David Freese

Smile and Say Provel Freese! Imo's Lands Cardinals Third Baseman as Spokesman

He grew up chowing down on thin crust pizza at the Imo's in Ballwin. And now David Freese, the Cardinals hometown hero in the 2011 World Series, is the newest spokesperson for St. Louis' most iconic pizza. "It's always been my favorite pizza, and so I am very excited to now represent this great St ... More >>

Cardinals Send Mother's Day Greetings (VIDEO)

Even the Cardinals had time to say happy Mother's Day to their moms. With tweets and a video! Check out the footage below of Daniel Descalso, Jon Jay, David Freese and Lance Lynn expressing their gratitude to their hard-working, nurturing moms who helped them become baseball stars. Driving the ... More >>

Mike Tyson Asks David Freese To Come To His St. Louis Show, Cardinal Says He Can't Make It

So this just happened. Mike Tyson will be in St. Louis tonight for his one-man show, and today, he's doing some good old-fashioned Twitter promoting in advance of his visit. This includes a polite request that David Freese swing by. Will the Cardinals third baseman make it??

Answers to the Riverfront Times 2012 News Quiz

In January Riverfront Times published its annual "News Challenge" -- 78 multiple-choice questions testing how well readers paid attention to current events over the past twelve months. Within a week, more than 100 of you submitted your answers to us. A few weeks later a dozen readers e-mailed a simi ... More >>

Five Cardinals File for Arbitration

It's that time of year again, when salary arbitration comes to the forefront, as players across baseball file for a raise. It's not quite as exciting as the run-up to the annual Winter Meetings, and certainly not as much fun as when the countdown to Pitchers and Catcher Report Day begins in earnest, ... More >>

David Freese's Accident Report

Riverfront Times has obtained an uncensored copy of the accident report stemming from David Freese's single-vehicle crash on Thanksgiving afternoon, November 22. Initially the St. Louis County Police Department would only provide a heavily redacted version of the report. Today the department release ... More >>

8 More Cringe-Inducing Fan-Made Songs About the St. Louis Cardinals

Every sport has its fan-written songs, but in Major League Baseball today, it seems like no community seems to write as many as St. Louis Cardinals fans. And most of them are awful. See Also: - Cardinals World Series Fan Songs: A Remix, A Rally Squirrel And A Career High Point - A Whole New Ballga ... More >>

Which Song will FOX Ruin During the MLB Playoffs This Year?

The MLB postseason began again over the weekend--you might have noticed your sports-agnostic fans living and dying with the Cardinals' Wild Card play-in game win on Friday. You might even have noticed, in yourself, a newfound interest in the vagaries of the infield fly rule. If you noticed those thi ... More >>

Ten Surprises in the Upcoming Tony La Russa Memoir

In case you haven't heard, good news, everyone! Tony La Russa has written a memoir, called "One Last Strike: Fifty Years in Baseball, Ten and a Half Games Back, and One Final Championship Season" that will be released on the 25th of September. It's already getting some serious awards buzz, most nota ... More >>

Should the Cardinals Take a Paycut to Finance Their Own Ballpark Village? Nahhh

St. Louis' Board of Alderman voted to approve up to $17 million in public subsidies to finance Ballpark Village, that oft-delayed development where you were supposed to watch the Cardinals take the World Series a year ago. Ah the best laid schemes of land developers and public officials... The deal ... More >>

David Freese Wins All-Star Fan Vote, Makes Roster

Local baseball masher and heart-throb David Freese has earned his first MLB All-Star Game berth thanks to overwhelming fan support in the NL Final Vote competition. Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish won the AL slot. This brings to five the total number of Cardinals summoned to Kansas City, with Carlo ... More >>

A Giant Problem With the All-Star Game

The rosters for the Major League All-Star Game were announced yesterday, and the Cardinals did pretty well for themselves. Rafael Furcal made it in as the starter at shortstop for the National League, Yadier Molina is going as the backup catcher, and Lance Lynn was selected to join the pitching staf ... More >>

In Defense of KSDK's Julie Tristan and Her David Freese Interview

So, this summer Six Flags is operating its "Mr. Freeze" roller coaster in reverse. To generate publicity for the ride, the theme park invited media out last week to give it a spin. To make the junket seem less self-serving, Six Flags also invited some kids from Big Brothers, Big Sisters to try out t ... More >>

For Being Baseball's Best Fans, We Sure Are Hateful

Cardinals' fans are a proud lot, especially when it comes to the oft-repeated claim that they're "the best fans in baseball." Apparently that sort of self esteem rubs some people the wrong way. The Twitter feed Baseball's Best Fans is a storehouse of ugliness, name calling and schadenfreude, all del ... More >>

The Cards Open the Season in Style

The Cardinals opened the 2012 season last night, playing -- and winning -- the first official game in the Miami Marlins' brand new ballpark. It was a night of firsts, really. It was the first win for manager Mike Matheny. The first hit for Carlos Beltran in a Cardinal uniform. The first time a ... More >>

Snow Globe Baseball Helmet = Ugliest World Series Collectible Ever?

