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May 25, 2012
The Time for Roy is Now
John Mozeliak should be on the phone right now to Roy Oswalt. And I'll tell you why. The St. Louis Cardinals scored nine runs last night. It was a beautiful offensive performance, just the kind of beating a team of this talent level should regularly put on pitchers the caliber of one Joe Blanto ... More >>
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May 22, 2012
Tyler Greene Get the Cards Off the Schneid
The Cardinals were very, very close to losing a fifth consecutive game last night. It would have been their longest losing streak of the season, and continued a rather brutal May that has seen the Cards undo a fair amount of the good work they did in April. On the first day of May, the Cardinal ... More >>
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December 8, 2011
Jeff Luhnow: Cardinals Lose Their Minor League Architect
Jeff Luhnow, future Baseball Executive of the Year award winner for turning around the Houston Astros' fortunes. Amidst all the hooplah and hand-wringing of waiting for Albert Pujols to make up his effing mind about just how much money is enough, there's another story unfolding for the Cardinals ... More >>
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October 29, 2011
Farmhaus Crashes Cards Celebratory Clubhouse
Via TwitterEric Scholle of Farmhaus with World Series MVP David FreeseThe 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 >>
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October 28, 2011
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 >>
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October 27, 2011
3 Ways Cardinals Benefit from Rain Rescheduling
Purple Rain: still better than a rainout. But it's actually kind of close this time. It was disappointing to see the game rained out last night. You get all geared up for a do-or-die game, and then down comes the rain, washing the spider out and pushing all that pent-up energy off for another nig ... More >>
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October 20, 2011
World Series: Game 1 Observations From an Idiot Sports Reporter
Observation 1: That was a friggin' big flag they unfurled at the start of the game.Major League Baseball was nice enough to extend media credentials to Riverfront Times for the fall classic. Why? We're not sure. But believe us, we tried our best to look like legitimate sports reporters last nigh ... More >>
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October 19, 2011
The Single Biggest Key to the Cardinals Defeating the Rangers
Now that's a really big key. World Series starts tonight, kids. Exciting stuff, any time you can watch your team playing for the title. Plenty of ink has been spilled analyzing the two sides nearly to death, and plenty more will be spilled between now and the day the series ends. Let me boil ... More >>
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October 14, 2011
Cardinals Do Some Serious Backsliding
And just when things seemed to be going so well, too. The Cardinals headed into game four of the NLCS last night up two games to one, with all the cards in their favor. They had stolen home field advantage from the Brewers thanks to a road win in game two, and a brilliant bullpen performance ... More >>
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October 10, 2011
Jaime the Headcase and His Pitching-Impaired Friends
The Great Big Grudge Match between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Milwaukee Brewers got off to a mighty thud of a start yesterday, with the Brewers shellacking the 'Birds 9-6. Things started out okay, but the beating came up in a hurry, courtesy of a six-run fifth inning and a pair of Cardinal p ... More >>
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October 5, 2011
Phillies 3, Cardinals 2: Missed Opportunities and One Very Bad Decision
If you're surprised it was a double play that broke the Cardinals' collective back, then you just haven't been paying attention. The story of the season -- the historic number of double plays the Cards have grounded into this year -- popped up once again, killing an eighth inning bases loade ... More >>
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October 3, 2011
Who'dda Thunk? Cardinals Bullpen Saves the Day
commons.wikimedia.orgFernando Salas was just the first in a parade of lifesavers last night for the Redbirds, but may very well have been the most important.The Cardinals -- and their oft-maligned bullpen -- did the impossible last night. They beat Cliff Lee in the playoffs. It clearly wasn' ... More >>
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July 25, 2011
Cardinals Make Statement in Pittsburgh, Then Promptly Retract It
