Yadier Benjamin Molina
(twitter : @Yadimolina04 )
Position : Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 220 lb.
Born : July 13 , 1982 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico
High Schools : Ladislao Martinez HS (Vega Alta, PR) , Vega Alta (Vega Alta, PR) Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round of the 2000 amateur draft.Signed September 6, 2000.
(All Transactions ) Debut : June 3, 2004 (Age 21)
vs. PIT 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB Team : Cardinals 2004-20132013 Contract Status : Signed thru 2017, 10 yrs/$96.5M (08-17) & 18 team option (details ) [*] Service Time (01/2013) : 8.123, Free Agent : 2018 [*] , Agents : Alan Nero [*] Relatives: Brother of Bengie Molina and Brother of Jose Molina About biographical information
News -- May 2013
5/18 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 42: Late Inning Lapses : With the flurry of today’s news and activities, I’m going to keep this recap short. The Cardinals (27-15) lose the ...
5/18 STLCardinalBaseball: The Beltran Problem : We’ve reached the quarter mark of the 2013 season, and, like last year, Carlos Beltran is leading another dynamic Cardinal ...
5/17 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 41: Slamming Brews David Freese broke his long home run drought with a grand slam in the first inning, as the Cardinals (27-14) and ......
5/17 El Maquino: WHY ARE STOLEN BASES UP AGAINST YADIER MOLINA? : > I like to poke fun at Cards fans on Twitter during games when, as one loud, incontrovertible voice, they declare that one ...
5/16 MLBTradeRumors: NL Notes: Samardzija, Brian Wilson, Phillies, Braves : The St. Louis Cardinals are the class of the National League right now, having won exactly two-thirds of their first 39 games. ...
5/16 Mets Chronicle: Today's Starting Lineups - Mets at Cardinals - Game 38 :
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5/16 Mets Chronicle: Preview: Game 38 - Mets at Cardinals - Niese vs Wainwright :
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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 Chronicle: Pretty Sad Recap: Game 37 - Mets (2) at Cardinals (4) - Cards GO WILD on Mets :
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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 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 Crashburn Alley: The Tradeability Index, Volume 1 : Those of you expecting to see your regularly scheduled Tuesday 10 today, we’ll return you to your weekly broadcast next ...
5/13 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 35: Loss to Cardinals : Cardinals 6 Mets 3 Often, baseball is a game won by the team that doesn’t beat itself. The Mets provided an example of that ...
5/13 TheFantasyFix.com: 2013 Fantasy Baseball, Total Run Series: Catchers : I personally love total run index, but total run index is a difficult tool to use on the fly. It is more useful during the offseason ...
5/13 i70baseball.com: Triple Play: Shelby Miller, Adam Wainwright, Ubaldo Jimenez : This week, we’re looking back at the gems the Cardinals’ pitched against the Rockies this weekend, a marquee outfielder who ...
5/13 Chicken Friars: Beginning Tomorrow, Padres Will Enter Difficult Week and a Half Stretch : It was truly a shame that the Padres were swept over the weekend in Tampa Bay. What made this past weekend particularly painful ...
5/11 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 35: Waino So Close : Twelve years have passed since Bud Smith (who?) impossibly produced the last Cardinal no-hitter against the Padres. Many great ...
5/11 Redbird Rants: St. Louis Cardinals vs. Colorado Rockies 5/11/13 Lineups and Preview : Last night sure was fun, wasn’t it? Shelby Miller showed everyone exactly why he has been the organizations top pitching ...
5/11 Baseballhotcorner.com: Shelby Miller: Ace On The Rise : Friday, May 10th, 2013, that will be a date that some 37,800 St. Louis Cardinals fans at Busch Stadium will remember for quite ...
5/11 Baseball News Source: Shelby Miller Nearly Perfect in One Hit Shutout : St. Louis Cardinals rookie Shelby Miller was nearly perfect in a one-hit shutout over the Colorado Rockies. Miller gave up a base ...
5/11 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 34: Ice Cold Miller In his eighth start as a major league pitcher, Shelby Miller (5-2) rocked Colorado with a one-hit complete game shutout ......
5/10 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals: Shelby Miller throw complete game shutout in 3-0 win over Colorado :
The St. Louis Cardinals were expecting to see one of the best offensive teams in baseball this season as the Colorado Rockies ...
5/10 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals: Should Yadier Molina get more rest? :
Pop quiz: Who is the backup catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals? Give up? It's OK, maybe no one else knows either...it's Tony ...
5/10 Redbird Rants: St. Louis Cardinals vs. Colorado Rockies 5/10/13 Game 1 Preview : After a quick 6 game road swing that saw the Cardinals go 5-1 against divisional members Milwaukee and Chicago, the Redbirds return ...
5/10 i70baseball.com: Cardinals/Cubs: Three Things To Walk With : The St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs began the newest chapter in one of sport’s greatest rivalries on Tuesday. In the end, ...
5/9 MLBTradeRumors: NL Notes: Cardinals, McCann, Wheeler, Dodgers, Cubs : It is not often, perhaps, that a team improves after losing its best player. But that is precisely what happened to the Cardinals ...
5/8 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 33: Doubled Off : A weaker effort from Jake Westbrook added fuel to yet another back-and-forth battle between the Cardinals and Cubs. As usual, ...
5/8 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Carlos Santana: Cleveland Catcher Peaking or Lucky? :
Cleveland Indians catcher Carlos Santana has been somewhat lost over the years, hidden in the shadows cast by other top catchers ...
5/7 El Maquino: MOLINA GAFFE LEAVES US WONDERING WHAT MIGHT’VE BEEN : > The Cardinals’ win streak died tonight in Wrigleyville, and it didn’t necessarily have to. Lance Lynn was dominant ...
5/7 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals: Offense is quiet as Cardinals fall 2-1 to Cubs :
St. Louis Cardinals starter Lance Lynn entered Tuesday night's game at Wrigley Field against the Chicago Cubs with an undefeated ...
5/7 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 32: Soft-Tossing Lefty : It’s always a fun weird time at Wrigley Field, but the strangest aspect of tonight’s showdown between the Cardinals ...
5/7 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: A.J. Ellis, Still the Best : I don’t want to talk about last night’s game. In fact, I don’t really want to talk about any part of the Dodgers ...
5/6 The Captain's Blog: MLB Backstops Starting to Catch Up on Offense : (The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) “The only thing you know about pitching,” ...
5/4 i70baseball.com: 2013 UCB Progressive Game Blog: The Fourth Inning : For the sixth consecutive year, the United Cardinal Bloggers, one of the premier organized blogging communities in all of baseball, ...
5/4 Jays Journal: What Is Going On With The Toronto Blue Jays? : What in the world is going on with the Toronto Blue Jays? Whether it’s text messages I get from my friends or random tweets ...
5/4 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 29: Rookie Power : The Cardinals were friendly with Kyle Lohse behind the batting cage prior to game time tonight, but between the lines they ... ...
5/3 Redlegs Review: News and notes from week five :
by: Dan Howard
Staff Writer
WHEW! I don’t know about you, but I’m glad the Reds finally got a day off. The ...
5/2 Baseball Jerks: May 2 Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks : Tonight’s lineup may look a bit different than you’ve been used to. These are deeper rosters for tonight’s late games over ...
5/1 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 27: Lynn Support : Cincinnati and St. Louis spent the opening month of the season in very similar dilemmas – great starting pitching sustaining ...
News -- April 2013
4/30 Macho-Row.com: Phillies fall short, but show fight in 4-3 loss to the Cardinals :
For the seventh straight game, the Phillies offense has failed to score in the first five innings of a game. In addition, ...
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 ...
4/30 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals: Bats waste Adam Wainwright's solid effort in 2-1 loss to Reds :
After getting shut out in a 9-0 loss to Pittsburgh on Sunday afternoon at Busch Stadium, many expected the St. Louis Cardinals ...
4/29 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 25: Flatline : Bad bullpens lose games, but that matters little if the team can’t score runs. The Cardinals spent the evening flailing ...
4/28 STLCardinalBaseball: What In The World Is Wrong With Joe Kelly? Viva El Birdos beat me to an examination of Joe Kelly‘s early-season struggles, but I felt like their article just ......
4/27 i70baseball.com: Cardinals Position of Interest: Organizational Catcher : As our look around the Cardinals’ system, from the roof to the basement continues, we’ll move onto catcher, where the club ...
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 ...
4/25 District On Deck: Moments That Mattered: That Same Old Song : Source: FanGraphs These posts are starting to sound like a broken record. Early runs from the opponent drop the Nats’ Win ...
4/24 fantasyteamadvice.com: Updated catcher rankings based on in season performance – fantasy baseball 2013 – C ranks : Trying to keep up with the ever changing catcher rankings in fantasy baseball? Here are the updated rankings based on in season ...
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 ...
4/24 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 21: Capitol Thrill : The Cardinals (13-8) came into today’s game seeking their first road sweep of the Nationals since the franchise was called the ...
4/24 STLCardinalBaseball: The Importance of the Farm System and the Future of the Cardinals : Watching the FS Midwest pregame show this afternoon really got me thinking about how incredible this farm system really is. ... ...
4/24 The Cardinal Nation Blog: St. Louis Cardinals players best at bunting Lists of St. Louis Cardinals players with the most bunt hits and sacrifices in recent years....
4/23 Redbird Rants: Shelby Miller has the Talent and Support to Succeed Long Term : In July of 2011 I took a golf trip down to Northwest Arkansas, and made sure to time it so one of the post-golf evening activities ...
4/23 Phillies Nation: Phillies Nation TV: Halladay, Lee, J-Roll & Johari : On this weeks edition of Phillies Nation TV, Pat and Corey dissect the latest outing from Roy Halladay and the positives they’re ...
4/23 District On Deck: Game 19: St. Louis Cardinals 3, Washington Nationals 2 : The St. Louis Cardinals came to Nationals Park for the first time since last October. The outcome was the same as the last time ...
4/22 El Maquino: KOZMA’S RETURN TO DC HIGHLIGHTS CARDS’ WIN : > My night was highlighted by Nationals fans’ Twitter hate of Pete Kozma, who was booed every time he came to the plate ...
4/22 District On Deck: Game 19 Lineups: St. Louis Cardinals at Washington Nationals : After a 3-3 road trip, the 10-8 Nationals return home to face 10-8 St. Louis. Dan Haren, who has struggled thus far this year ...
4/22 Redbird Dugout: 3 Up, 3 Down: Week 3 : This was supposed to be my big regular feature this season, looking at the team’s trends over the past week and giving you ...
4/22 i70baseball.com: Changes continue to confound Jaime Garcia : St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Jaime Garcia is one of the most dominating pitchers on the team when everything around him ...
4/22 Redbird Rants: Early Season MVP candidate: Yadier Molina : It’s early in the season but if I had to choose right now who my Most Valuable Player candidate from the Cardinals is, it ...
4/22 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 18: The Definition Of Insanity Like an insane person, Mike Matheny continues to do the same thing over and over while expecting a different result ......
4/21 Phillies Nation: Gameday: Phillies (7-11) vs. Cardinals (10-7) : Philadelphia Phillies (7-11) vs St. Louis Cardinals (10-7) Kyle Kendrick (1-1, 3.38) vs Jake Westbrook (1-1, 0.00) TIME: 8:00, ...
4/21 Through The Fence Baseball: Latin Link: Wilin Rosario adds pop to potent Rockies offense : The Colorado Rockies, traditionally one of baseball’s streakiest teams, have been red hot in April during some freezing ...
4/21 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals: Carlos Beltran is proving his bat still is dangerous :
St. Louis Cardinals switch-hitting right fielder Carlos Beltran started the season a bit slowly. The 36-year old, who starred ...
4/20 TheLeadoffWalk: Cardinals vs. Phillies: Day 20 Observations :
Cardinals 5, Phillies 0
Cliff Lee: Not only was it an
out of character outing for Lee based on the end result ...
4/20 mlbreports.com : Are The Cardinals Making Room For Young Stars Adams And Taveras? : Like us on Facebook here Saturday, April 20th, 2013 By Landen Crouch (Cardinals Correspondent) All of baseball remembers the day ...
4/19 El Maquino: RAIN ARRIVES TOO LATE TO SAVE CARDS THIS TIME : > I’ll admit right now I did not watch or listen to one second of this game as I was watching the coverage of the Boston ...
4/19 Macho-Row.com: Phillies fall short, but show fight in 4-3 loss to the Cardinals :
For the seventh straight game, the Phillies offense has failed to score in the first five innings of a game. ...
4/18 TheLeadoffWalk: Cardinals vs. Phillies: Day 18 Observations :
Cardinals 4, Phillies 3
Edward Mujica: Though his
first ninth inning as the team’s acting closer wasn’t pretty, ...
4/18 www.drstrangeglove.com: A.J. Misses No-No, But Bucs Perfect : A. J. Burnett had by far his best stuff of the short season last night, and flirted with a no-hitter until two outs had been recorded ...
4/18 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals: Edward Mujica picks up save in Cardinals 4-3 win over Phillies :
The St. Louis Cardinals bullpen has been terrible all season long. Mitchell Boggs has been ineffective in his stint as closer ...
4/18 El Maquino: WAINWRIGHT STARTS IT, JUMBLED BULLPEN ACTUALLY FINISHES IT : > It’s the ninth inning, and Edward Mujica heads back to the mound after getting the last out in the eighth; evidently ...
4/18 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 15: Scalping The Phillies : Cole Hamels has been unbelievably good against the Cardinals over the last three seasons. However, the Cardinals used small ball ...
4/18 Redbird Rants: Is Lance Lynn the Answer at Closer? : On April 10th, Joe Strauss, columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, put forward an idea that could potentially save, pun intended, ...
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 STLCardinalBaseball: A Look Ahead At The 2013 MLB Draft By now, even the most casual Cardinal fan should be able to see the importance of the MLB draft. Through ......
4/16 fantasyteamadvice.com: Updated catcher rankings – In Season Fantasy Baseball 2013 – week 3 : I will update the catcher rankings semi-regularly throughout the 2013 fantasy baseball season, as fantasy owners will be looking ...
4/15 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals: Offensive outburst leads Cards over Pirates 10-3 :
The St. Louis Cardinals have been led by solid starting pitching all season while manager Mike Matheny's very potent offense ...
4/15 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 12: Blowpen : In an ugly repeat of his start against Cincinnati on April 8th, Jaime Garcia twirled a masterful seven-inning start completely ...
4/13 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Molina Records website open for business St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina’s new record label has established a web presence....
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 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 10: The Departed Out with the old, in with the new. The Cardinals honored their dearly departed hero Stan Musial on the same ......
4/12 El Maquino: MILLER SHOWS WHY THE CARDS DECIDED TO PASS ON LOHSE : > Throughout the offseason, media members and fans watched as Kyle Lohse went unsigned for a shockingly long time. Many–I ...
4/11 Redlegs Review: Help Todd Frazier avenge Brandon Phillips :
It's time for more web gems. Yesterday you saw a great defensive play by Brandon Phillips face off against an amazing leaping ...
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 Roto Think Tank: For the Record: NL-Only Home League Results : I didn't keep track of the nominating order, so here is simply the prices by position and by dollar value for my NL-home league. ...
4/10 Billy-Ball.com: Top 10: 2013 Batting Strikeout Leaders : 2013, as predicted, appears indeed to be the “year of the strikeout.” The whiffing by batters is so prolific that ...
4/10 Blog Red Machine: Game Preview and Thread: Reds v. Cards – 4/10/13 : There’s been a weird trend in the first two games in the series between the Reds and Cardinals. The team that has scored ...
4/9 Blog Red Machine: Game Thread: Reds v. Cardinals – 4/9/13 : Here’s hoping the bats for the Reds kept their heat from yesterday’s 9th inning. I’ve never watched an inning ...
4/8 StlSportsMinute.com: Brandon Phillips: Despite boos, Phillips says Stan Musial tribute was "amazing" :
St. Louis Cardinals' fans and Cincinnati Reds' second baseman Brandon Phillips have quite a history, dating back to an altercation ...
4/8 TheLeadoffWalk: Reds vs. Cardinals: Day Eight Observations :
Reds 13, Cardinals 4
Brandon Phillips For all
intents and purposes, Phillips owned the end of this game. In the bottom ...
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 Blog Red Machine: Reds Rally, Score 9 in 9th to Thump Cards 13-4 : So the Reds and the Cardinals renew what many term as one of baseball’s newest rivalries today. It was also the home opener ...
4/8 StlSportsMinute.com: Albert Pujols says he may not honor entire contract with Angels if his play deteriorates :
When Albert Pujols left the St. Louis Cardinals in favor of the 10-year, $254 million contract he received from owner Arte ...
4/8 Blog Red Machine: Three Up, Three Down – 4/8/13 (Reds @ Cardinals) : Another series, another series victory for the Redlegs. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again — if you ...
4/6 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 5: A Rookie Shall Lead Them : Shelby Miller earned his first win of 2013 with a shaky-but-effective performance. Aided by some timely offense and solid relief, ...
4/6 The Sports Critic: 2013 MLB Opening Week Observations : Like all other Major League Baseball fans, I have made my pre-season predictions, and I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the season finally ...
4/4 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Poll: St. Louis Cardinals hitting leaders in 2013 Readers can vote on a series of hitting-related questions regarding the St. Louis Cardinals....
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 Redbird Dugout: Cards drop series to Diamondbacks : It was a pretty weird series against the Diamondbacks and it was capped off by a marathon game that sent most Cardinal fans to ...
4/4 i70baseball.com: Cardinals vs. Diamondbacks: Three Points to Walk With : The St. Louis Cardinals opened the season in a competitive fashion in Arizona, splitting the first two games of the series, before ...
4/4 Baseballhotcorner.com: Arizona Diamondbacks Make Personal History : After 16 innings and a new record length game for the Arizona Diamondbacks (5 hours and 32 minutes), the series between the Snakes ...
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 ...
4/3 Rays Colored Glasses: How Jose Molina Compares on Offense to Other Catchers : Much has been made of Jose Molina‘s offense, or lack thereof. Despite a batting line of .223/.286/.355 with 8 home runs ...
4/1 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals: Yadier Molina is still the Cardinals' MVP : The St. Louis Cardinals have spent a lot of dollars this spring on securing the futures of Adam Wainwright and Allen Craig in ...
4/1 Baseball Musings: 2013 NL Central Preview : The division preview series continues with the NL Central. The starting point for my analysis is the 2012 WAR of the position ...
News -- March 2013
3/29 Splash Hit Blog: #SFGiants Sign Buster Posey to a 8 Year, $159MM Extension : Oh, Justin Verlander, you think you’re going to be the big news of the day? Buster Posey has some thoughts on that: Posey ...
3/29 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants And Buster Posey Agree On Nine Year, $167 Million Dollar Deal : When Buster Posey isn’t busy saving kittens out of burning trees, he’s winning MVP awards and World Series trophies. ...
3/28 Tomahawk Take: 2013 NL Awards Predictions : With the season just a few days away, it is a great time to predict the next six months, trying to project who could win the major ...
3/28 Baseball News Source: St.Louis Cardinals Extend Adam Wainwright: Five years $97.5 Million : Adam Wainwright will stay in St. Louis through 2018. The 31 year old right-handed ace was inked to a five year extension reportedly ...
3/27 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: 2013 NL Central Preview: St. Louis Cardinals with @athooks : Just as quickly as the MLB season ended last year it is ready to kick back up again in 2013. Spring Training has been going on ...
3/26 El Maquino: FREESE TO MISS FIRST WEEK : > The team said yesterday that David Freese‘s MRI was encouraging, but today announced that he has been put on the disabled ...
3/26 Rising Apple: 3/26 Game Recap: Mets Topped by Cardinals 11-4 : In a game that was overshadowed by an injury to Jeremy Hefner, the Mets took a 1-0 lead in the first when Lucas Duda sliced a ...
3/26 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Pestano a Perfect Fit for the Indians Bullpen : During Spring Training the DTTWLN staff will profile and examine the coaches and players that make up and are vying to be part ...
3/25 MajorLeagueDigest.com: Major League Digest Fantasy Baseball 2013: The All Over-Drafted Team : by Adam JenkinsMLDigest Fantasy EditorFew scenarios are more frustrating to a fantasy baseball owner than drafting a player at ...