We know that sports fans -- especially those here in "Cardinals Nation" -- aren't exactly known for their fashion taste. (What was it that former Redbird Ryan Theriot said about Cardinals fans wearing tank tops, jean shorts and Timberland boots?)But, seriously, does anyone think we're homely enough ... More >>

Texas Rangers Introduce Alternate Universe "Champion" Hot Dog

You might remember what happened last October: The St. Louis Cardinals, down to their last strike, staged an improbable comeback to win game six of the World Series. The next night, they won game seven and their eleventh championship. So it was with equal parts confusion and bemusement that Gut Che ... More >>

Of Adam Wainwright & Backup Catchers: Spring Training Notes 03/13/12

​Thanks to the magic of modern technology, I got to watch Adam Wainwright make his second start of the spring this afternoon; it was extremely comforting to see him back on the mound. You can forget about an injured pitcher surprisingly easily, thanks to the occasional nature of their appearances ... More >>

Won't You Support Joe Sports Fan?

​If you haven't heard, RFT's favorite sports blog is transitioning. Joe Sports Fan launched nearly a decade ago and quickly became one of the best sites for ridiculing our national obsession with sports.Now Joe Sports Fans is getting down to its true roots: St. Louis. In February the site revamped ... More >>

David Freese: Tale of an Olive Sofa

If you haven't yet seen the David Freese mini-profile in the current issue of Sports Illustrated (February 13, Eli Manning cover), you may want to take a peek. Writer Tom Verducci recounts a fun anecdote, perhaps overlooked by the local press (or maybe we just overlooked it), related to our hometown ... More >>

Cards Launch Imaginary Museum; Reality Still Less Encouraging

​Way back when in the magical days of the early 2000s, when Busch Stadium III was still just a twinkle in the eye of Bill DeWitt, the Cardinals proposed a new development next to the proposed stadium. It was to be called Ballpark Village, and it was going to be glorious. The highlight of the ... More >>

Kaboom: Readers debate the fate of East St. Louis and hunter Jeff Foiles

World Series Collectible Says Pujols Won MVP, Series Lasted 6 Games

Click image for larger view.​Anyone else out there confused by the television commercials this week from BigTimeBats.com? The company is blanketing the St. Louis airwaves with ads for its 2011 World Series collectible (right) that includes a ball and a plaque commemorating the Cardinals' eleventh ... More >>

David Freese on Jay Leno Tonight

Photo: Chad Garrison​David Freese is having a tough time taking it all in. On Friday he was named World Series MVP after the miracle Cardinals won their 11th championship. Yesterday, tens of thousands of well-wishers showed up in downtown St. Louis for the victory parade. At least a half-dozen wom ... More >>

Chris Carpenter: The REAL World Series MVP

In Carp we trust.​You know what's really a dick move? Just a couple days after a thrilling, beautiful victory in the World Series, and just one day after a parade that brought together thousands of strangers in the streets to celebrate a shared joy, taking to task the guy who won the Most Valuable ... More >>

Farmhaus Crashes Cards Celebratory Clubhouse

Via TwitterEric Scholle of Farmhaus with World Series MVP David Freese​The cook from Farmhaus hadn't expected to make it into the clubhouse of the World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals last night, let alone come face to face with hometown hero and series MVP David Freese. So when he asked Free ... More >>

One More Reason To Love David Freese: His Sense of Humor

Two of last night's Game 6 heroes -- John Jay (2-2) and David Freese (2-5 with game-tying double and game-winning HR) -- discuss sword fights in the locker room, etc.

Joe Buck Honors His Father with Game 6 Call

Jack and Joe Buck call their respective Game 6's from Kidd Video on Vimeo.Twenty years ago, the late-great Jack Buck was doing the TV commentary for Game 6 of the 1991 World Series when Kirby Puckett of the Minnesota Twins hit an 11th-inning home run to win the game and take the Atlanta Braves to a ... More >>

David Freese's High School Coaches Reflect on Former Player's World Series Heroics

David Freese was great in high school, but did anyone foresee a World Series hero?​When all is said and done, David Freese's performance in Game 6 of the World Series might go down as one of the greatest postseason performances of all time. At bat in the bottom of the ninth with two outs and down ... More >>

A Brief History of the Game Six Miracle

Edmonds, the man who brought us a miracle in 2004, then gave us David Freese on his way out the door. ​On the 20th of October, 2004, Jim Edmonds hit a walkoff home run in game six of the National League Championship Series against the Houston Astros. Bottom of the twelfth, Albert Pujols stand ... More >>

The Starters Still Suck, But the Cardinals are Moving On

This was the Mariners' bullpen car in 1982, back when baseball still had cool things like bullpen cars. No, this isn't really related to the Cards' current bullpen, but I've been waiting to use this picture forever. ​​The most improbable postseason run I can ever recall isn't ready to end just y ... More >>

David Freese's Coming Out Party

Ha! I'll bet you were expecting me to go with the Schwarzenneger version of Mr. Freeze, but instead I threw you a curve and went old school! That's why I'M a very important internet columnist and you're, well, probably doing something better with your time. Sigh.​I wrote earlier today about the pe ... More >>

In Squirrel We Trust: Did Varmint Hex Phillies Pitcher?

