Daniel William Descalso (twitter: @DanielDescalso)

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 19, 1986 in Redwood City, CA
High School: St. Francis HS (Mountain View, CA)
School: University of California, Davis (Davis, CA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 2007 amateur draft.
Signed June 15, 2007. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 2010 (Age 23)   vs. SDP 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Team: Cardinals 2010-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$511k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 2.016, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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• 5/16 Mets Chronicle: Preview: Game 38 - Mets at Cardinals - Niese vs Wainwright: New York Mets (14-23) at St. Louis Cardinals (26-13) 1:45 PM ET SeasonRd/HmLast StartLast 3 App STARTERSGSRECERAAIPRECERADATEOPPDECIPHERRECIPERA ...
• 5/16 Redbird Rants: Miller battles, Maness Picks Up the W as St. Louis Wins Again: The Cardinals squared off with the Mets in game 3 of the 4 game series and things went much the same as the first 2, with the...
• 5/16 Mets Merized: Mets Waste Solid Start By Marcum In 4-2 Loss To Cardinals: Lately, it seems the only thing the Mets excel at is finding ways to lose. Shaun Marcum had his first quality start as a Met,...
• 5/16 Mets Chronicle: Pretty Sad Recap: Game 37 - Mets (2) at Cardinals (4) - Cards GO WILD on Mets: Final123456789RHE N.Y. Mets (14-23)000000200272 St. Louis (26-13)«00020011x460 W: S. Maness (3-0) L: S. Marcum (0-4)...
• 5/16 El Maquino: MATH’S LUCK CEASES TO AMAZE: > Tony Cruz started at catcher tonight, and one could reasonably assume he and starter Shelby Miller weren’t quite on...
• 5/16 New York Mets Report: Mets Wrap: Losing Streak Reaches Six Straight: The Mets received a strong outing from Shaun Marcum and Rick Ankiel hit a two-run homer, but that was the extent of the highlights...
• 5/16 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 39: Resilient Redbirds: After throwing the greatest game by a rookie in Cardinal history, what do you do for a follow-up? Throw another shutout, ......
• 5/15 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 39: Sweep Away The Scum: After throwing the greatest game by a rookie in Cardinal history, what do you do for a follow-up? Throw another shutout, ......
• 5/14 Mets Chronicle: Preview: Game 36 - Mets at Cardinals - Gee vs Gast : New York Mets (14-21) at St. Louis Cardinals (24-13) 8:15 PM ET SeasonRd/HmLast StartLast 3 App STARTERSGSRECERAAIPRECERADATEOPPDECIPHERRECIPERA ...
• 5/14 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 37: Gettin’ Wiggy With ItTroubled early innings from Lance Lynn (W 6-1) and Mets starter Jeremy Hefner created a 3-3 deadlock until the seventh. ......
• 5/13 El Maquino: CARDS ON TOP AFTER CRAZY NIGHT: > Lance Lynn got off to a really bad start in the first two innings, escaping a bases-loaded jam in the first after 24 pitches...
• 5/10 Cubbies Crib: Cubs Double Played Out vs Cardinals: Wednesday’s game against the Red Birds marked the end of the short two game set against the long time rivals. After edging the...
• 5/8 El Maquino: DESCALSO A PRODUCT OF THE ASDRUBAL CABRERA EFFECT: > The Cubs put up a fight for the second day in a row at Wrigley, but the Cards’ offense was able to put up just enough...
• 5/5 El Maquino: GARCIA AND HIS LINEUP RUN OVER MILWAUKEE FOR THE SWEEP: > It’s hard to be very poetic about a 10-1 game. Marco Estrada started for Milwaukee and got absolutely destroyed; giving...
• 5/5 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 30: Thriller At Miller: In a see-saw battle between division rivals, the Cardinals pounded two more homers and ripped through six pitchers to overcome...
• 5/4 El Maquino: LUCKY AND UNINTENDED OUTCOMES DON’T JUSTIFY MATHENY’S DOUBLE SWITCHES: > Basbeall can be a stupid game sometimes. The Cardinals’ ace Adam Wainwright had his worst game of the year, giving...
• 5/3 El Maquino: ON CALLING FOR THE HEADS OF BOGGS AND DESCALSO: > The Cardinals won 6-5 tonight and are in sole possession of first.  And yet they’ve still managed inspired calls...
• 5/2 Blog Red Machine: The Cincinnati Reds’ Road Woes Continue: The Cincinnati Reds currently possess the worst road record in all of MLB. With a record of 3-10 they are winning at a bottom-feeder...
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• 4/30 El Maquino: HIGH EXPECTATIONS A FACTOR IN CARDS’ DISAPPOINTING OFFENSE: > I’ve been writing these postgamers from the perspective of the pitching this season since I think that’s where...
• 4/27 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 23: Not Enough Rain: Under threatening skies the Cardinals appeared ready to parlay another excellent Jake Westbrook effort into a rain-delayed win....
• 4/25 StanGraphs: The 2013 Cardinals Look Awfully Familiar: Remember the 2012 Cardinals? They were a talented bunch, a group loaded with impact bats who might not carry SportsCenter... Continue...
• 4/24 El Maquino: GARCIA GETS IT DONE IN ROAD START VERSUS STRASBURG: > There’s no such thing as a sure thing in this great game, but when Daniel Descalso is starting at second and Jaime...
• 4/22 Roto Think Tank: FAAB Rundown Home Leagues: April 22, 2013: National LeagueHiram Burgos $8, $6, $6, $4, $2Julio Borbon $7, $2, $2, $0Daniel Descalso $6, $2, $1Jason Marquis $3,...
• 4/20 El Maquino: LYNN SHOWS WHY HE’S THE BEST MAN FOR THE ROTATION JOB: > He drew criticism before Spring Training even started when he said, “The way I approach it is it’s my spot to...
• 4/18 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals bats fall silent in 5-0 loss to Pittsburgh: Before Wednesday night's game in Pittsburgh, the St. Louis Cardinals ranked fourth in baseball with 78 runs scored in 13 games....
• 4/18 Raise the Jolly Roger: Pirates 5, Cardinals 0: A.J. Burnett. Wow. In a night that brought back memories from Wrigley Field last July, Burnett was absolutely stellar for the...
• 4/17 El Maquino: CARDS’ DEFENSE FALLS APART AS BURNETT DOMINATES: > Ty Wigginton swings and misses three straight times, and the game ends in a 5-0 Cardinal loss. This was a pinch-hit appearance,...
• 4/17 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 14: BurnedThe Cardinals laid down at PNC Park, forced to walk the plank by veteran A.J. Burnett for seven no-hit innings. ......
• 4/16 Down with Goldy: Is Kevin Correia like, Good?: When the Twins signed free agent starter Kevin Correia to a 2 year, $10 million contract this year there were two distinct reactions...
• 4/16 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball: Replacing Jose ReyesWell, if you are a Jose Reyes fantasy owner, then you are the same place I am in, scrambling to More......
• 4/13 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 11: Wain-000000000: After back-to-back shutouts from Jake Westbrook and rookie Shelby Miller, staff ace Adam Wainwright went to the mound inspired...
• 4/13 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals: Daniel Descalso gets start at shortstop: So far, so good for the St. Louis Cardinals at the shortstop position this season. Through the team's first 10 games, the...
• 4/12 Blog Red Machine: Three Up, Three Down – 4/12/13 (Reds @ Pirates): A common trend in my three up, three down articles thusfar in the season have been discussing how the Reds have been successful...
• 4/10 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 9: Bestbrook: For the second consecutive day the Cardinals ripped into the Cincinnati Reds, probable retribution for the ninth-inning humiliation...
• 4/10 Blog Red Machine: What a Difference a Day Makes: Reds Go From Lions to Lambs:   What a difference a day makes. On Monday the Reds scored nine runs on five hits and a bunch of walks and errors in the...
• 4/10 El Maquino: CARDS REWARD LYNN’S EFFORT; MOTTE IN QUESTION: > Lance Lynn laid waste to the Reds for six innings, striking out ten and only giving up one.  His pitch count went up drastically...
• 4/9 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis vs Cincinnati: Lance Lynn and Matt Adams lead Cardinals over Reds : St. Louis Cardinals starter Lance Lynn is much skinnier this year, but he still carries with him a heavy, mid-nineties fastball....
• 4/9 Baseball Jerks: Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for April 9: This is my first MLB lineup for FanDuel so temper your expectations and use it more as reference with your other research methods....
• 4/8 El Maquino: THE BULLPEN IS BURNING: > The Cardinals were able to fend off the Reds for eight whole innings until the ninth, when the bullpen was absolutely decimated...
• 4/8 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 7: Unhappy Homecoming: A beautiful spring afternoon, packed stands at Busch Stadium, and salutes to Cardinal heroes past and present marked another...
• 4/8 SocraticGadfly: #Stlcards: Why is Descalso still starting at second?: I thought Matt Carpenter was supposed to be the second baseman of the future, or at least experimentally so. That said, today...
• 4/7 Redbird Rants: **** it feels good to be a Cardinal: Cardinals are not native to California’s Bay Area, but this weekend there were red birds on the trains, busses, and streets,...
• 4/5 i70baseball.com: Matt Carpenter, Pete Kozma could shatter expectations for St. Louis CardinalsShortstop was only one half of the uncertainty surrounding second base for the Cardinals during spring training....
• 4/5 Baseball Press: Under the Radar - Mixed Leagues and AL/NL Only: Tyler Flowers' early power surge makes him a trendy add. (US Presswire)Each week, Baseball Press will be providing some "Under...
• 4/4 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 3: Neverending Misery: Ineffective pitching and timely hitting combined for a tug-of-war between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Cardinals that lasted...
• 4/4 TheLeadoffWalk: Day Three Recaps and Observations: Part Four: Rockies 7, Brewers 3 John Axford: It’s probably time to start worrying about Axford’s health. Following his blown save...
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• 4/2 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 1: Not So FundamentalThe Cardinals took the field tonight in Arizona after spending a very long month in Florida praising a team emphasis ......
• 4/1 i70baseball.com: Depth a growing concern for St. Louis Cardinals: The team will have a dugout full of bench players, of course, but recent injuries have suddenly taken a lot of talent that would...
• 4/1 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: St. Louis Cardinals: by MLBTR's Steve Adams The Cardinals didn't make any significant changes, but spent big to retain their own players following...

• 3/28 Marlin Maniac: Miami Marlins Final Roster Inches Toward “Final” Stamp:     The Miami Marlins announced that Chris Valaika and Chris Coghlan got the nod over Wilson Valdez and Gorkys Hernandez,...
• 3/26 Redbird Rants: Birdinals Bytes: Battered Birds:   The infield-shuffle that Cardinals fans prepared for will be starting in April and now includes third base. Despite a promising...
• 3/24 El Maquino: FREESE AND BELTRAN QUESTIONABLE FOR OPENING DAY: > 18 days ago, John Mozeliak defended the Cardinals’ medical consultants in the wake of the news that Rafael Furcal...
• 3/23 StlSportsMinute.com: UCB Roundtable: Which Cardinals' players will improve the most from last season?: With the season set to begin in just a matter of days, many baseball fans are preparing research to draft their fantasy baseball...
• 3/23 El Maquino: IF THERE EVER WAS A ROTATION BATTLE, MOTTE’S INJURY SETTLES IT: > Jason Motte is expected to start the season on the DL with a “mild elbow strain.”  That’s three casualties...
• 3/21 i70baseball.com: Wigginton Should Be Next Cut: The St. Louis Cardinals sent home one unproductive veteran player Tuesday in their latest round of cuts, and they need to do the...
• 3/20 StanGraphs: Cardinals Correctly Recognize Ronny Cedeno as Unnecessary, Bad: Well, that didn’t take very long. Before the 2013 season could even bother getting underway, the Cardinals have jettisoned...
• 3/20 StanGraphs: Rafael Furcal’s Elbow Hurts Because Of Course It Does: Just about anyone who has ever heard of the Cardinals being a baseball team was fully aware going into the 2013 season that the...
• 3/19 Redbird Dugout: Cardinals release Ronny Cedeno: In a surprise move to me, the St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have unconditionally released shortstop Ronny Cedeno....
• 3/19 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals: Ronny Cedeno released by team: The St. Louis Cardinals brought Ronny Cedeno in on a non-guaranteed contract as insurance in case shortstop Rafael Furcal...
• 3/19 MLBTradeRumors: Cardinals Release Ronny Cedeno: The Cardinals released shortstop Ronny Cedeno, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports (Twitter links). Cedeno...
• 3/19 i70baseball.com: Cardinals Position of Interest: Organizational Second Base: The only position the St. Louis Cardinals and general manager John Mozeliak knew would be unsettled for certain entering spring...
• 3/18 El Maquino: LAST SPOT: ADAMS OR CEDENO?: > When Spring Training first began, the implication was that the fight for the last roster spot was between Adron Chambers...
• 3/17 MLB Injury News: Cardinals rumors: St. Louis interested in Astros’ starters: The St. Louis Cardinals are asking about available shortstops and pitchers, according to Peter Gammons of MLB Network. Gammons notes...
• 3/17 Redbird Rants: Lineup and Roster becomes clearer for Cards: A couple weeks ago, my blog listed some questions I felt the St. Louis Cardinals needed to answer before the season began. The...
• 3/16 STLCardinalBaseball: What To Do With Matt Adams: The Cardinals made of the worst moves in their recent history when they signed veteran corner infielder Ty Wigginton to a two-year...
• 3/16 El Maquino: THERE NEVER WAS A MILLER-KELLY RACE: > To the bitter end, the Cardinals are trying to convince us that there is an actual race between Shelby Miller and Joe Kelly...
• 3/15 STLCardinalBaseball: The Tough Decisions Ahead: Just two weeks remain until the Cardinals make the trip northwest and start the season against the Arizona Diamondbacks. In my...
• 3/15 District On Deck: Preview And Lineups: Spring Training Game 20 | Washington Nationals @ St. Louis Cardinals: Today the Washington Nationals get another look at Adam Wainwright. It’s the third time this Spring and fifth time since...
• 3/15 MLBTradeRumors: National League Notes: Cedeno, Diamondbacks, Mets: Three years ago this time a memorable rumor made its way onto the pages of MLBTR, as ESPN reported the possibility of a Ryan ...
• 3/13 TheFantasyFix.com: 30 Prospects in 30 Days: Kolten Wong – 2B – St. Louis Cardinals: The Minnesota Twins initially selected Kolten Wong in the 16th round of the 2008 MLB Amateur Draft out of Kamehameha High School...
• 3/13 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Potential reserves for the Cardinals reserves: Who might be next in line if one of the five projected season-opening position player reserves on the St. Louis Cardinals is injured?...
• 3/11 Redbird Rants: The Battle for Second Base: While Kolten Wong will be manning second base for a long time to come, the focus at the present time is on both Matt Carpenter...
• 3/9 El Maquino: MATHENY SAYS CARPENTER IS READY FOR SECOND BASE: > Mike Matheny said today that he thinks Matt Carpenter has really taken to his new position at second base.  Of course the...
• 3/8 i70baseball.com: Oh, So Now Pete Kozma Is Good Enough For St. Louis: Pete Kozma might have gotten sudden public support along with the St. Louis Cardinals starting shortstop job after Rafael Furcal...
• 3/8 i70baseball.com: Cardinals Position of Interest: Organization Third Base: The scene at third base for the Cardinals has been an ever changing one in recent years. However, even with David Freese in tow,...
• 3/8 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Adams should be pulling for Carpenter and KozmaWhy Matt Adams should be the biggest backer of defensive success by Matt Carpenter and Daniel Descalso with St. Louis....
• 3/8 MLB Injury News: Cardinals injury news: Rafael Furcal out 6-8 months: The St. Louis Cardinals announced yesterday that shortstop Rafael Furcal requires Tommy John surgery to repair a torn ligament...
• 3/7 Porcupines in Pinstripes: Spring Training Roundup – March 7: The New York Yankee offense came alive this afternoon against the St. Louis Cardinals, but a ninth inning rally by the Cards stole...
• 3/7 MLBTradeRumors: Cardinals Don’t Expect To Pursue Shortstops For Now: Rafael Furcal will undergo Tommy John surgery on his right elbow and miss most or all of the 2013 season, the Cardinals announced...
• 3/7 Blog Red Machine: 2013 St. Louis Cardinals Preview: The Cardinals are, without a doubt, the Reds’ most dangerous opponent for the NL Central title in my opinion. While the...
• 3/7 StlSportsMinute.com: Rafael Furcal's lack of preparation and communication is to blame for Cardinals' shortstop mess: St. Louis Cardinals' general manager John Mozeliak is taking a lot of heat of late because of the situation the team now faces...
• 3/6 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals: Who should start at shortstop?: With Rafael Furcal's status for the 2013 season in doubt due to a lingering elbow injury, the St. Louis Cardinals find themselves...
• 3/4 CardinalsFarm.com: Kolten Wong Leads a Solid Group at Second Base – Ultimate Depth Chart: Over the next few weeks, CardinalsFarm will bring you an Ultimate Depth Chart for each position. We will run through the players...
• 3/4 CardinalsFarm.com: A Look Back at an Awesome Cardinals Draft Class – 2009: The fourth year in a series of draft reviews, the 2009 St. Louis Cardinals draft could go down as one of the best in franchise...
• 3/4 CardinalsFarm.com: Poll Results: Who’s On Second? Also, a Contest!: This week we asked Cardinal Nation, ‘Who Will Start the Most Games at 2B This Season?” Here are the results Daniel...
• 3/4 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Cardinals middle infield situation in same muddled place: Despite a lot of activity, the bottom line for the St. Louis Cardinals middle infield has barely changed since the end of 2012....
• 3/4 StanGraphs: Rafael Furcal’s Elbow Hurts Because Of Course It Does: Just about anyone who has ever heard of the Cardinals being a baseball team was fully aware going into the 2013 season that the...
• 3/4 i70baseball.com: The Furcal Fallout: With the announcement Sunday that Furcal has been shutdown from all on-field activities, the Caridinals are placed in a position...
• 3/4 Redbird Rants: The K-Zone: Pulling the Trade Trigger: With the news reported roughly 8 hours ago via Derrick Goold of the Post-Dispatch that Rafael Furcal will be shut down indefinitely,...
• 3/3 i70baseball.com: St. Louis Cardinals could win with Pete Kozma, Oscar Tavares in lineup: Spring training is generally the time of the year to focus on prospects that might have a shot to help the club in the future,...
• 3/3 Call to the Pen: Furcal May Miss Opener: It didn’t take long for Rafael Furcal‘s health to become an issue for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2013. The elbow woes...
• 3/1 Redbird Rants: Musings from an Optimistic Redbird Fan – 2013: All of a Sudden – The St. Louis Cardinals have a bona fide “battle” going on for starting second baseman. Matt Carpenter,...