If you're looking for an allegorical representation of the Cardinals' season so far, you could do a whole lot worse than the weekend series against Pittsburgh. After all, it was a series absolutely fraught with symoblic importance, as both teams came in trying to make a statement. For the Pi ... More >>
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July 14, 2011
Breaking Down the Garcia Extension
Chad Garrison's disappointment notwithstanding (tee-hee), the news of the Cardinals and Jaime Garcia reaching an agreement on a four-year contract extension should come as music to any Redbird fan's earholes. Locking up their most talented pitcher (and yes, I say that including Adam Wainwright in ... More >>
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July 13, 2011
Cardinals Sign Jaime Garcia to 4-Year Extension
All together now: "Four more years!"When the Cardinals sent out a note this morning inviting media to a 12:30 p.m. press conference, fans of the Redbirds couldn't help but speculate that something big was about to happen.Did the Cardinals reach a contract with Albert Pujols? Were the Cardinals go ... More >>
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June 13, 2011
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 >>
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June 2, 2011
Keith Law Releases New Prospect Rankings; Two Cardinals Make the List
Keith Law, ESPN's prospect guru, released his updated rankings of the top 25 minor league prospects Tuesday, and the first couple names on the list aren't really all that surprising. The Angels' Mike Trout, who began the year atop virtually every prospect list in creation, is still there, followe ... More >>
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June 2, 2011
Cardinals Call Up Pitching Prospect Lance Lynn; But Why Is He Starting Tonight?
Lance Lynn looks a little frustrated. I know just how he feels. I must admit, this team continually finds a way to confuse and flabbergast me at every turn. Just when I think I have a proper handle on things and can see the path ahead, BAM! Out of left field, here comes another head-scratcher.&nb ... More >>
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May 31, 2011
The Allen Craig Experiment
Tony La Russa, center, discussing Allen Craig's future with John Mozeliak, left. Craig is shown far right. It's been an interesting season, to say the least, for the Cardinals so far in 2011. Between injuries to top players, one of the most fraught, complex slumps in major league history, and ple ... More >>
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May 9, 2011
Kyle McClellan's Pitching Success Defies Explanation
Kyle McClellan's 2011 season to date, shown here in lithograph form. Kyle McClellan became the third pitcher in baseball to reach five wins yesterday, throwing eight innings of one-run ball to beat Chris Narveson and the Milwaukee Brewers. He gave up four hits, walked three, and struck out three. ... More >>
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April 14, 2011
Cardinals Pitcher Eduardo Sanchez Delivers Some _____ Stuff
Man, if only you could see the image I tried to post here. It was so filthy the internet actually wouldn't allow it. Okay, first off, I would like everyone to look at the title of this post. Now, just take a second to appreciate my self-restraint. I went out of my way, exercising massive amounts ... More >>
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April 5, 2011
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 >>
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April 4, 2011
5 Lessons From the Cardinals' First Three Games
All right, listen up, kids. This moderately attractive and no doubt long-dead teacher from Pleasantville is gonna learn you up reeeaal nice. One series in the can, god only knows how many more to go in the baseball season. Unfortunately, 2011 hasn't exactly begun in stellar fashion for the Redbir ... More >>
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March 31, 2011
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em: Think of the 2011 Redbirds as your emphysemic, three-pack-a-day uncle
All right, listen up, kids. This moderately attractive and no doubt long-dead teacher from Pleasantville is gonna learn you up reeeaal nice. One series in the can, god only knows how many more to go in the baseball season. Unfortunately, 2011 hasn't exactly begun in stellar fashion for the Redbir ... More >>
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March 29, 2011
Augenstein In, Salas Out As Cards Finalize the 'Pen
Augenstein and his sidearm funk last saw the majors in 2009. The Cardinals made their roster official yesterday, as they announced Daniel Descalso and Bryan Augenstein will both make the club's Opening Day roster. Descalso will serve as a utility infielder, while Augenstein becomes the final righ ... More >>
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March 14, 2011
Is It Time to Worry About Jaime Garcia?
