Subject: Ryan Ludwick

• Simply Offensive: The Cardinals' Attack

  April 11, 2008

• Cards Blog: An Inning-By-Inning Soap Opera

  April 18, 2008

• Cards Blog: Pujols Finally Gets Some Rest

  May 9, 2008

• Cards Blog: Pujols Finally Gets Some Rest

  May 9, 2008

• Cards Blog: An Inning-By-Inning Soap Opera

  April 18, 2008

• Simply Offensive: The Cardinals' Attack

  April 11, 2008

• Ludwick Leading Cardinal Offense, Really

  May 20, 2008

• The Cardinals: Where Do They Go From Here?

  May 27, 2008

• Izturis' Triple Tells Us of the '08 Cardinals

  May 29, 2008

• Troy Glaus Will Complete Cardinals' Offense

  June 2, 2008

• We Try to Figure Out the Role of a Bench Coach

  June 27, 2008

• Cardinals at the Crossroads

  July 11, 2008

• Four Positive Notes for the Cardinals at the All-Star Break

  July 14, 2008

• Watching Cardinals' Bullpen is Second-Worst Pain Ever

  August 6, 2008

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

  April 1, 2009

• Tony La Russa's Message to Cardinal Fans

  September 23, 2008

• What If: The Cardinals Acquire San Diego Ace Jake Peavy

  October 20, 2008

• Albert Pujols, Kevin Slaten, Ryan Ludwick and the '08 MVP

  Well, the writers got it right. Hallelujah. And yet, even as I celebrate Albert Pujols winning his supremely deserved second MVP Award, I still just can't let go and simply be happy about the results. Even thought Jack is wearing this shirt for Kobe, it's still pretty cool. I bet he's a Pujols fan anyway.

  November 17, 2008

• Awards Time: The Best of the Cardinals and the Cardinal Blogs

  I've spoken in the past of the United Cardinal Bloggers project, I know. Well, see, it's the time of year when those of us who take part in such things all gather 'round the flickering monitor screen and take a vote. We vote on things large and small, exquisite and banal. And then, when all the votes are tabulated, the christening of the winners takes place in the UCB Fortress of Solitude. What? We can't have a Fortress of Solitude? Why not? Superman had one. Oh, I get it. You think that a 197

  November 25, 2008

• Cardinals Avoid Getting Stuck In the Middle with Arbitration for Ludwick, Ankiel

  Well, the Cardinals managed to get both of their high-profile cases under contract and they didn't have to go to arbitration on either one. With the announcement yesterday that the Cards and Ryan Ludwick have come to terms on a one-year deal, thus avoiding arbitration, the Cardinals have managed to dodge that bullet for another year. Probably a good thing, too; arbitration is a really nasty process, and I don't think it's ever really helpful for a team and player to go through it. I know I

  February 17, 2009

• Top 10 Stories about the 2009 St. Louis Cardinals

  Spring training is officially underway, with real, no-foolin' games being played and everything. The beginning of a long, twisty road that leads through summer and into autumn, hopefully ending late in October with a nice, new piece of hardware to add to the trophy case at Busch Stadium.At the very least, it promises to be an interesting season, one which will likely go a long ways toward deciding how the fan base views the Cardinals' new-found commitment to a build-from-within philosophy. In fa

  February 26, 2009

• The Cardinals' Missing Millions: Gordon Gaffes on Team Payroll in Column

  You know, I ordinarily try to avoid putting too much weight into anything I read about baseball in the mainstream media, non-Derrick Goold division. It just seems like if you want even halfway competent analysis on the sport, you have to look at a baseball-only outlet these days. Not sure why, but that's just how it seems to be going. Sadly, as part of my employment here at the RFT, I do have to do a fair amount of research, poring through the local publications, as well as various national

  March 6, 2009

• RFT readers love Laurell K. Hamilton's vampire stories, Albert Pujols, and foodie trivia

  November 26, 2008

• Brendan Ryan? Over Ryan Ludwick? Really?