• 2/28 SOX & Dawgs: Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB Preview – Day 3 – NL Central: Welcome to the Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB preview.  Over the next few days you will get a team by team look at its...
• 2/27 STLCardinalBaseball: THE TIME IS NOW: The Cardinals are a conservative club. They prefer shorter contracts, smaller dollars amounts, tempered personalities, and moderate...
• 2/27 i70baseball.com: Wacha Wacha Wow: Fans have been hearing for some time now that this is a great farm system. Spring training gives them their first chance to see...
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• 2/25 El Maquino: CARPENTER GETS FIRST SHOT AT SECOND BASE JOB: > Matt Carpenter started at second in today’s Spring Training game.  He was only at second for five innings, but nothing...
• 2/24 BoSox Injection: Lester, Sox Beat Cardinals 5-3: Jon Lester had a crisp start to his Grapefruit League debut, going six up and six down through the first two innings, throwing...
• 2/24 STLCardinalBaseball: SPRING TRAINING GAME 2: All Hands On DeckWith the bats still in warm-up mode, Mike Matheny decided to throw everybody out against Jon Lester and the Boston ......
• 2/23 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals: Will Carlos Beltran play in 100 games in 2013?: As the St. Louis Cardinals prepare for the team's first spring training games, there has been a lot of focus on the fifth...
• 2/23 Through The Fence Baseball: NL Central preview: Surprise! Cincinnati Reds are team to beat: In the last five seasons, four different teams have won the NL Central, so what can we expect in 2013? It’s a new season with...
• 2/21 Blog Red Machine: NLC Third-Basemen Rankings for 2013: Can Todd Frazier Hold His Own?: Apart from Aramis Ramirez, the National League Central has a lineup of starting third-basemen which is a veritable “Who’s...
• 2/20 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals: A look at the Cardinals' middle infield situation: Even early in spring training, the St. Louis Cardinals have very few roster spots up for grabs. Three young pitchers, Trevor...
• 2/20 Blog Red Machine: Ranking the NLC Second Basemen: Brandon Phillips Comes Out on Top: Aside from Brandon Phillips, the National League Central’s second base pool is rather shallow. Even the Cardinals and Brewers,...
• 2/20 Blog Red Machine: Ranking the NLC Second Basemen: Brandon Phillips Comes Out on Top: Aside from Brandon Phillips, the National League Central’s second base pool is rather shallow. Even the Cardinals and Brewers,...
• 2/20 i70baseball.com: St. Louis Cardinals Spring Training Games Mean Little But Should Be Fun: The St. Louis Cardinals will open their exhibition schedule at 12:05 p.m. Saturday against the Miami Marlins at Roger Dean Stadium...
• 2/19 StlSportsMinute.com: UCB Roundtable: Will new interleague schedule negatively impact the Cardinals?: As the St. Louis Cardinals prepare for the 2013 season down in Jupiter, Florida with spring training underway, the United...
• 2/19 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Win a Cardinals egraph from EGraphs.com!: Have you ever wanted a personalized message from a big-league ballplayer?  From one who plays for the Cardinals, at that? Nevermind...
• 2/18 StlSportsMinute.com: Ranking the St. Louis Cardinals' top prospects in 2013: No. 5 Kolten Wong: With spring training underway, many of the St. Louis Cardinals' top prospects are intermingled with veterans as the team gets...
• 2/12 District On Deck: Pressing the Reset Button: From about the fifth inning on during Game 5 of last year’s National League Division Series, I started pacing. You might...
• 2/7 mlbreports.com : MLB.com Top 100 Prospects Features Six Cardinals: Like us on Facebook here Thursday, Februrary.07/2013 By Landen Crouch ( Cardinals Correspondent) The Future for the St. Louis...
• 2/4 StanGraphs: Free Agent Signing: Ronny Cedeno Offers Cardinals Shortstop Insurance (Kind Of): Ronny Cedeno is, technically, a Major League Baseball player. The internet confirms this matter to be a fact, and it also tells...
• 2/1 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2013: Cardinals Hitting & Pitching Projections: St. Louis Cardinals — Predicted Finish: First Place, NL Central The Cardinals have about as many fantasy options as any team...

• 1/30 i70baseball.com: The Cedeno Scenario: On the surface, it is a depth move; a chance to add a veteran presence to a club that has multiple questions about the condition...
• 1/29 i70baseball.com: Ronny Cedeno provides depth for St. Louis Cardinals, but little else: In an offseason of sparse, small moves, the St. Louis Cardinals made another signing Monday that will minimally impact their season,...
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• 1/24 i70baseball.com: Matheny, Freese and Molina: Cardinals Winter Warm-Up wrapThe final day of the Cardinals Winter Warm-Up brought on a few heavy hitters, with some highlight topic as well. ...
• 1/21 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Cardinals Winter Warm-Up photos: Monday, 1/21/13: St. Louis Cardinals photos from Monday’s third and final session of the 2013 Winter Warm-Up at St. Louis’ Hyatt Regency at...
• 1/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | GM likes Daniel Descalso: St. Louis Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak said Sunday, Jan. 20, that 2B Daniel Descalso enters spring training as the...[+] team's starting second baseman. 'I'm very comfortable with what Descalso has done there. If you see an uptick in his offense then he's an ideal contributor,' Mozeliak said.
• 1/20 MLBTradeRumors: Cards Notes: Wainwright, Miller, Descalso, Matheny: Hall of Fame and Cardinal icon Stan Musial passed away yesterday at the age of 92. Today, tributes are pouring in ranging from...
• 1/20 El Maquino: IT’S LATE JANUARY AND THE MIDDLE INFIELD’S STILL A MESS: Alright, there are some semantics to get to, though they seem way less important today. > At the teams’ fan convention...
• 1/18 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Projected top five St. Louis Cardinals stories of 2013A look ahead to the top projected stories across the Cardinal Nation in 2013....
• 1/14 Tyler's Think Tank: Chipper's Cooperstown-Worthy Career: With the bitter aftertaste of Cooperstown's most recent voting fiasco still lingering in my mouth, I wanted to examine the career...
• 1/13 Baseball News Source: MLB Free Agency: Why Has There Been No Interest in Kelly Johnson?: When it came to older infielders this off-season, both the free-agent market and team’s interest were flush. In fact, all...
• 1/13 i70baseball.com: St. Louis Cardinals better equipped to absorb injuries in 2013: The 2012 Cardinals fought through much of May and June without the likes of Jon Jay, Skip Schumaker, Lance Berkman and Matt Carpenter....
• 1/12 Redbird Dugout: Why not Punto?: Exactly one month ago today the St. Louis Cardinals traded Skip Schumaker to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for minor league...
• 1/11 El Maquino: CARDS MOVE ON FROM CARPENTER, SEARCHING FOR SECOND BASEMAN: Earlier today: A better theory for Pujols’ early season slump? It’s been a constant theme here on EM this offseason:...
• 1/10 The Cardinal Nation Blog: TCN Blog 2012 top story #1: NLDS comeback over WashingtonIn the 2012 National League Division Series, the St. Louis Cardinals came back to defeat the favored Washington Nationals....
• 1/9 mlbreports.com : St. Louis Cardinals Roster For 2013: State Of The Union: Like us on Facebook here Wednesday, January.09/2013 By Landen Crouch ( Cardinals Correspondent) The current St. Louis Cardinals...
• 1/8 MLBRandomFandom: Offseason Review: St. Louis Cardinals: By Rob WillerInfieldThe Cardinals run out an infield of Allen Craig, Daniel Descalso, Pete Kozma and David Freese, who in my mind...
• 1/6 Redbird Rants: Three Redbirds Who Would Be Hardest To Replace: The St. Louis Cardinals have many important players on the team. And though Cardinal fans would hate to lose any player to injury...
• 1/4 El Maquino: TIMEKILLER Q&A: Where do you think Lohse will end up and how long of a deal do you think he gets?  –JP I wish I could answer in full, but...

• 12/31 i70baseball.com: St. Louis Cardinals can win with current middle infielders: The Cardinals ended last season with Daniel Descalso as the starting second baseman and Pete Kozma as the starting shortstop....
• 12/30 Baseball Jerks: St. Louis Cardinals 2013 Preview: The Cardinals had a rough offseason last year, losing arguably the best player in the league in Albert Pujols, arguably the best...
• 12/28 StlSportsMinute.com: 3 reasons the CarGo to Cardinals rumor is crazy: As January of 2013 approaches and most of the MLB free agent frenzy over, baseball writers and pundits often find themselves...
• 12/28 Baseball Jerks: St. Louis Cardinals 2013 Preview: The Cardinals had a rough offseason last year, losing arguably the best player in the league in Albert Pujols, arguably the best...
• 12/16 Through The Fence Baseball: Cardinals make big mistake in trading Skip Schumaker: Let me start by saying, as a Chicago Cubs fan, I’m happy to have Skip Schumaker out of the division. However, I feel the St....
• 12/12 mlbreports.com : St.Louis Cardinals: The Middle Infield Could Bring A World of Problems in 2013: Wednesday December 12th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto (Baseball Writer)   The Cardinals boasted one of baseball’s most dynamic offenses...
• 12/12 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Trade for Skip Schumaker: The Dodgers have reportedly traded minor league infielder Jake Lemmerman to the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Skip Schumaker....
• 12/12 El Maquino: CARDS SEND SKIP TO LA: It was reported in advance tonight that the Cardinals are going to trade Skip Schumaker to the Dodgers.  MSTA reports that the...
• 12/11 MLBRandomFandom: St. Louis Cardinals Team Page: ST. LOUIS CARDINALSMLBDepthCharts Team PagePlayers 1-25 by Number Score1. Yadier Molina (8.5)2. Matt Holliday (8.25)3. Allen...
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• 12/4 STLCardinalBaseball: Desperate Considerations: Winter Meetings Day 2The Cardinals twiddle their thumbs for a second straight day, pausing for occasional flirtations with dumb ideas....
• 12/4 StanGraphs: Marco Scutaro and St. Louis Cardinals Mentioned in Same Sentence: John Mozeliak has yet to strike, and there’s certainly a reasonably high probability that he won’t, but free agent...
• 12/2 El Maquino: THE MIDDLE INFIELD IS NOT IN GOOD SHAPE: As I write this at about seven o’clock on Sunday evening, we are enjoying our last few hours of relative offseason peace...

• 11/27 i70baseball.com: David Freese crash almost ruined St. Louis Cardinals’ holidaysA deer, supposedly without a red nose, nearly ruined Christmas for David Freese, the St. Louis Cardinals and their fans....
• 11/25 Redbird Rants: If I were GM, my list of possible Utility Infielders: Now that Furcal has a clean bill of health and the St. Louis Cardinals are trying to get Matt Carpenter to be their everyday second...
• 11/24 Redbird Rants: Musings from an Optimistic Redbird Fan: Rumors – To the IDIOTS who were spreading rumors on the St. Louis Post Dispatch forum about David Freese getting injured in...
• 11/14 Redbird Rants: Skip Schumaker’s future in St. Louis: Skip Schumaker‘s future in St. Louis is looking a bit shaky. The emergence if Daniel Descalso, Pete Kozma, and prospects...
• 11/9 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Will Leitch’s two month Twitter conversation AT the Cardinals: Denouement (The Playoffs): Sometime in mid-August (ok, August 12 to be exact – it’s right there on the Tweeter box) Cardinal fan Will Leitch began a...
• 11/8 StanGraphs: 2012 Cardinals Review-The Hitters: The Infield In our preseason evaluation of the Cardinal position players, we pointed out the obvious by suggesting that the middle...
• 11/7 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Who Will Man Second Base For the Redbirds in 2013?: The current starting second baseman, Daniel Descalso, was one of the weakest offensive performers in 2012.  The position could...
• 11/7 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Should the Cardinals trade starting pitching for a shortstop?: If you were running the St. Louis Cardinals, would you be willing to give up one of your top pitching prospects for a shortstop?...
• 11/5 i70baseball.com: St. Louis Cardinals coaching changes might be most-notable offseason movesThe St. Louis Cardinals made several changes to their coaching staff this week before free agency gets started....
• 11/2 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: St. Louis Cardinals: The Cardinals enter the offseason without the need for large-scale change. Guaranteed Contracts Yadier Molina, C: $74MM...