3/25 mlbreports.com : St. Louis Cardinals 2013 Payroll and Contracts Going Forward : Like us on Facebook here Wednesday, March.25/2013 By Landen Crouch ( Cardinals Correspondent) I believe we can expect more of ...
3/25 PaulLebowitz.com: Analysis of the Kyle Lohse Signing : The Brewers have are close to signing Kyle Lohse to a three-year, $33 million contract making Scott Boras look like a genius ...
3/25 Call to the Pen: The New York Mets: Generation K Redux to Lead Mets Revival? : The New York Mets finally seem to be headed in the right direction. Since Yadier Molina’s home run cleared the fence at Shea ...
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 ...
3/24 StlSportsMinute.com: UCB Roundtable: Cardinals' players most likely to see a drop-off in 2013 :
One of the reasons the game of baseball is so fantastic is because it is the most unpredictable game in the world. Anything ...
3/23 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Forecasting the Indians’ 2013 Fantasy Baseball Seasons: Who to draft and who to avoid : By Kevin Schneider As the Indians’ new additions gel with last year’s holdovers, it’s also time for fantasy-baseball owners ...
3/23 Through The Fence Baseball: St. Louis Cardinals preview: Expect more of the same : The 2011 World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals were unable to repeat that same success in 2012, but they did manage to have ...
3/22 fantasyteamadvice.com: St. Louis Cardinals 2013 projected opening day starting lineup/ rotation/ and closer : St. Louis Cardinals 2013 Projected starting lineup 1. Jon Jay - CF 2. Allen Craig – 1B 3. Matt Holliday – LF 4. Carlos ...
3/22 Call to the Pen: Debunking the Kyle Lohse Mystery : Editor’s Note: The following post is a guest submission here to CttP, coming from Fred Owens. Fred is a Senior Staff Writer ...
3/21 Baseballhotcorner.com: World Baseball Classic All-Classic Team Announced : The World Baseball Classic has announced the 12 players selected to the “All-Classic Team” with one third of the total voting ...
3/20 StanGraphs: UCB March Roundtable: Nicknames, Please : Twice a year the good people in the United Cardinal Bloggers faction get together via electronic mail and answer questions for ...
3/20 TheFantasyFix.com: FSWA Expert League Draft Recap: Positional Scarcity Has Gotten Out of Hand : I had the privilege of parti**** in a draft Monday night with fellow members of the Fantasy Sports Writers Association. This particular ...
3/20 i70baseball.com: St. Louis Cardinals Will Win Despite Lack Of Speed : The St. Louis Cardinals project to have an Opening Day lineup full of players who will regularly get on base and it also features ...
3/20 Baseball de World: Dominican Republic Claims First World Baseball Classic Title : Dominican Republic Claims Second World Title By Gabriel Fidler (@gabrielfidler) The Dominican Republic used its patented blend ...
3/20 Baseballhotcorner.com: Dominican Republic Crowned World Baseball Classic Champions : The flamboyant team who hails from the Dominican Republic captured their first World Baseball Classic championship with class ...
3/19 Baseball Musings: Fooling Batters : Samuel Deduno strikes out both Carlos Beltran and Yadier Molina with a man on second in the top of the first. Deduno stranded ...
3/19 The Baseball Continuum: WBC Finals Preview: Dominican Republic vs. Puerto Rico : It’s all come down to this: Dominican Republic vs. Puerto Rico for the WBC title. The Dominican is going for a perfect ...
3/19 Redbird Rants: Molina the difference maker : Yadier Molina is proving to be the difference make for Puerto Rico in the World Baseball Classic. Or so says Danny Knobler of ...
3/18 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals: Yadier Molina receives praise from his old manager :
In Puerto Rico's win on Sunday night in the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic, St. Louis Cardinals' catcher Yadier ...
3/18 MajorLeagueDigest.com: Major League Digest Fantasy Baseball 2013: Catcher Rankings : by Adam JenkinsMLDigest Fantasy EditorNote: This article is part of a series of player rankings for the upcoming MLB fantasy baseball ...
3/18 Baseball Reality Tour: Position-by-Position-at-a-Glance : Only a couple of weeks away from Opening Day, let's check in on each position around Major League Baseball.**Catcher**Entering ...
3/17 This is Getting Old: Roster Watch: Travis Snider : Let’s get one thing straight. Travis Snider‘s nickname is Lunchbox. There is absolutely no way that a guy with ...
3/14 Call to the Pen: WBC Recap, March 12: Puerto Rico Rallies Late, Sends Italy Packing : Italy was eliminated from the 2013 World Baseball Classic on Wednesday night in Miami after a late inning comeback from Puerto ...
3/13 Splash Hit Blog: “Closer Mentality” dooms Team Italia in the 8th inning of final WBC game : The situation: Bottom of the 8th inning, Italy leads 3-1. Due up for the team from Puerto Rico: Carlos Beltran, Yadier Molina, Mike ...
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? ...
3/12 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Teammates Pestano and Aviles Face One Another Tonight but Not For First Time : By Mike Brandyberry If Mike Aviles digs into the batter’s box tonight in a late-inning situation against Vinnie Pestano, it ...
3/11 StlSportsMinute.com: St Louis Cardinals: Players have a solid opening weekend at WBC :
It turned out to be a pretty good opening weekend for most St. Louis Cardinal players at the 2013 World Baseball Classic. ...
3/10 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: 30 Players, 30 Teams - Arizona Diamondbacks :
In this series, we are going to spotlight one player on each of the 30 Major League Baseball teams. However, we won't be highlighting ...
3/9 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Yadier Molina starts record label The St. Louis Cardinals catcher is entering the music business....
3/8 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: Further Investigation into the Lack of Quality Middle Infielders : Last weekend, I introduced the Gagne Threshold. I used a variety of criteria to find good middle infielders over the past ...
3/8 EDSBaseball: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Catcher Rankings : One of my most tried-and-true draft strategies is to wait as long as possible before drafting my fantasy catcher.
Without question, ...
3/8 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Yahoo Fantasy Baseball ADP Mock Draft : Understanding Average Draft Position is a key element to a great draft. You may feel that other people have players ranked ...
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 Billy-Ball.com: Bottom 13: The fewest triples over the last five seasons : Here are the 10 players over the last five years (2008-2012) who have hit the fewest triples (at least 500 games) Rk Player 3B ...
3/6 El Maquino: ST LINKS: (MORE) INJURIES, MCGEE, LOHSE AND BUD THE MAGIC DRAGON : > Carlos Beltran was healthy enough to start in right field for a Team Puerto Rico exhibition game yesterday, turning down ...
3/6 Sports are a Game: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Catcher : Here are my catcher rankings for 2013.Buster Posey (BA, HR, RBI) *also eligible at 1BJoe Mauer (BA, R, RBI) *also eligible at ...
3/5 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals: How You Can Follow the Cardinals in the World Baseball Classic :
The 2013 World Baseball Classic is in full swing, and that means you may not see all of your favorite St. Louis Cardinals' ...
3/5 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: Kyle Lohse signs with [MLB Team] : Note: Kyle Lohse has not signed a contract, to my knowledge. I just got bored waiting for it to happen and wrote ...
3/5 Red Sox Life: Red Sox to face mystery opponent tonight :
The Red Sox do not have a scheduled Grapefruit League game tonight, but they will be playing an exhibition against null Team ...
3/4 numberFire: MLB Fantasy Preview 2013: Joe Mauer Over Buster Posey : Buster Posey who? It's the Man in Minnesota who tops our Top 10 Catcher list thanks to regression to the mean.See More
A.J. ...
3/3 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy baseball draft tips: Wait on selecting catchers : Oh, the catcher position. It is one of the toughest positions to plan and draft for. You could draft Yadier Molina, and he might ...
3/2 i70baseball.com: UCB Roundtable: Who’s Worthy of Cardinal Immortality? : The United Cardinal Bloggers Roundtable tackled the topic of which current-to-recently former Cardinals could/should deserve the ...
3/1 MLBTradeRumors: Notable Transactions From March 2012 : Most clubs have addressed their significant roster questions by the time players report to Spring Training, but there are always ...
3/1 The Cardinal Nation Blog: World Baseball Classic begins late Friday night : Five St. Louis Cardinals players will soon be taking leave from the club’s spring training camps to parti**** in the 2013 World ...
3/1 Marlin Maniac: St. Louis Cardinals Pummel Jacob Turner, Miami Marlins, 8-2 : Well that was short-lived. The St. Louis Cardinals ended the Miami Marlins brief two game winning streak on Thursday afternoon. ...
3/1 StlSportsMinute.com: Why the St. Louis Cardinals should encourage Yadier Molina to play first base in World Baseball Classic :
If you were lucky enough to be in attendance for the St. Louis Cardinals' 8-2 Grapefruit League victory over the Miami Marlins ...
News -- February 2013
2/28 Redbird Rants: Should Home Plate Collisions Be Outlawed? : The issue of home plate collisions has arisen in the news again with the recent comments by Cardinals skipper Mike Matheny that ...
2/28 The Baseball Continuum: Late WBC News for Feb. 28, 2013 : Miss this morning’s WBC news? Go here. For today’s WBC news, go below the jump. First off, bad news on the injury ...
2/27 The Baseball Continuum: Late WBC News for Feb. 27, 2013 : If you missed the early news, go here. If you want to see tonight’s WBC news, go below the jump. Here’s MLB Network’s ...
2/27 The Baseball Continuum: World Baseball Classic Preview: Pool C (San Juan) : Pool C is sure to be an interesting pool, with three big baseball countries that have plenty of history against each other as ...
2/27 i70baseball.com: Cards’ Past Could Predict Wainwright’s Future : The comparison machine is going crazy in a wild attempt to get a grasp on what a long-term extension for Adam Wainwright would ...
2/26 El Maquino: SAD STATE OF BASEBALL MEDIA ON DISPLAY IN GRANDERSON DEBACLE : THE BIG PIECE > When it was first announced yesterday that Curtis Granderson would be down and out for a good ten weeks, one ...
2/25 The Baseball Continuum: Late WBC News for Feb. 25, 2013 : If you missed the news from earlier today, go here. For the news from the day, go below the jump: To fill Russell Martin‘s ...
2/25 Baseball Jerks: Have Some Respect For Yourself: Buster Posey Edition : Back in college, a friend and I had an expression that we’d always use to make fun of each other: “Have some respect for yourself.” ...
2/24 Mets Merized: The 2013 Mets Have No Chance To Win. However… : We wont win this season. We wont compete this season. We wont be any good this season. Okay, now that that’s settled, lets go ...
2/22 Redlegs Review: Ranking the top 10 catchers in baseball :
Reds fans remember this swing all too well.
Posey's grand slam in Game 5 of the NLDS
essentially ended Cincy's season.
by: ...
2/20 District On Deck: Why The Way Washington’s 2012 Season Ended Could Have Been Worse : I still play Strat-o-Matic Baseball. The old fashioned way with the cards and the dice. So, once I was starting to get over the ...
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 Baseball Analytics: Top 16 Fantasy Baseball Catchers : In the past the catcher position has been the vagabond of all my fantasy teams. In an attempt to achieve optimal fantasy value ...
2/18 StlSportsMinute.com: Overlooked Jon Jay embodies the "Cardinals' Way" on and off the field :
St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Jon Jay never has been the "star" at any point in his career. In college at the University ...
2/18 Blog Red Machine: NLC Catcher Rankings: Molina and the Others : I think the headline says it all when it comes to the catchers in the NL Central. If you honestly think about it, is there any ...
2/18 i70baseball.com: Remember when St. Louis Cardinals spring training was more about baseball than contracts? : St. Louis Cardinals players reported to Jupiter, Fla., last week to kick off spring training 2013, but that first week was full ...
2/15 mlbreports.com : Brian McCann To Rebound in 2013 : Like us on Facebook here Friday, February. 15/2013 By Ryan Dana (MLB Reports Writer): Brian McCann, Catcher for the Atlanta Braves, ...
2/15 Fire Brand of the American League: Grading The Best And Worst Of A Busy Boston Winter The Red Sox made a lotta moves this offseason. Some good, some just "meh."...
2/15 i70baseball.com: Wainwright Comments Sound Similar To Pujols : St. Louis Cardinals ace starting pitcher Adam Wainwright announced Tuesday that contract talks between himself and the Cardinals ...
2/12 Redbird Dugout: Lynn’s comments ignite fans : Many St. Louis Cardinals fans and bloggers today have jumped all over Lance Lynn thanks to a quote tweeted by Cardinals.com beat ...
2/8 STLCardinalBaseball: Questions About The Freese Arbitration Settlement With less than two weeks before an arbiter would choose a contract figure, the Cardinals and David Freese closed their ......
2/7 Southside Showdown: Bryan Anderson–backup catcher candidate : Pretend–if you can–for a moment that Hector Giminez’s 20 career major league plate appearances have not revealed ...
2/5 Blog Red Machine: Is Brandon Phillips Underappreciated? : Seems like an illogical question on the surface, doesn’t it? Underappreciated: not duly appreciated. I don’t believe ...
2/4 i70baseball.com: David Freese, St. Louis Cardinals arbitration talk shouldn’t raise concerns : David Freese is one of the most talented young position players the Cardinals have, and he has plenty of potential to grow into ...
2/3 El Maquino: LET’S DO THE REAL TOP TEN AT EVERY POSITION : MLB Network is doing their top ten players at each position. Like most things on MLB Network, the lists are nonsense. EM will ...
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 ...
2/1 Kings of Kauffman: Salvador Perez on MLB Network Friday Night : Salvador Perez is being recognized for his solid (if slight) body of work on the MLB Network tonight. A new series over the next ...
News -- January 2013
1/31 Blog Red Machine: Reds vs. National League, Catchers: Ryan Hanigan takes on Buster Posey : Most Cincinnati Reds fans would agree that the Reds have a pretty awesome lineup, right? The best in the division, best in the ...
1/30 StlSportsMinute.com: The 3 biggest weaknesses in the St. Louis Cardinals' farm system :
Check out more Cardinals' minor league information over
at CardinalsFarm.com!
On Tuesday, MLB.com released ...
1/30 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Fantasy Baseball Catcher Rankings : Last year the Catcher position provided very little help for fantasy owners. Buster Posey proved his knee was not an issue ...
1/30 Call to the Pen: The National League Central Dream Lineup 2013 : The National League Central Dream Lineup 2013 may be the best divisional lineup from top to bottom. There is a great mix of young ...
1/29 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Is the Cardinals’ window of opportunity closing? Could 2013 offer the St. Louis Cardinals’ best chance in the near future of going all the way again?...
1/28 El Maquino: CARDINALS SPRING TRAINING ROSTER TRACKER : The 56 birds headed for Major League camp have now been determined. Follow them all here throughout Spring Training to see which ...
1/28 Through The Fence Baseball: World Baseball Classic: Latino teams looking strong : I don’t know about everyone else, but I’m more than ready to watch some baseball. Super Bowl XLVII, featuring the ...
1/27 SoDo Mojo: Mariners FanFest Highlights: Day One : Mariners FanFest is the first sign of baseball returning to the Pacific Northwest. Amid trivia contests, zip line rides, and autograph ...
1/26 Redbird Rants: Will 2013 be Allen Craig’s MVP Year? : The St. Louis Cardinals have several players on their roster that are important to the team. While I believe they have the depth ...
1/25 Blog Red Machine: Reds 5 at 5: Cardinals, Bats, More : Well, it seems the Reds Caravan has, in some spots anyway, run into a bit of a winter issue called snow. Earlier today, Jamie ...
1/24 i70baseball.com: Matheny, Freese and Molina: Cardinals Winter Warm-Up wrap The final day of the Cardinals Winter Warm-Up brought on a few heavy hitters, with some highlight topic as well. ...
1/22 El Maquino: THE ALL-TIME CARDS TEAM : It’s still the offseason, in case you couldn’t tell. STARTING LINEUP LF Lou Brock (L) (1964–1979) 2B Rogers ...
1/22 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: Awardin'! : End of year awards are fun. That is really all they are, but they are fun. Fun is fun, and everyone knows that. ...
1/22 The Baseball Continuum: WBC Roster Analysis: Puerto Rico : While Puerto Rican baseball has, as I’ve said before, seen better days, the roster that Puerto Rico has in this WBC will ...
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 Kings of Kauffman: Perez: The Royal Lynchpin : Salvador Perez is to the 2013 Royals as procreation is to mankind—necessary for survival. It gets mentioned here and there, ...
1/20 Splash Hit Blog: The Best Individual Seasons of 2012: 1st through 20th : Idea: Rank the best individual seasons of the 2012 MLB regular season (Spring Training, Minor Leagues, and Postseason are not ...
1/20 STLCardinalBaseball: Molina Needs To Learn Something From Stan The Man : Yesterday Cardinal fans mourned the loss of their greatest champion, the incomparable Stan Musial. Every tribute that subsequently ...
1/18 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Five Rays Named to World Baseball Classic Rosters, Uniform Numbers : With baseball no longer in the Olympics, the World Baseball Classic is the only time every four years that we get to see players ...
1/18 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Projected top five St. Louis Cardinals stories of 2013 A look ahead to the top projected stories across the Cardinal Nation in 2013....
1/18 i70baseball.com: Jaime Garcia won’t pitch in WBC, and that’s good for St. Louis Cardinals : Whenever the World Baseball Classic rolls around, questions abound about who will parti**** in the tournament and whether or not ...
1/17 i70baseball.com: I-70 Teams Combine For 13 WBC Roster Spots Among those 13, nine of them will come from the Kansas City organization....
1/17 Redbird Dugout: What Cardinals will play in the WBC? : The World Baseball Classic will once again be played this year with a handful of Cardinals players getting an opportunity to represent ...
1/17 mlbreports.com : MLB Player Profile: Yadier Molina : Like us on Facebook here Thursday, January.17/2013 By Landen Crouch ( Cardinals Correspondent) For the majority of his career, ...
1/17 mlbreports.com : MLB Player Profile: Yadier Molina : For the majority of his career, Yadier Molina has been highly touted as one of the top catchers in the game of baseball. In recent ...
1/16 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Cardinals, arbitration-eligible five prepare to exchange salary amounts : The St. Louis Cardinals have five players eligible for salary arbitration in 2013. Two key milestones in the process occur this ...
1/11 Bleeding Yankee Blue: I'M READY FOR THE WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC! :
This year, while everyone waits around for opening day in April, I’m waiting for March 2nd. Because that is the day the ...
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 ...
1/9 The Cardinal Nation Blog: TCN Blog 2012 Cardinals top story #2: The NLCS collapse : Needing just one win to return to the World Series, the St. Louis Cardinals lost three straight to San Francisco in the National ...
1/8 STLCardinalBaseball: Do The Cardinals Owe David Freese An Extension? : Professional instigator/occasional columnist Joe Strauss uncorked another craftily-designed tweet guaranteed to agitate his Cardinal-loving ...
1/7 STLCardinalBaseball: Projecting The 2013 Cardinals Meaningless predictions lead to meaningful daydreaming....
1/7 The Cardinal Nation Blog: TCN Blog 2012 Cardinals top story #4: Molina, team MVP Veteran St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina continues to improve each season. 2012 was no exception....
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 ...
1/5 The Baseball Continuum: Who’s in/out/in-between of the World Baseball Classic as of 3:16 PM of Jan. 5, 2013 : Today’s news: -A Venezuelan sports website has news about some of the players who will or will not be on the roster, which ...
1/5 Baseball Jerks: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Preview – Catchers : We’re going to do a fantasy baseball preview, position by position, each weekend here at Sports Jerks, to help get you ready ...
1/5 Tyler's Think Tank: 2012 All Breakout Team (NL) : C Carlos Ruiz
The first time All-Star was one of the few bright spots in an otherwise disappointing year for the Phillies. At ...
1/4 Tomahawk Take: What to Expect in Brian McCann’s Absence : With Brian McCann undergoing surgery on his right shoulder in early December, the Braves are looking at being without the six-time ...
1/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina completes stint in winter ball: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina had a slash line of .231/.293/.365 with a .658 OPS in 14 games in the Puerto Rican Winter ...[+]
League this offseason. He caught only two games while serving as the designated hitter for 10 games. Molina hit two homers during his time in winter ball.
1/3 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Salvador Perez and Large, Powerful Haunches I was at Target Field, watching a game with my wife. We had fantastic seats and I could get a More......
