaster & ambassador Al Hrabosky was inducted into the team’s HOF this weekend.
My homage to the Mad Hungarian: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
Saturday at Mizzou was all about a 4-letter word. Fans started spewing it at sunup, followed by the initials K and U. But once the focus was football, Saturday was, well, all about a 4-letter word:
Beau.
My column from Columbia on Mizzou's W vs Kansas: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
Beau.
My column from Columbia on Mizzou's W vs Kansas: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
Hochman: ‘He was nails.’ How QB Beau Pribula marched Mizzou past rival Kansas
How Mizzou's Beau Pribula bounced back in the second half to lead the Tigers over Kansas.
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September 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Saturday at Mizzou was all about a 4-letter word. Fans started spewing it at sunup, followed by the initials K and U. But once the focus was football, Saturday was, well, all about a 4-letter word:
Beau.
My column from Columbia on Mizzou's W vs Kansas: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
Beau.
My column from Columbia on Mizzou's W vs Kansas: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
This is free to read online. This Cardinals fan is 1 of the most-amazing people I've ever met. Abused as a boy, he tried to take his own life. He lived & realized: he's here to help others. Now 41, he's raised $700,000 with his cards & gave it ALL to those in need.
www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
Hochman: After suicide attempt, Cardinals fan now helps others — through baseball cards
Greg Poole of Benton, Illinois, donates all the proceeds from his baseball card shop to resources to help the underserved in southern Illinois.
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September 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This is free to read online. This Cardinals fan is 1 of the most-amazing people I've ever met. Abused as a boy, he tried to take his own life. He lived & realized: he's here to help others. Now 41, he's raised $700,000 with his cards & gave it ALL to those in need.
www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
Jack Clark’s 9th inning home run off Tom Niedenfuer, which propelled STL to the 1985 World Series, is a top-5 HR in Cardinals history.
Yesterday, I sat down with BOTH Clark and Niedenfuer for an interview, 40 years later. Give it a read!
www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
Yesterday, I sat down with BOTH Clark and Niedenfuer for an interview, 40 years later. Give it a read!
www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
Hochman: Jack Clark and Tom Niedenfuer meet again, 40 years after NLCS home run
Cardinals slugger Jack Clark was reunited with Tom Niedenfuer, the Dodgers pitcher who allowed Clark's Game 6 homer in the 1985 NLCS, at a St. Louis collectors show.
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August 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Jack Clark’s 9th inning home run off Tom Niedenfuer, which propelled STL to the 1985 World Series, is a top-5 HR in Cardinals history.
Yesterday, I sat down with BOTH Clark and Niedenfuer for an interview, 40 years later. Give it a read!
www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
Yesterday, I sat down with BOTH Clark and Niedenfuer for an interview, 40 years later. Give it a read!
www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
“It’s hard for men to share — they view it as weakness,” Blues coach Jim Montgomery said. “But it’s not weakness. It’s actually strength to be able to admit that you’re struggling and you need help.”
Monty’s now 5 1/2 years sober.
He opened up here: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
Monty’s now 5 1/2 years sober.
He opened up here: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
Hochman: Blues coach Jim Montgomery's road to sobriety and a 'good life without drinking'
At first, the Blues coach says, "you're riddled with guilt and shame ... and then you realize that there's a really good life without drinking.”
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August 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“It’s hard for men to share — they view it as weakness,” Blues coach Jim Montgomery said. “But it’s not weakness. It’s actually strength to be able to admit that you’re struggling and you need help.”
Monty’s now 5 1/2 years sober.
He opened up here: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
Monty’s now 5 1/2 years sober.
He opened up here: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
Very neat that the St. Louis Post-Dispatch put my column on the front page about the Cardinals’ 1st-ever draft pick (and honored him with the daily Weatherbird!). Here’s the link: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
July 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Very neat that the St. Louis Post-Dispatch put my column on the front page about the Cardinals’ 1st-ever draft pick (and honored him with the daily Weatherbird!). Here’s the link: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
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He’s one of the biggest & baddest dudes around — Super Bowl-winning, multimillionaire, 320-pound STL native Khalen Saunders, who’s now a defensive tackle for the New Orleans Saints.