• 10/29 District On Deck: 2012 Season Review: Drew Storen: Coming off a terrific 2011 season in which Drew Storen recorded a whopping 43 saves in 73 game appearances with a commendable...
• 10/27 Redbird Rants: My Season Ending Report Card for the Redbirds, Part I: Now that the season is over for the St. Louis Cardinals, I’ll give them “my” report card based on my opinion and what I’ve...
• 10/26 Redbird Rants: Musings from an Optimistic Redbird Fan: Bitter end to season – I’m just now starting to get over the St. Louis Cardinals dismal performance in the NLCS. And while...
• 10/26 Rays Colored Glasses: Do the Rays Decide to Skip Along With Skip Schumaker?: With so many holes to fill on the Rays roster and so little cap room after all arbitration eligible players are hashed out, where...
• 10/25 Baseball News Source: Cardinals News – Lohse, Berkman Not Expected Back in 2013: St. Louis Cardinals starter Kyle Lohse  finished the regular season with a  2.86 ERA and 1.09 WHIP in 33 starts (211 innings),...
• 10/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Matt Carpenter to focus on 2B: St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny told 3B Matt Carpenter to focus on playing some second base this winter. Matheny hopes...[+] to have Carpenter work with third base coach Jose Oquendo a few times this offseason to work on second base going into spring training. 2B Daniel Descalso is the current starter at the position.
• 10/23 STLCardinalBaseball: The 2012 Report Card: A trying and tumultuous 2012 season has come to an end. It was a summer of difficult obstacles and personality shifts for the...
• 10/23 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Nostradennis: Based on what we saw in 2012, feigned knowledge of the minor league system, and some tarot cards someone left in the driveway,...
• 10/23 MetsToday.com: NLCS Game 7: Random Thoughts: How important is defense? How difficult is it to truly measure defensive proficiency? A great example was the contrast in how...
• 10/22 Baseball News Source: National League Central – 2013 Team Needs and Outlook: The Cincinnati Reds captured the National League Central in 2012, but … Editor’s Note: Baseball News Source provided a...
• 10/22 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Cardinals and Giants Playing Roulette: There exists a gambling fallacy – one that applies to many games, but is especially evident in roulette – in which...
• 10/22 Baseball Musings: Playoffs Today: For the first time since 2006, a game seven will decide the National League Pennant. The previous two NLCS game sevens involved...
• 10/22 StanGraphs: NLCS Game Six: St. Louis Cardinals (88-74) at San Francisco Giants (94-68): 11:58 PM Hi. This is Brian. I’m taking over this post because Spencer may have come down with some strain of bird flu, which...
• 10/21 Baseball Musings: Belt Belts: Brandon Belt hit a ball so high off the wall in right, only a giraffe could catch it. The ball bounds away from the rightfielder,...
• 10/20 El Maquino: THAT HURT: PERTURBED GIANTS EVEN UP SERIES: THE POSTGAME In the first inning, Matt Holliday took Marco Scutaro out on a brutal slide.  I’m a Cards fan, but I’m...
• 10/20 El Maquino: CARDS’ TOP POSTSEASON PERFORMERS DO WHAT THEY DO, TAKE GAME ONE: THE POSTGAME Madison Bumgarner got absolutely rocked by the heavy-hitting Cardinal lineup, who were able to amass a 6-0 lead from...
• 10/20 El Maquino: THEY DID WHAT?!: THE BIG PIECE None of the usual stuff tonight.  I’ll do all of that tomorrow. Tonight, I’d like to congratulate the...
• 10/20 Redbird Rants: Musings from an Optimistic Redbird Fan: 13-2012: Cards “giveaway” Game 5 – Not to take anything away from the San Francisco Giants but, our St. Louis Cardinals seemed to...
• 10/19 Baseball Musings: Cardinals Threaten: Yadier Molina singles and David Freese doubles to put Cardinals on 2nd and 3rd with none out in the bottom of the second. Barry...
• 10/19 Call to the Pen: Cardinals One Win Away From Second Straight World Series: The St. Louis Cardinals eked their way into the playoffs with a mere 88 wins and and proceeded to march their way through the...
• 10/19 STLCardinalBaseball: NLCS GAME 4: On The Hook: Well, that’s more like it! After watching the heart of the Cardinal lineup struggle to produce runs for most of the postseason,...
• 10/18 Baseball Musings: Timmy Trouble: After Adam Wainwright pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the top of the first, Tim Lincecum gives up a single and a walk to start the bottom...
• 10/18 MLB Injury News: Carlos Beltran Injury: Cardinals' OF Strains Knee: Carlos Beltran is one of the best postseason hitters around, and the St. Louis Cardinals lost him for Game Three.  The...
• 10/17 StlSportsMinute.com: Yadier Molina has struggled at plate so far in playoffs: St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina easily had the best offensive season of his career in 2012.  The four-time...
• 10/16 STLCardinalBaseball: NLCS GAME 2: Bashed By The Bay: The Cardinals looked to Chris Carpenter to snatch a second win from the San Francisco Giants in their home ballpark and take a series...
• 10/15 Baseballhotcorner.com: Fan Fuel: MLB Playoffs Off To Thrilling Start: BY CLAYTON RICHER – FAN FUEL BLOGGER Now that the League Championship series are in full swing, I figured it would be a good...
• 10/15 i70baseball.com: St. Louis Cardinals creating a golden era with miracle comebacks: Every once in a while we reach a point in our lives when our next action will dramatically affect our lives. The string has been...
• 10/15 STLCardinalBaseball: NLCS GAME 1: Mirror, Mirror: The Cardinals and the Giants both spent the first four innings pounding the opposing starters for ten total runs. Then the respective...
• 10/15 StlSportsMinute.com: Cardinals recap: St. Louis Cardinals 6 San Francisco Giants 4: After the heroics and magic of Friday night's miraculous comeback victory over the Washington Nationals to win the NLDS, many...
• 10/14 Baseball Musings: Bottoms Up: Daniel Descalso and Pete Kozma hit back-to-back doubles with one out in the fourth, and the Cardinals lead 3-0. St. Louis is doing...
• 10/14 Baseball Musings: Freese Frame: David Freese does it again. He follows a Yadier Molina single with a home run, and the Cardinals lead the Giants 2-0 in the bottom...
• 10/14 StlSportsMinute.com: Daniel Descalso was a huge Oakland Athletics fan: St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Daniel Descalso has never been more po**** After his heroic Game Five performance on Friday...
• 10/14 Swingin' A's: The Content of Their Character: Throughout this season we have seen the A’s fall in heartbreaking fashion, and we’ve seen them rise from the ashes...
• 10/14 StanGraphs: NLDS Game Five: St. Louis Cardinals (88-74) at Washington Nationals (98-64): 11:29 PM The Cardinals trailed this game 6-0. They looked broken and beaten, and hope was nothing but a dream. But once again,...
• 10/13 Redbird Rants: St. Louis Cardinals face the San Francisco Giants in NLCS 2012: Well, the St. Louis Cardinals have given Cardinal Nation the thrills and chills to last a lifetime in the last two seasons. After...
• 10/13 Dynasty League Baseball: Team Chemistry and the Intangible rating: #316-330 Check team morale on offense… EXCELLENT TEAM CHEMISTRY Team is pulling together, exuding confidence. For the remainder...
• 10/13 Through The Fence Baseball: Cardiac Cards latest comeback more impressive than 2011?: The St. Louis Cardinals are the greatest comeback team in the history of baseball. They never quit, they never die and they always...
• 10/13 i70baseball.com: “How did this happen?”: FOX Sports broadcaster Tim McCarver uttered those words after David Freese won Game 6 of the 2011 World Series with a walk-off...
• 10/13 StlSportsMinute.com: Carlos Beltran is unsung hero versus Nationals: Carlos Beltran has had a rough second half of the season.  It is well documented.  The switch-hitting right fielder...
• 10/13 District On Deck: Game 5, NLDS: Cardinals 9, Nationals 7: With 79 years between playoffs games, perhaps Washington and Nationals fans forgot — or never knew — that baseball...
• 10/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals| Daniel Descalso comes up huge: St. Louis Cardinals 2B Daniel Descalso went 3-for-5 with a double, home run, three runs scored and three RBIs in an improbable...[+] Game 5 comeback win in the National League Division Series against the Washington Nationals Friday, Oct. 12. Descalso's game-tying two-run single tied the game when the Cards were down to their final strike.
• 10/13 Baseball News Source: Cardinals Stun Nationals Late – Advance to NLCS: Cardinals rallied for four runs with two outs in the ninth The St. Louis Cardinals rallied from a six run deficit, including a...
• 10/13 Redbird Rants: Musings from an Optimistic Redbird Fan: 12-2012: Invasion of the Body Snatchers?– If you’ve seen the movie and the remake of the “Body Snatchers”, you know the plot. Aliens...
• 10/13 Baseball Musings: Descalso Dinger: Daniel Descalso leads off the eighth with a home run off Tyler Clippard. The insurance run is gone as the Cardinals cut the Nationals...
• 10/12 StlSportsMinute.com: Cardinals use familiar lineup in Game Five against Nationals: One day after being held to just three hits and one run, St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny is sending the same lineup...
• 10/11 StanGraphs: NLDS Game Four: St. Louis Cardinals (88-74) at Washington Nationals (98-64): 6:05 PM That didn’t take long. A fantastic at-bat by Jayson Werth sends us to game five with the series knotted at two games...
• 10/10 StanGraphs: My First Playoff Game, My First Playoff Loss: In over two decades of increasingly rabid baseball fandom, I had never been to a single postseason game until Sunday. That’s...
• 10/9 El Maquino: CARDS GO FULL BLAST ON NATS, TIE SERIES: THE RACES TODAY St. Louis (1) beats Washington (1) New York (1) @ Baltimore (0), rain TOMORROW San Francisco (2) @ Cincinnati...
• 10/9 Baseball News Source: Cardinals Even NLDS With Nationals: Cardinals bats too much for Washington in Game 2 of NLDS Carlos Beltran and Jon Jay drove in 3 runs each to lead St. Louis Cardinals...
• 10/9 StlSportsMinute.com: Video: Jon Jay robs Danny Espinosa with incredible catch: St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Jon Jay has been playing an incredible defensive center field all season for the Cardinals....
• 10/9 STLCardinalBaseball: NLDS GAME 2: Powerhouse: After flailing grotesquely in a 3-2 loss in Game 1, the Cardinals needed to come out and make a statement to the Nationals in...
• 10/9 BoSox Injection: BSI Postseason Recap: Splits To Go Around: In the playoff baseball world yesterday, we all got to see a couple of underdogs going against established teams. The Orioles...
• 10/9 District On Deck: NLDS Game 2: Cardinals 12, Nationals 4: It was a day late, but the St. Louis Cardinals finally showed a post-season audience one of baseball’s best offenses. Just...
• 10/9 Redbird Dugout: Offense shows up in Game 2: The St. Louis Cardinals entered Monday evening’s game down 0-1 to the Washington Nationals in a unique National League Division...
• 10/9 Baseball Musings: Zimmermann Gone: Trailing 5-1 in the top of the fourth, the Nationals pinch hit for Jordan Zimmermann. He allowed a home run in the third as the...
• 10/9 Baseball Musings: Fall Freese: David Freese follows two singles with a double to right-center, and the Cardinals tie the Nationals at one in the bottom of the...
• 10/7 StanGraphs: NLDS Game One: Washington Nationals (98-64) at St. Louis Cardinals (88-74): 5:52 PM A pathetic offensive effort from the Cardinals here in Game One results in an uninspiring 3-2 loss. It’s hard to...
• 10/7 i70baseball.com: St. Louis Cardinals bring playoff thrillers to 2012: The St. Louis Cardinals played some of the most exciting, tension-filled playoff baseball of all-time in 2011 that included three...
• 10/6 District On Deck: NLDS Preview: Washington Nationals vs St. Louis Cardinals: With their win earlier today, it will be the defending World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals who will be facing off against...
• 10/5 The Baseball Haven: NL Wild Card Preview: Friday night at 5:07, the first game of the Major League Baseball postseason will begin when the St. Louis Cardinals head to Atlanta...
• 10/5 StanGraphs: Wild Card Play-In Game: St. Louis Cardinals (88-74) at Atlanta Braves (94-68): 5:45 PM: The tomahawk chop was just used by Matt Holliday to deposit a ball into the left field seats of Turner Field in less...
• 10/5 El Maquino: BLURB: PRE-STORM THOUGHTS: So the day has finally come for Bud Selig’s ill-thought out wild card playoff game.  After 180 days of regular season ball,...
• 10/4 El Maquino: ALBERT’S LAST FAN: Today’s earlier edition of EM, including Joe Strauss’ su**** deleted tweets. THE BIG PIECE I am Albert Pujols’ last...
• 10/4 STLCardinalBaseball: One Game, One Team: The Cardinals Announce Their Wild Card Roster!: The Cardinals, faced with a sudden-death chance to sneak into the National League Division Series, made an expected move by trimming...
• 10/4 Tomahawk Take: Breaking Down The Cardinals Offense: While the Braves won six more games than the St. Louis Cardinals during the regular season, Atlanta is not in an enviable position,...
• 10/4 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: National League Wild-Card Preview: The 2012 MLB regular season is no more, and tomorrow night, the postseason dawns, as the St. Louis Cardinals take on the Atlanta...
• 10/3 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 161: Clinching One Last Chance: One of the greatest pitchers in Cardinal history, Chris Carpenter, further cemented his legacy as he pitched a defiant, gutsy...
• 10/1 El Maquino: ALL EYES ON THE WEST COAST…: THE POSTGAME The Cardinals are on a warpath, and even the two best teams in the League have been able to stop them. Jaime Garcia...
• 10/1 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 160: On The Brink: With a slender two-game lead over the Dodgers in the wild card race and three remaining games against the hated Reds, the Cardinals...