1/3 The Baseball Haven: 2013 Fantasy Baseball: Top 10 Players at Each Position : Below, you’ll see rankings for the top 10 players at each position for fantasy baseball. You’ll see names to watch ...
News -- December 2012
12/31 StanGraphs: The Top Five Stories of the Year : And just like that, 2012 is behind us. From a Cardinal standpoint, it didn’t go quite as well as it could have — I’d ...
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 Redbird Rants: 2012 Was An Exciting Year…2013 Will Be As Well : The year 2012 was a bittersweet year for Cardinal Nation. After losing one of their star players and their manager retiring, many ...
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 ...
12/28 mlbreports.com : Chase Headley: Flash In The Pan Or Bonafide ALL-Star? : Like us on Facebook here Friday December 28, 2012 Kyle Holland (MLB Reports Intern): . What exactly is needed to be able to ...
12/28 Phillies Nation: Replaced by a Franchise Hero: Desi Relaford : We continue our series of exploring the careers of the guys who were replaced by our favorites by taking a look at Desi Relaford, ...
12/27 Obstructed View: Copying what other sucky team’s bloggers do : I was trying to think of something to write about. I had an idea, looked into it, lost interest and left a brief comment summarizing ...
12/27 i70baseball.com: St. Louis Cardinals will likely be forced to give Adam Wainwright record contract : As another offseason of eye-poppingly large free-agent contracts begins to wind down, the St. Louis Cardinals find themselves ...
12/23 Braves Journal: Where Do We Go From Here? 2012.5 The Future Catcher (by W.C.G.) : Perhaps a more accurate title of this post would be “Should The Braves Pay Brian McCann?” There’s not much more to be said ...
12/22 Rising Apple: Amazin’ Ten of 2012: #1 – June 1 : It’s December 22, which means we’ve survived the end of the world. But what is coming to an end is our countdown of the Amazin’ ...
12/21 West Coast Reds: Todd Frazier Finishes Third in ROY : The 2012 National League Rookie of the Year was awarded to the Nationals' outfielder Bryce Harper, edging out Arizona's Wade ...
12/20 For Baseball Junkies: Cardinals All-Time Team v.2012 : Last year's inaugural version of the Cardinals All-Time team can be seen here. In addition to our normal annual review ...
12/19 Crashburn Alley: Phillies at Catching Crossroads in 2013 : Good catchers are hard to find, and when you do find them, you’ve got to keep them. It’s what the Minnesota Twins ...
12/18 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Comparing Cardinals Winter Warm-Up autograph prices : Autograph prices at the St. Louis Cardinals fan event, Winter Warm-Up, are flat for 2013, though there will be many fewer freebies. ...
12/16 StlSportsMinute.com: Wiber: There is more to winning the World Series than money :
Money is no object in sports these days. Especially, in California, where the Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angeles Angels ...
12/15 The Cardinal Nation Blog: TCN Blog 2012 top story #18: McGwire leaves St. Louis for LA The St. Louis Cardinals’ hitting coach and former star left one home for another with the Los Angeles Dodgers....
12/14 Baseball Musings: Bengie Molina, Hitting Coach : The Cardinals hired Bengie Molina as their assistant hitting coach: Molina is Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina‘s older brother ...
12/14 WasWatching: Baseball’s Greatest Fielders By Position : This is for non-pitchers since 1901: Position/Research Link Greatest All-Time Honorable Mention Greatest Active C Yadier Molina ...
12/14 RoxPile: Wilin Rosario’s Swagger : Grantland founder and ESPN writer Bill Simmons has written in the past about “irrational confidence guys” in the NBA. ...
12/13 StanGraphs: Schumaker Was Good at Being a Cardinal : Skip Schumaker was never a very important Cardinal. The former fifth round pick in the 2001 amateur draft was a career .290/.354/.385 ...
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 ...
12/10 StanGraphs: C70 Takes the STANd : Some of you who grace us with your constant presence here at StanGraphs are aware that we are a member of an excellent group of ...
12/9 Redbird Rants: Musings from an Optimistic Redbird Fan : Schumaker situation – Skip Schumaker, the St. Louis Cardinals’ versatile utility player, will most likely be traded before ...
12/7 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Molina’s Foundation 4 short four teammates for benefit : Four St. Louis Cardinals players will not be parti**** in catcher Yadier Molina’s charity events in Daytona Beach this weekend ...
12/7 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Mike Napoli Red Sox: What to Expect From Catcher’s Fantasy Value? You never know just what to expect from Mike Napoli now that he’s signed with Boston. If the Angels and More......
12/6 WasWatching: The Greatest Fielding Catcher Of All-Time Is… : First, start with this list - Rk Player Rfield From To Age G 1 Ivan Rodriguez 146 1991 2011 19-39 2543 2 Jim Sundberg 114 1974 ...
12/5 MLB Dirt: 2012 All-Fantasy Team : This is part one of three in a 2012 season’s end report on fantasy baseball. The first installment will be the top overall ...
12/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina's brother to be offered position: Former major-league C Bengie Molina, a former standout of the San Francisco Giants and the brother of St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier ...[+]
Molina, is set to join the Cardinals as the assistant hitting coach.
12/4 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Cardinals and ex-Cardinals committing to 2013 WBC : Three current St. Louis Cardinals may play and two po**** former Cardinals will be coaching in the 2013 World Baseball Classic. ...
12/4 Through The Fence Baseball: White Sox would concede AL Central if A.J. Pierzynski walks : Imagine the New York Yankees without Derek Jeter, the Texas Rangers without Michael Young or the Boston Red Sox without Dustin ...
12/3 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Mike Napoli Red Sox: What to Expect From Catcher’s Fantasy Value? : You never know just what to expect from Mike Napoli now that he’s signed with Boston. If the Angels and More...The post ...
12/3 El Maquino: EM TRACKS THE WINTER MEETINGS SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO : The next four days could potentially get pretty crazy at the winter meetings in Nashville. And whether or not John Mozeliak ...
12/2 Redbird Rants: Cardinal Blogger Awards : The Cardinal Blogger Awards are an annual feature for the United Cardinals Bloggers, of which I am a member. After careful consideration ...
News -- November 2012
11/30 Lasorda's Lair: Free Agent Rumors: A.J. Pierzynski : Could the Dodgers double down on A.J.s? The rumor mill is swirling, and one of the newest ones connected to the Dodgers is that they are ...
11/30 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Molina charity softball benefit to feature Cardinals stars Catcher Yadier Molina is assembling family and St. Louis Cardinals teammates for a charity softball game in Daytona Beach....
11/28 WasWatching: Everybody Wants Russell Martin? : Well, at least a few teams are willing to give him a multi-year deal. Me? I wouldn’t do it. Rk Player WAR/pos G From To ...
11/27 Blog Red Machine: Is It Time to Make “The Move”? : The 2013 season beckons and and I have fought tirelessly to avoid a certain truth that Walt Jocketty must face. You may be surprised to ...
11/27 Splash Hit Blog: The MVPs: And We Can Finally Move On : The National League was up first discussing guys like Ryan Braun, Buster Posey, and Yadier Molina were discussed by MLB Network, ...
11/27 Pitchers Hit Eighth: United Cardinal Bloggers Awards Ballot – Gr33nazn : Every year the members of the United Cardinal Bloggers (UCB) pause for a few moments to bestow honors and blah, blah, blah. ...
11/24 Rising Apple: Amazin’ Ten of 2012: #9 – June 3 : Thanksgiving time has come and gone, but Rising Apple is a feast of sorts that keeps on giving. If you’re feasting on New York ...
11/23 MLBTradeRumors: WEEI's Latest: Anthopoulos, Ross, Butterfield : Here's the latest from WEEI's Hot Stove Show with Rob Bradford, Alex Speier and Kirk Minihane...
Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos ...
11/22 Seedlings to Stars: White Sox Add Catching Depth in Bryan Anderson : Uncertain of whether A.J. Pierzynski will end up resigning with the Chicago White Sox, the team took a step towards adding some ...
11/22 Southside Showdown: Backup Catcher Among Minor League Deals : If I do any more posts about backup catchers I think I become eligible to take the role on myself. This time it’s less about ...
11/21 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: The Crazy Man Value of Billy Hamilton! : Billy Hamilton won’t see much major league time in 2013, if any. Zack Cozart plays a solid shortstop and Dusty More...The ...
11/20 Behind the Plate: 2013 Catcher Rankings: Nick Rabasco Matt Wieters [...] ...
11/19 StanGraphs: At Least the Real Cardinals Made the Playoffs : No one who claims to be a Cardinal fan is happy about the way the season ended. When you go up 3-1 in a series against an inferior ...
11/19 Tyler's Think Tank: Tricky Dickey, Price is Right : Justin Verlander and Clayton Kershaw replicated their numbers from 2011, when both won their league's pitching triple crowns ...
11/16 Redbird Rants: Musings from an Optimistic Redbird Fan : Voting for Post-Season Awards – The Baseball Writers Association have recently voted the post season award winners. And I’ve ...
11/16 Reviewing the Brew: Posey Beats Out Braun for MVP : First off, I want to congratulate Buster Posey on winning the 2012 NL MVP Award. Posey had one heck of a 2012 and coming back ...
11/16 For Baseball Junkies: Posey and Cabrera Win MVP Awards : Buster Posey and Miguel Cabrera earned MVP honors last night, officially wrapping up the MLB awards season. Here are some notes ...
11/16 Redbird Rants: Molina fourth in MVP voting : Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina put together the best season of his career and was awarded with a strong finish in MVP voting, ...
11/16 Bronx Baseball Daily: Cabrera beats Trout for AL MVP, Posey wins in the NL :
It was a hotly contested debate, but Miguel Cabrera beat out Mike Trout for the American League MVP award. Buster Posey became ...
11/16 Chicken Friars: Chase Headley Places Fifth In National League MVP Voting : Back to back player of the month awards, a Gold Glove and a Silver Slugger award, wasn’t enough to name Chase Headley the ...
11/15 Baseball Jerks: Cabrera, Posey Claim MVPs; We Debate “Value” : American League Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera and San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey claimed their leagues’ Most ...
11/15 El Maquino: HERE ARE THE NAMES OF THE VOTERS WHO THOUGHT CABRERA WAS BETTER THAN TROUT THIS YEAR : > I’m not going to rant. I’ve made my case for Mike Trout, and I believe it is way stronger than any that can ...
11/15 Baseball News Source: Giants Buster Posey Wins National League MVP : Posey set career highs in 2012 with a .336 average, 24 homers and 103 RBI The San Francisco Giants’ Buster Posey received ...
11/15 Baseball Musings: NL MVP : The announcement is imminent. No matter who wins, I’m glad voters realized the value of Chase Headley, who finished in the ...
11/15 MLBTradeRumors: Miguel Cabrera, Buster Posey Win League MVP Awards : Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera and Giants catcher Buster Posey were announced as the winners of the Most Valuable Player ...
11/15 Climbing Tal's Hill: Baseball’s MVPs announced today : The final and most prestigious of baseball’s offseason awards will be handed out today. Both the A.L. and N.L. are set to ...
11/15 WahoosOnFirst: FanSided MLB 2012 Awards: NL MVP: Buster Posey : For many fans, the end-of-season player awards are one of the biggest highlights of the long MLB offseason. There’s just one ...
11/14 El Maquino: THE AWARDS VOTING IS ESPECIALLY BAFFLING THIS YEAR : > I think they’re messing with me. I’ve been doing these awards analyses the days before the awards themselves ...
11/11 Tyler's Think Tank: Posey for MVP :
MLB award season is in full swing, and starting tomorrow the Baseball Writers Association of America will announce their ...
11/11 PaulLebowitz.com: 2012 MLB Award Winners—National League MVP : Here are my top five finishers for the National League Most Valuable Player along with who I picked in the preseason. — ...
11/11 STLCardinalBaseball: Introducing STL Cardinal Baseball 2.0! Like Yadier Molina, we’re never satisfied until we reach perfection! We’ve been pretty quiet around ......
11/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina named National League's best fielder: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina won the Platinum Glove Award, the award given to the top fielder in both the American and ...[+]
National Leagues. All of the Gold Glove recipients were eligible for the pair of league Platinum Gloves, with the two winners determined through fan voting. This marked the second year that Rawlings has handed out a Platinum Glove. Molina has taken home both NL honors.
11/10 El Maquino: OFFSEASON DAY 19. (IT’S REALLY ONLY BEEN 19?!) : > In the new CBA, this new concept of qualifying offers was set up. The idea is that if teams offer an agreed-upon contract ...
11/10 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Bruce’s Silver Slugger should have gone to Holliday or Beltran A look at the numbers indicates a 2012 National League Silver Slugger Award was given to the wrong outfielder....
11/10 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Happy Birthday Yasmani Grandal : Happy birthday, Yasmani Grandal. Now go sit down for the first two months of what was supposed to be your first More...The post ...
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 ...
11/9 Baseball Ruminations: Four More Years…of Statistics! : I decided that I wanted to write about something a little less heavy this time around. With the AL MVP awards to be announced ...
11/8 Raise the Jolly Roger: News and notes: McCutchen, Ford, Goedert, Livesey : Just a couple of small things over the last few days… Andrew McCutchen won a Silver Slugger award (which goes to the best ...
11/8 El Maquino: FREESE’S MIZZOU APPEARANCE CANCELLED : Early edition. Check back later tonight for updates. > Greetings from Mizzou! I was going to see David Freese here at ...
11/8 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Happy Birthday Yasmani Grandal : Happy birthday, Yasmani Grandal. Now go sit down for the first two months of what was supposed to be your first full year in ...
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 ...
11/8 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Will Leitch’s two month Twitter conversation AT the Cardinals: Part Two : 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 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina has chance at NL MVP award: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina was named one of the five National League Most Valuable Player Award finalists Wednesday, ...[+]
Nov. 7. The winner is announced Nov. 15 at 6pm ET on MLB Network.
11/7 Roto Think Tank: 2012 N.L. Catchers : 0 0 1 1142 4331 Roto Think Tank 481 497 4976 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ...
11/7 StanGraphs: 2012 NL Awards Picks and Review : Most Valuable Player Before the season started, we liked Justin Upton to level up and take home his first MVP award as he continued ...
11/7 Redbird Rants: An Interview with Tony La Russa : I recently read One Last Strike by former St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa and was given the opportunity to interview ...
11/7 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Will Leitch’s two month Twitter conversation AT the Cardinals: Part One : Sometime in mid-August (ok, August 12 to be exact – it’s right there on the Tweeter box) Cardinal fan Will Leitch ...
11/6 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Alex Gordon Wins Second Gold Glove : Tonight the gold glove winners are being announced in each league. During an hour long program on ESPN2, winners in both leagues ...
11/6 Redbird Rants: Musings from an Optimistic Redbird Fan : Big Mac gone – Well, the news has been mostly sour for the St. Louis Cardinals this week. Mark McGwire has informed the club ...
11/6 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Not exactly Runnin’ Redbirds, but improvement in 2012 The 2012 St. Louis Cardinals stole the most bases in eight seasons with the best success rate in nine years....
11/5 Baseball Musings: IBWAA MVPs : The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America announced the vote for MVP. Miguel Cabrera and Buster Posey won the titles: ...
11/5 i70baseball.com: St. Louis Cardinals coaching changes might be most-notable offseason moves The St. Louis Cardinals made several changes to their coaching staff this week before free agency gets started....
11/5 StlSportsMinute.com: Adam Wainwright wants to stay in St. Louis :
As the offseason gets into full swing, many fans are wondering what is going to happen with St. Louis Cardinals free agents ...
11/3 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers tab Mark McGwire as their next hitting coach, and it's a good thing :
Well, that certainly came out of nowhere.
When Dave Hansen was dismissed as the Dodgers' hitting coach on Oct. 12, I don't ...
11/2 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Report: Dodgers After Mark McGwire As Hitting Coach : It’s now been nearly a month since Dave Hansen was canned as Dodger hitting coach, and the only movement we’ve had ...
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 ...
11/2 Call to the Pen: Gold Glovers Always Underappreciated : It is so much more difficult to build a re**** as a great fielder than it is as a great hitter. The big boppers and their stats ...
11/2 Baseball Reality Tour: 2010 - 2012 All Defensive Teams : Last time around, we looked at the 2012 All Defensive Teams when ranking players by various defensive statistics, such as Fielding ...
11/1 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Brian McCann Fantasy Baseball: Is Atlanta Catcher still elite? : Brian McCann has been a player on my fantasy teams for the last few years. This last season was an exception, and it was good ...
11/1 Crashburn Alley: Smell the Glove: Evaluating Defense in the 21st Century : The Gold Glove awards were announced Tuesday night and, while I don’t especially care about MLB’s awards, I thought it’ ...
News -- October 2012
10/31 StanGraphs: NL Central Review : 2012 NL Central Predicted Standings St. Louis Cardinals Milwaukee Brewers Cincinnati Reds Pittsburgh Pirates Chicago Cubs Houston ...
10/31 Baseball Jerks: 2012 Gold Glove Winners, No Mike Trout? : Your 2012 Gold Glove winners have been officially announced. This year nine players received the award for the first time, the ...
10/31 Climbing Tal's Hill: Gold Glove Winners Announced : The Gold Glove winners have been announced. Baseball awards have begun to mean less and less to me over the years. From all-star ...
10/31 Redbird Rants: Gold Gloves and Other Odds and Ends : The 2012 Gold Glove awards were given out last night, and as expected, our very own Yadier Molina won his fifth consecutive one. ...
10/31 Yankees Fans Unite: 2012 Fielding Awards : Last night the Gold Glove awards were announced, and our very own Mark Teixeira and Robinson Cano were named to the American League ...
10/31 Baseball News Source: 2012 Gold Glove Award Winners – McCutchen, Headley, Reddick Among First-Time Selections : Josh Reddick was among nine first time Gold Glove winners The 2012 Gold Glove winners from the National League and American League ...
10/30 For Baseball Junkies: 2012 Gold Glove Winners : ALC - Matt Wieters (2nd award)1B - Mark Teixeira (5)2B - Robinson Cano (2)3B - Adrian Beltre (4)SS - J.J. Hardy (1)LF ...
10/30 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 AL & NL Rawlings Gold Glove Teams :
The 2012 Rawlings Gold Glove Teams for each league came out on Tuesday night and while the Boston Red Sox had two nominees ...
10/30 Phillies Nation: Rollins Wins Fourth Gold Glove : Congratulations are in order to J-Rol. Bob Brookover is reporting that Jimmy Rollins has won his fourth Gold Glove in six seasons. ...
10/30 Phillies Nation: J-Rol, Chooch Gold Glove Finalists : Jimmy Rollins and Carlos Ruiz were named NL Gold Glove finalists for 2012 last evening. Managers, up to six coaches per team, ...
10/30 Crashburn Alley: Does the Future Include Carlos Ruiz? : Elite catchers are hard to come by these days. Teams that manage to find one hold on to them for dear life, as the Minnesota Twins ...
10/30 STLCardinalBaseball: STL Cardinal Baseball 2012 Awards : With the end of the 2012 season it is time to officially unveil the biggest awards known to mankind, the STL Cardinal Baseball ...
10/27 StlSportsMinute.com: Yadier Molina claims Fielding Bible Award :
St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina easily had his best offensive season of his career. Molina hit .315 on the ...
10/26 StlSportsMinute.com: Wiber: Cardinals must sort rotation and upgrade middle infield during off-season :
You might be asking yourself what happened to the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Championship Series against the ...
10/25 El Maquino: A REMINDER THAT MELKY CABRERA WAS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT : > I wrote this back in August, but it bears repeating now that some are alleging that the Giants got into the playoffs unfairly. ...
10/25 Call to the Pen: 2012 Season Review Series: St. Louis Cardinals : Perhaps no team in all of baseball had to endure more off-season turnover than the St. Louis Cardinals, one of baseball’s ...
10/25 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Long Cardinals post-season run-scoring droughts : While scoring one run in their final 28 innings set a new post-season futility mark for the St. Louis Cardinals, similar problems ...
10/24 Tyler's Think Tank: World Series Preview :
The San Francisco Giants completed their stunning comeback on Monday night by blowing out the St. Louis Cardinals, 9-1, in ...
10/24 mlbreports.com : The San Francisco Giants Are Ready to Return to the World Series : Wednesday October 24th, 2012 Kyle Holland: The 2012 NLCS will go down as a series to remember. Firstly from a history standpoint, ...