  So I'll go ahead and ask it. The question that has to be on the mind of every single Cardinal fan in the city this morning, after last night's loss to Arizona.Brendan Ryan? Over Ryan Ludwick? Really? Brendan Ryan with the Springfield Redbirds.I was watching the game last night, listening to Dan and Al try to justify the move, saying that Tony was probably saving Ludwick for later, for that one big swing situation, and I was just yelling at my television. Now, I won't print most of the thing

  April 15, 2009

• 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? 

  May 26, 2009

• Baseball Card of the Week: Ryan Ludwick

  The time has come. The time is now. Tonight we witness The Return. Well, actually, those capital letters may be a little misleading. See, Ryan Ludwick is coming off the DL tonight, which is a pretty damned dramatic thing. However, seeing as how this team seems to constantly be welcoming some player or another back from injury, surgery, purgatory, or mental illness, it's probably just a plain old lower-case return. 

  May 29, 2009

• Nothing Shall Come From Something, Trade Again!

  And so, just like that, the Blaine Boyer Experiment comes to an end here in St. Louis. Farewell, Monorail Man, we hardly knew ye. (And barely cared.) Somehow, it just isn't as cool as Rocket Man, is it? 

  June 9, 2009

• Tigers at Cardinals: Anatomy of a Beatdown

  Sunday night, the Cardinals played the Cleveland Indians on ESPN and were dominated. Not just beaten, but absolutely humiliated by the sinister wizardry of one Clifford Lee. Last night, that same Cardinal squad blew Justin Verlander right off the field, with five runs in a mere four innings. I think it's fair to ask the question: just what was so different? 

  June 17, 2009

• Postgame Thoughts, 18th June: Double You. Tee. Eff.

  -Okay, so Jo-El Pineiro crapped the bed quite mightily in the first inning, but he certainly had some help from the defense. Just an ugly inning all around, the sort that we really haven't seen too many of from the Cards lately. Typing that, I find myself a bit surprised, to be quite honest. It hadn't even really occurred to me until just now that the Cardinal defense has improved markedly from where it was earlier this season. I still think Skippy Schumaker is hurting the team at second ba

  June 19, 2009

• An Extension for El Piñata?

  Sure, he hasn't actually pitched like a piñata this year, but it's just too good a nickname to stop now. ​Apparently, Joel Piñeiro really wants to stick around with the Cardinals a while longer. He has reportedly told his agent to get a deal done that will keep him here if at all possible. Seems like a nice story, right? Piñeiro reinvents himself as a pitcher, becoming one of the top sinker-ballers in the league, then signs a nice deal to stay with the team -- and coaching staff --

  September 16, 2009

• Rockies vs. Cardinals 9/27/09: The Photographer Who Caught the Catch That Probably Wasn't

  ​In just a moment we're going to hear from Craig Welling, a Denver blogger who snapped a photograph that was the source of much argument and consternation around the Interwebs last week.First, some background. On Tuesday RFT sports blogger Aaron Schafer dipped into a brewing controversy surrounding the play that ended Sunday's Cardinals-Rockies game.Fans of both teams no doubt recall the situation: Rockies up 4-3, top of the ninth. One out, Albert Pujols on first, Julio Lugo on third, Rya

  October 5, 2009

• Rockies vs. Cardinals 9/27/09: The Photographer Who Caught the Catch That Probably Wasn't

  ​In just a moment we're going to hear from Craig Welling, a Denver blogger who snapped a photograph that was the source of much argument and consternation around the Interwebs last week.First, some background. On Tuesday RFT sports blogger Aaron Schafer dipped into a brewing controversy surrounding the play that ended Sunday's Cardinals-Rockies game.Fans of both teams no doubt recall the situation: Rockies up 4-3, top of the ninth. One out, Albert Pujols on first, Julio Lugo on third, Ry

  October 5, 2009

• Back In the Saddle (Hopefully, Anyway)

  For the past couple of weeks, I've been feeling really kind of rough. Not sick, necessarily, but just not all that well. Every few days, I would feel a little better, but then the next day it would be right back down. I had a hell of a time mustering the wherewithall to complete much of anything. No energy, kind of just icky, you know? I didn't think too much of it at the time; just the cost of doing business when you've got too many hours worth of work to get into the day.So anyway, I spent the

  October 7, 2009