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Cards Finish Off Sweep of Astros; Gain Real Breathing Room

It may not have been the prettiest game any of us have ever seen -- or the prettiest the Cardinals have played -- but it got the job done. The Cards finished off a three game sweep of the Houston Astros yesterday at Busch Stadium behind a shaky-but-effective Jaime Garcia pitching performance an ... More >>

The Cards Take Control of Their Destiny

With their 4-2 win over the Houston Astros last night (and a little help from the San Diego Padres, who finished up a three game sweep of the Pirates earlier in the day), the Cardinals moved half a game ahead of Pittsburgh, into sole possession of the second National League Wild Card spot. This ... More >>

Cards Split With the Giants; Adam Wainwright Does a Thing

Thank god for Adam Wainwright. I've said it before over the past four or five seasons, but I think it bears repeating now and again. Thank god for Adam Wainwright. It's been a great ride, watching Wainwright progress from hyped prospect (acquired in return for J.D. Drew way back in the 200 ... More >>

Giants at Cards Game Preview -- 7th August 2012

The Cardinals are riding a four game winning streak and will try to make it five tonight at Busch when they take on the San Francisco Giants in the second game of a four game set. Last night the Cards blew the Giants out despite the presence of Matt Cain on the mound, holding it close early and ... More >>

History Repeating for The Cardinals?

It was a good weekend for the Cardinals. Like, a really good weekend. A really really good weekend, in fact. They swept the Milwaukee Brewers, looking like a legitimate title contender for the first time in quite a while. The Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds played each other, with the Re ... More >>

Midseason Reviews for Preseason MLB Team Predictions, In Which I Eat Lots of Crow

Hey, you guys remember way back when, before the season really got going, and I made a whole bunch of predictions? Sure you do. I predicted MVP winners and Cy Young winners and a bunch of other stuff like that. I predicted stuff for teams, too; stuff like division standings and won/loss records. It ... More >>

Jason Motte Vs. Twitter: At Least Johnny Cueto Didn't Kick Him in the Face

To remind you that the Cardinals-Reds rivalry blabbed about for two nationally televised baseball games this weekend is in fact legitimate, if you're a Reds fan. Many of the sentiments on Twitter Sunday night were directed at Jason Motte, who posted this note on Twitter after Sunday night's game: ... More >>

Moving Time For the Cardinals

The St. Louis Cardinals, as of right this moment, the morning of the 29th of June in the Year of Our Lord 2012, right around twenty after nine Central Daylight Time, are a third-place team. That's kind of depressing, isn't it? Particularly after the blazing hot start to this season, I can't imagine ... More >>

Walt Jocketty's Two Worst Trades, And Why Cardinals Fans Should Still Feel Worse

You may or may not have heard yet, but Josh Hamilton had himself quite a game last night. The Texas Rangers outfielder became just the 16th player in major league history to hit four home runs in a single game as part of a 5-for-5 night that saw him collect 8 RBI and 18 total bases. Bizarrely e ... More >>

Win Two Tickets to the Cards vs. Reds Tuesday Night Game

If you're a fan of bases-ball -- am I saying that correctly? -- perhaps you'd be interested in attending tomorrow night's game against the Cincinnati Reds. I have two tickets in section 137 that can be yours, if you can answer a baseball trivia question.But first, the rules of our little contest.1. ... More >>

Team-by-Team Preseason Predictions: The Cardinals Are Good, But Not Good Enough

Yesterday I gave my predictions for individual award in the upcoming season. Today we turn our attention to larger matters. Team matters. This season actually promises an entirely new level of intrigue, due to the presence of an extra wild card team from each league. Whether you like the new de ... More >>

Ryan Madson Injured: The Reds Lose Their Closer for the Season

​Ryan Madson, the biggest offseason free agent acquisition for the Cincinnati Reds, has a torn ulnar collateral ligament (UCL), and will miss the entirety of the 2012 season as he recovers from having Tommy John surgery. Madson has spent the last nine seasons -- the whole of his career, in fa ... More >>

Sports Illustrated Picks Reds to Win NL Central; And Guess Who's on the Cover?