• 9/30 District On Deck: Game 159: Cardinals 10, Nationals 4: Put the champagne on ice, and send it back to D.C. We don’t need it today. Ross Detwiler lasted only 2.1 innings, allowing...
• 9/29 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 158: Bad Moon Rising: With an ominous full moon hovering above Busch Stadium, Kyle Lohse pitched one of his most imbalanced games this season when...
• 9/29 District On Deck: Game 158: Nationals 6, Cardinals 4 (10 Innings): Magic number now ONE! Following a disappointing loss Friday night, the Washington Nationals (96-62) were able to outlast the St....
• 9/27 El Maquino: OFFDAY STUFF: Updating throughout the day.  Check back in for updates, and maybe a column later. THE NEWS > David Freese hit off a tee...
• 9/27 El Maquino: NORRIS OWNS THE NIGHT IN CARDS’ LAST HOUSTON STINT: THE POSTGAME > Chris Carpenter didn’t do too bad, only giving up two over six innings.  But it wasn’t enough...
• 9/26 Redbird Rants: Redbirds Week in Review—9/17/12 to 9/23/12: The Cardinals are sprinting down the playoff hunt stretch now and this past week saw the beginning of a line of nine games against...
• 9/25 El Maquino: THAT’S WHAT WE’RE TALKIN’ ABOUT! CONSISTENT CARDS WIN AGAIN: THE POSTGAME > It might be too early to declare Jaime Garcia rid of his road woes (there’s a writer-only word), especially...
• 9/24 El Maquino: CARDS WIN SEVENTH IN EIGHT GAMES: THE BIG PIECE Hopefully by now, EM readers are confident that I stand by my tenant of never writing anything that I wouldn’t...
• 9/24 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 154: The Case For Lynn: As questions abound about how the rotation will be set for the upcoming rounds of playoffs, Lance Lynn made another convincing...
• 9/24 Tomahawk Take: Medlen Gets Nod For Play-In Game: On Saturday, Fredi Gonzalez announced that Kris Medlen was going to move up a spot in the rotation, lining him up to start the...
• 9/24 Pitchers Hit Eighth: By The Numbers: 153 games down and 9 to go with the Cardinals owning a 2 1/2 game lead over the Brewers for the 2nd wild card spot in the National...
• 9/22 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 152: Agony And Ecstasy: The Cardinals appeared competitive in the early innings today after yesterday’s anesthesia-free castration. However, Adam...
• 9/21 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 151: Matheny’d: A miserable day in Chicago (is there any other kind?) couldn’t dampen the electricity and excitement of legendary Cardinal Chris...
• 9/19 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Lohse Wins 15th As Astros Lose 100th: The St. Louis Cardinals faced the Houston Astros last night, and looked to hand them their 100th loss of the season.  They were...
• 9/18 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 148: Bottom Feeding: After a disastrous 2-5 West Coast road trip, the Cardinals returned to Busch Stadium to face the lowly Houston Astros. Despite...
• 9/17 StanGraphs: First Pitch Hacking Cardinals: Whew. Thanks to a shocking win over the Dodgers in extra innings yesterday, the Cardinals maintain a flimsy one-game lead in that...
• 9/17 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals End Dodgers Series No Worse For The Wear: This was crucial for the St. Louis Cardinals, and they proved  up to the task of maintaining their slim margin for the second...
• 9/16 High Heat Stats: Saturday snippets: @Dodgers 4, Cardinals 3: Twice down to their last strike, LA rallied to tie on Andre Ethier‘s single and a double by Friday’s...
• 9/16 Lasorda's Lair: The Wild Card Race Gets Wild as Luis Cruz Leads Dodgers to Walk-Off Win: Dodgers 4 6 0 Cardinals 3 6 2 WP- Belisario (6-1) LP- Motte (4-5) HR- Craig (21) M. Ellis (6)   Worrisome news came out of...
• 9/15 El Maquino: DODGERS PUNCH BACK, ONE BACK: THE POSTGAME The Cards dominated the first half of their game against the Dodgers and it looked like a win to put them three back...
• 9/14 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals Increase Wild Card Lead Behind Lance Lynn: This season has certainly been marked by high drama and high stakes for the St. Louis Cardinals.  With a win last night over...
• 9/14 Lasorda's Lair: Cardinals Take Game One as Dodgers Sink Further Back in the Wild Card Race: Dodgers 1 6 0 Cardinals 2 10 1 WP- Lynn (15-7) LP- Rodriguez (0-1) S- Motte (34)   Tonight was the first game of a huge series...
• 9/13 High Heat Stats: Is Darwin Barney baseball’s best defensive infielder?: Quick – who’s the best defensive 2nd baseman in baseball? Chase Utley? Robinson Cano? Dustin Pedroia? All fine second...
• 9/12 Redbird Rants: Redbirds Week in Review—9/3/12 to 9/9/12: Okay, I am a couple of days late with my weekly review—life intervened.  Last week featured a six game home stand against...
• 9/11 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals Blown Out By Padres: The St. Louis Cardinals had a rough night on Monday, suffering an 8-run defeat that saw them lose to a team that is still 8 games...
• 9/10 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: A Look Back At The Weekend: The weekend for the St. Louis Cardinals was a a bit of a mixed bag, as they lost Saturday, but won Sunday, salvaging their pride...
• 9/10 Roto Think Tank: N.L. FAAB Log: September 10, 2012: 0 0 1 401 2286 Roto Think Tank 19 5 2682 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US ...
• 9/9 The Cardinal Nation Blog: On McGwire and Berkman – at second base?Why couldn’t the 2012 St. Louis Cardinals re-use a lineup trick first deployed by Tony La Russa in September 2000?...
• 9/8 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 138: Play Out, Not Playoffs: Jake Westbrook gave the Cards a chance to win, but the National League’s leading offense™ went AWOL once again. In attempting...
• 9/8 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 137: Stinkin’ In The Rain: Kyle Lohse carried the Cardinals into the seventh, sparing the bullpen in an effort to gain his 15th win. However, seventh inning...
• 9/7 Pitchers Hit Eighth: What is the opposite of TOOTBLAN? ARTALAN.: Ok, to be fair, what I’m about to lay on you folks isn’t a perfect equal and opposite of the TOOTBLAN, because the...
• 9/6 Full Spectrum Baseball: Sweet 18! R.A. Dickey is the first to 18 Wins.Mets knuckleball specialist R.A. Dickey became the first 18-game winner in the Major Leagues today....
• 9/6 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals Can’t Figure Out R.A. Dickey: Figuring out R.A. Dickey has been difficult for a lot of teams this season, and the St. Louis Cardinals were no exception yesterday....
• 9/5 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Jaime Garcia and Cardinals Take Game 2: The St. Louis Cardinals seem to be hitting their stride this month, and it bodes well for their playoff chances.  Though they...
• 9/5 Rising Apple: Game Recap: R.A. Dickey Becomes 1st Pitcher to 18 Wins in 6-2 Win: While R.A. Dickey is busy chasing after the Cy Young award, he continues to do things that Mets pitchers haven’t done in...
• 9/4 El Maquino: HOLLIDAY GOES DOWN IN 10-HIT WIN: THE POSTGAME Could it be?  Could the Cardinals really be back to turning in consistent, flowing offense? For four straight games,...
• 9/4 Rising Apple: Game Recap: One Bad Inning For Harvey and Mets Spells 5-1 Loss: In what was rumored to be his second-to-last start of the season, Matt Harvey threw a lot of pitches thanks to a tough third inning,...
• 9/4 i70baseball.com: If it wasn’t for bad luck…The St. Louis Cardinals may be in some real trouble now....
• 9/3 StanGraphs: There’s No Labor Day in the Alternate Universe: Happy holiday weekend, everyone. Well, the end of it anyway. We at StanGraphs certainly hope it was a good one, because you sure...
• 9/3 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals Come Close, Lose Another 1-Run Game: The St. Louis Cardinals lack of success in one-run games has become a frustration not only for fans, but also for team management...
• 9/3 Baseball News Source: NL Recaps – Chipper Jones Leads Walkoff over Phillies: Chipper Jones home run completes Braves come back Philadelphia 7 – Atlanta 8 -  Atlanta Braves scored five runs in the...
• 9/3 STLCardinalBaseball: Mellow Mike And The Lack Of Fire: When we were the first Cardinal outlet to accurately predict and lobby for the hiring of Mike Matheny as a replacement for Tony...
• 9/3 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 134: Three Out Of Four Ain’t Good: Going into this four game series against the Washington Nationals, nobody expected the Cardinals to sweep the team with the best...
• 9/3 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals Power Surge Brings Hard-Fought Win:   The St. Louis Cardinals are a much better team than what they’ve shown us on the field lately.  They are, after...
• 9/2 El Maquino: LYNN BLOWS IT: THE BIG PIECE What Mike Matheny should have done with the lineup today: Not start Pete Kozma.  The guy’s  on the Major...
• 9/2 District On Deck: Game 133: Nationals 4, Cardinals 3: As  Stephen Srasburg’s starts in 2012 start to dwindle, each one offers new moments to savor. The right-hander was dominant...
• 9/2 STLCardinalBaseball: The Final Month – A Few Questions: One of the most frustrating and tumultuous seasons in Cardinal history has come down to its final month. Due to a variety of factors,...
• 9/2 District On Deck: Game 132: Cardinals 10, Nationals 9: The Nationals played a wild and wooly game against the Cardinals Saturday afternoon at Nats Park. The Nationals had several leads...
• 9/1 El Maquino: CARDS’ SLUMP REACHES CRITICAL MASS: THE POSTGAME The Cards got blown out for the fourth-straight day, again going out without some semblance of a fight. In the last...
• 9/1 StanGraphs: St. Louis Cardinals (71-60) at Washington Nationals (79-51): 9:09 PM: And thus four consecutive embarrassing losses are in the books. The live blogging record sinks to 5-4, the team record...

• 8/31 StanGraphs: Live Blog: St. Louis Cardinals (71-60) at Washington Nationals (79-51): 9:09 PM: And thus four consecutive embarrassing losses are in the books. The live blogging record sinks to 5-4, the team record...
• 8/31 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 132: Ace Hole: The Cardinals continue their free-fall with another perfect storm of terrible starting pitching and an absolute lack of competent...
• 8/31 Redbird Rants: Cardinals Lose Rafael Furcal for the Season:   During last night’s game against the Washington Nationals, Cardinals shortstop Rafael Furcal felt a “pop”...
• 8/31 Redbird Rants: Musings from an Optimistic Redbird Fan: 7-2012:   Cards Struggle – The St. Louis Cardinals are struggling right now and have picked the worst possible time to do so, as...
• 8/31 MLBTradeRumors: Soriano, Ellsbury, Ross, Marcum Likely Staying Put: There’s generally a fair amount of activity on August 31st, the last day for teams to trade for players who are eligible for...
• 8/31 Call to the Pen: Rafael Furcal Likely Out for Season: The St. Louis Cardinals are in the midst of the pennant race, but suddenly they may be without their all-star shortstop. Rafael...
• 8/31 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: 3 Straight Losses Have Cardinals Reeling: Thursday night marked the St. Louis Cardinals third straight loss.  With a chance to gain ground on the Cincinnati Reds in the...
• 8/27 Redbird Rants: Redbirds Week in Review—8/20/12 to 8/26/12:   With Monday an off day, the Cardinals started the week on Tuesday with a 3 game series against the Astros at Busch Stadium....
• 8/24 StanGraphs: Jon Jay, Leadoff Extraordinaire: After another nice game against the Astros yesterday — okay, so everyone but Daniel Descalso had a nice game against the...
• 8/24 Full Spectrum Baseball: 25 Random Thoughts on BaseballRandom thoughts are fun. Baseball is fun. Put the two together and you get 25 Random Thoughts on Baseball!...
• 8/23 StlSportsMinute.com: Cardinals recap: St. Louis Cardinals 4 Houston Astros 2: Kyle Lohse pushed his record to 13-2 on the season after the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2 win on Wednesday night. - (Photo...
• 8/23 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals overcome early Astros offense to pick up series win: The Cardinals hosted the Astros on Tuesday night and had the daunting task of facing Cardinal killer Bud Norris. He was not the...
• 8/22 El Maquino: TIED!: THE POSTGAME The Cards beat the team everyone needs to beat and are now tied with the Pirates for second second place: a playoff...
• 8/22 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 123: Quality Starter: With the infamous demon Bud Norris on the mound for Houston, the Cardinals turned to their surprising ace Kyle Lohse for help....
• 8/22 Pitchers Hit Eighth: The New Deal: Jake Westbrook: Cardinals just announced that the team has reached an agreement with pitcher Jake Westbrook that keeps him in St. Louis through...
• 8/21 Redbird Dugout: Westbrook signs new deal: The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have signed Jake Westbrook to a new deal. The deal is essentially a 1 year deal...
• 8/20 High Heat Stats: Game notes from Sunday action: Rays 8, @Angels 3: For the first time in their 52-year history, the Angels were swept in a 4-game series while allowing 7+ runs...
• 8/20 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals drop game in extra innings: The Cardinals put in two games worth of work on Sunday as they took the Pirates to the nineteenth inning but couldn’t get...
• 8/20 Redbird Rants: Redbirds Week In Review: 8/14/12 to 8/19/12:   The St. Louis Cardinals had a 3-3 week this week, culminating in a 19-inning marathon in which the Cardinals fell 6-3....
• 8/20 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Riddle Me This: Riddle me that.  Who was sitting in the dugout with Descalso at-bat? Allen Craig. Granted, Mike Matheny chose Daniel Descalso...
• 8/18 El Maquino: CARDS SNEAK IN A WIN TO MOVE WITHIN ONE: THE POSTGAME Sorry for the very belated wrap-up.  Jason Motte survived a tight ninth to get the Cardinals back within one game...
• 8/18 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals can’t get offense going against James McDonald: The Cardinals had the opportunity to pull ahead of the Pirates in the Wild Card race but couldn’t get offense on James McDonald....
• 8/18 Throw the Challenge Flag: Game 119: James McDonald has a much needed bounce back start: A.J. Burnett may not have been the stopper that he usually is on Thursday. But even without having his best stuff, he put...
• 8/18 Redbird Dugout: Descalso or Schumaker, that is the question: Last night Mike Matheny was left with a choice. Do you leave in Daniel Descalso to face Pittsburgh Pirates’ closer Joel...
• 8/18 Raise the Jolly Roger: The old McDonald: If the Pirates are going to make the playoffs, they’re going to need James McDonald to help anchor their rotation–like...
• 8/17 El Maquino: BUCS KICK CARDS AS DESCALSO STARTS AGAIN: THE BIG PIECE: WHO TO START AT SECOND So Daniel Descalso got the start over Skip Schumaker again, and it’s a big debate...
• 8/17 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Cards Get Social: As you can see from the look on McKayla Maroney’s face, McKayla is not impressed with Social Media Night at Busch Stadium. ...
• 8/17 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Motte blows close game; Cardinals lose the sweep: The Cardinals had the opportunity to close out a season sweep of the Diamondbacks on Thursday night, but could only muster one...
• 8/16 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals power their way to series win over DBacks: The Cardinals made Joe Saunders pay for some costly mistakes as they two home runs off of the Arizona starter en route to a 5-2...
• 8/14 El Maquino: CARDS ADVANCE IN THE STANDINGS AMID JACKSON CONFUSION: THE POSTGAME Jake Westbrook killed it for over seven innings against a Phillies lineup deadened by their trade deadline sell-off...
• 8/14 El Maquino: ZITO HAS HIS DAY, MEDIA BOTCHES THE OSWALT COVERAGE, JON JAY’S A BEAST AND MORE FROM THE P-D PEANUT GALLERY:   THE POSTGAME: GIANTS 4, CARDS 2 The baseball gods always get what they want.  And for whatever sick, twisted reason, they...
• 8/14 El Maquino: THE CARDINALS HAVE A RACE PROBLEM: THE BIG PIECE: THE CARDS’ RACE RELATIONS > Big article today from the Post-Dispatch‘s Jesse Bogan addressing the...
• 8/13 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals can’t come through in extra innings: The Cardinals went into Philadelphia last night with a 1-1 series tie but couldn’t get a run in extra inning baseball. After...
• 8/13 i70baseball.com: A healthy Allen Craig key to St. Louis Cardinals playoff hopes: With Albert Pujols in California with the Angels and Lance Berkman on the disabled list with more knee problems, the St. Louis...
• 8/11 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: The Doctor operates on the Cardinals: With match-ups against Ryan Vogelsong, Madison Bumgarner, and Roy Halladay in their last three games, the Cardinals haven’t...
• 8/10 STLCardinalBaseball: Player Spotlight: Ryan Jackson: With the news of the Tyler Greene to Houston trade, that brought tears of joy and happiness to nearly all of Cardinal Nation was...
• 8/10 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals emerge victorious in pitcher’s duel: The Cardinals faced the Giants with hopes of salvaging a series tie on Thursday night. Adam Wainwright and Madison Bumgarner faced...
• 8/9 StanGraphs: Trade: Tyler Greene is Gone, But Wasn’t He Already?: After yet another season of proving he’s not a real Major League player, infielder (and sometimes outfielder if you ask...
• 8/9 Redbird Rants: Tyler Greene hates fans that boo, gets traded: St. Louis Cardinals infielder Tyler Greene is not a fan of the fans that boo him. After his dismal performance last night, the...
• 8/7 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals unleash offense on Matt Cain: The Cardinals hosted the San Francisco Giants in the first game of a four game series on Monday night. They made the match-up...
• 8/7 StanGraphs: San Francisco Giants (59-49) at St. Louis Cardinals (59-49): 9:53 PM: That’s another win, the fourth in a row for the now 60-49 Cardinals. The Reds are losing to Milwaukee 5-2 as the...
• 8/6 StanGraphs: Live Blog: San Francisco Giants (59-49) at St. Louis Cardinals (59-49): 9:53 PM: That’s another win, the fourth in a row for the now 60-49 Cardinals. The Reds are losing to Milwaukee 5-2 as the...
• 8/6 Redbird Rants: Redbirds Week In Review: 7/31/12 to 8/5/12:   The St. Louis Cardinals had a 5-1 week this week, and they moved to 10 games above the .500 mark at 59-49.  It was great...
• 8/6 i70baseball.com: St. Louis Cardinals need more Daniel Descalso: The St. Louis Cardinals have used a trio of second basemen this year as they’ve muddled to a 58-49 record heading into play...
• 8/6 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals gain ground on Reds with a sweep of the Brewers: The Cardinals earned the sweep in dramatic fashion by sweeping the Brewers on Sunday night. The pitching staff was lights out...
• 8/5 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 108: Baby Blue Birds: It was nice to see the Cardinals again representing the ’82 team wearing the famous “Victory Blue” or “Baby...
• 8/5 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Wainwright stymies the Brewers in complete game victory: Adam Wainwright and the Cardinals hosted the Brewers on Saturday night and apparently Adam Wainwright didn’t have any interest...
• 8/4 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 107: Complete Domination: Adam Wainwright twirled his second complete-game of the season, a five hitter, and also drove in the game winner as the Cardinals...
• 8/4 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals finally earn Joe Kelly a win: Joe Kelly fell just short of another quality start, but he traded his streak in for a win. The Cardinals trailed the Brewers early,...
• 8/4 StlSportsMinute.com: Joe Kelly picks up his second win: St. Louis Cardinals starter Joe Kelly picked up his second win of the season on Friday night. - (Photo credit: Wikipedia) St....
• 8/4 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 106: One Man Wrecking Crew: Joe Kelly endured the worst outing of his brief career, throwing nearly as many balls as strikes and allowing 11 of 15 batters...
• 8/3 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals can’t control late inning onslaught: The Cardinals dropped a game to the Colorado Rockies on Thursday night thanks to some late inning crooked numbers put up by the...
• 8/2 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals take series with a win in Colorado: The Cardinals played the Rockies in the second game of their three game set on Wednesday night. After a short rain delay in the...