10/24 Bleeding Yankee Blue: THE YANKEES & THE FREE AGENT RACE :
Every year when the offseason starts, I like to take a look at the
potential free agents and who the Yankees should go after, ...
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 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Offense falters in collapse: The St. Louis Cardinals were outscored 20-1 in the final three games of the NLCS after leading 3-1 to lose the series. C Yadier ...[+]
Molina had four hits in Game 7 of the NLCS, but everyone else went 1-for-21 with runners in scoring position the final three games.
10/23 StlSportsMinute.com: Cardinals recap: San Francisco Giants 9 St. Louis Cardinals 0 :
Monday night's Game Seven match-up in the National League Championship Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco ...
10/23 Crashburn Alley: Five-Year Trends with the Phillies Offense : I don’t need to tell you that the 2012 season was a disappointment. The Phillies failed to reach the post-season for the ...
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 The Flagrant Fan: Ryan Vogelsong's work in the kitchen :
Ryan Vogelsong has already had a career that is worthy of a movie script. Most folks already know the story of a guy who was ...
10/21 Baseball Musings: Cardinals on the Board : With two out in the top of the sixth inning, Carlos Beltran doubles and Allen Craig drives him in with a single to cut the Giants ...
10/21 Bronx Baseball Daily: A couple of Yankees make their pitch to keep Russell Martin :
A year ago, Yankees GM Brian Cashman was comparing Russell Martin to Thurman Munson and broke their unwritten rule by offering ...
10/21 District On Deck: 2012 Season Review: Ryan Mattheus : In his first full major league season, Ryan Mattheus established himself as a stellar seventh-inning option, going 5-3 with a ...
10/21 StlSportsMinute.com: Video: Mike Matheny feels Yadier Molina should be NL MVP :
The St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants are both blessed to possess two high quality, dual threat catchers behind ...
10/20 El Maquino: CARDS DESTROY THE GIANTS, WITHIN A WIN OF DETROIT REMATCH : THE POSTGAME The Cardinals absolutely ran over the Giants tonight, bringing themselves within one win of their second consecutive ...
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 ...
10/19 Baseball Musings: Cardinals in the Ninth : The Cardinals come into the bottom of the ninth trailing the Giants 5-0. They’ll send up Allen Craig, Yadier Molina, and ...
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 StlSportsMinute.com: Matt Holliday stays strong while mother deals with cancer :
St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Matt Holliday is a quiet man. He goes about his business in the batting cage, in the ...
10/19 mlbreports.com : 2012 NLCS Recap: The Cardinals are 1 Win Away from the World Series : Friday October 19th, 2012 Kyle Holland: The 2012 postseason has been all but “normal” so far, considering all division ...
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 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Tigers, Cardinals, and World Series Deja Vu :
“It’s déjà vu all over again.”
-Yogi Berra
Correct me if I am wrong, but I feel like we have been ...
10/19 Baseball News Source: Cardinals Beat Giants – A Win Away From World Series : Cardinals are one win away from the World Series Adam Wainwright threw just 96 pitches to get through seven innings of work and ...
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 North Side Notch: BBA: 2012 Stan Musial Award : As a member of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, I have the privilege to vote on all of the awards that are handed out by the organization ...
10/18 Baseball Musings: Pouring it On : The first two Cardinals batting in the seventh each collect a hit, Yadier Molina doubling in Allen Craig to extend the Cardinals ...
10/17 StanGraphs: NLCS Game Three: San Francisco Giants (94-68) at St. Louis Cardinals (88-74) : 9:40 PM The entire Cardinal dugout stood standing shoulder to shoulder watching as Motte pumped pitch after pitch in the upper-nineties ...
10/17 Redbird Rants: Rainy Days and Postseason Baseball : Game 3 of the NLCS is set to start at 3:07 CDT today at Busch Stadium, but Mother Nature may have something to say about that. ...
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 ...
10/17 Tyler's Think Tank: Kyle Lohse Press Conference Live Blog :
St. Louis sends Lohse to the hill in Game 3 of the NLCS
With the National League Championship Series tied at one game ...
10/16 StanGraphs: Carlos Beltran: Worth Every Penny : It was an interesting debut season for Carlos Beltran wearing the St. Louis Cardinals uniform. After agreeing to what seemed to ...
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 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 Call to the Pen: Yadier Molina: The Cardinals’ Not So Secret Weapon : For eleven seasons, the St. Louis Cardinals has the ability to look to one man as their leader, as their spirit, as their rock. ...
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 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 ...
10/13 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 STLCardinalBaseball: The Day After: A Few Scrambled Afterthoughts : A day has yet to pass since the Cardinals stunned baseball yet again by defeating the favored Washington Nationals and advancing ...
10/13 Call to the Pen: Cardinals Keep Escaping : I wonder if Albert Pujols is watching on TV. And I wonder if he’s squirming. Championship Series play is beginning in the ...
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 Baseball Musings: Action Jackson : Edwin Jackson comes in to start the seventh inning against the top of the Cardinals order. Jon Jay draws a walk, then Carlos Beltran ...
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 ...
10/12 mlbreports.com : St. Louis Cardinals vs. Washington Nationals: Ready for NLDS Game 5 Tonight! : Friday October 12th, 2012 Dedrick Hendrix: As recently as two months ago, neither Chris Carpenter nor Pete Kozma factored into ...
10/12 MLB Dirt: Picking the 2012 MLB Award Winners : With the focus in baseball being on the fantastic matchups being waged in the playoffs, the intense debate about the end-of-season ...
10/10 The Cardinal Nation Blog: On this date in Cardinals history: October 10 : The St. Louis Cardinals won their first World Series on this date in 1926 behind a most unlikely hero – Grover Cleveland Alexander. ...
10/10 Through The Fence Baseball: Why the Cardinals could win the World Series again in 2012 : The St. Louis Cardinals entered the 2012 postseason with a chance to defend their World Series title and repeat the success of ...
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 Rising Apple: Who Should Mets Fans Root For This October? : Unlike in the NBA where teams with losing records frequently make the playoffs, the Mets and their 74-88 record are sitting at ...
10/9 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Down Goes Jaime, Down Goes Jaime! : Jaime Garcia departed yesterday’s NLDS game after just 2 innings and 51 pitches. Though he appeared to labor through those ...
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 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 ...
10/8 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Miscues and Weaknesses Exposed : We could debate game 1 of the NLDS between the Nationals and Cardinals until the end of time itself and not change a thing about ...
10/8 STLCardinalBaseball: NLDS GAME 1: Not Like Champions : After the Cardinals stunned the Braves in the Wild Card game on Friday, Yadier Molina boasted to reporters that the Braves “played ...
10/8 The Captain's Blog: Economical Mattheus Cuts Nationals’ Deficit, Makes Postseason History : Ryan Mattheus was like a lamb being led to slaughter. With the Cardinals already leading 2-1 in the bottom of the seventh, the ...
10/7 El Maquino: CARDS GIVE GAME ONE AWAY TO THE NATS : THE RACES TODAY Detroit (2) beats Oakland (0) Washington (1) beats St. Louis (0) New York (0) @ Baltimore (0), rain Cincinnati ...
10/7 District On Deck: Turning point: Mattheus Shuts the Door : Wins awarded to relief pitchers are often the byproduct of being in the right place in the right time, and sometimes even come ...
10/7 District On Deck: NLDS Game 1: Nationals 3, Cardinals 2 : Cardiac Nats, baby! While Gio Gonzalez struggled through five slow, torturous innings, the Washington Nationals would eventually ...
10/7 Redbird Dugout: Cardinals lose a tight Game 1 : It’s been a theme for the Cardinals all season. Missed opportunities. The most glaring from this afternoon being a bases loaded ...
10/7 Tyler's Think Tank: My All 2012 Team : C-Buster Posey
Tough call between him and Yadier Molina, but I'll go with the likely NL MVP and his superior offensive numbers. ...
10/7 StlSportsMinute.com: Lance Berkman to teammates: "We are defending World Series champions" :
St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Lance Berkman is not even on the Cardinals active roster for the club's ...
10/7 BoSox Injection: 162 + 1: More Crazy Playoff Math From The Commissioner’s Office : I’m with Chipper Jones on this one and not just because this year’s sentimental favorite retired on such a sour note. ...
10/6 El Maquino: OFFDAY: WHY YOU’RE WRONG AND TROUT’S THE MVP; CARDS NEGLIGENTLY DOWNGRADE PLAYOFF BULLPEN : THE BIG PIECE It’s the Triple Crown: for over a century the uncontested highest level of offensive achievement a player ...
10/6 STLCardinalBaseball: Who could be the next Cardinals post season hero? : Every post season there is always one or two players who stand above the rest and make a name for themselves in October. Players ...
10/6 STLCardinalBaseball: A Few Random Thoughts About Last Night And The Series To Come : It has taken me a little while to decompress from the catastrophic **** of last night’s wild card play-in debacle. I really ...
10/6 Redbird Dugout: A wild Cards game : As my Dad told me last night, “I was expecting a Wild Card Game, not a wild Cards’ game.” Major League Baseball’s first ...
10/6 i70baseball.com: Wild, Indeed… : The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Atlanta Braves in the first ever Wild Card game Friday and are headed to the NLDS to face the ...
10/6 BoSox Injection: BSI Postseason Recap: Orioles, Cardinals Playoff Bound : The new, two wild card format was expected to bring incredibly exciting games to the table and it delivered yesterday with a pair ...
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 ...
10/6 Blog Red Machine: Playoff Previews: Reds and Giants : The Giants/Reds Divisional Series should be the most interesting among all fours divisional series. I say this because a number ...
10/5 El Maquino: INSANE. : THE BIG PIECE/POSTGAME I said before this absolutely insane game that I thought the Cardinals would lose this game and rightfully ...
10/5 Braves Journal: Cardinals 6, Braves 3, Season Over : And so it ends. It figures that the season would come down to (1) Bobby going a batter too long with Derek Lowe, and (2) Melky ...
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 Redlegs Review: The All-National League Central Team :
The National League Central boasted its fair share of good players in 2012. In fact, there was a time during the ...
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 Baseball Musings: Wild Friday : The Wild Card playoff games start with an excellent pitching matchup. Kyle Lohse of the Cardinals takes on Kris Medlen of the ...
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 ...
10/4 PaulLebowitz.com: National League Wild Card Play-In Game Preview—St. Louis Cardinals at Atlanta Braves : The starting pitchers are relatively meaningless in a one-game playoff. What’s most important is how the managers handle said ...
10/4 B-R Blog: What if I Think Defensive Measures and Replacement Level Measures are Meaningless? : If you think all defensive measure are bunk and no better than random noise, use oWAR. It is every part of WAR, but assumes everyone ...
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 ...
10/2 StanGraphs: Academy Award Favorites Hit Theaters Soon : With just two regular season games to go, we’re all left sitting uncomfortably (but excitably!) on pins and needles as we ...
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 ...
10/1 Giants Nirvana: Buster Posey’s Case for NL MVP : Others have begun to discuss Buster Posey and his case for the 2012 National League MVP award, and as should surprise nobody ...
10/1 i70baseball.com: Pete Kozma suddenly critical to St. Louis Cardinals success : In a season when the St. Louis Cardinals traded a former first-round draft pick who turned out to be a bust, another first-round ...
10/1 The Biz of Baseball: Top 20 Top-Selling MLB Jerseys, Once Again, Sees Derek Jeter At #1 :
Derek Jeter (yet again) is MLB's top-selling baseball jersey
Today, MLB and the MLBPA released information on ...
10/1 Redlegs Review: 10 facts about the Cardinals series :
After taking two out of three in Pittsburgh, the Redlegs (96-63) wrap up the 2012 regular season with a 3-game clash ...
News -- September 2012
9/30 Baseball Analytics: High-Ball Slugging Puts Posey, Molina in MVP Conversation : Buster Posey and Yadier Molina are both having historically awesome seasons, raking at the plate (Posey has a league-best 172 ...
9/29 The Baseball Page: Bryce Harper On The MVP Ballot Is OK :
Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper has been crowned “The ...
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 Redbird Rants: Three Reasons Why the St. Louis Cardinals will REPEAT : Hope everyone is having a good weekend. I’m sure most of Cardinal Nation is thrilled with the Cardinals’ 12-2 smack down of ...
9/29 StlSportsMinute.com: Cardinals recap: St. Louis Cardinals 12 Washington Nationals 2 : Knowing that they control their own destiny, the St. Louis Cardinals sent Adam Wainwright to the hill against the Washington ...
9/28 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 157: Piling On : The Cardinals offense made a rare surprise appearance at Busch Stadium tonight, clubbing the Nationals for nine runs in the first ...
9/28 District On Deck: Game 157: Cardinals 12, Nationals 2 : First, the bad news — Edwin Jackson (9-11), in his return to St. Louis, did more to help his former team than the Nationals. ...
9/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Pirates | Andrew McCutchen injury update: Pittsburgh Pirates OF Andrew McCutchen (leg) left the game in the seventh inning Thursday, Sept. 27, while hurting his leg trying ...[+]
to make a catch. He went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in the game, dropping his average to .332, just ahead of San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey (.331) and St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina (.320).
9/26 Climbing Tal's Hill: Carlos Beltran playing like he’s in a trance : Did someone hypnotize Carlos Beltran and forget to wake him up? The St. Louis rightfielder appears to be sleepwalking through ...
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 ...
9/26 MLBTradeRumors: Free Agent Stock Watch: Russell Martin : Russell Martin has improved his value with a strong offensive second half, but the prospective free agent might have already ...
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 ...
9/25 Kings of Kauffman: Fun with WAR (Wins Above Replacement) : After reading Buster Olney’s latest blog post “Framing the American League MVP debate“, it had me thinking about ...
9/25 Through The Fence Baseball: Latin Link: Latino players likely to impact postseason play : The 2012 major league season is coming to a close, and so is Hispanic Heritage Month. Latinos will still be in the news, ...
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 Baseball News Source: Yadier Molina – Quiet NL MVP Candidate : Molina is putting together an MVP-caliber season He doesn’t get the attention of fellow catcher Buster Posey or Pittsburgh ...
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 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina homers in return: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina (back) was back in the lineup Monday, Sept. 24, against the Houston Astros. He went 2-for-3 ...[+]
with a solo home run.
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 ...
9/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Matt Holliday, Yadier Molina playingSt. Louis Cardinals OF Matt Holliday (back) and C Yadier Molina (back) are back in the lineup Monday, Sept. 24....[+]
St. Louis Cardinals OF Matt Holliday (back) and C Yadier Molina (back) are back in the lineup Monday, Sept. 24.
9/24 The Flagrant Fan: It's raining cats and dogmas :
Or a dogma and pony show. Couldn't decide on which was the best pun...
The American and National ...
9/24 MLBTradeRumors: Players Who Chose Extensions Over Free Agency : This year’s free agent class is strong in the outfield and unremarkable in most other areas. It didn’t have to be that way ...
9/23 MLB Injury News: St. Louis Cardinals Injury News: Yadier Molina, Carlos Beltran :
The St. Louis Cardinals, currently battling for the second Wild Card spot in the National League, will be without two of their ...
9/23 El Maquino: CARDS PILLAGE CHICAGO, TRAIN HEADS TO HOUSTON ONE LAST TIME : THE POSTGAME Kyle Lohse and the Cards were neck-and-neck with the Cubs for most of today’s game until a two-run eighth made ...
9/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina not in lineup Sunday: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina (back) is out of the starting lineup against the Chicago Cubs Sunday, Sept. 23, because of ...[+]
lower back spasms.
9/23 Redbird Rants: Good Day for Cardinal Nation…Sort Of : Well, the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs Saturday afternoon 5-4. This despite the usual occurrences that seem to be ...
9/23 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Molina becomes 2012 Cardinals’ fifth 70-RBI man The 2012 St. Louis Cardinals reached another offensive balance milestone on Saturday, this one in run production....
9/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina leaves game: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina (back) left the game Saturday, Sept. 22, against the Chicago Cubs due to lower back spasms, ...[+]
according to team trainers and officials.
9/22 El Maquino: YADI GOES DOWN, BUT CARDS BEAT CUBS : THE POSTGAME All was well and good for the first five innings. The Cards had amassed a 3-1 lead off Travis Wood while Adam Wainwright ...
9/22 High Heat Stats: Friday game notes, and a little catch-up : Too much going on for a full report, but I’ll just hang it up there and see how y’all whack it. @Angels 6, White Sox ...
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 WSJ Daily Fix: The Asterisk on the NL Batting Title : The Count: Melky Cabrera has recused himself from the National League batting title, but there's less than a 10% chance that anyone ...
9/21 Tyler's Think Tank: McCutchen Mashing Way to MVP : For much of the summer, Andrew McCutchen seemed to have a stranglehold on the National League MVP race. His Pirates were ...
9/21 StanGraphs: Yadi! Yadi! Yadi! : Since 2001, the Cardinals have been a team built around an otherworldly hitting talent by the name of Albert Pujols. The 2012 ...
9/20 mlbreports.com : A.J. Pierzynski: Going for the Gold in 2013 : Thursday, September 20th 2012 Alex Mednick: A.J. Pierzynski has undoubtedly done himself a great justice by having a career ...
9/20 High Heat Stats: Wednesday whatsits : Orioles 3, @Mariners 1 (11): Well, naturally. A noted philosopher‘s comment on Don Larsen‘s WS perfecto applies ...
9/20 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 150: Kicking Astros : After a terrible road trip, the Cardinals really needed to make a statement against losing teams. They won the first two games ...
9/20 STLCardinalBaseball: The MVP case for Yadier Molina : Earlier this season, we in the STL Sports Network had a round table discussion on this site on Yadier Molina (Which you can ...
9/20 Redbird Rants: Redbird Rants: Lance Lynn Turns In Another Quality Start : Lance Lynn provided the pitching and Yadier Molina and David Freese provided the power as the St. Louis Cardinals won their 3rd ...
9/20 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Molina, Simmons and Cardinals 20 home run hitters Five 2012 St. Louis Cardinals have 20 or more home runs, but one, catcher Yadier Molina, really stands out....
9/20 Pitchers Hit Eighth: That Must Be A Record Or Something : David Freese and Yadier Molina both hit the 20 HR mark last night. Based on the practically palpable excitement on the internets, ...
9/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Five players with 20 homers: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina hit his 20th homer Wednesday, Sept. 19, to give the team five players with 20 homers for the ...[+]
first time in franchise history.
9/19 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 149: Historic Homers : As the Cardinals took the field tonight, they owned a two-game lead over the second-place Dodgers, who lost the first game of ...
9/19 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2012: Colorado Rockies Sleepers : Those in need of a nice little offensive kick for the remainder of the season may be doing some scratching and clawing, but hope ...
9/19 MLB Dirt: MVP? Buster Posey May Not Even Be the Best Catcher in the NL This Season : Recently a groundswell of support has pushed Buster Posey to the forefront of the 2012 National League MVP race. After all, he ...
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 ...
9/19 Blog Red Machine: Give Ryan Hanigan his due : Ryan Hanigan won last night’s game against the Chicago Cubs with a bases-clearing, three-run double in the sixth inning. On ...
9/19 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Bits of Tid and Other Hipster Yadi Miscellanea : When you your mind is aglow with whirling, transient nodes of thought careening through a cosmic vapor of invention, you must ...
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 ...
9/18 Full Spectrum Baseball: Salvador Perez-Molina Go ahead and call me a "birther" if you will, but I demand to see Salvador Perez's birth certificate....
9/17 STLCardinalBaseball: GAMES 144-147: Dodging Bullets : Sorry about the late recap! Life sometimes gets in the way! After dropping three straight to the Padres in a series that almost ...
9/17 The Flagrant Fan: Crowded field for National League MVP :
The Most Valuable Player Award is one of the most confusing awards in baseball. The Cy Young Award is easy: Who was the ...
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 Pitchers Hit Eighth: The Crawl to the Finish Line : If you agree that the MLB season represents a marathon and not a sprint, then the last 15-16 games must represent the last 2.6 ...
9/16 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Need All 12 Frames To Choke Away Important Game To Cardinals : Cardinals 5 8 0 Dodgers 2 7 0 WP-Miller-1-0 LP-Ely-0-2 SV-Motte-35 HR-Ethier-19 The Dodgers choked away another critical game ...
9/16 StanGraphs: Instant Replay: Less is More : A thought following the Cardinals’ disappointing loss to the Dodgers tonight: In the interest of honesty and fairness, Dee ...