And he’s proudly inclusive.
He's hosting a camp Sat, inviting LGBTQ+ kids & allies: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
And he’s proudly inclusive.
He's hosting a camp Sat, inviting LGBTQ+ kids & allies: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
Hochman: Following ‘golden rule,’ NFL’s Khalen Saunders, STL native, hosts LGBTQ+ inclusive camp
St. Louis native Khalen Saunders, who plays for the New Orleans Saints, is hosting a football camp Saturday that's inclusive to members of the LGBTQ+ community.
www.stltoday.com
July 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
He’s one of the biggest & baddest dudes around — Super Bowl-winning, multimillionaire, 320-pound STL native Khalen Saunders, who’s now a defensive tackle for the New Orleans Saints.
And he’s proudly inclusive.
He's hosting a camp Sat, inviting LGBTQ+ kids & allies: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
And he’s proudly inclusive.
He's hosting a camp Sat, inviting LGBTQ+ kids & allies: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
He’s one of the biggest & baddest dudes around — Super Bowl-winning, multimillionaire, 320-pound STL native Khalen Saunders, who’s now a defensive tackle for the New Orleans Saints.
And he’s proudly inclusive.
He's hosting a camp Sat, inviting LGBTQ+ kids & allies: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
And he’s proudly inclusive.
He's hosting a camp Sat, inviting LGBTQ+ kids & allies: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
Hochman: Following ‘golden rule,’ NFL’s Khalen Saunders, STL native, hosts LGBTQ+ inclusive camp
St. Louis native Khalen Saunders, who plays for the New Orleans Saints, is hosting a football camp Saturday that's inclusive to members of the LGBTQ+ community.
www.stltoday.com
July 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
He’s one of the biggest & baddest dudes around — Super Bowl-winning, multimillionaire, 320-pound STL native Khalen Saunders, who’s now a defensive tackle for the New Orleans Saints.
And he’s proudly inclusive.
He's hosting a camp Sat, inviting LGBTQ+ kids & allies: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
And he’s proudly inclusive.
He's hosting a camp Sat, inviting LGBTQ+ kids & allies: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
Alex Pietrangelo, who announced tonight he’s stepping away from hockey because of his physical health, scored the game-winning goal for the St. Louis Blues in Game 7 of the 2019 Stanley Cup Final. Here’s my homage to that goal: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
Hochman: Petro's Game 7 goal one for the ages
Joe Fiala and Joe Fiala wore their white jerseys because the blue Blues ones were indisputably bad luck, and this was Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final, no time
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July 1, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Alex Pietrangelo, who announced tonight he’s stepping away from hockey because of his physical health, scored the game-winning goal for the St. Louis Blues in Game 7 of the 2019 Stanley Cup Final. Here’s my homage to that goal: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
They came to America with soccer dreams. Now they're U.S. citizens.
Tonight, before the St. Louis City SC game, there was a naturalization ceremony on the field.
@stlCITYsc goalie coach Alex Langer became an American. As did Nando Hernandez. Their stories: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
Tonight, before the St. Louis City SC game, there was a naturalization ceremony on the field.
@stlCITYsc goalie coach Alex Langer became an American. As did Nando Hernandez. Their stories: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
Hochman: They came to America with soccer dreams. Now they're U.S. citizens in St. Louis.
At Wednesday's St. Louis City SC, Nando Hernandez and Alex Langer became American citizens at a pregame naturalization ceremony.
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June 26, 2025 at 12:55 AM
They came to America with soccer dreams. Now they're U.S. citizens.
Tonight, before the St. Louis City SC game, there was a naturalization ceremony on the field.
@stlCITYsc goalie coach Alex Langer became an American. As did Nando Hernandez. Their stories: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
Tonight, before the St. Louis City SC game, there was a naturalization ceremony on the field.