• 7/30 Redbird Rants: Redbirds Week in Review—7/23/12 to 7/29/12:   This week began with a four game series with the Dodgers in which the Birds took 3 of 4.  Then the Cardinals traveled...
• 7/30 Pitchers Hit Eighth: No Sacred Cows Here: Be realistic, and please admit that you have certain players you do not wish to see leave the Cardinals or the farm system. ...
• 7/29 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals squander quality start in loss to Cubs: Joe Kelly gave the Cardinals yet another quality start and yet again got no support from his teammates as the Cubs beat the Cardinals...
• 7/28 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 101: A Deserved Loss: Joe Kelly produced a typical Kelly Start™: six innings, two runs, six strikeouts, no walks. Unfortunately, Kelly’s efforts...
• 7/28 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals put on power show against the Cubs: The Cardinals tied a Major League record by hitting home runs in each of the first five innings on Friday. They held off a late...
• 7/27 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals unload on Dodgers for series win: The Cardinals hosted the Dodgers for the fourth game in their four game set. Going into the game with a 2-1 series lead, they...
• 7/27 StanGraphs: Comparing the Reds and Cardinals: Want to know something weird? The Cardinals are 99 games into the 2012 season, and their record is now 53-46 after an impressive...
• 7/26 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 99: Three Out Of Four Ain’t Bad: The Cardinals tried a new approach today, scoring six actual runs before the seventh inning in support of a solid-if-unspectacular...
• 7/26 Lasorda's Lair: Redbirds Rock Dodger Pitching For 18 Hits And Series Win: Dodgers  4 8 1 Cardinals 7 18 1 WP-Westbrook-9-8 LP-Capuano-10-6 SV-Motte-22 HR-Holliday-17   After last night’s crapfest...
• 7/26 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Wainwright cruises against Dodgers offense:   The Cardinals took it to Clayton Kershaw and Adam Wainwright silenced the Dodger bats as the Cardinals evened their series...
• 7/24 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 97: Cursing Kershaw: Clayton Kershaw has dominated the Cardinals forever, and it looked like he was cruising to yet another shutout until the offense...
• 7/23 Redbird Rants: Redbirds Week In Review: 7/16/12 To 7/22/12:   The St. Louis Cardinals had a 4-2 week this week, without much shift in the overall NL Central standings.  Though there...
• 7/23 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals complete sweep with 7-0 trouncing: The Cardinals successfully swept the rebuilding Chicago Cubs with a 7-0 victory yesterday. The sweep was necessary to keep pace...
• 7/23 Mastersball.com: Tout Wars FAAB Report: Week of July 23: Each week, your friends at Mastersball will post the results of the weekly Tout Wars FAAB run, featuring the winning bid as...
• 7/21 StlSportsMinute.com: Why does Daniel Descalso get a free pass?: St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Daniel Descalso has had a rough year in 2012. - (Photo credit: Wikipedia) St. Louis...
• 7/20 Obstructed View: Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (38-53) at St. Louis Cardinals (47-45): The Cardinals continue their streak of being the reverse-Diamondbacks this season, sitting at 2 games above .500 despite the best...
• 7/19 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals drop series to Brewers, fall down the standings: The downside of being a writer is that sometimes life takes over. I just recently started a new job and I was working at 5 AM...
• 7/16 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals can’t avoid sweep; lose to Reds: The Cardinals came up short in the third straight game against the Reds last night as they dropped the third game 4-2. Due to...
• 7/16 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Cardinal Nation Showing Baby Reesa Some Love: The response to the “STARS 4 Baby Reesa” so far has been nothing short of overwhelming.  The wonderful people at...
• 7/14 Redbird Rants: St. Louis Cardinals Mid-Season Report Card:   The St. Louis Cardinals start the second half of the season in Cincinnati. Their record sits before the first game of a...
• 7/12 Pitchers Hit Eighth: The Lovers, The Dreamers, and Me: With MLB nearing the end of the midsummer night’s bad dream, some members of Cardinal Nation have turned their respective...
• 7/9 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals rally late to take series from Marlins:   It was well worth sitting in 97 degree heat to watch the Cardinals pull off a phenomenal ninth inning three run rally to...
• 7/8 StlSportsMinute.com: Cardinals recap: St. Louis Cardinals 5 Miami Marlins 4: The St. Louis Cardinals scored three runs in the ninth inning to beat the Miami Marlins 5-4. - (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The...
• 7/8 High Heat Stats: Sunday game notes … and 3 days to catch our breath: “Who am I?” In my 9th year, and 3 years after being jettisoned by my original team, I currently have career highs...
• 7/7 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals drop first game in series with Marlins: The Cardinals lost in more ways than one last night. Not only did they drop a close game, but earlier in the day they lost Yadier...
• 7/6 StanGraphs: Start Carpenter at Second: Remember two days ago when I said that Skip Schumaker was the best candidate to start at second base? Well, not anymore; that...
• 7/6 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals take fourth game in series with Rockies: The Cardinals hosted the Rockies in the fourth game of a four game set. The Redbirds entered the night with a 2-1 lead in the...
• 7/6 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Master Trade Baiting: While some see Matt Carpenter getting the start at 2nd base last night as just a way to get him some at-bats, I see something...
• 7/4 StanGraphs: Start Schumaker at Second: Happy America, everyone. Here at StanGraphs, we respect the fact that not every reader hails from the country that first created...
• 7/4 RoxPile: Colvin Still Rescuing Rockies From Being a Million Times Worse: Rockies 3, Cardinals 2 Thanks heavens for Tyler Colvin. Am I right? While others are still making contributions, Carlos Gonzalez...
• 7/3 StanGraphs: Live Blog: Colorado Rockies (30-49) at St. Louis Cardinals (42-38): 10:16 PM: Well, that was quick. Jay immediately struck out on three pitches to end the game in a very undramatic fashion. The...
• 7/3 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 81: Close But No Cigar: Joe Kelly pitched another solid game and deserved to win. The bullpen threw three shutdown innings, but the damage had already...
• 7/3 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals take first game in series against Rockies: The Cardinals took on the Rockies in game one of a four game set in St Louis on Monday night. The Cardinals offense struck early...
• 7/1 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals drop third straight: The Cardinals took on the Pirates in the second game of their three game series last night. The results weren’t as bad as...

• 6/30 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals demolished in series opener against Pirates: The Cardinals kicked off a three game home set with the Pirates in poor fashion on Thursday night as they were defeated 14-5....
• 6/27 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Yadi leads Cardinals in victory over Marlins: The Cardinals won their second consecutive series last night with a 5-2 victory over the declining Miami Marlins. Yadier Molina...
• 6/25 StanGraphs: Cardinal Analogies: Pop Culture Edition: Another series, another series loss. The Tigers managed to win a game in which Kyle Lohse was very difficult to hit, and that’s...
• 6/25 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals complete sweep of Kansas City Royals: The Cardinals entered Kauffman Stadium with the sour taste of a 1-2 series loss against the Royals at home. With returning players...
• 6/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Daniel Descalso playing more: St. Louis Cardinals 2B Daniel Descalso played for the sixth time in seven days Sunday, June 24, despite a left-handed starter...[+] on the mound.
• 6/24 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals take second game with great Wainwright start: After demolishing the Royals on Friday, the Cardinals continued their offensive onslaught yesterday with an 8-2 victory over the...
• 6/23 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 72: Royal Teed: Hey, I remember these guys! This is the team that won the World Series, and dominated baseball in April! Swagger has returned...
• 6/21 STLCardinalBaseball: Game 70: Walked off in the Motor City: The Cardinals headed into the rubber game facing the St. Louisan Josh Turner and the Detroit Tigers. Kyle Lohse was near masterful...
• 6/21 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Westbrook goes the distance as Cards even series: Jake Westbrook pitched a complete game against the Tigers, holding them to one run in a Cardinals 3-1 victory Wednesday night....
• 6/20 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 69: Cy Youngbrook: Isn’t the Jake Westbrook mystery carnival fun? He magically becomes a completely different pitcher from start to start (sometimes...
• 6/18 FanSided: Redbirds Week in Review---6/11/12 to 6/17/12:     The interleague odyssey continues.  Two series this week against the White Sox and the Royals.  The Cardinals...
• 6/17 STLCardinalBaseball: Game 67: Exhausted: In the longest and most dramatic game of the season the Cardinals could not hold on in the 15th inning as they fell 5-3 to the...
• 6/13 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 63: Lynncinerator: For once Lance Lynn didn’t have 17 runs of support, but it didn’t matter. Sasquatch mowed through the White Sox,...
• 6/11 FanSided: Redbirds Week in Review---6/4/12 to 6/10/12:   This past week for the Redbirds started on a positive note with a win against the Mets in a series that has to be considered...
• 6/10 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Clutch Kipnis Closes Out Cards; Indians 4, Cardinals 1: By Robert Toth A second solid outing in a row by Ubaldo Jimenez was capped by a ninth inning three-run home run by Jason Kipnis...
• 6/6 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 57: Lifting The Curse Of Norris: After a long stretch of being shut down by excellent pitching, the Cardinals were faced with the prospect of struggling against...
• 6/6 STLCardinalBaseball: A Look Back At Past Cardinal Drafts: Many fans throw an apathetic glance at the MLB Draft. Unlike the drafts in many other sports, baseball players chosen in the baseball...
• 6/2 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 53: When It Rains: One day after being no-hit by Johan Santana, the Cardinals fared only a little bit better against the knuckleball of R.A. Dickey....

• 5/31 i70baseball.com: Greene DaySomeone "up there", aka in the big leagues, did find him and give him a chance going into the 2012 season....
• 5/30 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Not The News – Volume XIII: Cardinals attempt to rock the vote by swaying voters using rather old-fashioned tactics that involve sensory overload of some...
• 5/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | David Freese out: St. Louis Cardinals 3B David Freese (wrist) is out of the lineup for the second straight day Tuesday, May 29, as he's dealing...[+] with soreness in his right wrist. INF Daniel Descalso is starting at the hot corner.
• 5/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Daniel Descalso goes deep: St. Louis Cardinals 2B Daniel Descalso went 2-for-5 with one home run and two RBIs against the Atlanta Braves Monday, May 28....[+]
• 5/27 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 48: Slump Slamming: The Cardinals hit well in the previous three games against Philadelphia, but they didn’t have the pitching to complement...
• 5/23 Bus League Baseball: Gateway To The World Series: In late August, the Cardinals were at various points 10.5 games behind both Milwaukee in the NL Central and Atlanta for the Wild...
• 5/23 Pitchers Hit Eighth: It’s Not Easy Being Greene:   Perhaps no Cardinals player receives more scrutiny day in, day out for performances in small sample sizes than Tyler Greene. ...
• 5/22 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 43: Return Of The Ace: Adam Wainwright‘s best start of 2012, one reminiscent of his Cy Young caliber 2009 season, helped reassure Cardinal Nation...
• 5/21 El Maquino: Three Points To Address After The Sweep: Stick with me through tonight’s column.  It will be tough, but there’s some serious stuff that needs to be touched...
• 5/17 Pitchers Hit Eighth: MARP for ROY: MARP = Matt Carpenter, because nicknames like “Mini Carp” and “Lil’ Carp” simply fail to do Matt...
• 5/15 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Witness For The Defense: Have an opinion about a particular player, coach, manager, team, or franchise you wish to express?  Try tossing stones 140 characters...
• 5/12 Pitchers Hit Eighth: The Cardinals Have A Math Problem:   Indeed, the limitations of the 25 man roster impose certain constraints on the Cardinals that some teams do not have. ...
• 5/10 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Tweenie Birds: Admit it.  The “Baby Birds” are no longer babies, if they ever really even were at all.  Maybe these guys seem new...
• 5/6 STLCardinalBaseball: The Looming Lineup Problem: Lance Berkman and The Case Of The Mysterious, Never-Healing Leg Cramp could be cleared for baseball action as soon as tomorrow...
• 5/5 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 27: Sucko De Mayo: The inexplicable curse of Bud Norris continues! Jaime Garcia imploded in the first inning, giving the Astros an early lead that...
• 5/3 Redbird Dugout: April Grades: Position Players: I know it’s been awhile since I was able to add to the blog, it’s not for lack of desire, but more a lack of time. Over the...

• 4/30 Redbird Rants: The Merry Go Round of Rosters–Allen Craig Returns: It was announced by the media over the weekend that Allen Craig may be activated from the DL as early as tomorrow.  Craig, who...
• 4/23 C70 At The Bat: A Swashbuckling Weekend: Over the last couple of years, Pittsburgh has been like a home away from home for the Cardinals.  Even without Albert...
• 4/21 Operation Shutdown: Gameday 14 - Cardinals: Pirates (5-8) vs Cardinals (10-4)7:05 PM ETTV: ROOT SportsPNC Park - Pittsburgh, PAStarting PitchersPittsburgh - Kevin Correia...
• 4/20 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 14: Lancing Pirates: Disaster struck the Crippled Cardinals in the opening seconds of the game, but the Redbirds hung tough against a very good Charlie...
• 4/20 Raise the Jolly Roger: Fizzled after the first: Stop me if you’ve heard this before: the Pirates looked good offensively in the first inning, then went silent for the rest...
• 4/20 Pitchers Hit Eighth: There Is Not Always A Wrong Answer: Every once in a while the intertubez become so abuzz with ridiculous disinformation that I take it upon myself to wipe clean the...
• 4/20 C70 At The Bat: An Old Broom Leaves A Little Bit: For the second time this year, the Cards were unable to pull off the sweep of Cincinnati.  Again, winning series...
• 4/19 C70 At The Bat: Loose Hips Sink Reds' Ship: I still have no idea what that was about, but it said a lot about this clubhouse.In the third inning, Fox...
• 4/18 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 11: Extra Thrills: On a chilly night at Busch Stadium, Kyle Lohse outdueled the infamous Johnny Cueto for seven excellent innings. The pitcher’s...
• 4/16 STLCardinalBaseball: Depth Perception: The importance of depth in baseball: Last season was a magical one for the Cardinals but it would never have happened without the depth of the team. When key players...
• 4/15 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Duck and Cover: Cardinals Disaster Preparedness: In this crazy world of ours, where nuclear war could break out at any moment, one must be ready for the worst at all times. Baseball...
• 4/15 i70baseball.com: Berkman and Freese injured early, don’t panic Cards fansLess than two weeks into its championship-defending season and key St. Louis Cardinals are already suffering injuries....
• 4/14 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 9: Ring A-Ding Ding: A two hour rain delay couldn’t dim the luster of a classy afternoon World Series ring ceremony. The clouds parted, the sun...
• 4/11 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 7: GotAway Game: With a day off tomorrow, manager Mike Matheny gave several key veterans the day off with a much-criticized “getaway”...
• 4/10 C70 At The Bat: Westbrooking No Argument: One of the biggest stories in spring was Jake Westbrook, first his significant weight loss, then his stellar pitching.  While...
• 4/9 FanSided: Redbirds Week in Review---4/2/12 to 4/8/12. Opening Week.:   O Frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! He chortled in his joy.  I don't know if Lewis Carroll was a baseball fan, but if he...
• 4/8 El Maquino: > AUDITING THE NEW-LOOK CARDS: The St. Louis Cardinals (3-1) are in first place after four games, dropping the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday 9-3.  Taking stock...
• 4/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Daniel Descalso likely to see regular at-bats: St. Louis Cardinals 2B Daniel Descalso is likely to remain a regular in the starting lineup with a steady diet of right-handed...[+] pitchers on the mound for the opposition. The team is scheduled to see only one left-handed pitcher, Milwaukee Brewers SP Randy Wolf Sunday, April 8, during the seven-game road trip.
• 4/5 Pitchers Hit Eighth: [Redbird Reveille] Mike Matheny is 1-0 as an Opening Day Manager: The Cardinals won on Opening Day, hooray! Quite the showcase last night for the Marlins, the City of Miami, and your World Champion...
• 4/5 El Maquino: > MATHENY RE-DEFINSE CARDINAL BASEBALL IN FIRST WIN: When the Cardinals won the World Series last year, they did so with power.  The League’s best offense, powered by Albert...
• 4/4 StLCards.net: Opening Day (Night): We’re just minutes away from the 2012 Cardinals Season. Let’s Go Cards! The Starting Lineup is: SS – Rafael...
• 4/4 i70baseball.com: Three points to ponderAs spring training ends, some questions remain for the St Louis Cardinals....
• 4/4 Redbird Rants: St Louis Cardinals Opening Day Preview:   It’s finally here! Opening Day has finally arrived! For many, including myself, this is a holiday on par with Christmas....
• 4/3 C70 At The Bat: Cardinals Win, Cardinals Lose: You know, when you drop into the middle of one of these games on the radio, it's a bit confusing to figure out who is...
• 4/3 C70 At The Bat: That's (Almost) A Wrap: The Cardinals are done with Florida, even as they look toward a return.St. Louis finished the Grapefruit League portion of...