9/16 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Cardinals @ Dodgers September 16, 2012: Live Free or Fife Hard : So the immutable laws of nature hold true: I drop off the grid, and good things happen. In this case, that’s two wins and ...
9/16 STLCardinalBaseball: A Little Story About The 2006 Cardinals (And How It Relates To My Feelings About This Season) : The night the Cardinals won the 2006 World Series, I was drunk with about 20 friends at Buffalo Wild Wings in south St. Louis. ...
9/16 i70baseball.com: St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina should be NL MVP : While much of the National League Most Valuable Player talk has shifted out West to campaign for San Francisco Giants catcher ...
9/16 Lasorda's Lair: Stephen Fife’s Biggest Game of His Young Career Could Give Dodgers Sole Possession of Wild Card Spot : Stephen Fife (0-1, 2.16) vs. Adam Wainwright (13-13, 4.01) Lineup: TBA Last night’s miraculous come from behind walk-off ...
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 Redbird Rants: My (tentative) List of Award Winners on the 2012 St. Louis Cardinals : I thought I would take a break from writing about the St. Louis Cardinals’ woes and their attempt to return to the postseason. ...
9/15 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Hope To Tie For Wild Card In Critical Game Against Red Birds : Dodgers Lineup vs. Cardinals M.ellis 4 Victorino 7 Kemp 8 Gonzalez 3 Ramirez 5 Ethier 9 Cruz 5 Ellis 2 Blanton 1 Jaime Garcia-4-7 ...
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 ...
9/15 Lasorda's Lair: Cochito’s Three-Run Jack Saves The Dodger’s Bacon : Cardinals 5 8 0 Dodgers 8 9 1 WP-Tolleson-2-1 LP-Rosenthal-0-2 HR-Molina-19-Carpenter-6-Holiday-27 Ethier-18-Cruz-5 Just ...
9/15 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Cardinals may soon have first-ever five 20-home run hitters : The St. Louis Cardinals have three hitters with 20 or more home runs and two more with 19. We look at how that distribution stacks ...
9/14 It's About the Money (Stupid): Heyman: Russell Martin made a mistake : Jon Heyman of CBS Sports wrote today that according to "rival GMs," Russell Martin made a mistake by not signing the three year ...
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 ...
9/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina given high praise: Milwaukee Brewers OF Ryan Braun said that no one in the National League impacts a game more than St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier ...[+]
Molina.
9/13 Lasorda's Lair: Conversation With The Enemy-Daniel Shoptaw : In our latest installment of our Conversation with the Enemy articles, I sat down to discuss Baseball with Daniel Shoptaw of Cardinal70.com. ...
9/13 StanGraphs: What to Watch Down the Stretch (Other Than the Awful Cardinals) : That Padres series was especially hard to watch, and even harder to swallow. I don’t ever want anything like that in my ...
9/12 StlSportsMinute.com: Cardinals recap: San Diego Padres 3 St. Louis Cardinals 2 :
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9/12 STLCardinalBaseball: GAMES 141-143: The End, My Friends : What can you say? The Cardinals played like **** and ended up getting swept by the Padres in a series that they absolutely needed ...
9/12 Baseball Musings: Molina Bunt : Trailing the Padres 3-2 in the top of the ninth, Allen Craig of the Cardinals led off with a double. With a man in scoring position ...
9/12 STLCardinalBaseball: What’s Really Wrong With The 2012 Cardinals? : Most reasonable and realistic Cardinal fans have watched the team’s performance over the last three months in open-mouthed ...
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 ...
9/12 StanGraphs: Cardinals Not Geared for Deep Playoff Run : A year ago, the Cardinal roster was an assortment of peaking parts all working together and rounding into form at the right time. ...
9/12 AroundTheFoghorn: Could Buster Posey be the NL MVP? : Over the past week, much has been written about Buster Posey‘s chances at being the National League MVP this year. It’s ...
9/12 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Padres Beat Cardinals Behind 5 Run 4th : 12 days into September, the race for meaningful October baseball seems to be cloudier than ever. With the American League Standings ...
9/11 Full Spectrum Baseball: MVPosey? Not so fast : Under normal circumstances, I would consider it ludicrous to argue against a guy hitting .327/.402/.531/.933 winning an MVP award. ...
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 StanGraphs: Reasons for a Cardinals Fan to Learn Krav Maga : For the past few weeks, I’ve been toying with the idea of learning one of the many Martial Arts styles. Doing so is without ...
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 Baseball Reality Tour: Wins Above Replacement / 600 Plate Appearances : Look in the mirror. You'll see a person who would click on an article titled: Wins Above Replacement / 600 Plate Appearances.Anyone ...
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 El Maquino: IT’S TWO IN THE MORNING. DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR OFFENSE IS? : THE POSTGAME The Cards put two up against Yovani Gallardo in the very first inning and didn’t score again for six more innings ...
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 ...
9/8 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Rain-Soaked Marathon Ends In Cardinals Loss : After a rain delay of more than 2 hours, the St. Louis Cardinals finally took the field against the Milwaukee Brewers last night. ...
9/7 Reviewing the Brew: Yovani Gallardo and the Cardinal Curse : Tonight, Yovani Gallardo takes the mound in the opening of what has become a very important series for both the Milwaukee Brewers ...
9/7 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: A Preview Of The Weekend Ahead : Though the St. Louis Cardinals are losers of 6 of their last 9, they did recently take 2 of 3 from the New York Mets. With any ...
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 Baseball Analytics: McCutchen four-hits his way into the batting lead :
For me the NL batting race isn't professional, it's personal.
There have been 172 games this season in which a ...
9/4 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 135: Jekyll Not Hyde : One never knows what will happen when Jaime Garcia takes the mound. Sometimes Jekyll appears and pitches brilliantly, and sometimes ...
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 MLB Injury News: Cardinals' Catcher Yadier Molina Hurt in Collision at Home Plate :
The St. Louis Cardinals have listed their All-Star catcher, Yadier Molina, as day-to-day after a collision at home ...
9/4 The Baseball Haven: Statistical Oddities : Melky Cabrera was once a slap-hitting fatty for the New York Yankees. We all know now that he changed his body and skills with ...
9/4 i70baseball.com: If it wasn’t for bad luck… The St. Louis Cardinals may be in some real trouble now....
9/4 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals Return Home and Beat The Mets : The St. Louis Cardinals are are now 2-1 in September with all their games this month being 1-run games. The game looked ...
9/4 Through The Fence Baseball: Knocked into next week: What to do about violent collisions : As many of you know, St. Louis Cardinals’ catcher Yadier Molina got freight-trained at the plate last week. He was clearly ...
9/3 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 134: Labored Day : After a troubled 10-game road trip, the Cardinals returned to the cushy confines of Busch Stadium. Their opponents, the Mets, ...
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 ...
9/3 Redbird Rants: Redbirds Week In Review: Cardinals experience more downs than ups in poor week : The Cardinals took a huge step backwards in a week filled with down notes. They lost Rafael Furcal potentially for the season, ...
9/3 Rising Apple: Series Preview: New York Mets @ St. Louis Cardinals : The Mets head to St. Louis for their last stop in what is a three-city road trip before they head back to New York. This is the ...
9/2 mlbreports.com : Will The Cardinals Repeat? : Sunday September 2, 2012 John Burns: The season for the reigning World Champions the St. Louis Cardinals ...
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 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina still experiencing pain on left side: St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said C Yadier Molina (shoulder, back, neck) continued to experience discomfort in his ...[+]
left upper body Friday, Aug. 31, and could be held out of the lineup Saturday, Sept. 1. Three wild pitches were thrown in Friday's game and Molina appeared to have difficulty reaching for anything elevated. 'A lot of it has to do with his left side, his shoulder, taking the brunt of that hit the other day,' said Matheny, a former catcher. 'I remember that. Your glove feels like it weighs 10 pounds. You just can't move it. He's been trying to fight through it. But it was a little more obvious (Friday) than it was (Thursday). We're going to have to give him time.'
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 ...
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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 Call to the Pen: Ryan Braun Has A Strong Case For Another MVP Award : It’s been a strange ride for Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun of late. The star slugger had the best season of his ...
8/31 Redbird Rants: Redbird Roundtable Discussion #1 – Shelby Miller : As you, our readers, have probably figured out, Redbird Rants is not a one-man show. We are a team of passionate ...
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 ...
8/31 District On Deck: Game 130: Nationals 8, Cardinals 1 : The Nationals began a long home stand with their first series against the St. Louis Cardinals this year. Edwin Jackson pitched ...
8/30 El Maquino: DING DONG, THE STREAK IS DEAD! : THE BIG PIECE It’s gotten so bad for the Colorado Rockies (53-76, team ERA of 5.22) that they’ve already begun to ...
8/30 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 131: Dead In The Water : A mumbling, wild Jaime Garcia looked more like a Mexican Rick Ankiel, throwing head-high curveballs and home run pitches almost ...
8/30 Redbird Rants: Matt Holliday and the MVP race : Matt Holliday is going to likely finish in the top ten voting for the National League MVP Award for the second time in his Major ...
8/30 Pitchers Hit Eighth: No MVP in the Cards This Year : Barring a statistical collapse by the likes of Andrew McCutchen and David Wright, the possibility of someone from the Cardinals ...
8/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina in lineupSt. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina (shoulder, back, neck) is in the starting lineup Thursday, Aug. 30....[+]
St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina (shoulder, back, neck) is in the starting lineup Thursday, Aug. 30.
8/30 StanGraphs: Yadier Molina and the Home Plate Collision : A brief moment in Tuesday night’s embarrassing and demoralizing 9-0 loss to the Pirates almost made the whole thing significantly ...
8/29 El Maquino: CARDS GO 21 SCORELESS : THE POSTGAME The Cardinal lineup that has a penchant for hitting to the score hasn’t done so at all over the past few days, ...
8/29 Redlegs Review: Hey Reds fans, Yadier Molina got crushed by Josh Harrison :
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The Reds are in first place while the second and third-place Cardinals and Pirates, ...
8/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina fine with play: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina (shoulder, back, neck) said the play at the plate that knocked him out of the game Tuesday, ...[+]
Aug. 28, was a 'clean play.' He is hoping to return Friday, Aug. 31, or Saturday, Sept. 1. Molina won't do any baseball activities Wednesday, Aug. 29, but he has reported some improvement. A second round of concussion tests came back negative.
8/29 Throw the Challenge Flag: Game 129: Pedro Alvarez leads the Pirates with two mammoth home runs : Maybe it was just one day. Hopefully it's more than that. But for one single day, baseball was extremely fun again. The Pittsburgh ...
8/29 Call to the Pen: Weiters and Santana Stuck in Neutral : 2012 has been an excellent season for catchers. Yadier Molina, Buster Posey, and A.J. Pierzynski are all having career years. ...
8/29 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Pirates Shut Out Cardinals : Tuesday night was not a good one for the St. Louis Cardinals. James McDonald returned to form, allowing just two hits ...
8/29 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Yadier Molina Injured by Bush Leaguer : Take a close look at the above image. It’s Josh Harrison of the Pirates propelling his body into catcher Yadier Molina. ...
8/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina passes concussion tests: Updating a previous report, St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina (head) was given a SCAT II concussion test after a collision forced ...[+]
him out of the game Tuesday, Aug. 28, against the Pittsburgh Pirates. He passed the test, and X-rays were also negative.
8/28 El Maquino: THE DODGERS ARE BIGGER THAN BASEBALL : THE POSTGAME Tonight’s was one of the worst of the year. Jake Westbrook figuratively got knocked on his back, giving up ...
8/28 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 129: Shown Up : The most devastating loss of the season. Not only did the Cardinals lose their All Star catcher and hero Yadier Molina in a bone-crunching ...
8/28 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 129 Recap - Pirates 9, Cardinals 0 : It has been a really long time since the Pirates had a game where you and I could sit back and laugh and have some fun and enjoy ...
8/28 Raise the Jolly Roger: Pirates POUND Cardinals : Pedro Alvarez and James McDonald put on a show as the Pirates put together a phenomenal all-around game to destroy the Cardinals ...
8/28 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Yadier Molina Injured by Bush Leaguer : Take a close look at the above image. It’s Josh Harrison of the Pirates propelling his body into catcher Yadier Molina. ...
8/28 Baseball Musings: Yadier Hurt : This seems like bad news for the Cardinals: St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina was removed from Tuesday night’s game ...
8/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina exits game: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina (undisclosed) left the game after colliding with Pittsburgh Pirates INF Josh Harrison at home ...[+]
plate Tuesday, Aug. 28.
8/28 High Heat Stats: Game notes from Monday, August 27 : Mariners 1, @Twins 0: I think we have our AL Pitcher of the Month. Felix Hernandez won his 4th 1-0 shutout of the year and his ...
8/28 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Lohse Helps His Cause & Holliday Goes Deep : A rain delay is the only thing that prevented Kyle Lohse from having yet another quality start last night. He did however go ...
8/27 El Maquino: LEADING MVP CANDIDATE HELPS CARDS BEAT BUCS : THE BIG PIECE I don’t know why Matt Holliday doesn’t get the publicity that a hitter of his caliber deserves, but ...
8/27 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 128: Raining On A Pirate Parade : The Pirates have been something of a Cinderella story this season, defying the odds to make a three-horse race in the National ...
8/27 Baseball Musings: An Ankle Run : Yadier Molina scores from first on a double as Andrew McCutchen fails to get the ball back to the infield in a timely manner. ...
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. ...
8/27 Redbird Rants: Redbird Review: Cardinals cap off 5-1 week : The Cardinals entered this past week needing to build up some momentum and they accomplished their task. With a three game sweep ...
8/27 StlSportsMinute.com: Cardinals manager Mike Matheny warms up reliever before ninth inning :
St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny served as "bullpen catcher" during the middle of the ninth inning on Sunday. - (Photo ...
8/27 Redbird Dugout: The Monday Musial – August 26th : The St. Louis Cardinals just completed their series victory against the Cincinnati Reds with a 8-2 drubbing behind Adam Wainwright. ...
8/26 i70baseball.com: St. Louis Cardinals’ comeback in Cincinnati marks beginning of division race : The most impressive part of Friday’s game, and the part that should give Cardinals fans optimism for September, is that the ...
8/26 El Maquino: CARDS CRACK BACK : THE POSTGAME The Cards returned the favor after getting beat 8-2 yesterday with an 8-2 win today for the series win against the ...
8/25 El Maquino: PITCHING LAPSES AND NO-SHOW O LEADS TO LOSS : THE POSTGAME > Lapses by Jaime Garcia and Brandon Dickson killed the Cards in this game. Jaime’s came when a should-have-been ...
8/25 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 126: Unravelled : Anybody familiar with Jaime Garcia knows that the sixth inning is his danger zone. It happened again today, as the Reds jumped ...
8/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina day-to-day: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina (ankle) is not in the starting lineup against the Cincinnati Reds Saturday, Aug. 25, and is ...[+]
listed as day-to-day. He rolled his ankle a few days ago and it began to stiffen up on him during the game Friday, Aug. 24. C Tony Cruz is taking Molina's place in the lineup.
8/25 Redbird Rants: Happy Anniversary, Happy Anniversary. : It’s August 25, 2012. On this day in 1944, the Allies liberated Paris, in 1950, President Harry Truman ordered ...
8/24 Redlegs Review: Cardinals use 6-run inning to upend first place Reds :
St. Louis (69-56) scored six times in the top of the sixth to race past the Redlegs (76-51), 8-5, at Great American Ball ...
8/24 El Maquino: LYNN AND KELLY DISTANCE THEMSELVES BEFORE CARDS BUST UP LATOS : THE POSTGAME The Cards looked dead in the water through the sloppy first five innings after Lance Lynn was barrelled over in the ...
8/24 Baseball News Source: NL Recaps – Astros Down Reeling Mets : Houston 3 – New York 1 - Jordan Lyles pitched six innings allowing one earned run, and striking out four, Tyler Greene homered ...
8/24 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 125: Message Sent! : In the first head-to-head confrontation between the Cardinals and the Reds since the Cardinals suffered a humiliating sweep after ...
8/24 Redbird Rants: Musings from an Optimistic Redbird Fan: 6-2012 : Cards need to keep Lohse – The St. Louis Cardinals’ front office recently gave starter Jake Westbrook a contract extension. ...
8/24 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals complete sweep with 13-5 drubbing : The Cardinals took to Houston with the offensive fury that the numbers show they are capable of on Thursday night. They decimated ...
8/24 Pitchers Hit Eighth: We Are Cardinal Nation….I Think : Indeed, as the marketing campaign for the Cardinals says, “We Are Cardinal Nation”. At least that’s what I’ve ...
8/23 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 124: Thirteen Run Pool : There has been lots of talk about the Cardinals’ league-leading run differential, and how it doesn’t mean squat except ...
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 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 StlSportsMinute.com: Cardinals recap: St. Louis Cardinals 7 Houston Astros 0 :
St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Adam Wainwright struck out 12 hitters to pick up win number 12 on the season. - (Photo ...
8/22 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 122: Complete Domination : Spinning just his fourth career shutout (although it was, admittedly, against Houston), Adam Wainwright immediately erased the ...
8/22 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Wainwright shuts down Astros : The Cardinals hosted soon-to-be AL West foes the Houston Astros on Tuesday night and the affair wasn’t as thrilling as their ...
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 Climbing Tal's Hill: Wainwright continues mastery of Astros : St. Louis hurler Adam Wainwright picked up his 12th win of the year Tuesday with a 7-0 shutout of the Astros. Wainwright is now ...
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 MLBTradeRumors: Napoli, Mathis Talk Contracts, Hitting, Defense : Few observers would argue that Mike Napoli and Jeff Mathis have similar strengths relative to their fellow MLB catchers. Anything ...
8/19 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 121: The Long, Slow Death : As Jaime Garcia took to the mound at 1:15 pm, nobody suspected what was about to happen: an obstinate 19-inning fight-to-the-death ...
8/19 Throw the Challenge Flag: Game 120: Erik Bedard runs out of gas early, offense blows multiple chances :
A series against the St. Louis Cardinals is never easy but usually it's because of how well they play. Not this time. The ...
8/19 Rum Bunter: Walking Wounded Pittsburgh Pirates Fail to Capitalize, Fall to St. Louis 5-4 : The Pittsburgh Pirates had every opportunity to grab a series win against the St. Louis Cardinals, but failed to ...
8/19 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals hold off ninth inning rally : The Cardinals rallied back from a loss on Friday night to hold off the Pirates in the ninth inning and pick up a key victory and ...
8/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina returns: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina (back) returned to the starting lineup Saturday, Aug. 18, against the Pittsburgh Pirates. ...[+]
Molina had missed the past three days.
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 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 120: The Return Of Clutch : The return of Yadier Molina proved inspirational, as his two-run double in the fifth rescued the Cardinals from an imploding performance ...
8/18 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 120 Recap - Cardinals 5, Pirates 4 : In a baseball season there is a general rule of thumb when it comes to a team's record that will stay true for most teams that ...
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 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Cardinals lose Friday in an unusual manner : The St. Louis Cardinals lost Friday night for only the 18th time in team history when their opponent did not have a run batted ...
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 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 119: Unworthy Of The Race : Inconsistency confounded the Cardinals again, as the offense could only muster two hits and no runs through the first six innings ...
8/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina still outSt. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina (back) remains out Friday, Aug. 17, while dealing with a sore back....[+]
St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina (back) remains out Friday, Aug. 17, while dealing with a sore back.
8/17 El Maquino: THE STEROID ERA NEVER ENDED (EXCEPT MAYBE FOR MOTTE) : THE BIG PIECE: THE STEROID ERA NEVER ENDED Felix Hernandez threw a perfect game on Wednesday and was the third-largest story ...
8/16 El Maquino: IMPLICATIONS OF THE MELKY CONVICTION; CHIEF OF WHICH IS THAT THE STEROID ERA NEVER ENDED : The Cards’ start time has been delayed by rain. In the meantime, here’s my take on the biggest news to break in ...
8/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina out again: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina (back) is sitting out for the second straight day Thursday, Aug. 16, with tightness in his ...[+]
back. He is hoping to return sometime this weekend.
8/16 Baseball News Source: Top Five Catching Prospects in Baseball : Starting pitching, it is said, is the key to building a contender in Major League Baseball. That is true, but equally important ...