​Sports Illustrated is out with its annual baseball preview. And surprise, surprise the cover fronts Albert Pujols and fold outs with comparisons ranking him among baseball greats DiMaggio, Williams and Aaron. SI also picks Pujol's new team, the Los Angeles Angels, to win the World Series.As for t ... More >>

The Cincinnati Reds Get Better (Again)

​Cincinnati is really serious about winning the NL Central in 2012. I'm not sure if they'll do it or not, but you have to give them credit: they're going after it hard. The Reds continued their busy offseason of win-now moves yesterday, signing Ryan Madson, late of the Philadelphia Phillies a ... More >>

The Reds' All-In Risk

Walt Jocketty, gamblin' man. ​While the Cardinals wait for the Carlos Beltran/Coco Crisp/other random dude interested in making a couple million a year for throwing a ball around sweepstakes to sort itself out, the rest of the NL Central is changing. The Cincinnati Reds had been remarkably qu ... More >>

Ever Wonder How the Cardinals Got Their Name?

image viaThe original Cards logo. The team didn't adopt the more familiar birds-on-a-bat until 1922.​Uh, well then, you're not nearly as nerdy as Daily RFT. During a recent game, we came up with four possibilities: 1. The team's early owners were ardent birdwatchers and especially fond of the ... More >>

Cardinals Red, White and BOOO!

Game Notes: Cardinals 3, Padres 1, May 23

commons.wikimedia.orgA sight that used to be so common, but has been a bit rare of late. ​Ladies and gentlemen, our long national nightmare is over. Albert Pujols has hit a home run. Sure, that may not seem like the biggest deal; I remember a time when Albert Pujols hitting a home run wa ... More >>

Brandon Phillips: Cincinnati Red, Restaurant Critic

The Cincinnati Reds are in town this weekend for an early season divisional showdown with the Redbirds, and everyone's favorite Red, Brandon "Whiny Bitch" Phillips is ruffling feathers again. Here's what he tweeted earlier today:​He later bestowed his coveted seal of approval on one St. Louis esta ... More >>

Mike Leake, the Cincinnati Shirt Bandit

Okay, just pretend for a second you don't know this mugshot is of a man with a couple million in the bank. Is anyone at all surprised he was arrested for shoplifting? ​Mike Leake, professional baseball player, Reds' pitching phenom, and one of the only players to completely bypass the minor league ... More >>

The Opening Day Crystal Ball: 2011 MLB Predictions

I actually dressed up like this to write this post. I predict the itching of this beard will soon drive me to madness. ​Just a bare handful of hours, now, until the Cardinals' 2011 season gets underway. Plenty of ink and bytes have been spilled talking about what the season may bring, lots of it r ... More >>

The Five Best Cardinals Games of 2010 in Half-Hour Segments

Ahh, summertime. ​If you haven't seen it yet, Fox Sports Midwest recently embarked on a contest asking Cardinals fans to rank their five favorite games of last year. FSM will then cut down the five winners into half-hour segments to run on the station during March. Of the fifteen games nominated, ... More >>

Anti-Brandon-Phillips-ism: Now in Convenient T-Shirt Format!

Not 24 hours after the massive brawl between the Cards and Reds (sparked by Cincinnati loudmouth Brandon Phillips), RinaWear appears to be offering the following t-shirt: ​

Cardinals vs. Reds, As Soundtracked by Disturbed

Gotta hand it to hardcore YouTube users: Just hours after last night's epic St. Louis Cardinals-Cincinnati Reds brawl, people had already posted homemade videos set to music. This one, which matches Disturbed's "Bodies" with shaky TV footage of the melee, is particularly fitting.