@stlCITYsc goalie coach Alex Langer became an American. As did Nando Hernandez. Their stories: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
The best high school soccer player in the United States of America lives in St. Louis. And she’s only 16. Meet Maddie DiMaria, the “Energizer Bunny,” in today’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
Hochman: America’s best high school soccer player lives in St. Louis. She's only 16.
Cor Jesu star Maddie DiMaria won Gatorade National Player of the Year honors as a freshman. As a sophomore, she has 9 more goals than last year.
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June 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The best high school soccer player in the United States of America lives in St. Louis. And she’s only 16. Meet Maddie DiMaria, the “Energizer Bunny,” in today’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
It’s time. St. Louis City SC, which hasn’t won in its past 10 matches, needs a new coach: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
May 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
It’s time. St. Louis City SC, which hasn’t won in its past 10 matches, needs a new coach: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
Today’s St. Louis sports video pays homage to a classic @i-jasonalexander.bsky.social scene (I wonder what ever happened to the guy playing Eric The Clown?).
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Ten Hochman: You’ve never heard of Yohel Pozo? P-O-Z-O? Cardinals catcher hitting quite well!
In today’s 10 AM “Ten Hochman” video, Ben Hochman discusses Cardinals catcher Yohel Pozo (P-O-Z-O), who hits well when filling in! Plus a happy birthday shoutout to Pete Townshend! And
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May 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Today’s St. Louis sports video pays homage to a classic @i-jasonalexander.bsky.social scene (I wonder what ever happened to the guy playing Eric The Clown?).
www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
Just posted to the Post-Dispatch website: www.stltoday.com/sports/profe...
Hochman: There’s pain. Then there’s the Blues losing a Game 7 lead with 1.6 seconds left.
The St. Louis Blues, up 3-2 with 1.6 seconds left in Game 7, allowed a Jets goal. It was brutal. And the Blues lost in the second overtime, 4-3.
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May 5, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Just posted to the Post-Dispatch website: www.stltoday.com/sports/profe...
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"Yeah, let it fly, Paige Bueckers!" 🎯
May 3, 2025 at 12:20 AM
"Yeah, let it fly, Paige Bueckers!" 🎯
The Blues didn’t play Game 4 inside Enterprise Center.
They played Game 4 inside Connor Hellebuyck’s head.
They skated freely from lobe to lobe, took some shots inside his corpus callosum and celebrated in his cerebellum.
Column for tomorrow’s 🗞️:
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They played Game 4 inside Connor Hellebuyck’s head.
They skated freely from lobe to lobe, took some shots inside his corpus callosum and celebrated in his cerebellum.
Column for tomorrow’s 🗞️:
www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
Hochman: ‘We WANT Con-nor!’ Did the Blues break the best goalie in hockey?
Connor Hellebuyck, one of the best goalies of his generation, has faltered on the road in this series against the St. Louis Blues.
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April 28, 2025 at 12:44 AM
The Blues didn’t play Game 4 inside Enterprise Center.
They played Game 4 inside Connor Hellebuyck’s head.
They skated freely from lobe to lobe, took some shots inside his corpus callosum and celebrated in his cerebellum.
Column for tomorrow’s 🗞️:
www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
They played Game 4 inside Connor Hellebuyck’s head.
They skated freely from lobe to lobe, took some shots inside his corpus callosum and celebrated in his cerebellum.
Column for tomorrow’s 🗞️:
www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
Mark McGwire’s son plays first base for St. Louis U. Meet Max McGwire. We had a fun chat about his dad, his own career and growing up in the #STLCards clubhouse when dad was the hitting coach (Pujols once called his shot and hit a homer FOR Max). Column: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
April 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Mark McGwire’s son plays first base for St. Louis U. Meet Max McGwire. We had a fun chat about his dad, his own career and growing up in the #STLCards clubhouse when dad was the hitting coach (Pujols once called his shot and hit a homer FOR Max). Column: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...