8/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina to miss a few daysSt. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina (back) is expected to miss two or three days with mid-back tightness....[+]
St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina (back) is expected to miss two or three days with mid-back tightness.
8/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina has sore back: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina (back) is out of the lineup with a sore back Wednesday, Aug. 15. It's unknown if Molina will ...[+]
return Thursday, Aug. 16. Molina could be available to pinch hit or for emergency defensive purposes.
8/15 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Kelly holds the DBacks in check while offense powers up : The Cardinals took the first game of a three game set with the Diamondbacks on Tuesday night thanks to solid pitching by Joe Kelly ...
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 Redbird Rants: Can They Do it Again? : It’s the middle of August and, once again, the Cardinals find themselves looking up when it comes to fighting for a playoff ...
8/13 Redbird Rants: Redbirds Week in Review—-8/6/12 to 8/12/12 : This past week featured a 4 game series against the Giants at home and then a 3 game series against the Phillies on the road. ...
8/12 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals pull out victory with late-game offense : After dropping the first game to the Phillies, the Cardinals rallied back to win game two of the three game set. Matt Holliday ...
8/11 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 114: Jock Westbrook : Facing Cliff Lee, the Cardinals needed a big performance from rejuvenated Jake Westbrook. And boy, did they ever get it. Westbrook ...
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 StanGraphs: Picking Cardinal Walk-Up Music, Part One : I’d actually already thought about doing a post on the walk-up music each Cardinal employs as he steps up to the plate, ...
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 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 112: Splitter : Adam Wainwright restored some order after last night’s brutal 15-0 loss, throwing seven innings and 119 pitches in a brilliant ...
8/9 Reviewing the Brew: MLB2k12 Franchise: Brewers Game Three : So, we just swept the St. Louis Cardinals. That’s right, the Milwaukee Brewers have started off their virtual 2012 campaign ...
8/9 Call to the Pen: The Best Offense in Baseball : I make it no secret that outside of the neutral articles I’m supposed to be writing for my work at Call to the Pen, I’m ...
8/9 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Freeing Tyler Greene : It takes a lot for baseball fans in St. Louis to boo one of its own. Maybe the final straw came when Tyler Greene watched a ...
8/9 MLBTradeRumors: Extension Candidate: Buster Posey : The first order of business for Buster Posey this season was to prove himself healthy following a 2011 campaign cut short after ...
8/8 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 111: Insult To Injury : The Cardinals experienced a trifecta of failure tonight; the pitching sucked, the defense was atrocious, and the at-bats looked ...
8/8 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals can’t return from Lynn’s early struggles : The Cardinals dropped a close game to the Giants on Tuesday night. Lance Lynn gave up a three run home run in the first inning ...
8/7 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 110: Flashes Of Leather : A frustrating outing from Lance Lynn kept the game out of reach despite another huge game from Allen Craig. Despite showing off ...
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 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina extends to 10St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina extended his hitting streak to 10 games Monday, Aug. 6....[+]
St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina extended his hitting streak to 10 games Monday, Aug. 6.
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 STLCardinalBaseball: Roundtable: Thoughts on Yadier Molina : This year has been one of the best seasons from Yadier Molina or any Cardinals catcher for that matter. So, as I have been watching ...
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 The Baseball Page: 2012 MLB Saber-Metrics Power Rankings :
If you asked baseball saber-metrics guru Bill James to name the best ...
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 Call to the Pen: The Unluckiest Teams In Baseball : On Friday I took a look at the teams who have benefited from the most good fortune when it comes to their actual records in 2012. ...
8/5 Redbird Rants: September Call-Up Candidate: Bryan Anderson : Today, we will start looking at the minor leaguers who could be considered for the major league roster when teams expand in September. ...
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 ...
8/5 The Writer's Journey: Baseball’s Greatest Games: New York Mets First No-Hitter (2012) : Baseball’s Greatest Games: New York Mets First No-Hitter New Video, 2012 Approx. 131 mins. If a DVD were to be released ...
8/4 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: MLB Bandwagons Are Heading West :
There is tension in Boston thanks to the Red Sox winning percentage fluctuating like Oprah Winfrey's weight. There ...
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 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 Dugout: Berkman to the DL again : For the third time this season Lance Berkman is headed to the disabled list. The move was made this afternoon as the team recalled ...
8/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina playing: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina's (thumb) X-rays on a sprained right thumb came back negative, and he's in the lineup Friday, ...[+]
Aug. 3.
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 ...
8/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina sits: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina (thumb) sat out with a sprained right thumb Thursday, Aug. 2. He'll have X-rays when the team ...[+]
returns home Friday, Aug. 3.
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 ...
8/1 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals pile it on in big win over Rockies : The Cardinals traveled to Coors Field in Colorado for a three game set and took game one convincingly. They jumped out to an early ...
News -- July 2012
7/31 STLCardinalBaseball: Grading John Mozeliak – Trade Deadline 2012 : Baseball fans and analysts like to bark and whine about every trade at the moment they’re made, but trades and other moves ...
7/30 The Writer's Journey: Baseball’s Greatest Games: New York Mets First No-Hitter (2012) : Baseball’s Greatest Games: New York Mets First No-Hitter New Video, 2012 Approx. 131 mins. If a DVD were to be released ...
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 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 100: Homer Happy Hundred : Where to begin? In typical Cards/Cubs style, this game proved to be an aggressive slugfest. Both starters were clubbed early ...
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 Through The Fence Baseball: St. Louis Cardinals quietly making another late push for postseason : There hasn’t been much talk lately about the St. Louis Cardinals, as the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds have taken the ...
7/26 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals earn series split with late inning win : The Cardinals and Dodgers infused a little drama into their game last night with some extra inning baseball. After going stroke ...
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 ...
7/25 StanGraphs: Appreciating Matt Holliday : In yesterday’s post, Brian examined Adam Wainwright‘s season and concluded that fans needed to realize he’s ...
7/24 Lasorda's Lair: Kershaw’s Sweaty Meltdown Blows game and Win Streak for Dodgers : Dodgers 2 7 0 Cardinals 8 8 2 WP-Wainwright-8-10 LP-Kershaw-7-6 The Dodger’s five game winning streak was snapped Tuesday ...
7/24 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Dodgers end Cardinals winning streak with 5-3 victory : The Dodgers came to town last night and ended the Cardinals winning ways with some early offense and shutdown pitching. The Cardinals ...
7/24 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers in Cruz Control as They Win Their Fifth in a Row : Dodgers 5 7 0 Cardinals 3 9 1 WP- Billingsley (5-9) LP- Kelly (1-3) S- Jansen (19) HR- Cruz (2), Beltran (22) We were all ...
7/23 Lasorda's Lair: Can the Dodgers Stay Hot in the Sweltering Heat of St.Louis? : Dodgers Lineup vs. Cardinals Abreu 7 M.Ellis 4 Kemp 8 Ethier 9 Rivera 3 Kennedy 5 Cruz 6 Ellis 2 Billingsley 1 Chad Billingsley-4-9 ...
7/22 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals sink Cubs with record-tying seventh inning : I guess the Cardinals didn’t appreciate my comment about not being able to score runs. Saturday’s game was looking ...
7/21 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 94: The Seventh Inning Massacre : For six innings the game looked like another entry in the Cardinals’ recent streak of offensive incompetence as Jake Westbrook ...
7/21 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals extinguish red-hot Dempster : The Cardinals came in to Friday’s game with the daunting task of scoring runs on the man that hadn’t given one up ...
7/21 Redbird Rants: Cardinals by the Numbers : Hope everyone is having a good weekend. The St. Louis Cardinals play the 2nd game of the series against the Chicago Cubs this ...
7/21 StlSportsMinute.com: Cardinals recap: St. Louis Cardinals 4 Chicago Cubs 1 :
The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 4-1 at Busch Stadium on Friday night. - (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The ...
7/20 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 93: A Nice Homecoming : The Cardinal bats finally showed some semblance of life for the first time in two weeks behind their best starter this year. It ...
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 ...
7/19 StanGraphs: Things Have to Get Better, Right? : Alright, so everything’s not going so well at the moment for the Cardinals. Several key players have missed time due to ...
7/18 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 92: Bellyflop : After a very rough first inning, Adam Wainwright settled down and limited Milwaukee to just two hits. Unfortunately, the Brewers ...
7/18 Through The Fence Baseball: Pick Em and Rank Em: Rank 20 players win the prize : Tarnation! Sports and TTFB will partner up on the first ever Pick Em and Rank Em contest which nets the winner a prize from our ...
7/17 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 91: Impotence : Young Joe Kelly didn’t pitch well, but well enough to win. Unfortunately, some defensive miscues and another sputtering ...
7/17 Redbird Rants: Redbirds Week in Review—-7/9/12 to 7/15/12 All Star Week : All Star week makes it a shortened week for baseball. I will briefly recap the All Star game focusing on the contributions ...
7/17 Redbird Rants: Ups and Downs : Going into the All Star Break, Cardinals fans had to be feeling optimistic going 5-2 the week leading up to the break. Unfortunately, ...
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 StlSportsMinute.com: Cardinals recap: Cincinnati Reds 4 St. Louis Cardinal 2 :
St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Jake Westbrook pitched well in the Cardinals 4-2 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. -(Photo ...
7/15 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 89: Red-Faced EmbarrASSment : I’m going to skip the usual pleasantries in the recap to this game, another futile and impotent contest in an embarrassing ...
7/15 Baseball Musings: Homer in a Pinch : Homer Bailey makes an emergency start as a blister sidelines Johnny Cueto. Homer gives the Reds eight strong inning as Cincinnati ...
7/15 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals lose nail-biter in extra innings : The Cardinals took on the Reds in the second game of their three game set in Great American Ballpark on Saturday. After tying ...
7/14 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 88: Extra Painful : Kyle Lohse produced another quality start, but the offense left him hanging like so many other starters. Some late hits evened ...
7/14 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals drop game in late innings : The Cardinals took a 2-1 lead into the seventh inning and squandered it last night. The Reds scored three runs in the bottom frame ...
7/13 StlSportsMinute.com: Cardinals recap: Cincinnati Reds 5 St. Louis Cardinals 3 :
St Louis Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright picked up his ninth loss of the season on Friday night. - (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
St. ...
7/13 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 87: Momentum Killer : The Cardinals (46-41) had the Reds under the spell of Adam Wainwright, who was attempting to reach the .500 mark. Unfortunately, ...
7/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina activatedSt. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina was activated from the bereavement list and is in the lineup Friday, July 13....[+]
St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina was activated from the bereavement list and is in the lineup Friday, July 13.
7/13 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals start second half with three game set with Reds : The Cardinals open up the second half of the MLB season today with game one of a three game stand in Cincinnati. This series ...
7/12 Redbird Dugout: The Monday Musial – July 9th : For some reason the post didn’t post as scheduled on Monday. However, here it is! Read everything like it happened on Monday. ...
7/11 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinal All Stars do the team proud with solid showing : The Cardinals had six All Stars this year in total. Rafael Furcal and Carlos Beltran were chosen to start, Yadier Molina was initially ...
7/10 WahoosOnFirst: 2012 MLB All-Star Game Preview: National League Edition : The National League All-Star team has a chance to do something tonight that it hasn’t accomplished since 1996: win three All-Star ...
7/10 WahoosOnFirst: The FanSided 2012 NL All-Star Team : The fan-selected starting lineups will take the field in Kansas City tonight for the 2012 MLB All-Star Game, but we at FanSided ...
7/9 i70baseball.com: MLB Fan Fest: 30 Minutes With Lou Brock I am not sure I have encountered a Major League Hall Of Famer that can work a crowd and a room better than Lou Brock....
7/9 Kings of Kauffman: 2012 MLB All-Star Game Roster Notes: Bryce Harper, Jake Peavy, Michael Bourn Will See Kauffman Stadium : The Final Vote held by Major League Baseball to fill the last spot on the rosters for the 2012 MLB All-Star Game is becoming obsolete ...
7/9 Crashburn Alley: First Half Positives : You don’t need us to tell you that the first half was some of the most depressing baseball you’ve seen in quite a ...
7/8 StanGraphs: An Argument for Zack Greinke, St. Louis Cardinal : Along with Cole Hamels, Zack Greinkehas to be the most sought-after player possibly available on this summer’s trading block. ...
7/8 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 86: Going out in style : With the final game before the All Star break, the Cardinals(46-40) went looking for their second straight win and a series win ...
7/8 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals even up series with 3-2 win : The Cardinals hosted the Marlins for the second game of a three game home set. Kyle Lohse put up another solid performance and ...
7/7 StlSportsMinute.com: Cardinals can not afford to lose Rafael Furcal :
The St. Louis Cardinals can not afford to lose Rafael Furcal at any point this season. -(Photo credit: Wikipedia)
St. ...
7/7 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 85: Iron Man : The Cardinals (45-40) survived the record heat broiling St. Louis and brief, early wildness from Kyle Lohse to even the final ...
7/7 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 84- Hot mess : On a scorching night starting in at about 106 degrees, the Cardinals faced the new looking Miami Marlins at home. Before the game ...
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: Live Blog: Miami Marlins (40-42) at St. Louis Cardinals (44-39) : 10:30 PM Watching Beltran stretch on that close play at first that ended the game, it wasn’t difficult to envision yet another ...
7/6 Call to the Pen: Matt Holliday Selected to Replace Yadier Molina in All-Star Game : Yadier Molina was placed on the bereavement list due to the passing of his wife’s grandfather, and he will not play in ...
7/6 StlSportsMinute.com: La Russa chooses Matt Holliday to replace Yadier Molina on NL Roster :
Former St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa choose Cardinals outfielder Matt Holliday to replace catcher ...
7/6 StlSportsMinute.com: Tony La Russa fires back at Dusty Baker :
Former St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa is taking some heat for not selecting some former division rivals ...
7/6 StlSportsMinute.com: Poll: Should fans be allowed to vote for MLB All-Star starters? :
St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina was left out of the Major League Baseball All-Star game starting lineup by the fans, ...
7/6 StlSportsMinute.com: Rafael Furcal, Carlos Beltran to start in All-Star game : On Sunday morning the starters for the Major League Baseball All-Star game, which will take place in Kansas City, were announced ...
7/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina not going to All-Star game: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina will not be going to the All-Star game because he has been placed on the family medical emergency ...[+]
list. OF Matt Holliday will take Molinas place on the National League roster.
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 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 83: A Fine Lynn : Lance Lynn was forced to be perfect thanks to a stubborn offense, but he eventually received a handful of runs as the Cardinals ...
7/6 RoxPile: Rockies Outhit Cards, Still Don’t Win : Rockies 2, Cardinals 6 This is another series that I’m just glad is over and thankful it wasn’t a sweep. The potential ...
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 ...
7/5 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Wainwright holds Rockies for Cardinals second win of series : The Cardinals were outhit last night, but came away with a 4-1 win against the Colorado Rockies last night. The win ensured a ...
7/4 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 82: The Fourth Is With Us : Adam Wainwright and a resurgent bullpen walked a tightrope all night, holding the Rockies to just one run with eleven strikeouts. ...
7/4 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Tyler Colvin powers Rockies past Cardinals : The offense came early in this one as Matt Holliday‘s first inning home run was answered by Tyler Colvin‘s third inning ...
7/4 Blog Red Machine: 2012 All Star Ballots Are In And The Losers Are…The Voters: Part 2 The National League : The American League evaluation is complete so it is time to move over to the National League. The air is crisp here, the stench ...
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 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Carp Season Over : Chris Carpenter will have season-ending surgery which means that he will not throw a truly meaningful pitch in the 2012 season. ...
7/3 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 80: Early Fireworks : St. Louis pummeled a hapless Rockies team, providing a gutsy Kyle Lohse with more than seven runs for the first time this year ...
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 ...
7/2 StanGraphs: Live Blog: Colorado Rockies (30-48) at St. Louis Cardinals (41-38) : 10:28 PM: Maikel Cleto finished out the Rockies despite the 14th home run of Wilin Rosario‘s season to give the Cardinals ...
7/2 Pitchers Hit Eighth: All-Star Snubs and Flubs : With each passing year, many of us bemoan the selection process for the MLB All-Star game. The game counts, yet the selection ...
7/2 Mets Are Better Than Sex: San Fran Fans Stuff Ballot Box, Wright Gets Shafted : Well, no one saw this one coming. David Wright was beaten out by Pablo Sandoval in a landslide for the privilege of starting the ...
7/2 STLCardinalBaseball: Vengeance Is Mine, Says Tony La Russa : You simply do not mess with Tony La Russa. Over the course of his neverending career as a major league manager, La Russa gained ...
7/2 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals snap skid with close win over Pirates : The Cardinals hosted the Pirates for the third game in their series. They unfortunately already secured a series loss, so they ...
7/1 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 79: Salvaging The Wreckage : Jake Westbrook was smacked around hard by the surging Pirates, surrendering nine hits and four runs in six innings. But the Cardinals’ ...
7/1 Raise the Jolly Roger: Missed chances cost Bucs the sweep : The Pirates missed a bunch of chances this afternoon and came up just short of a sweep in St. Louis as a result. Erik Bedard wasn’t ...
7/1 Throw the Challenge Flag: Game 78: Mike McKenry goes deep but Bucs stand eight : Sweeps are not easy to come by against any team. Especially a team that you haven't swept since 1991. But that's exactly what ...
7/1 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Matt Kemp and Clayton Kershaw to represent Dodgers in All-Star Game :
Matt Kemp was voted in by the fans and Clayton Kershaw was selected by National League Manager Tony LaRussa to represent ...
7/1 The "Mc" Effect: 7/1 Recap | Cardinals 5 Pirates 4 : The Pirates left the tying run on base in the sixth, seventh, and eighth innings and came just a run short against the Cardinals ...
7/1 The Biz of Baseball: Final 2012 MLB All-Star Game Voting Numbers :
The following is compiled from press releases for AL and NL voting
Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton, the 2012 leading ...
7/1 D'Backs Venom: Aaron Hill and Paul Goldschmidt snubbed by the Players' Vote : The 2012 MLB All-Star rosters were announced on Sunday, and SP Wade Miley was the only Diamondback selected. Both 2B Aaron ...
News -- June 2012
6/30 Yankees Fans Unite: My 2012 NL All-Star Roster : These are my selections for the NL All- Star team. Starters: C- Carlos Ruiz- Phillies: It is not often we have years where there ...
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. ...
6/30 D'Backs Venom: My Picks for the 2012 All Star Game Rosters : The rosters for the 2012 All Star Game will be announced on Sunday, July 1. As usual, the rosters will include fan voting for ...
6/29 i70baseball.com: No longer sitting on the sidelines, this is Yadi’s team : Amid the confusion emanating from a lineup card snafu, catcher Yadier Molina's dramatic, game-tying two-run homer in the ninth ...
6/29 Philly Phanatics: Phillies notebook: Is the Chase back on? : Chase Utley is finally back. He emphatically showed us he was far from through as a ballplayer by hitting a home run in his first ...
6/28 StanGraphs: Picking All-Stars and Taking Names, Part One : As the All-Star voting winds down and every Giants fan frantically reaches for his laptop for one last burst of inexcusable lunacy ...
6/28 Tyler's Think Tank: My NL All-Star Ballot : C Carlos Ruiz (.361/.427/.579)
Yadier Molina may have a few more home runs, RBI and steals, but Ruiz's ...
6/28 AroundTheFoghorn: MLB All-Star Voting Ends Tonight at 9pm (PDT) : MLB All-Star voting ends tonight at 8:59 pm Pacific time. I realized we hadn’t done a post about it from what I can ...
6/28 Redbird Rants: Yadier Molina vs. Buster Posey: Who Should Start the 2012 MLB All-Star Game? : It is a no-brainer to any St. Louis Cardinal fan and the objective baseball fan that Yadier Molina deserves the starting ...
6/27 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 76: They Shoot Bullpens, Don’t They? : Joe Kelly produced yet another quality start full of **** and vinegar, and had a chance to win his second game. However, he left ...
6/27 Marlin Maniac: Miami Marlins use clutch home runs to comeback against Cardinals : The Miami Marlins finally earned their sixth victory of the month of June. It surpasses their win total for the month from a season ...
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 ...