• 3/31 Baseball Press: Dr. Lineup: The Marlins, Royals, Cubs & Cards: Jose Reyes leads the offensive threat for the Miami Marlins. (US Presswire)Although the results and statistics don't count,...
• 3/30 Redbird Dugout: Linebrink signed, roster almost complete: The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have purchased the contract of Scott Linebrink, the final step required to make...
• 3/30 C70 At The Bat: "He's Just Not Right": Well, isn't that just what you want to hear about a guy your team gave a two-year contract to in the offseason.Mike Matheny...
• 3/30 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Examining the Shift in Cardinals Roster Construction: The Cardinals’ release of veteran non-roster invitees Alex Cora and Koyie Hill on Sunday wasn’t the type of transaction that...
• 3/23 High Heat Stats: Stat Challenge scoring and projections: Every fantasy league has different rules, and here’s how FanDuel.com scores it for hitters: 1B = 1pt 2B = 2pts 3B = 3pts...
• 3/23 High Heat Stats: Stat Challenge scoring and projections: Every fantasy league has different rules, and here’s how FanDuel.com scores it for hitters: 1B = 1pt 2B = 2pts 3B = 3pts...
• 3/18 STLCardinalBaseball: Survivor: Jupiter – Who Will Win The Roster Battles: As we move into the final stretch of spring training, the team continues to be pruned into fighting shape. Here are the players...
• 3/18 Redbird Dugout: 2012 Cards Spring Training First Hand Report: Walking up to Roger Dean Stadium I could just feel the vibe of baseball, brats and beers.  We arrived around 10:30am to see the...
• 3/18 i70baseball.com: Tyler Greene: Now or never.: If there was ever a time for Tyler Greene to take advantage of a situation in order to make the Cards’ Opening Day roster as...
• 3/18 Through The Fence Baseball: Day two: ‘Tis the season for a spring training road trip: Saturday was St. Patrick’s Day at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Fla., but it felt like the Christmas holiday to me....
• 3/17 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Battle: Second Base has Dual Concerns: What was initially described as an open competition has now became a two-man fight to see who locks up second base for the Cardinals....
• 3/15 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox Spring Training Delight - 3/15: After enjoying a day off yesterday, the Boston Red Sox return to Grapefruit League action when they host the St. Louis Cardinals...
• 3/15 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox Spring Training Delight - 3/15: After enjoying a day off yesterday, the Boston Red Sox return to Grapefruit League action when they host the St. Louis Cardinals...
• 3/14 C70 At The Bat: Bats Come Alive As Wainwright Cruises: There's no doubt that MLB.tv is already paying off.  With games going on in Jupiter, being able to occasionally see the...
• 3/13 STLCardinalBaseball: Return Of The Running Game: The first two weeks of spring training haven’t illuminated much about Mike Matheny‘s managerial strategies or game...
• 3/8 C70 At The Bat: Making Progress Toward A Win: Well, it wasn't a loss.I don't want to say it's troubling to see two games in a row given up by the bullpen, because it...
• 3/7 Redbird Rants: The Numbers Game: The St. Louis Cardinals need a full-time second baseman: Over the last five seasons the St. Louis Cardinals have had 12 different players spend time at second base. Skip Schumaker, who...
• 3/6 C70 At The Bat: We Have A Box Score!: Granted, it wasn't the result that Cardinal fans were hoping for to kick off the spring, but just seeing those columns and...
• 3/1 C70 At The Bat: "We Have A Chance To Be Better": There's no doubt that the spring is time for optimism.  Rookies are heralded as the next great player.  Pitchers...

• 2/27 C70 At The Bat: One More Week: This is the final week without baseball games until late October.  The season is really upon us, assuming we can wait...
• 2/24 Redbird Dugout: 2012 Preview: Third Base: David Freese had a spectacular postseason. He then had an amazing offseason that included a stop by Jay Leno’s show and...
• 2/23 Redbird Dugout: 2012 Preview: Shortstop: For the Cardinals, the Opening Day starter at shortstop is pretty well assured. That would be Rafael Furcal. A mid-season addition...
• 2/23 C70 At The Bat: New Bird In Camp: While he didn't make it to the actual workout yesterday, Carlos Beltran is now in Cardinals camp.  I'm not...
• 2/22 Pitchers Hit Eighth: 2012 Cardinals Twitter Guide for Fans: With Spring Training moving into full swing, I thought it was time to update the ole’ Twitter Guide. Some of you may remember...
• 2/13 C70 At The Bat: The Monday Before "Pitchers And Catchers Report": Looking out my window, the snow--our first one of the year--is coming down.  It's hard to believe that the true start of...
• 2/12 STLCardinalBaseball: Predicting the 2012 Cardinals: position by position: Photo courtesy of Getty images After a wild and unexpected year from the Cardinals, it is time to forget about last year and begin...
• 2/9 i70baseball.com: The Revolving Door At Second: No aspect of the 2012 Cardinals comes with more questions than the middle infield, where one position has no clear starter and...
• 2/8 Redbird Dugout: 2012 Preview: Second Base: Second base looks to be one of the more interesting positions in 2012. The perceived incumbent, Skip Schumaker, is looking at...
• 2/8 i70baseball.com: Ozzie’s ShadowIn sports, music, and entertainment, legends come along every so often that need only a first name....
• 2/6 Redbird Dugout: Alex Cora agrees to minor league deal: The Cardinals made it official this morning that they have signed infielder Alex Cora to a minor league contract with an invitation...
• 2/4 i70baseball.com: (Draft) Picky, PickyEvery MLB team shows time and again that the ultimate weapon to wield is depth....
• 2/3 i70baseball.com: Infield Depth Is A Big Question Mark For The Cardinals Heading Into Spring TrainingDurability and Consistency are the biggest concerns for St. Louis...
• 2/2 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Baseball Focus: National League second basemen: Editor’s Note: Fantasy Baseball Focus is a breakdown of each league, position by position. Each team receives a fantasy...

• 1/25 STLCardinalBaseball: What to expect from spring training: Last spring training the Cardinals were given their worst news of the entire season, Adam Wainwright was going to be out for the...
• 1/25 C70 At The Bat: The State of Cardinal Nation, 2012: Ladies, gentlemen, fellow Redbird fanatics:Last night was the annual State of the Union address, given from the White House in...
• 1/21 i70baseball.com: The Winter Warm Up Files: Spring Has Almost Sprung: Spring Training is about a month or so away for the St. Louis Cardinals, and plenty of intrigue surrounds the team as they head...
• 1/21 i70baseball.com: The Luhnow Legacy: On the very same night the Los Angeles Angels were finalizing a deal to sign Albert Pujols, the Houston Astros named Jeff Luhnow...
• 1/15 i70baseball.com: The Winter Warm Up: Day Two And A Numbers Game: Today at the St. Louis Cardinals Winter Warm Up, a slow morning turned rapid-fire with Matt Adams, Brandon **** Daniel Descalso,...
• 1/15 i70baseball.com: St. Louis Cardinals Lineup Might Be Set, Bench Could Use Work: Every year as Spring Training approaches, fan bases evaluate their team’s 40-man roster and generally look for that one spot...
• 1/14 El Maquino: GREENE TO GET SHOT AT SECOND BASE JOB: With Rafael Furcal earning $14 million over the next two years at shortstop, guys like Tyler Greene have to adapt.  And that’s...
• 1/11 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Cardinals players on Twitter – January 2012 updateA regular update of St. Louis Cardinals major and minor league players on Twitter....
• 1/10 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Off-the-wall Cardinals story ideas for 2012Seven lower-odds storylines possibly ahead for the 2012 St. Louis Cardinals. Or not....
• 1/7 El Maquino: SEVEN TEAMS WANT THERIOT: Ryan Theriot never exactly captured the hearts and minds of Cards fans during his one-year tenure with the World Champions, hitting...

• 12/31 STLCardinalBaseball: 2011 a year in review: Cardinal edition: With today being the last day of the year, I felt it necessary to take a look back at the year 2011 in baseball, and a month by...
• 12/30 STLCardinalBaseball: A Look At The 2012 ZiPS Projections For The Cardinals: It’s always fun to try and guess the future. That’s the reason why people play the lottery, read their horoscope,...
• 12/26 STLCardinalBaseball: Are the Cards done spending?: With the recent additions of Rafael Furcal, J.C. Romero, and Carlos Beltran many think that the Cardinals are done spending. They...
• 12/25 The Cardinal Nation Blog: The Cardinal Nation Blog 2011 top story #11: Young position players emerge: Three young position players made significant contributions along the way to the St. Louis Cardinals’ 2011 World Series title....
• 12/20 i70baseball.com: Shelby Miller Scares MeShelby is a talented pitcher with a bright future. Due to recent history, however, that scares me....
• 12/17 i70baseball.com: Waiting On…Something.: The St. Louis Cardinals’ offseason remains—to this point— defined more by subtraction than addition, at least when talking...
• 12/16 Redbird Dugout: UCB Roundtable: I asked my question earlier this week and should have posted it Tuesday, but I was busy trying to wrap up the necessary work I...
• 12/14 Redbird Dugout: Cardinals finalize arbitration offers: The Cardinals had four arbitration cases to deal with this offseason: Ryan Theriot, Skip Schumaker, Kyle McClellan, and Jason...
• 12/12 MLBTradeRumors: Cardinals, Schumaker Nearing Two-Year Deal : The Cardinals are close to finalizing a two-year deal with utility infielder Skip Schumaker, according to Derrick Goold of...
• 12/9 STLCardinalBaseball: How Should The Cardinals Address Their Needs Without Pujols In 2012?: In the aftermath of the Albert Pujols decision to abandon St. Louis for Anaheim, Cardinal fans blew through all seven levels of...
• 12/3 i70baseball.com: What A Difference A Year MakesThis time last year, no one thought about what the rotation would look like without Adam Wainwright....
• 12/1 El Maquino: IS ALBERT PUJOLS BEING GREEDY?: I will go a little more in-depth on this later to include your opinions on Twitter as well as from the authors of Pujols: More...

• 11/30 El Maquino: READY WHEN YOU ARE, ALBERT: Derrick Goold printed the motherload of transaction season news for the Post-Dispatch today.  What we learned from it: >...
• 11/29 C70 At The Bat: Keeping In Practice: They say that you should write often if you want to stay in the habit, even when there's nothing to write about.  Right now...
• 11/19 El Maquino: PROPOSAL: AN EASY NEW AWARDS SYSTEM: > The AmLeague MVP is announced on Monday.  Five players in that League hit over .320, three hit 39 or more homeruns, and...
• 11/17 Pitchers Hit Eighth: “What If” for $200M, Alex: Baseball’s offseason is a great time to play “Armchair GM”, and there may be no better way to engage other players...
• 11/16 El Maquino: DON’T FALL FOR THE MARLINS’ OFFER TO PUJOLS: > We found out today that the Marlins’ offer to Albert Pujols was for nine years and an undisclosed cash amount.  The...
• 11/15 MLBTradeRumors: Mozeliak "Wouldn’t Envision" Pursuit Of Fielder: The Cardinals are going to keep discussions with Albert Pujols between the team, agent Dan Lozano and the three-time MVP himself,...
• 11/15 i70baseball.com: Experience Can Be Overrated: Matheny Is The Right Choice For Cardinals’ ManagerFormer Catcher has Leadership Qualities Necessary to Lead World Champs into 2012 Season ...
• 11/15 C70 At The Bat: "A Small Bit of Churn": Mike Matheny was introduced as the new Cardinals manager yesterday to rave reviews.  We've talked a good bit about Matheny...
• 11/14 i70baseball.com: The Winner Is: Mike Matheny?The keys to the family sports car are about to be handed to the sixteen year old....
• 11/13 STLCardinalBaseball: Why a Descalso/Greene Middle Infield Makes Sense (In Other Words, Trust Mo On This One): In today’s Post Dispatch, Cardinals GM John Mozeliak rattled some cages with his suggestion that he is strongly considering...
• 11/13 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Lee, Cespedes, Indians, Cards, Dodgers: On this date last year, the Red Sox and Marlins swapped Dustin Richardson for Andrew Miller, a deal that didn't really work...
• 11/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Daniel Descalso to start at 2B?: St. Louis Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak is projecting 2B Daniel Descalso as the team's starting second baseman heading...[+] into 2012. He said he 'wouldn't mind' a middle infield comprised of Descalso and SS Tyler Greene.
• 11/11 Pitchers Hit Eighth: UCB Awards – Dennis:    It’s time.  Yes, it’s time for the UCB (United Cardinal Bloggers) members to pat each other on the back...
• 11/9 i70baseball.com: The UCB AwardsPlacing my votes in the UCB Awards....
• 11/8 Pitchers Hit Eighth: United Cardinal Bloggers Roundtable – 2012′s unexpected contributor?: It’s that time of the year again, for the United Cardinal Bloggers’ Fall Roundtable discussions.  You can find all...