commons.wikimedia.orgLast year Jaime Garcia was the darling of spring training. He came in the longest of longshots, a talented youngster coming off a 2009 spent mostly rehabbing from Tommy John surgery, expected to spend most, if not all, of 2010 proving his health and mettle in Triple A. He lef ... More >>
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February 23, 2011
Adam Wainwright Has 'Significant' Elbow Injury; Mass Panic Ensues
Well, just in case everyone wasn't already bummed enough about the whole Albert-Pujols-is-leaving-after-the-season storyline for 2011, we now have the news that Adam Wainwright, ace of the Cardinals' staff and eternal Cy Young runner-up, has left spring training camp in Florida and is headed to t ... More >>
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November 16, 2010
Jaime Garcia, the Bronze Medal Rookie
Bronze age weaponry: Get it? Anyone?So the National and American League Rookie of the Year award were announced yesterday, and neither winner was a huge surprise. Rangers closer Neftali Feliz took home the trophy in the AL, while Buster Posey, catcher extraordinaire for the Giants, won the award ... More >>
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September 28, 2010
Better Luck Next Year, Adam Wainwright
commons.wikimedia.orgThe Curse of 2010 has taken away our hopes for playoff glory. Sadly, it appears it's also going to take away any hope we might have for seeing our players win much in the way of personal postseason hardware too. Jaime Garcia has already been shut down for the season, and ... More >>
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September 9, 2010
Jaime's Bad Night and an Award's Race Update
The Fonz expresses his displeasure with Jaime's performance last night. So Jaime Garcia had a really, really bad night yesterday. I mean really bad. The type of bad we hadn't seen up until this point in his career. Seven runs in just four innings. Not at all the result we've come to expect from t ... More >>
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August 24, 2010
Jaime Garcia and The Rookie of the Year Award
Every caption I think of comes off sounding like a threat to send mailbombs to Baseball Writers of America members, so I'm just going to quit trying. So over the weekend, I was sitting alone in my darkened shack watching any and all sports coverage I could find on the television. (This is standar ... More >>
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August 12, 2010
Five Cardinals You Don't Ever Want to Piss Off
So the great fracas that was the Reds/Cardinals series is over, with our boys in red roundly thumping their boys in red and taking over sole possession of first place in the National League Central. The series was an outstanding one, full of drama and heartbreak and brilliance on both the offensi ... More >>
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August 10, 2010
Skip Schumaker Objects to Column; Finds Support Among Blind Squirrel, Broken Clock Communities
commons.wikimedia.orgSkip Schumaker, almost assuredly putting a ball into the bleachers somewhere. Apparently Skip Schumaker doesn't like conjecture he may, in fact, be the worst everyday player in the big leagues. Of course, the first grand slam of his career doesn't change anything beyond last ... More >>
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July 27, 2010
Roy Oswalt: The Deal That Just Won't Die
commons.wikimedia.orgSo after a full week and a half of serious, intense speculation, discussion, and coverage, the Roy-Oswalt-to-the-Cardinals trade is...right about where it was a week and a half ago. A quick rundown of the pertinent facts: The Houston Astros want to move Roy Oswalt. ... More >>
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June 28, 2010
The Cardinals Weekend Review: A Royal Letdown
This Royal did NOT start against the Cardinals over the weekend; however, I'm convinced he could have thrown six shutout without much of a problem. So the 2010 edition of the I-70 series went about as poorly as one could possibly imagine. The Cardinals managed to lose two of three, Aaron Miles pl ... More >>
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May 25, 2010
What Now For the Cardinals Rotation?