Cardinals vs. Reds, As Soundtracked by Drowning Pool

Gotta hand it to hardcore YouTube users: Just hours after last night's epic St. Louis Cardinals-Cincinnati Reds brawl, people had already posted homemade videos set to music. This one, which matches Disturbed's Drowning Pool's "Bodies" with shaky TV footage of the melee, is particularly fitting.

Jim Edmonds Now a Red

​commons.wikimedia.orgThis is how Jim Edmonds is supposed to look. Sigh. ​Q: What's worse than seeing Jim Edmonds in a Milwaukee Brewer uniform? A: Seeing him in a Cincinnati Red uniform! Although, to be fair, neither is as painful as watching Jimmy Baseball play for the Cubs, so this ... More >>

Walt Jocketty: Getting the Band Back Together

It happens to every guy at some point in life. You reach a certain age, and all of a sudden you start getting nostalgic for the past. At odd times, too; maybe you look in the mirror one morning, notice how thin the hair is getting on top, and you just can't help but think about your friends from col ... More >>

2010 MLB Draft: A Mock Draft You Can Set Your Watch To

It's Christmas in June! ​Finally, Draft Day is here, and I'm as giddy as a small child the day before Christmas, shaking all the packages and trying to figure out what might be in that really big one with my name on it. Unfortunately, no amount of shaking or clever examination of the boxes is goin ... More >>

And Now for Your Song of the Day: 'Proud Dusty (Rolen on the River)'

As found by our friends over at St. Louis sports blog Joe Sports Fan, the Reds fanbase -- and one acoustic guitar strumming musician -- have really taken to Scott Rolen's play this year in Cincy. Seems that after sometimes tumultuous days in Philadelphia and here in St. Louis, Scott has finally foun ... More >>

Cardinals Offense: The One That Got Away

Up yours, marlin. ​Well, at least the Reds lost too. Of course, the fact Cincinnati was unable to come back against the Braves just means the Cardinals missed a golden opportunity to retake their rightful place at the top of the NL Central. So maybe the Reds losing should go under the 'piling ... More >>

Walt Jocketty and the Reds' Renaissance

Walt Jocketty in his days at GM of the Cardinals.​The Cincinnati Reds welcome the Cardinals into town this weekend for what is, to this point, probably the biggest series of the season for both clubs. The series in Philadelphia was the one I had been looking to as the big test for the Cards e ... More >>

Batter Up: The Cardinals' 2010 Season Begins Today

'Tis the season.​In case you've somehow missed it, the 2010 MLB season begins in earnest today. The Cardinals are in Cincinnati and get underway at 12:10 this afternoon. Chris Carpenter 2.24 ERA (2009) faces Aaron Harang 4.21 ERA (2009). From Cinncy the Cards travel to Milwaukee before landing in ... More >>

Whither Mark Mulder?

Jocketty on "Most Embarrassing" List

Cards Need to Go 13-6 From Here Out to Make Playoffs (Maybe)

Life After Pujols Sweet Thus Far

Cards Blog: A Cautionary Tale for Anthony Reyes

Cards Blog: A Cautionary Tale for Anthony Reyes

Sports Blog: 2008 Major League Baseball Draft Picks

Sports Blog: 2008 Major League Baseball Draft Picks

Business in Front, Party in Back for Cards' Backstop

Business in Front, Party in Back for Cards' Backstop

Stick a Fork in 'Em

Stick a Fork in 'Em

Unchained Melody

Dewey's Pizza aims to keep it all deliciously local

Location, Location, Location

Why downtown's the best place for a stadium, even without state money

Switch Hitters

When it comes to being given a stadium, Cardinal owners want it both ways

The Midas Touch

Cardinals owner Bill DeWitt Jr. has a knack for making money without risking his own. Meet the guy who wants you to cough up $250 million for a new stadium.

Getting What You Don't Pay For

Success ruins some of baseball owners' most tearful tales