​David Freese would tell you that his 4 RBIs last night on the way to the Cardinals' 5-3 victory over the Phillies in Game 4 of the NLDS came by way of hard work and some technological assistance. After striking out in the 2nd inning, Freese went to the Cardinals clubhouse to watch video of his at ... More >>

Pujols' Gutsy Defense Key To Cardinals Victory

​Albert Pujols has had plenty of game-changing moments on the baseball field. He's hit home runs in the biggest situations, as Brad Lidge can readily attest. He's come through time and time again when the Cardinals have needed a spark. You can debate all day long whether he'll be worth the contrac ... More >>

Cards Are Swept Out of First Place by The Brewers -- So What Now?

The Cards ran into one of these over the weekend. There were no survivors. ​It was, to put it lightly, a bad weekend to be a Cardinals fan. The Redbirds headed into Milwaukee up 2.5 games in the divisional race after taking 2 of 3 from the Astros. Three days later, the Cards limped out of Miller P ... More >>

The Cards' Third Base Curse Strikes Again: Freese Out Longer than Expected

That white orb in the left corner is actually a piece of David Freese's brittle wrist bone.​Monday was a bad day for the Cardinals. They opened up a four-game series against the Florida Marlins with a 6-5 loss, the second day in a row they had given up that many runs to an opponent. Since reaching ... More >>

Game Notes: Pirates 4, Cardinals 3, 5/04/11

​You know, it's bad when you play the Pittsburgh Pirates, and they look like the young, energetic, dynamic team, and you look like the tired, poorly constructed and fatally flawed team.Unfortunately, that's not all that far from how things looked last night. It's much too soon to really start worr ... More >>

Skip Schumaker Nominated as Worst Player in Baseball

commons.wikimedia.orgSchumaker, almost assuredly grounding out to the right side. ​Joe Posnanski, who every year hands out a Least Valuable Player award to the player who exemplifies the principles of failing to help their team in any measurable way, shape, or form, has unofficially nominated ten ... More >>

David Freese: Learning What It's Like to Go from Hot to, Um, Freesin'

commons.wikimedia.org​For most of this season, David Freese has been sort of the unsung hero of the Cardinals' season. With the exception of one game (and actually really just about one inning), early on, his defense has been anywhere from solid to excellent (and seems to have improved as the seas ... 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 >>

Is McGwire to Blame for Cardinals' Lack of Offensive? The Numbers Don't Suggest It

So a little over a month into the season, the Cardinals' pitching, particularly the starting pitching, has been absolutely exquisite, while the offense has been, um, let's see...what's the opposite of exquisite? Maybe not the opposite, actually; how about something that's well short of exquisite but ... More >>

Game Notes: Cardinals 6, Redlegs 3 -- 7th April 2010

​Well, I think it's pretty clear by now the 2010 Cardinals aren't going to lose a game this year. I can honestly say, after viewing them for two entire games all the way through, this may be the single greatest athletic entity in the history of the world. Move over, '27 Yankees, the Cardinals are ... More >>

St. Louis: Ten Dumbest Crimes of 2009

Even leaving aside the public servants (Jeff Smith, Steve Brown, T.D. El-Amin) who got caught red-handed this year, 2009 offered a bumper crop of truly stupid crimes.    ​10. Savvy Hillbillies Employ Dogs Eight men from 'round the town of Doniphan allegedly thought they could outsmart ma ... More >>

Ass Clowns of the Week: Hyatt Hotel Parking Valets

The results are in, and the winners of last Friday's "Ass Clown of the Week" vote are the parking valets of the downtown Hyatt Hotel. Forty-one percent of Daily RFT readers thought the valets deserved the title after YouTube videos surfaced last week showing the parking attendants abusing people's c ... More >>

Ass Clown of the Week Is Back! Cast Your Vote for Biggest Local Bozo!

​Yes, 'tis that time of the week once more. Time for you, the readers of Daily RFT, to vote for the most despicable/idiotic local newsmaker of the past seven days. And the nominees...Amanda Hanneman and Jessra Johnson: The University of Missouri lady basketball players accused of beating the crap ... More >>

Freese Fact-Check: How Many Beers Does A .232 Blood-Alcohol Content Make?

​Upon his arrest Saturday night, St. Louis Cardinal David Freese told police he'd thrown back seven beers -- and proceeded to blow a .232 BAC. According to this nifty "physiology, alcohol and the human body" chart from St. Louis-based Intoximeters, a blood-alcohol content of .232 in ... More >>

Freese! You're Under Arrest

​St. Louis Cardinals third-base prospect David Freese was arrested in Maryland Heights early Saturday on the suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Few other details have emerged about the incident, though Freese was not involved in an accident when detained by police.The Post-Dispatch notes this ... More >>

Roster Problems

Yesterday afternoon, we saw what was, in my ever so humble opinion, the best start so far this year from a Cardinal go to waste. Chris Carpenter deserves some apologies, and a better outcome next time out. The question, of course, is how do you get him a better outcome next time? 

Young & Restless: Will 2009 finally be a breakthrough year for top Cardinals prospects?