What? It's appropriate. See, 'cause everyone wants to push the panic button. Get it? Going into last weekend, the Cardinals had one of the best starting rotations in all of baseball. Anchored by dual Cy Young contenders, the Cards' rotation had been the bedrock for their success to this poin ... More >>
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May 25, 2010
Previewing the Padres
commons.wikimedia.orgAdmit it. That's a creepy effing mascot. The Cardinals travel to San Diego tonight to begin a series against the surprising Padres, who sit atop the NL West. Looking over at the other dugout, the Cards just may see a mirror image of themselves, a team succeeding mostly on ... More >>
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May 20, 2010
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 >>
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May 7, 2010
The Philadelphia Story: A Progress Report One Month In
It was supposed to be the Cardinals' measuring stick for the young season, this trip to Philadelphia. Up until now the Cards had looked like the 700-pound red gorilla of old, stomping on opponents left and right and running up a big lead over the rest of a mediocre division. Going to Philly, thou ... More >>
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April 29, 2010
Jaime Garcia's Historic Start
commons.wikimedia.orgThe first month of the season has certainly been a productive one for the Cardinals, as they currently stand at 14-7 and have a four-game lead over the second-place Cincinnati Reds. All in all, not a bad April. It's not all that surprising the Cardinals are playing this ... More >>
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April 20, 2010
Pining For Pineiro: Ex-Cardinal Off to a Brilliant Start This Season
commons.wikimedia.orgPlease come back to us, Jo-El! I don't know if anyone else has been following the performance of one Joel "El Pinata" Pineiro since he left the Cardinals this past offseason, but I have. Not out of some sort of masochistic impulse to see the Cards' moves turn out badly and se ... More >>
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April 7, 2010
Roster Roulette: The 2010 Cardinals team includes some serious question marks
commons.wikimedia.orgPlease come back to us, Jo-El! I don't know if anyone else has been following the performance of one Joel "El Pinata" Pineiro since he left the Cardinals this past offseason, but I have. Not out of some sort of masochistic impulse to see the Cards' moves turn out badly and se ... More >>
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March 24, 2010
The Redbird Relief Race Heading Into the Home Stretch
Coming into spring training, the Cardinals only had a few real holes to fill. Well, perhaps not holes to fill, really, but at least decisions to make on how best to utilize their resources. Ryan Franklin and his awful beard will once again be closing games for the Cardinals this season. The res ... More >>
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March 19, 2010
Rich Hill's Sinking Ship
boobalikes.comWhat? Oh, come on. That's a funny picture and you know it. It's looking more and more as if the Rich Hill Era is probably going to end before it begins here in St. Louis. Since Hill joined the team, I've been rooting for him to win the vacant fifth spot in the Cardinals' rotati ... More >>
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January 14, 2010
Rumor Roundup: Cards Looking at Valverde?
The latest scuttlebutt on the hot stove wire has the Cardinals apparently interested in the services of Jose Valverde. The former Arizona and Houston closer is reportedly being pursued by a trio of clubs, according to Tim Brown of Yahoo Sports, with the Detroit Tigers seemingly the most likely de ... More >>
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August 17, 2009
Shelby Miller a Cardinal
Our long regional nightmare is over. Shelby Miller, the Cards' first round draft pick in this year's draft, has now been signed, sealed, and delivered, to the tune of $2.875 million. Good for him, and good for the Cardinals. They badly needed to get this deal done, in order to begin restocking ... More >>
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August 5, 2009
Jaime Garcia On the Comeback Trail
Cardinals GM John Mozeliak was down in Florida last night to watch Jaime Garcia pitch. Could the youngster be in the bigs this season?One of the Cardinals' best pitching prospects - probably the best, actually, at least until Shelby Miller signs - took another step last night in his attempt to re ... More >>
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August 14, 2008
Looper vs. Lohse: Fight to the Death!
Cardinals GM John Mozeliak was down in Florida last night to watch Jaime Garcia pitch. Could the youngster be in the bigs this season?One of the Cardinals' best pitching prospects - probably the best, actually, at least until Shelby Miller signs - took another step last night in his attempt to re ... More >>
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June 4, 2008
Pitcher Matt Clement Making a Comeback
Cardinals GM John Mozeliak was down in Florida last night to watch Jaime Garcia pitch. Could the youngster be in the bigs this season?One of the Cardinals' best pitching prospects - probably the best, actually, at least until Shelby Miller signs - took another step last night in his attempt to re ... More >>
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