• 10/31 22gigantes.com: Panda, Beltran nominated for Gold Gloves: Carlos Beltran and Pablo Sandoval have been nominated as potential Gold Glove award candidates, according to a tweet from the...
• 10/31 Giants Nirvana: News and Notes: Gold Glove Awards, Elias Rankings: After a fantastic season of defense at third base, Pablo Sandoval is nominated for a Gold Glove award, along with Placido Polanco...
• 10/31 El Maquino: A THANK-YOU TO TONY LARUSSA, FROM HIS BIGGEST APOLOGIST: > Tony LaRussa retired today after 16 seasons managing the Cardinals.  And I think I myself am worse off for it in some ways....
• 10/28 Philly Phanatics: Fall Classic: The 2011 World Series lived up to its moniker as the Fall Classic. Unfortunately around Philadelphia, a lot fewer people tuned...
• 10/28 Baseball Musings: Bottom of the Tenth: The Cardinals send up Daniel Descalso, Jon Jay and the pitcher’s spot in the bottom of the tenth. There are no position...
• 10/25 STLCardinalBaseball: The (Mis)Management Of The World Series: As my consuming, blood-spitting disgust over last night’s loss spilled into the morning, a friend tried to comfort me. “Even...
• 10/22 Baseball Musings: The Runs Keep Coming: David Freese singled with one out, and Yadier Molina hits another RBI double as he drives in pinch runner Daniel Descalso. The...
• 10/21 C70 At The Bat: Dying Quail Kills Cardinals: TS Eliot had it right.  The world didn't end last night, but the Rangers definitely didn't end the game with a blast....
• 10/20 STLCardinalBaseball: Player Spotlight: David Freese: Every little boys dream is to play in the post season with their favorite hometown team, this dream has been achieved by David...
• 10/20 Fungoes.net: Game 1 hardly proves La Russa a genius: At least a few commentators are falling over themselves in praise of Tony La Russa in the wake of the Cardinals’ Game 1...
• 10/19 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Cardinals familiar with Rangers at the Triple-A levelMany St. Louis and Texas players have faced off before – in the Triple-A Pacific Coast League....
• 10/17 El Maquino: INJURY CLOUD LOOMS OVER CARDS’ STARS: > With the win last night, the Cards saved Chris Carpenter for Game One of the World Series instead of Game Seven of the NLCS–we...
• 10/12 El Maquino: YES, THE RALLY SQUIRREL IS PLAYED: > The squirrel stuff has to stop, St. Louis. Yeah, it was kinda quirky the first time it happened in Game Four of the NLDS...
• 10/10 i70baseball.com: Baseball Bloggers Alliance Ballot: NL Manager Of The YearI-70 Baseball names their top 3 managers of the year in the National League, as part of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance....
• 10/6 i70baseball.com: Analysis Of A DecisionTony LaRussa is not afraid of making decisions, nor are we afraid to break them down....
• 10/4 STLCardinalBaseball: 2011 Post Season Preview:: So how many times have you heard about the Red Sox not making it, but the Rays made one of the greatest comebacks in the history...

• 9/30 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Vote for your Cardinals NLDS roster: The St. Louis Cardinals face a number of decisions as they set their first-round playoff roster. Who would you select and why?...
• 9/27 Pitchers Hit Eighth: About Last Night: Reporter: ”Coach, what do you think about your team’s execution?” Coach John McKay:  “I’m all...
• 9/26 C70 At The Bat: Happy Flight: I probably should give up on the whole making proclamations thing.  Every time I go to write the Cardinals off, they...
• 9/22 Fungoes.net: Freese has biggest hit, game of career: After Tony La Russa perhaps unintentionally showed confidence in his offense by not pinch hitting for his pitcher down by a...
• 9/14 Fungoes.net: Does Tony La Russa read Fangraphs?: Buried in the miscellaneous game notes of the AP dispatch for the Cardinals’ 3-2 win over the Pirates Wednesday was this...
• 9/14 C70 At The Bat: Hanging In There: It was a fairly crazy night in Pittsburgh, a profane one if you will, and yet the Cardinals were able to win the game and...
• 9/10 El Maquino: PUNTO AND PUJOLS SAVE THE DAY!: > The Braves should have won, but they freaking didn’t! The entire game, the Cards had openings to score (11 left on...
• 9/5 El Maquino: NANDOSAL NAILED IN THE NINTH: Hey everyone!  Sorry to say technical difficulties shut the site down after a big Saturday, so let’s get at it. > Fernando...

• 8/22 i70baseball.com: Rob Rains Inside Baseball: 2012 Answers NeededThe Cardinals need to utilize the rest of this season to lay out their winter and 2012 plans....
• 8/22 C70 At The Bat: **** String? It's the Cardinals. Let's Play.: You know, as Bill and I talked about last night on Gateway To Baseball Heaven, even if the Cards had a good month, say 19-6...
• 8/22 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Carpenter for Hamels: If you take that “go big or go home” mentality, then this is just about as big as it gets right now.  No, I’m...
• 8/18 Pitchers Hit Eighth: It Ain’t Over Til The Fat Rats Sing With Some Lady Abandoning a Sinking Ship: If you didn’t take time to read PH8′s Constitution of Bloggery (aka Where Optimism and Realism Diverge) for all...
• 8/8 C70 At The Bat: Broom Me!: Wow, how nice is it to be able to talk about a Cardinal sweep?  You've got to go all the way back to the end of June...
• 8/6 El Maquino: CARP AND BULLPEN MAKE PUJOLS HOMER STAND UP: > The Cards held on by their nails to stabilize their striking range of three games back when they beat Miami 2-1 tonight....
• 8/4 B-R Blog: Players with the most top-100 Win Probability Added games in 2011: I love Win Probability Added. Although it has its flaws (notably no good way to assign credit or blame for significant base running...
• 8/2 Blogging From The Bleachers: Trade Deadline Recap: Ziegler, Allen, Furcal: There were a few more moves worth discussing that predominantly flew under the radar as the trade deadline came and went this...
• 8/1 C70 At The Bat: New Faces, Same Results: Remember last year, when the Cardinals struggled to do anything against weaker teams?  They could dominate the big...

• 7/31 C70 At The Bat: Crazy Day In Cardinal Nation: Lots of stuff floating around today, as the Cards made some moves on the field and off of them.  Let's hit the game first,...
• 7/31 Baseball Press: Trading Places: Rafael Furcal Dealt to St. Louis: Rafael Furcal hopes to help St. Louis capture a playoff spot. (Icon SMI)With the 2011 Major League Baseball trade deadline just...
• 7/30 C70 At The Bat: Major Milestones: This year, the Cubs have gotten an early jump on their acronym (Completely Useless By September) and walked into Busch to...
• 7/27 C70 At The Bat: Continuing The Roll: So far, so good.The Cardinals have a home stand against the two worst teams in the division and they've been taking advantage...
• 7/26 C70 At The Bat: According To Plan: Looking at the schedule, the Cardinals needed this week to be a successful one.  Four games against the woeful Astros...
• 7/25 C70 At The Bat: Treading Water: We keep waiting and hoping for the Cardinals to catch fire, to pull away from the pack and start to pile win on top of win.  So...
• 7/24 El Maquino: MOTTE GETS D’ARNAUD-ED: THE WRAP-UP, GAME 101 4:19p Some guy named Chase d’Arnaud skies one to shallow center with a man on third in the bottom...
• 7/23 Redbird Dugout: Performance based play?: (Photo: Keith Allison/Flickr)Trade rumors are swirling around Colby Rasmus like nothing else. Then comes the bombs**** earlier...
• 7/23 El Maquino: GRANDPA AND KYLE MCCLELLAN: GRANDPA AND KYLE MCCLELLAN 5:32p It was two gears ago–maybe to the day–when I met him. I was waiting outside the bathroom...
• 7/21 C70 At The Bat: Time For A Shakeup?: I was admittedly not terribly concerned after the Cardinals dropped two of three in Cincinnati to start off the All-Star Break....
• 7/21 El Maquino: SALAS FINISHES OFF MCCLELLAN’S DECLINE: THE WRAP-UP, GAME 97 1:01a The very first three batters made a one run lead for the Cards in the first inning, and manufactured...
• 7/20 El Maquino: LIVE: CARDS V. METS, GAME 97: Something different for today’s Cards game.  Instead of writing them down tonight, I’ll put all of my game notes...
• 7/17 El Maquino: A BOMB, AN EJECTION, AND A MELTDOWN: THE WRAP-UP, GAME 95 3:30 p A bomb, an ejection, and a meltdown. The bomb: Lance Berkman went yard for the 25th time in 2011,...
• 7/16 El Maquino: CARP AND PUJOLS PUSH INTO FIRST: THE WRAP-UP, GAME 94 10:00p Things went scoreless for the first two, until the tragic third. After Drew Stubbs singled, Edgar...
• 7/12 Redbird Dugout: Garcia's extension and other notes: Garcia and the Cards are on the verge of an extension for the lefty.(Photo: beisbolsinaloa/Flickr)The big rumor out of St. Louis...
• 7/12 C70 At The Bat: Concluding The First Half: After everything this team has been through, both with injuries and ineffectiveness (especially out of the bullpen), for them...
• 7/12 C70 At The Bat: A Fire In The Belly: Yes, the Cardinals lost last night.  However, the way they lost provides hope for the coming days.That hope doesn't come...
• 7/12 El Maquino: BIGGEST COMEBACK ALL YEAR: THE WRAP-UP, GAME 88 11:46p In the last Cards-Reds series in St. Louis, Cincinnati closer Francisco Cordero got into an end-of-game...
• 7/6 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Cardinals players on TwitterMore and more major and minor league players across the St. Louis Cardinals organization are using Twitter to share news....

• 6/26 C70 At The Bat: Struggling For Silver Linings: It's Sunday afternoon and, as I write this, the Cardinals are still playing the Blue Jays, though it just...
• 6/22 MLBTradeRumors: Contenders In Need Of A Third Base Upgrade: Today let's take a look at contenders lacking at third base. Indians:  They've used Jack Hannahan at the hot corner,...
• 6/17 Fungoes.net: Tyler Greene likes to steal: Tyler Greene likes to run. How much? To say that he has attempted to steal more often per opportunity than any of his Cardinal...
• 6/17 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Soft In The Middle: “A man walks down the street, He says, Why am I soft in the middle now? Why am I soft in the middle? The rest of my life...
• 6/9 Pitchers Hit Eighth: 10 Really Randomish Redbird Rantings: It’s Thursday, and it’s simply too hot outside for clever titles.  Before the freakin’ cicadas can take over...
• 6/8 StLCards.net: Cardinals continue to roll, Pujols homers again: Cards WIN Jake Westbrook wasn’t stellar last night, but anything he failed to do on the mound he made up for with his bat....
• 6/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Pair turn in three-hit games: St. Louis Cardinals 2B Daniel Descalso and C Yadier Molina each had three hits in five at-bats Wednesday, June 1, against the...[+] San Francisco Giants.
• 6/1 Redbird Dugout: Roster Movement: Lynn to make debut: Lance Lynn will make his MLB debut Thursday.(Photo: rosepetal236/Flickr)It was a big day for the Cardinals and roster moves....

• 5/31 WasWatching: A-Rod Least “Clutch” 3B In Majors This Year?: See the numbers below – which are this season to date: Rk Player Clutch Year Age Tm Lg G PA 1 Daniel Descalso 1.5 2011 24...
• 5/31 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Albert Pujols at hot corner: St. Louis Cardinals 1B Albert Pujols is making another start at third base Tuesday, May 31, to give 3B Daniel Descalso a day off....[+] OF Lance Berkman will play first base.
• 5/31 Pitchers Hit Eighth: No Long Relief for the DL: **** TLR!  Is this thing even on?  Has anybody besides me noticed that Matt Holliday hasn’t exactly been pounding the...
• 5/30 22gigantes.com: Series preview: SF (28-24) at STL (32-22): A week ago, the 2010 World Champions had a 4-game lead in the NL West and looked poised for a strong title defense. But now, the...
• 5/27 C70 At The Bat: So Close To The Sweep: I had a nice outline of a post saved up for yesterday, but things got in the way and I never got around to fleshing them out....
• 5/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Allen Craig makes fifth start at 2B: St. Louis Cardinals OF Allen Craig made his fifth start of the season at second base Wednesday, May 25, against the San Diego...[+] Padres. He finished hitless in three at-bats. Manager Tony La Russa said using Craig at second is a help to the offense, and 2B Daniel Descalso is a better option at third base because of his superior arm.
• 5/25 StLCards.net: The 50 Game Waiting Peirod Ends…And The Cardinals are in First. 200th Post!: Well, here we are. After opening day and during the first weeks of the season the buzzword is always wait 50 games. (At least...
• 5/25 StLCards.net: Cardinals get win in 11th, Descalso drives in winning run (again): Cards WIN Are we surprised? Daniel Descalso is showing himself to be nothing but clutch in the late innings with the game on the...
• 5/25 The Cardinal Nation Blog: D-Money chasing Big Mac and The Machine: In terms of crucial RBI for the St. Louis Cardinals, Daniel Descalso’s 2011 start trails only Mark McGwire and Albert Pujols...
• 5/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Daniel Descalso delivers for second straight nightSt. Louis Cardinals 3B Daniel Descalso drove in the go-ahead run with two outs in the 11th inning Tuesday, May 24....[+] St. Louis Cardinals 3B Daniel Descalso drove in the go-ahead run with two outs in the 11th inning Tuesday, May 24.
• 5/24 C70 At The Bat: A Late-Night Extravaganza: You can't beat fun at the old ballpark, even when that fun keeps you up too late and makes you yawn through the morning the next...
• 5/23 StLCards.net: Schumaker reurns, Cardinals replace Laird: The latest of the injuries to Cardinals players occured yesterday when Gerald Laird broke a finger in his hand trying to bunt....
• 5/23 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Backup to the Backup’s Backup: By now, you should be fairly familiar with the Cardinals 25 active roster.  As of the completion of the game against the Royals,...
• 5/19 Redbird Dugout: April Approval Ratings: Lance Berkman gets the biggest boost of any player.(Photo: d-deee/Flickr)This year's monthly project continues with April's Cardinals'...
• 5/16 Fungoes.net: La Russa, Lohse and bench bunting options: In the bottom of the seventh inning of the Cardinals’ 3-1 win over the Phillies Monday night, Tony La Russa summoned starting...
• 5/15 Pitchers Hit Eighth: The Pujols Contract Irregular – The Jim Hendry Hug Edition: On the morning of January 19th, I started collecting links – as many as I can find with minimal effort – that discuss...
• 5/14 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Pitchers Hit Eighth Podcast – Episode 1.0: “But his stuff! His stuff looked good!”: Drew Silva from NBCSports.com’s Hardball Talk blog and Rotoworld.com joins us to talk about the Cardinals and the NL Central....
• 5/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Ryan Theriot sitting: St. Louis Cardinals SS Ryan Theriot (oblique) is not in the starting lineup Friday, May 13. SS Tyler Greene will replace him at...[+] SS, while 3B Nick Punto will lead off and play second base and 2B Daniel Descalso will play third base.
• 5/12 Obstructed View: St. Louis Cardinals @ Chicago Cubs 5-12: bref previewgameday Jay RF, Craig 2B, Pujols 1B, Holliday LF, Rasmus CF, Molina C, Descalso 3B, Greene SS, Garcia P.Castro SS,...
• 5/12 StLCards.net: Cardinals look to redeem series in the Windy City: After a rough, rain interrupted night last night, the Cardinals can still win the series against the Cubs, when Jaime Garcia pitches...
• 5/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Yadier Molina sitting: St. Louis Cardinals C Gerald Laird is starting in place of C Yadier Molina Wednesday, May 11. 3B Nick Punto is at second base,...[+] while 2B Daniel Descalso starts at the hot corner.
• 5/11 C70 At The Bat: Catching Up On The Cardinals: Last night, at my son's t-ball game, one of the opposing coaches mentioned that he reads the blog regularly (hey, Matt!).  Being...
• 5/11 StLCards.net: Carpenter gets first win, Cardinals come back to beat Cubs: Cards WIN It wasn’t exactly pretty, but Chris Carpenter finally pitched well enough AND got lucky enough to get his first...
• 5/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Daniel Descalso delivers: St. Louis Cardinals 3B Daniel Descalso delivered a two-run single to break a 4-4 tie in the eighth inning Tuesday, May 10, to...[+] lead the team to a win.
• 5/10 Obstructed View: St. Louis Cardinals @ Chicago Cubs: GamedayBref Preview Cardinals wOBA wRC Def Cubs wOBA wRC Def Ryan Theriot .298 .39 -.01 Kosuke...
• 5/10 Pitchers Hit Eighth: No Way Jose!: This is about the Albert Pujols contract extension, but yet in a way it is.  The decision to avoid negotiations during the...
• 5/8 StLCards.net: Descalso gets only hit, Cardinals lose to Brewers: Cards LOSE Kyle Lohse pitched a strong game, 8 innings, 1 run allowed, but it was Yovani Gallardo‘s turn to flirt with the...
• 5/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Brewers | Yovani Gallardo flirts with no-hitter: Milwaukee Brewers SP Yovani Gallardo flirted with a no-hitter Saturday, May 7, against the St. Louis Cardinals. He allowed a single...[+] to IF Daniel Descalso to start the eighth inning. 'His stuff was just nasty,' C Jonathan Lucroy said. 'It's who he is, it's what he does.' Gallardo left after eight innings, allowing just the one hit and four walks with six strikeouts.
• 5/7 C70 At The Bat: UCB Progressive Game Blog: Postgame: If you are following the chain from Pitchers Hit Eighth or are coming from the index post at the main site (or if you've just...
• 5/7 Pitchers Hit Eighth: UCB 2011 Progressive Game Blog – Brewers vs Cards – Ninth Inning: Cardinals fans at Busch Stadium this weekend have been treated to three starting pitching gems so far in just two games –...
• 5/7 Baseball Musings: Hit in the Eighth: Daniel Descalso grounds a ball up the middle leading off the eighth inning against Yovani Gallardo, and it remains out of reach...
• 5/6 StLCards.net: Cardinals come back to split series with Marlins: Cards WIN In this series at least, the Cardinals won by the 3-run homer. First Daniel Descalso on Tuesday and then Lance Berkman...
• 5/4 Roto Think Tank: Mid-Week National League Review: Ty Wigginton/Ian Stewart. We knew it was merely a matter of time until Stewart came back to the major leagues (hitting .361...
• 5/4 StLCards.net: Cardinals come back to beat Marlins: Cards WIN Cardinals are down 5-4 until Daniel Descalso hits a 3 run homer! It was a fun one to watch. Most of the game up until...
• 5/4 Baseball Musings: First Homer: Daniel Descalso made his first major league home run count as his three-run shot in the seventh gave the Cardinals the lead and...
• 5/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Daniel Descalso wins it: St. Louis Cardinals IF Daniel Descalso hit a two-out, three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning to propel the Cards to...[+] a 7-5 win Tuesday, May 3.
• 5/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Allen Craig starting at hot cornerSt. Louis Cardinals 3B Allen Craig is starting at third base Tuesday, May 3. 2B Daniel Descalso will play second base....[+] St. Louis Cardinals 3B Allen Craig is starting at third base Tuesday, May 3. 2B Daniel Descalso will play second base.
• 5/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Albert Pujols not expected to play third: St. Louis Cardinals 1B Albert Pujols is not expected to be an option to fill in at third base while 3B David Freese (hand) is...[+] on the disabled list. 2B Daniel Descalso is expected to see the most time at the hot corner, with 3B Nick Punto, SS Tyler Greene and OF Allen Craig the other options.
• 5/3 Fungoes.net: The gap between Freese and his backups: With starting third baseman David Freese hitting the disabled list with a broken hand, the Cardinals suffered their sixth disabling...
• 5/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Nick Punto not playing : St. Louis Cardinals 3B Nick Punto (hamstring) is not in the lineup Monday, May 2. IF Daniel Descalso is starting at third and...[+] batting seventh. SS Tyler Greene is starting at second base.
• 5/1 Baseball Musings: Bad Year for Third Basemen: David Freese joins the list of third basemen on the disabled list as a hit by pitch breaks his hand: Freese was hit on his left...