6/27 Marlin Maniac: Overcoming Adversity : So, the Marlins lost again last night, 5-2. No news there. Zero. Zip. Nada. It is, after all, still June. While the ...
6/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina continues to mash: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina homered in his third straight game Tuesday, June 26. He has 12 homers on the season, two shy ...[+]
of his career high.
6/26 StanGraphs: Live Blog: St. Louis Cardinals (39-35) at Miami Marlins (34-39) : 8:54 PM: And finally the 2012 Cardinals have claimed a fifth consecutive win! The Cardinals now sit at 40-35, though another ...
6/26 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 75: The Big Four-Oh : The Cardinals pounced all over perennial idiot Carlos Zambrano in the first, and Kyle Lohse made it work with more than seven ...
6/26 Redbird Rants: Yadier Molina, Joe Kelly, and One Wild Night : There are few words to describe what transpired last night at Marlins Park in Miami. It looked as though the Miami Marlins ...
6/26 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals win nail-biter in Miami : The Cardinals traveled to Miami to take on the Marlins in game one of a three game set on Monday. The last time the Cardinals ...
6/26 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Molina chasing Simmons for best HR season by a Cardinals catcher Through 75 games, only one catcher in St. Louis Cardinals history had more home runs than does Yadier Molina this season....
6/26 Marlin Maniac: Top of the 8th: Miami 6, St. Louis 1. Final Score: Miami 7, St. Louis 8. : Once again, the Marlins found a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Ricky Nolasco delivered a strong performance ...
6/26 Baseball Musings: Two Games in One : The Cardinals did not score for the first six innings Monday night, but wound up beating the Marlins 8-7 in ten innings. It was ...
6/25 StanGraphs: The Cardinals and Bad Defense : We always talk about the big, thunderous bats of the St. Louis Cardinals, and why shouldn’t we? Aside from a befuddling ...
6/25 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 74: The Winning End Of Crazy : Jake Westbrook pitched well enough to win. Sadly, the bullpen blew the game out, leaving it up to the offense to stage a dramatic, ...
6/25 Redbird Rants: Redbirds Week In Review 6/19/12 to 6/24/12 : The St. Louis Cardinals sure know how to make things interesting. They mustered only one win against the Detroit Tigers, ...
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 ...
6/24 STLCardinalBaseball: Game 73: Royal Sweep : The Cardinals came into the third game of the series with brooms in hand and ready to continue their winning streak. Behind ...
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 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals take first game with blowout victory : The Cardinals traveled to Kauffman Stadium to take on the Royals in the first game of a three game series last night. After a ...
6/22 Through The Fence Baseball: Phillies catcher Carols Ruiz having an All-Star season : Over the past five years, Carlos Ruiz has become a favorite among Philadelphia baseball fans, but it appears the love for “Chooch” ...
6/22 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays-Phillies Preview with Ethan Seidel of That Ball’s Out of Here : Over the past few days I’ve gotten to talk to Ethan Seidel, a staff writer at the Phillies blog That Ball’s Out of ...
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. ...
6/19 Phillies Nation: Hamels Cruises To 10th Win : The Phillies started out their 10 game home stand the right way defeating the Colorado Rockies 7-2. Cole Hamels looked fantastic ...
6/19 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Cardinals prepare for designated hitter in Detroit : Due to the schedule, the St. Louis Cardinals are the last MLB team to deploy the designated hitter in 2012. Here's how they fared ...
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 High Heat Stats: Sunday supplement — now with 60% game coverage! : Orioles 2, @Braves 0: A day after Jason Hammel‘s 1-hitter left him at 7-2, Wei-Yin Chen attained the same record with ...
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 ...
6/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina drives in four runs: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina went 2-for-3 with a home run, walk and four RBIs Saturday, June 16, against the Kansas City ...[+]
Royals. The RBIs were the first of the month of June for Molina, and ended a 14-game RBI drought dating back to May 29.
6/16 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 66: Waking A Sleeping Beast : The best team in the National League has been slumbering for the majority of almost two months. Many observers wondered about ...
6/16 STLCardinalBaseball: Game 65: A Royal pain : The Cardinals bats looked rattled as they could barely muster up some runs and the game ended in a dramatic fashion. With two ...
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 ...
6/11 Baseball Musings: Cardinals Power : A month ago I noted that the Cardinals slugging percentage was one of the reason the team performed so well up to that point, ...
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 ...
6/9 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 60: Lead By Example : After a brutal month for the rotation, Kyle Lohse crafted a marvelous 7.2 innings of shutout baseball as the Cardinals (31-29) ...
6/9 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Lohse Outduels Masterson To Lift Cards Pasts Tribe; Cardinals 2, Indians 0 : By Ryan Hohman Kyle Lohse was dominant through seven innings and Carlos Beltran hit his National League leading 17th homerun ...
6/9 i70baseball.com: Big Trouble The St. Louis Cardinals placed lefty Jaime Garcia on the 15-day disabled list because of a shoulder strain....
6/8 STLCardinalBaseball: Game 59- Jake Westbrook still sucks : In the Cardinals first inter-league game of the year, the Red Birds squared off against the second place Cleveland Indians. ...
6/8 FanSided: The Utility Player: Chapman, Frazier, Votto, More! With last night's 5-4, 10 inning loss, Reds fans witnessed more than they thought. Not only did you witness ...
6/8 North and South of Royal Brougham: Mike Zunino Doesn’t Deserve Jeff Clement Comparisons :
When the Mariners drafted Mike Zunino, a guy I assumed was at least third on their list, I was pretty uninspired. I think that ...
6/8 FanSided: Series Preview: Cleveland Indians at St. Louis Cardinals : Well, it’s that magical time of year again—interleague Play is upon us. We got a taste of it earlier in the year with that ...
6/7 Crashburn Alley: Cot for Choice : Ryan Howard said it best: Cot for Choice. The Phillies’ catcher, known affectionately as Chooch (or, in some parts of the ...
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 ...
6/5 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers select a pair of lefties early in Day 2 of the 2012 MLB Draft : The Dodgers finally selected a pitcher, and considering Logan White's draft history, it's not surprising (but a tad disappointing). ...
6/5 Mets Are Better Than Sex: Future Features: Aiding the Pen : Majority of the resources used by Sandy Alderson and company this off-season were used to overhaul a bullpen that struggled ...
6/4 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 55: A Bit Of Inspiration : It wasn’t pretty. With the help of two Mets errors in the seventh and a home run from Craig, the Cardinals finally eeked ...
6/4 11th and Washington: Watching history from New Hampshire : Johan, in AprilMy father called during the seventh inning. I was up in New Hampshire, sitting in the living room of my college ...
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. ...
6/2 Baseballhotcorner.com: Johan Santa-stic : There was electricity in the air last night a Citi Field when 27,069 fans witnessed Mets ace Johan Santana pitch his way into ...
6/2 i70baseball.com: To Buy or Not To Buy? : The Major League Baseball non-waiver trade deadline is still a couple of months away, but the St. Louis Cardinals have to be contemplating ...
6/2 MetsToday.com: Johan Santana – The Chosen One : I know my boss, Joe, isn’t as excited about this as I am, but it’s certainly worth noting. My thoughts on the first ...
6/2 Mets360.com: Santana no-hitter captivates New York; sets Twitter ablaze : Just call him No-Han! Well, it FINALLY happened! After waiting through 8,019 games Johan Santana finally achieved the Mets’ ...
6/1 FanSided: Johan Santana Throws First No-Hitter in Mets History The Mets dominated the Cardinals in their 8-0 win tonight. ...
6/1 Baseball Musings: Baxter Goes Back Hard : With Johan Santana‘s no-hitter intact with one out in the seventh, Yadier Molina hit a high line drive to deep left. Mike ...
6/1 i70baseball.com: Cardinals Report, taking stock of May : Coming into May the Cardinals had a three-game lead in the NL Central at the end of April. At the end of their May grind they're ...
6/1 MetsToday.com: Would Carlos Beltran Be This Good as a Met? : Remember this guy? He was the 7-year, $119M man in Flushing until last July, when he became the bait for Zack Wheeler. Today, ...
News -- May 2012
5/30 MLBTradeRumors: Longest Current Contracts By Team : As the number of long-term contracts and contract extensions increases, teams lock themselves into payroll obligations well into ...
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 ...
5/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina has another four-hit nightSt. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina went 4-for-4 with a homer and three RBIs Tuesday, May 29....[+]
St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina went 4-for-4 with a homer and three RBIs Tuesday, May 29.
5/29 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 50: Suckbrook : Jake Westbrook once again failed to give the team a quality start, constantly putting the team behind with long home runs and ...
5/29 i70baseball.com: Random Thoughts: Cards vs. Phillies Some notes and thoughts from the first two games against the Phillies...
5/29 Through The Fence Baseball: The Single: Yadier Molina makes umpires cry? : The Daily Single is back, featuring funny pictures, videos, etc. that we find entertaining. There’s no rhyme or reason to ...
5/29 Brotherly Glove: Chooch’s Next Deal : Carlos Ruiz is hitting .366/.419/.592 this season, playing his usual terrific defense and doing everything in his power to keep ...
5/28 Philly Phanatics: Phillies notebook: What’s up with Doc? : Roy Halladay left Sunday’s game after pitching just two innings, due to shoulder soreness. Phillies Nation is holding their ...
5/28 High Heat Stats: Sunday summary : Rays 4, @Red Sox 3: Back at ya, BoSox — The day after Salty‘s come-from-behind 2-run walk-off that broke up Fernando ...
5/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | David Freese sittingSt. Louis Cardinals 3B David Freese is out of the lineup Monday, May 28. C Yadier Molina (dehydration) is in the lineup....[+]
St. Louis Cardinals 3B David Freese is out of the lineup Monday, May 28. C Yadier Molina (dehydration) is in the lineup.
5/28 MLBTradeRumors: 2013 Contract Issues: New York Yankees : The Yankees are next in MLBTR’s 2013 Contract Issues series:
Eligible For Free Agency (10)
Mariano Rivera - Though he's ...
5/27 FanSided: Roy Halladay Leaves Start with Sore Shoulder Philadelphia Phillies starter Roy Halladay was removed from Sunday's game af......
5/27 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 5/20/12 - 5/26/12 : Happy Memorial Day Weekend! Let's take a look back at the week that was here on MLBTR...
Adam Jones can claim the distinction ...
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 ...
5/27 Phillies Nation: Phils Can’t Sweep, Halladay Exits Early : A pinch hitter? In the third inning? A collective holding our breathe made its way from St. Louis to Virginia Beach all the ...
5/27 Phillies Nation: Gameday: Phillies (25-23) at Cardinals (25-22) : Philadelphia Phillies (25-23) at St Louis Cardinals (25-22) Roy Halladay (4-4, 3.58) vs. Adam Wainwright (3-5, 4.78) Time: 2:15, ...
5/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina left gameSt. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina (dehydration) left the game Sunday, May 27, because he was suffering from dehydration....[+]
St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina (dehydration) left the game Sunday, May 27, because he was suffering from dehydration.
5/26 Release Points: Thoughts on the Miguel Montero Extension : Word began to filter out Friday afternoon that the Diamondbacks signed catcher Miguel Monteroto a five-year, $60 million extension, ...
5/26 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal's Latest: Morneau, Ruiz, Upton, Hamilton : Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports has a new Full Count video up, so let's recap...
Don't be surprised if the Twins consider trading ...
5/26 MLBTradeRumors: Poll: Mike Napoli's Next Contract :
The catching market has changed substantially over the last several months. Yadier Molina paved the way with his five-year, ...
5/26 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals fall in late innings : The Cardinals took on the Philadelphia Phillies and took a loss in the tenth inning. Yadier Molina had a back and forth conversation ...
5/26 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Why Does It Feel So Good To Be So Wrong? : The seemingly rhetorical question may actually deserve an answer this time. Why must reality dictate that what our brains ...
5/25 Phillies Nation: Pence Helps Phils Edge Cards In Extras : The Phillies and Cardinals played another close game Friday, this time with the Phillies taking the win in extras with the help ...
5/25 MLBTradeRumors: NL Central Notes: Berkman, Cubs, Lucroy, Astros :
The light-hitting Pirates again didn't generate much offense on Friday, scoring just one run against the Cubs. Fortunately ...
5/25 MLBTradeRumors: D'Backs Agree To Extension With Miguel Montero : The Diamondbacks and catcher Miguel Montero have agreed to a five-year, $60MM contract extension, reports Jon Paul Morosi of ...
5/25 Crashburn Alley: Crash Bag, Vol. 3: Niners vs. Logicians : I’m not even going to bother with an intro this week, because we’re leading right off with what is unquestionably ...
5/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina with good game: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina went 4-for-5 with a homer and three RBIs Thursday, May 24. He's hitting .314 with six homers ...[+]
and 23 RBIs.
5/25 Crashburn Alley: Phillies Win First Game of 2011 NLDS Rematch : The Phillies went back to St. Louis for the first time since last October, when they lost the National League Division Series ...
5/25 Baseball Musings: Slugfest in St. Louis : Balls found holes all over Busch Stadium Thursday night as the Phillies and Cardinals combined for 33 hits in the 10-9 Philadelphia ...
5/24 High Heat Stats: Running amok: Thursday game notes on the fly : “What is the sound of one hand blogging?” In lieu of chat, I decided to give this format another try, but it seems ...
5/24 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 44: April Form : The Cardinals returned to the kind of play that propelled them through a fairy tale April. Solid starting pitching, excellent ...
5/24 SocraticGadfly: #Stlcards at quarter pole — early optimism fading :
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5/24 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Defense? Definitely, Maybe. : Think the Cardinals have at least average to above average players at every position on the field? Think again. According ...
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 ...
5/21 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 42: Greene Thumb : A breathtaking start from Jaime Garcia was nearly wasted by a DOA Cardinals offense, who could not seem to string together anything ...
5/21 El Maquino: UPDATE: Lance’s ACL Is NOT Torn : That was close. It turns out that Lance Berkman‘s MRI did not turn up with an ACL tear like the Post-Dispatch reported ...
5/21 Full Spectrum Baseball: Jamie Moyer is Old : At age 49, Moyer seems relatively old by Major League Baseball standards. As such, the jokes and one-liners aimed at Moyer have ...
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 ...
5/21 Baseball Musings: Power Drop : Through May 4th, the Cardinals top three sluggers consisted of David Freese, Yadier Molina, and Jon Jay. Since then, those three ...
5/21 MLBTradeRumors: 2013 Contract Issues: Atlanta Braves : The Braves are next in MLBTR’s 2013 Contract Issues series:
Eligible For Free Agency (7)
Michael Bourn - The 29-year-old ...
5/20 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 41: Threequel : Like a neverending Hollywood franchise, the Cardinals (22-19) dropped the third and final game to the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-5 ...
5/20 Tyler's Think Tank: Weird Year for Catchers : 2012 has been a weird year for catchers. What I mean by that is several established backstops have been nothing ...
5/20 STLCardinalBaseball: The Future Is Now – Organizational Depth Vs. Catastrophic Injuries : When Lance Berkman crumpled to the ground in the second inning after leaning forward to receive a routine throw from Rafael Furcal, ...
5/19 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 39: Inexcusable : Facing baseball’s best team in May, the Cardinals’ offense fought valiantly while everything else collapsed as the ...
5/18 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers host Cardinals in tilt between two of MLB's best, plus other notes :
In the only non-interleague series, the Dodgers are hosting the Cardinals -- two of the most historic franchise in baseball, ...
5/18 MLBTradeRumors: Stark On Myers, Phillies, Wang, Giants, Appel : There will be interleague games throughout most of the season, starting next year, ESPN.com’s Jayson Stark reports. MLB will ...
5/18 The Daily Catch: They Left Their Mojo In San Francisco : This article is courtesy of our friends at C70 At The Bat Technically, they didn’t leave anything in San Francisco, or at ...
5/18 El Maquino: Breakdown: Cards Lose McClellan And Craig : A crappy news update whether you’re just now waking up or are just up too late: Kyle McClellan will hit the disabled list ...
5/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Giants | Sergio Romo allows rare run: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina's solo homer in the eighth inning Thursday, May 17, was the first run allowed by San Francisco ...[+]
Giants RP Sergio Romo in his 14 appearances this season and the second time he has surrendered a run in his past 44 games, dating to June 30.
5/17 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 38: Unworthy Of A Champion : The Cardinals (22-16) played their sloppiest game of the year (hopefully the entire year), failing spectacularly on almost every ...
5/17 Roto Think Tank: On Players and Umpires : I don't often stray from fantasy baseball topics. Today I did. I'll return you to your regularly scheduled programming tomorrow.On ...
5/17 El Maquino: Back From The Dead! : Albert Pujols went yard for the second day in a row. As you can see here, his swing is back to normal after being mechanically ...
5/17 Pitchers Hit Eighth: MARP for ROY : MARP = Matt Carpenter, because nicknames like “Mini Carp” and “Lil’ Carp” simply fail to do Matt ...
5/17 El Maquino: Pujols’ Swing Is Back, Cards In San Francisco, Umpires And The Second Base Poll : Albert Pujols hit a homerun last night with the same swing he had in Game Three, Jaime and the Cards dropped San Fran last night, ...
5/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina sittingSt. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina is sitting out of the lineup Wednesday, May 16....[+]
St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina is sitting out of the lineup Wednesday, May 16.
5/16 FanSided: Matheny Handles the First Slide :
It was statistically a matter of time before the St. Louis Cardinals hit a slight swoon. You can't win them all is a ...
5/15 High Heat Stats: Tuesday tidbits : Just a few notes tonight, alas. Feel free to fill in the gaps! Indians 5, @Twins 0: Derek Lowe‘s improbable season reached ...
5/15 Tyler's Think Tank: Carlos Beltran's Forgotten Excellence :
Beltran's been raking
Matt Kemp dominated the headlines during April, when his dozen dingers helped jumpstart ...
5/15 MLBTradeRumors: NL Central Notes: Rizzo, Pirates, Appel, Cardinals : The Cardinals snapped a four-game losing streak with a 7-6 win over the Cubs this afternoon. Yadier Molina was the hero for ...
5/15 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 36: Last Minute Rescue : After blowing lead after lead for three hours, a two-out walk-off single by Yadier Molina sent one of the largest crowds of the ...
5/15 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 35: Tossed In The Dempster : Jake Westbrook was hammered more often than an alcoholic college chick, while Westbrook’s teammates struggled to come through ...
5/15 El Maquino: Yadi Walks Off, Jay Goes Down And Right-Handed Lefty Specialists : Mike Matheny's approach to a one-lefty bullpen could be revolutionary or could be jumping off a skyscraper without a trampoline. ...
5/15 Baseball Musings: Molina Celebrates Holliday : Yadier Molina singles in Matt Holliday with two out in the bottom of the ninth, and the Cardinals beat the Cubs 7-6. Molina’s ...
5/14 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 34: Tossed In The Dempster : Jake Westbrook was hammered more often than an alcoholic college chick, while Westbrook’s teammates struggled to come through ...
5/14 FanSided: Redbird Rants Recap 5/7-5/13 : Let's look back at the week that was Redbird fans as the Cardinals took on the Diamondbacks and the Braves
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5/14 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Tao of Pu : At seemingly every opportunity, many baseball media members take the time on Twitter, TV, and sports websites to remind baseball ...
5/13 i70baseball.com: Preseason concerns about St. Louis Cardinals offense prove to be unfounded Heading into the 2012 season, the St. Louis Cardinals had lost the best hitter in the game during the past decade....
5/13 MLBTradeRumors: Cafardo On Red Sox, Youkilis, Beckett, Nationals :
In today's column, Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe wonders what is at the root of the Red Sox's pitching woes. Some around ...
5/12 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 32: Tony’s Tenacity : In his tribute to Tony La Russa, Adam Wainwright said that TLR taught them tenacity. The Cardinals turned around and showed that, ...
5/11 STLCardinalBaseball: Looking back at the TLR era : Since tonight is a special night in St. Louis, honoring future hall of fame manager Tony La Russa by retiring his number. I think ...
5/10 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 30: Belted : Jake Westbrook tossed seven brilliant shutout innings like the Cy Young winner he isn’t, while Carlos Beltran drove in all ...
5/10 Baseball Musings: Are the Cardinals for Real? : The Cardinals completed a sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks in which the St. Louis offense dominated. They hit an amazing .318/.438/.818 ...
