Joe Strauss

Shit Colby Rasmus' Dad Says: The father of the St. Louis Cardinals phenom is never at a loss for words. But what he says might surprise you.

Tuesday Tussle: Part 1, Albert Pujols Was Right To Tell Off Tony La Russa

Image sourceTLR and El Hombre just needed some space after Friday's game against the Angels​The Cardinals were up by four runs in the eighth-inning of Friday night's game against the Angels when Tony La Russa's meddling finally made Albert Pujols snap. With two outs, the manager ordered Ryan Ludwi ... More >>

St. Louis Cardinals Twitter Accounts You Should Follow

​Keep up on the latest 140-character bursts of news, humor and statistics related to the St. Louis Cardinals on Twitter with this list of accounts you should follow, curated by the RFT staff. The tweeters below are all real people with opinions and we've excluded those Twitter accounts that simply ... More >>

The Ever-Prickly Tony La Russa Grows Pricklier By the Day

​Jeez, Tony, take a chill pill, will you? Give it a break. Smell the roses. Your rants and raves have grown old and tired. At issue, of course, is Temperamental Tony's latest flameout, chronicled this morning in the Post-Dispatch by Cardinals beat writer Joe Strauss. Tony La ... More >>

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 >>

The Best Headline Ever, And a Possible Solution to a Very Tough Problem

This soooo totally helps my plan. ​So yesterday Joe Strauss of the Post-Dispatch writes an article about Mark McGwire, the day when he will finally have to Talk About the Past, and the way the Cardinals plan on trying to handle the potential reaction of the fanbase. And then, someone did ... More >>

Albert Pujols' Comments Lost in Translation -- Again?!

Wikimedia Commons​Near the end of 2006, a tempest boiled over in the local sports teapot when Albert Pujols, in an interview with reporters in his native Dominican Republic, opined that maybe he, and not Ryan Howard, was entitled to that season's Most Valuable Player award, by virtue of the fact t ... More >>

Getting Behind the Angels

​With the Cardinals out of the playoffs, I've had to decide what team I'm going to root for the rest of the playoffs. Sure, I could just watch the games impartially and enjoy the sport itself, but where's the fun in that? No, I'm one of those people who are always going to set up a team to root fo ... More >>

The Adam Kennedy Era Comes to an End

The Cardinals just released Adam Kennedy. Huh. Didn't see that one coming. I mean at all. At all. All we've heard recently is how Kennedy is the guy at second base. And you know what? He should have been. Yes, he was flat-out awful in 2007. Last year, though, he rebounded with the bat, and ... More >>

Tony La Russa's Message to Cardinal Fans

The Cardinals just released Adam Kennedy. Huh. Didn't see that one coming. I mean at all. At all. All we've heard recently is how Kennedy is the guy at second base. And you know what? He should have been. Yes, he was flat-out awful in 2007. Last year, though, he rebounded with the bat, and ... More >>

Tony La Russa: On Tape

The Cardinals just released Adam Kennedy. Huh. Didn't see that one coming. I mean at all. At all. All we've heard recently is how Kennedy is the guy at second base. And you know what? He should have been. Yes, he was flat-out awful in 2007. Last year, though, he rebounded with the bat, and ... More >>

Morris, Shmorris -- Giants Win While Cards Go After the Wrong Guy!

The Cardinals just released Adam Kennedy. Huh. Didn't see that one coming. I mean at all. At all. All we've heard recently is how Kennedy is the guy at second base. And you know what? He should have been. Yes, he was flat-out awful in 2007. Last year, though, he rebounded with the bat, and ... More >>

Morris, Shmorris -- Giants Win While Cards Go After the Wrong Guy!

The Cardinals just released Adam Kennedy. Huh. Didn't see that one coming. I mean at all. At all. All we've heard recently is how Kennedy is the guy at second base. And you know what? He should have been. Yes, he was flat-out awful in 2007. Last year, though, he rebounded with the bat, and ... More >>

Yet Mo' Memos

The Cardinals just released Adam Kennedy. Huh. Didn't see that one coming. I mean at all. At all. All we've heard recently is how Kennedy is the guy at second base. And you know what? He should have been. Yes, he was flat-out awful in 2007. Last year, though, he rebounded with the bat, and ... More >>

Grace Under Pressure

The Cardinals just released Adam Kennedy. Huh. Didn't see that one coming. I mean at all. At all. All we've heard recently is how Kennedy is the guy at second base. And you know what? He should have been. Yes, he was flat-out awful in 2007. Last year, though, he rebounded with the bat, and ... More >>

Oblique Strain

When a blogger fingered him in the Jason Grimsley scandal, strength coach Chris Mihlfeld found himself in a world of pain.

The Times, They Are A-Changin'

But St. Louis sportswriters unapologetically cast MVP ballots