• 4/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Gerald Laird starting: St. Louis Cardinals C Gerald Laird is giving C Yadier Molina a day off Thursday, April 28. IF Daniel Descalso is starting at second...[+] base and leading off.
• 4/27 Redbird Dugout: Game 23: Astros 6, Cardinals 5: It was set to be Lance Berkman's homecoming. As Matt Leach stated on Twitter last night, Berkman had written everyone's stories...
• 4/27 C70 At The Bat: A Loss, But Not A 2010 Loss: I missed a lot of last night's game, since our TV was on the local weather instead of more enjoyable pursuits.  (For the...
• 4/26 Fungoes.net: What were Cardinals doing with weekend hit-and-runs?: In the weekend series against the Reds, the Cardinals attempted a hit-and-run three times. None succeeded. What happened? First,...
• 4/25 Redbird Dugout: Game 22: Cardinals 3, Reds 0: Jake Westbrook got a much needed dominant start as he held the divisional rival Reds to just three hits over six innings. His...
• 4/23 C70 At The Bat: Forces of Nature, Both Cardinal and Otherwise: The last two days, we've seen Kyle Lohse mow through the Washington Nationals and then a natural storm mow through St. Louis....
• 4/23 Redbird Dugout: Game 20: Cardinals 4, Reds 2: Okay, okay. I consistently and loudly complain about a lot of Tony LaRussa's moves, moves that seem to less and less reflect a...
• 4/20 StLCards.net: Cards lose first game of Double Dip, Garcia pitches second game: Cards LOSE Jake Westbrook had another horrible outing, Fernando Salas saved the bullpen by pitching 3 innings and giving up just...
• 4/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Three to share time at second base: St. Louis Cardinals IFs Tyler Greene, Nick Punto and Daniel Descalso will all see time while 2B Skip Schumaker (elbow) is out,...[+] according to Matthew Leach of MLB.com.
• 4/19 StLCards.net: Walkoff hangover, Nationals come to town (Game 17): I couldn’t bring myself to post anything yesterday after that ridiculous loss so I took a day off with the team. The Cardinals...
• 4/18 Redbird Dugout: Off Day Thoughts: Cardinals second baseman Skip Schumaker(Photo: Michael Noirot/Flickr)It's been awhile since I wrote something other than a game...
• 4/14 StLCards.net: Cardinals at Dodgers – Series 5: Jaime Garcia pitches tonight against Hiroki Kuroda, who is 0-1 against the Cardinals in 3 games with a 1.42 ERA. Up to this point...
• 4/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Using lefty-heavy lineup: St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa is going with a lineup stacked with left-handed hitters against Los Angeles Dodgers...[+] SP Hiroki Kuroda Thursday, April 14, using IF Daniel Descalso at third base over 3B David Freese, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Joe Strauss.
• 4/12 StLCards.net: Game 8: Not much to say. Jaime Garcia gets the start. Ryan Theriot and David Freese get the day off. They are replaced by Tyler Greene...
• 4/9 StLCards.net: Game 8: Not much to say. Jaime Garcia gets the start. Ryan Theriot and David Freese get the day off. They are replaced by Tyler Greene...
• 4/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | David Freese could play all weekend: St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said he could have 3B David Freese play in all three games over the weekend against...[+] the San Francisco Giants, according to MLB.com's Matthew Leach. IF Daniel Descalso will start Saturday, April 9, at third base if Freese is given that day off.
• 4/7 Redbird Dugout: Game 6: Pirates 3, Cardinals 1: Once again the Cardinals find themselves on the wrong side of the runs column. It's beginning to be a regular thing these days....
• 4/7 Fungoes.net: Sabermetric post-game notes: Pirates 3, Cardinals 1: Team R RC TB BB Pirates 3 6.7 18 2 Cardinals 1 2.5 10 2   Individual Performances Pirates Cardinals Starting-pitcher...
• 4/5 Redbird Dugout: Game 4: Pirates 4, Cardinals 3: Kyle Lohse turned in five solid innings before his first walk of 2011 came back to bite him in a 4 run sixth inning. All in all,...
• 4/5 Fungoes.net: 2011 Cardinals are old (which is good and bad): The 2011 Cardinals are old. Not that there’s anything wrong with that! But it does have implications for the season ahead,...
• 4/4 Redbird Leader: Carpenter Cut from Cardinals Roster: One of 10 players cut from the Redbirds spring training roster, Matt Carpenter did all he could in his bid to make the Opening...
• 4/4 Redbird Leader: Where Have You Gone, Joe McEwing?: "Where have you gone, Joe McEwing? Cardinal Nation turns its lonely eyes to you What's that you say, Mr. LaRussa? Super...
• 4/3 Redbird Dugout: Game 3: Cardinals 2, Padres 0: Finally! The Cardinals break through for the win on the back of Jaime Garcia. Garcia, who had looked shaky during Spring Training,...
• 4/3 StLCards.net: Game 3 Thoughts: Cards WIN That was sweet. A great way to get the first win of the season (not quite as good as a win on opening day and no blown...
• 4/3 Fungoes.net: Padres outhustled, outfocused Cardinals in opener: The Cardinals dropped Opening Day in frustrating fashion, 5-3 in 11 innings to the Padres, though in some ways, they lost in the...
• 4/2 Redbird Dugout: Preseason Approval Ratings: Position Players: The Highest Rated Cardinal, Matt Holliday(Photo: Michael Noirot/Flickr)Many readers are familiar with the Approval Ratings that...
• 4/1 Fungoes.net: Player group brings class-action suit against La Russa: Just when Opening Day couldn’t get much worse for Tony La Russa, whose Cardinals dropped their home opener 5-3 to the Padres,...

• 3/29 Redbird Dugout: Cardinals narrow down roster: Matt Carpenter slides into the plate during a spring training game.With less than 10 days remaining in Spring Training, the Cardinals...
• 3/29 Redbird Dugout: Youngsters in Spring Training: Adron Chambers during Spring Training drillsAs Spring Training Winds down and all the Cardinals' fans are itching for Opening...
• 3/28 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Untruths, Misrumors, Disprognostications: It’s time that the little Napoleonic portion of my brain comes out to play a bit.  Why?  I’ve heard enough nonsense...
• 3/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Daniel Descalso looks to have spot: St. Louis Cardinals 2B/3B Daniel Descalso appears to have won a spot on the bench, FOXSportsMidwest.com's B.J. Rains reports....[+]
• 3/21 StLCards.net: Status Update: I have returned from the traditional St. Patrick’s Day blogging holiday weekend. Kyle McClellan pitched yesterday against...
• 3/19 C70 At The Bat: Catching Up On The Cardinals: Work has been pretty busy the last few days, so I've been unable to find the time to jot down any thoughts about how the last...
• 3/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Three battling for final bench spot: St. Louis Cardinals IF Daniel Descalso, 3B Matt Carpenter and IF Ramon Vazquez are battling for the last bench spot, but Vazquez...[+] has seen limited time compared to the other two, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Derrick Goold reports. All three are left-handed hitters, but Carpenter would have to be added to the 40-man roster if he wins the job. Descalso is already on it.
• 3/14 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Could Daniel Descalso win a job by survival?: Comparing pros and cons of Matt Carpenter, Ramon Vazquez and Daniel Descalso, competitors for one job with the St. Louis Cardinals....
• 3/13 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Runner’s Indifference: Darn the limitations of the 25 man roster.  If ever there was a year the Cardinals could use a 30 man roster, it’s 2011. ...
• 3/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Three battle for final roster spot: St. Louis Cardinals 3B Matt Carpenter, 2B Daniel Descalso and SS Ramon Vazquez appears to be fighting for the final spot on the...[+] bench, reports B.J. Rains, of FoxSportsMidwest.com.
• 3/11 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Can Ramon Vazquez become Abraham Nunez?: I hear all the early St. Louis Cardinals camp excitement about third baseman Matt Carpenter, but my thoughts are elsewhere, back...
• 3/8 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Proceed With Caution: The Cardinals looked great in a 10-4 dismantling of the Twins, and they didn’t even bring out the “big guns”,...
• 3/7 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Riverboat Gambler: “You got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em Know when to walk away and know when to run”...
• 3/1 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Not The News – Vol II: BERKMAN HOMERS IN FIRST SPRING TRAINING GAME – NEARLY STRIKES BALLOON! The most amazing part about this highlight shot is...
• 3/1 Fungoes.net: Cardinals need to face reality: It is hard for you to kick against the goads. — Acts 26:14 Bernie Miklasz wrote recently that there’s no reason...

• 2/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | David Freese update: St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said 3B David Freese (ankle) is feeling great, but the team won't push him early, MLB.com's...[+] Matthew Leach reports. He'll play in some of the early games, but not a lot of them. 3B Allen Craig, 2B Daniel Descalso and IF Ramon Vazquez will be candidates for starts at third base.
• 2/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Two battling for one bench spot: St. Louis Cardinals SS Tyler Greene looks to have a leg up on the competition for one bench spot, which means 2B Daniel Descalso...[+] and IF Ramon Vazquez are likely competing for one spot, FOXSportsMidwest.com's B.J. Rains reports.
• 2/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Daniel Descalso working at second and third: St. Louis Cardinals 2B Daniel Descalso has been working out at second and third base this spring, and the team may have more of...[+] a need for him at third base now that 3B Nick Punto (hernia) is injured, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Derrick Goold. 3B Ramon Vazquez's role could also be increased.
• 2/10 Call to the Pen: The St. Louis Cardinals System: Few systems get as little hype as that of the St. Louis Cardinals. Last year, the Cardinals usually were placed at the very...

• 1/21 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Cardinals Abandon Plan to Clone David Freese: ….and sign Nick Punto. Honestly, is there such a thing as too much of a mediocre-to-decent thing?  Nick Punto?  In 2010,...
• 1/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Ramon Vazquez signed: Updating previous reports, the St. Louis Cardinals have signed free-agent IF Ramon Vazquez (Astros) to a minor league contract,...[+] with a non-roster invitation to spring training camp, according to Matthew Leach of MLB.com. He will battle IFs Daniel Descalso and Tyler Greene for a utility infield job, and all three players could compete with IF/OF Allen Craig for playing time at third base if 3B David Freese's (ankle) recovery from ankle surgery takes longer than expected.

• 12/17 Pitchers Hit Eighth: The Fall Guy: If you haven’t read Tim McKernan’s article with Kyle Lohse on InsideSTL.com, then I suggest you click here for the...

• 10/11 Fungoes.net: And bad mistakes, Mo’s made a few: Queen once sang about making a few bad mistakes but ultimately coming through to gain fame and fortune. Indeed, it takes a big...

• 9/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Pedro Feliz starting Friday: St. Louis Cardinals 3B Pedro Feliz is starting at third base over IF Daniel Descalso Friday, Sept. 24, but manager Tony La Russa...[+] said Descalso will start in the final two games of the series this weekend, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Joe Strauss.
• 9/24 Fungoes.net: End-of-2010 Top 7 Cardinals’ prospects: The Cardinals’ farm system may not offer the jewels it once did, though we’d say that Jaime Garcia and David Freese...
• 9/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Daniel Descalso records four hits Thursday: St. Louis Cardinals IF Daniel Descalso recorded four hits, including a double, in his second major league start Thursday, Sept....[+] 23, according to The Associated Press.
• 9/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Youngsters in lineup Thursdaymlb.com: St. Louis Cardinals C Matt Pagnozzi, OF Nick Stavinoha, OF Joe Mather, SS Tyler Greene and IF Daniel Descalso were all in the...[+] starting lineup Thursday, Sept. 23, according to MLB.com's Matthew Leach. 'Colby (Rasmus) is not playing today because he's playing tomorrow - he could use a day, I think,' manager Tony La Russa said. 'And I think when you get a game like today, it's a quick turnaround, fresh blood is good. So you get a new center fielder, a new shortstop and right fielder. I think they'll give a lot of energy.' It appears that La Russa values Pagnozzi over C Bryan Anderson while C Yadier Molina (knee) is out. However, La Russa insists that he will mix and match with both Pagnozzi and Anderson. 'Mix and match,' La Russa said. 'The last time Lohse pitched with (Anderson), he didn't have a good game. Today there's a left-hander. Over the weekend you have a left-hander and a right-hander, and you've got (Adam) Wainwright and (Chris Carpenter). So I have no problem catching Andy.'
• 9/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Daniel Descalso making first start: St. Louis Cardinals IF Daniel Descalso will be making his first major league start at third base Wednesday, Sept. 22, according...[+] to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Rick Hummel. Descalso has not played third base since 2008.
• 9/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Five players recalled: The St. Louis Cardinals have recalled IF Daniel Descalso, OF/1B Mark Hamilton, OFs Allen Craig and Joe Mather and P P.J. Walters...[+] from Triple-A Memphis, according to USAToday.com.