5/8 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 29: Back To Back To Back To Back : In a performance reminiscient of the bombing run they went on in Arizona in 2011, the Cardinals (18-11) ignited in the desert ...
5/7 Phillies Nation: As Long As We’re Voting, Vote For Chooch – He Deserves It : In case you haven’t noticed, Major League Baseball is already encouraging its fans to vote for their choices as All-Stars. ...
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 ...
5/4 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 26: Amateur Night : Kyle Lohse suffered his first loss of the season, a clumsy, limply-played game by both the Cardinals and the Astros. After wasting ...
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 ...
5/2 Redbird Rants: There’s a New Hombre In St. Louis : There is one St. Louis Cardinal who received a contract this offseason that is making a HUGE impact! Yadier Molina is a ...
5/2 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 23: Bombs Away : The Cardinals (15-8) took advantage of a Charlie Morton meltdown and some atrocious Pirates defense to (finally) support Adam ...
5/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina steals two bags: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina caught the pitcher napping and stole two bases Tuesday, May 1. He is 4-for-4 in stolen bases ...[+]
this season.
News -- April 2012
4/30 C70 At The Bat: Live By The Legs, Die By The Legs :
Glad to be back with you. Friday was an exhausting day and it took me most of the weekend to recover ...
4/29 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 22: Running Out Of Luck : Jaime Garcia bungled his way through a start irritatingly-reminiscent of inconsistent past performances. Meanwhile, the offense ...
4/29 High Heat Stats: :) Saturday recap : On the same night that the 1st overall pick of 2010 made his big-league debut, the 68th pick in that draft, Drew Smyly, earned ...
4/29 Redbird Rants: Rants Daily: Molina & Freese power Cardinals past Brewers, 7-3 : The St. Louis Cardinals used home runs from Yadier Molina and David Freese to help Kyle Lohse earn his fourth win of the season ...
4/28 STLCardinalBaseball: The Winning Formula : If you would have told me that Lance Lynn and Kyle Lohse would be 4-0, Jaime Garcia 2-0, Westbrook 3-1, and Wainwright 0-3 I ...
4/28 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 21: Slamming Brews : Kyle Lohse (4-0) didn’t have his best stuff, but the Cardinals (14-7) broke out their unstoppable offense in his support ...
4/28 Baseball Musings: Smokin’ Jay : Jon Jay goes three for four to raise his BA to .404, and Yadier Molina adds four hits, including a home run to lead the Cardinals ...
4/25 C70 At The Bat: Cardinals 2, Cubs 1, Umpires 2 :
I don't like to complain about the umpires. They have a tough job and often complaints about them are ...
4/24 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 18: The Umpire Strikes Out : Adam Wainwright and Matt Holliday flashed their vintage form, but the Cardinals couldn’t pull themselves together in the ...
4/24 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Please Remain Seated on the Redbird Bandwagon : Also, keep your hands and feet inside the ride at all times until the bandwagon comes to a complete stop. Make sure you seats ...
4/24 FanSided: Reds Rely on Latos as Giants Come to GABP His win-loss record versus the Giants may not look good: 2-3. The rest of the numbers tell a bigger story on why ...
4/23 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 17: LaHair Ball : The Cardinals rolled into a freezing Wrigley Field to battle the hapless Chicago Cubs to face hard-throwing righty Matt Garza. ...
4/23 Full Spectrum Baseball: The Waiver Wire: Nolan Reimold : Baltimore Orioles outfielder Nolan Reimold may be one of those early-season waiver finds savvy fantasy baseball owners salivate ...
4/23 Through The Fence Baseball: Latin Link: Bartolo Colon, Gio Gonzalez earning high praise : When Oakland A’s General Manager Billy Beane went out on a financial limb this past winter by winning a bidding war ...
4/23 Bronx Baseball Daily: The Russell Martin Conundrum :
Quick one: Who has more wins above replacement from 2006 to 2011, Matt Kemp or Russell Martin? Before you make a quick pick, ...
4/22 FanSided: The Cardinals are making history again : Our very own St. Louis Cardinals are making history once again, folks. Never in the modern era has a major league club defended ...
4/22 Throw the Challenge Flag: Game 14: Pirates vs. Cardinals Recap : Pedro Alvarez raised his batting average over .100 by doubling his hit total for the season in one game. And that wasn't even ...
4/21 Operation Shutdown: Burnett in Beast Mode, BUCS WIN : Bucs Blank Cardinals 2-0WP: A.J. Burnett (1-0)LP: Jake Westbrook (2-1)S: Joel Hanrahan (2)After a near-disastrous 1st inning, ...
4/21 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 14 Recap - Pirates 2, Cardinals 0 : After being pretty much dominated yesterday by the Cardinals the Pirates came out and played a really nice game tonight against ...
4/21 Buccos Buzz: A.J. Burnett Strikes Out Seven, Throws Seven Scoreless in Pittsburgh Pirates Debut : Right-handed pitcher A.J. Burnett made his Pittsburgh Pirates debut tonight against the St. Louis Cardinals, and what a debut ...
4/21 Raise the Jolly Roger: Burnett brilliant, Bucs win : I’ll admit it – I was very worried about A.J. Burnett tonight. He was coming off two terrible rehab starts, had to ...
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 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 Through The Fence Baseball: The legacy Pudge leaves behind : The recent announcement that Ivan (Pudge) Rodriguez would be retiring is sad day for many baseball fans. Especially those who ...
4/19 i70baseball.com: Are the Cardinals headed for 2000 again? : What if this team under new leadership, starts another great era of Cardinal baseball without a reloading period following the ...
4/19 FanSided: MLB Power Rankings: Los Angeles Dodgers surprise : The Call to the Pen staff assembled their power rankings and brought them together for our first weekly edition. Each writer ranked ...
4/18 Call to the Pen: Analyzing Mike Napoli extension talks : According to this article from Jon Heyman, Mike Napoli‘s agent believes that Napoli fits somewhere between Victor Martinez ...
4/18 MLBTradeRumors: Top First-Time Arbitration Eligible Catchers For 2013 : Carlos Santana and Jonathan Lucroy recently signed extensions, but some other catchers are on track for year to year raises ...
4/18 MLBTradeRumors: Latest On Rangers, Mike Napoli : The agent for Mike Napoli says his client fits somewhere between Victor Martinez and Yadier Molina on the spectrum of baseball’s ...
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 ...
4/15 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 10: A Carpenter’s Hammer : Rookie Matt Carpenter opened up his tool box and found the right power equipment to dismantle the reeling Chicago Cubs, giving ...
4/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina posted solid stat line: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina went 2-for-3 with a home run, walk, three runs scored and three RBIs Sunday, April 15, against ...[+]
the Chicago Cubs, raising his early season batting average to .353.
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 STLCardinalBaseball: The Cardinal Difference : This weekend saw the Cardinals celebrate their astonishing 2011 World Championship and their home opener with the kind of festival ...
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 ...
4/12 i70baseball.com: No hangover here David Freese has a lot going for him in his short career....
4/12 MLBTradeRumors: Olney On McCann, Hunter, Yankees : ESPN.com’s Buster Olney discussed Brian McCann’s next contract, Torii Hunter’s next team and a possible trade for the ...
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” ...
4/11 Pitchers Hit Eighth: 5-2 Roadtrip Not Good Enough For Some Fans : Sure, I imagine most Cardinal fans want the team to win just about every game they watch. Heck, they may want them to win every ...
4/10 i70baseball.com: Statement St Louis' hot start puts a shudder through the rest of the NL Central....
4/10 Redbird Rants: Rants Daily: Cardinals rip Reds with finesse and power : The St. Louis Cardinals ripped the Cincinnati Reds last night, 7-1, in a display of finesse and power. The finesse came in ...
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 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 5: A Team Win : A slimmed-down Jake Westbrook made his 2012 debut with a curious performance, throwing a five-walk no-hitter through four innings ...
4/9 STLCardinalBaseball: Week in Review: Games 1-4 : Though the Cardinals played in just four games in the first week of the season, it has been a pretty good showcase of what we ...
4/9 The Baseball Page: St. Louis Cardinals – The Road to 12 in ’12 The Road to 12 in '12...
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 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 2: All Cylinders : After a joke of an opening day against the hired guns of Miami, the Cardinals went into Milwaukee for some serious competition ...
4/6 Baseball Musings: Going Deep on Gallardo : The Cardinals found the distance in Milwaukee this afternoon as they have launched four home runs against Brewers starter Yovani ...
4/5 FanSided: 2011 World Series DVD Giveaways : Redbird Rants is happy to once again be working with the United Cardinal Bloggers and A&E to promote a new St. Louis Cardinals ...
4/5 C70 At The Bat: Starting Off On The Right Foot :
Sometimes it is tough to get people to agree on anything. However, I'm pretty sure that every Cardinal fan would agree ...
4/5 STLCardinalBaseball: Game 1: First Steps : The first major league game in the new Miami Marlins Stadium, featuring the first hit, first strikeout, and first run scored. ...
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 Crashburn Alley: 10 Reasons to Get Excited About the 2012 Phillies : Over at ESPN Sweet Spot, David Schoenfield came up with 100 reasons to get excited about baseball over the next seven months. ...
4/4 Release Points: Votto’s Contract: Right Price, Financial Burden : At some point yesterday a writer from ESPN – I can’t remember which one – made a comparison between Joey Votto and Cal Ripken ...
4/4 Call to the Pen: 2012 MLB Division Preview: NL Central : 1. St. Louis Cardinals The Cardinals did lose their franchise guy in Albert Pujols, and ace starter Chris Carpenter is out indefinitely. ...
News -- March 2012
3/30 Pitchers Hit Eighth: UCB Predictions – NL Central : Around this same time last year as part of the annual UCB project to make predictions for all 6 divisions, I not-so-boldly picked ...
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 ...
3/30 MLBTradeRumors: NL West Notes: Montero, Parra, Giants, Kasten : It was on this day in 1983 that the Dodgers, after selling 27,000 season tickets, cut off season ticket sales for the upcoming ...
3/24 Philly Phanatics: Phillies notebook: Galvis has NOT left the building : Two weeks ago on Phillies Notebook, we pointed out that Chase Utley – like Ryan Howard – had not made it onto the ...
3/23 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Ask Nash: How does my team look? : Nash, can you please evaluate my 2 teams?! Hunter in Plymouth, MN First team is a 15 team 7×7 Roto style league. Hitting ...
3/22 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: St. Louis Cardinals : The defending World Champions lost a pair of franchise icons this offseason, but they appear poised to contend for another title ...
3/22 MLBTradeRumors: NL West Notes: Dodgers, Padres, D'Backs, Montero :
Earlier this evening, Jeff Moorad stepped down as the CEO of the Padres. Here's more on the situation in San Diego and other ...
3/22 i70baseball.com: Next Cardinals’ crop could be quite the harvest : For many years the Cardinals built their major league club through trades or free agency rather than with players the team drafted ...
3/21 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Spend Baby Spend : In player payroll alone, the 2011 St. Louis Cardinals cost somewhere around $126.3M, and you may be hard-pressed to find anybody ...
3/20 MLBTradeRumors: Padres Extend Nick Hundley : The Padres and catcher Nick Hundley agreed to terms on a three-year extension, the team announced. The deal covers the 2012-14 ...
3/16 MLBTradeRumors: Extension Talks Heating Up Between Padres, Hundley : The Padres locked up Cameron Maybin to a five-year deal earlier this month, and now they're working on another core player. MLB.com's ...
3/16 STLCardinalBaseball: Ducks In A Row: A Look At The Developing Lineup For 2012 : After much spring tinkering, Mike Matheny on Friday unveiled a lineup that tells us much about his evolving perceptions about ...
3/16 MLBTradeRumors: NL West Notes: Dodgers, Montero, Desmond : Four teams have won the NL West since 2006 and the Rockies, the lone team never to win the division, have made the postseason ...
3/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina drives in threeSt. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina tallied three hits and three RBIs in the team's spring game Friday, March 16....[+]
St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina tallied three hits and three RBIs in the team's spring game Friday, March 16.
3/15 C70 At The Bat: A Loss And Some Cuts :
It's nice in the spring to be able to just look at the game and take the positives out of it without worrying much about the ...
3/14 High Heat Stats: Going Home … or Not : This post is about two players who had unusual run scoring accomplishments in 2011. Curtis Granderson joined a short list of players ...
3/14 C70 At The Bat: Playing Pepper 2012: New York Mets : In 2009, I decided to get a feel for other teams around baseball by asking bloggers for those teams some questions about their ...
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 ...
3/12 C70 At The Bat: Play Ball: The Cardinals At The Clinton Library : I never expected to be here.As a dyed-in-the-wool Republican, I never thought that I'd have a reason to visit the Clinton Presidential ...
3/12 Justin Jabs: Position Prerankings: Catcher : Note: In the mini-series “Position Prerankings,” I’ll go position-by-position for each team in the NL Central ...
3/9 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: A's, McCutchen, Molina, Yu : On this date in 1995, the 28 owners unanimously approved the addition of two new franchises: the Diamondbacks and Devil Rays. ...
3/8 MLBTradeRumors: Braves Notes: Bourn, McCann, Jurrjens, Prado : Here's the latest on the Atlanta nine...
In a Q & A with Chris Vivlamore of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Michael ...
3/8 Redbird Rants: The Backup Plan : When one of the questions in spring training is who is your backup catcher going to be, it means your team is pretty set. That ...
3/7 STLCardinalBaseball: My predictions: 2012 Postseason teams : Everyone has a habit of trying to predict the future and with baseball it is near impossible to do. However I love to make predictions ...
3/7 Bronx Baseball Daily: Martin: Molina set the bar with 5-year $75 million deal :
The Yankees and Russell Martin briefly discussed a contract extension for the catcher who is set to be a free agent a year ...
3/7 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Duquette, Damon, Martin : Wei-Ying Chen, Hiroki Kuroda and Carlos Pena obtained the biggest free agent contracts handed out by AL East teams this offseason, not ...
3/7 Rising Apple: Game 2A Spring Training: Mets Down Cardinals, 8-6 : It was only two innings, but it was two innings more than he pitched in all of 2011. Johan Santana got the nod for the first time ...
3/7 Phillies Nation: “Guys We Despise”: Missed the Cut : Over the next few weeks, we’ll be unveiling a list. After careful consideration by the lot of Phillies Nation writes, we’ve ...
3/7 i70baseball.com: Early feedback on Matheny Crying... Are you crying? There's no crying in baseball....
3/7 C70 At The Bat: The Legend of Matt Adams : Our good friends at Pitchers Hit Eighth have been on this bandwagon for quite some time, but yesterday, Matt Adams no doubt added ...
3/6 i70baseball.com: Who’s the next guy? Yadier Molina is staying a Cardinal. So who's the next player approaching free agency the Cardinals need to keep long-term?...
3/6 STLCardinalBaseball: Why I like Carlos Beltran on the Cardinals : When the Cardinals signed Carlos Beltran to a two year 26 million dollar deal with a full trade clause earlier in the off-season ...
3/6 STLCardinalBaseball: Alternate Reality: What Would The Cardinals Look Like If They Had Signed Pujols? : I’ve heard a lot of theories and bellyaching in the wake of Yadier Molina‘s supposedly “expensive” new ...
3/6 i70baseball.com: Mo’ money, mo’ problems, Mo’…lina? : It’s the second-richest contract for a catcher (Mauer, MIN) in baseball history. Or any history for that matter, I suppose. ...
3/6 i70baseball.com: Yadier Molina is this generation’s Ozzie Smith : The St. Louis Cardinals confirmed Thursday that Yadier Molina will be the franchise’s catcher for at least the next five seasons, ...
3/6 i70baseball.com: Quite a week The last few days have been game-changers for the St. Louis Cardinals and, really, all of baseball....
3/6 i70baseball.com: Molina deal done, Cardinals fans can exhale Contract extension will keep Gold Glove catcher in St. Louis through at least 2017...
3/6 i70baseball.com: One signature a “sign” for the future : Not many Major League baseball players have to opportunity to sign a long term contract after playing only 51 games above the ...
3/6 Through The Fence Baseball: Cardinals go over the top in Molina extension : The St. Louis Cardinals and Yadier Molina agreed to a five-year, $75 million deal on Thursday, locking up their All-Star backstop ...
3/6 C70 At The Bat: From Rumor To Reality : (Edit: The title should be From Report To Reality, per Derrick Goold. I won't argue the point, because I'd absolutely lose, ...
3/6 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: The Athletics and Blocking Pitches : This post is a complete rip-off of Jeff Sullivan’s post on the very good Lookout Landing but I liked the use of the very ...
3/6 The Cardinal Nation Blog: The Molina contract: What the writers are saying : A scan of national and local sportswriters’ opinions on the Yadier Molina contract and its potential impact on other impending ...
3/6 El Maquino: > EXECS COMPLAIN OF ST. LOUIS’ IN-HOUSE MARKET CHANGER : Ken Rosenthal reports that, “A number of rival executives are displeased” with the Cardinals’ signing Yadier ...
3/6 MLBTradeRumors: NL Central Notes: Molina, Astros, Das : There's been lots of Pirates buzz today, following Andrew McCutchen's six year, $51.5MM contract extension. Here are some notes ...
3/6 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 2/26/12 - 3/3/12 : It's time to take a look back at the week that was here at MLBTR..
Washington agreed to terms on a new $100MM, six-year contract ...
3/6 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Walden, Indians, A's, Appel, Molina : Here are some notes from around the majors...
The Angels renewed the contract of closer Jordan Walden, the team announced. ...
3/6 MLBTradeRumors: East Notes: Davis, Gregg, Hellickson, McCann : Mets first baseman Ike Davis is being treated for a form of Valley Fever, though the team says Davis' infection is non-contagious ...
3/1 FanSided: Yadier Molina's extension reshapes catcher's market
3/1 Redbird Dugout: Molina signs 5-year extension : This afternoon the St. Louis Cardinals officially announced that their catcher, Yadier Molina, has finalized a 5-year extension ...
3/1 Through The Fence Baseball: 2012 fantasy baseball spring preview: VORP : Baseball season is fast approaching. We have roughly a month to absorb what happened last season, what players are on which teams ...
3/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina contract detailsSt. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina's five-year, $75 million extension includes a $15 million option for a sixth season....[+]
St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina's five-year, $75 million extension includes a $15 million option for a sixth season.
3/1 STLCardinalBaseball: Why The Cardinals Can Easily Afford Molina’s New Contract : It was shocking to hear so many fans grumbling about the news that the Cardinals had given Yadier Molina a contract of 5 years ...
3/1 Redbird Rants: Left With No Choice : The St. Louis Cardinals have locked up catcher Yadier Molina for the next five years for $75 million. He will be the Cardinals ...
3/1 Redbird Rants: Something Stinks in Milwaukee : St. Louis Cardinals Spring Training is now in full swing and the thoughts of Cardinal Nation have turned to several important ...
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 ...
3/1 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Molina To Celebrate Contract Extension With Full Body Tattoo Of Himself : The scuttlebutt is that the Cardinals and Yadier Molina are set to seal the deal on a 5 yr / $75M contract extension that ...
3/1 MLBTradeRumors: Cardinals To Extend Yadier Molina : THURSDAY: The deal is for five years and $75MM with no money deferred, Rosenthal tweets. It will be announced this afternoon.
WEDNESDAY: ...
3/1 MLBTradeRumors: Extension Updates: Hosmer, Stanton, Molina : The Cardinals will officially announce their five-year extension with Yadier Molina this afternoon. In the meantime, here are ...
3/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | More on Yadier Molina: Updating an earlier report, St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina signed a five-year, $75 million deal. None of the money is deferred. ...[+]
3/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina official: The St. Louis Cardinals have scheduled a press conference to announce C Yadier Molina's extension Thursday, March 1, at 2:00 p.m. ...[+]
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News -- February 2012
2/29 MLBTradeRumors: Napoli Expects To Test Free Agency : There was some talk that Mike Napoli’s breakout performance might earn him a long-term extension with the Rangers, but the ...
2/29 Redbird Rants: The Numbers Game: Yadier Molina Extension Analysis : The St. Louis Cardinals and Yadier Molina are said to be in agreement on a five-year extension worth $75 million. The extension ...
2/29 Tomahawk Talk: Atlanta Braves’ Brian McCann Can Expect Big Payday : The St. Louis Cardinals signed Yadier Molina to a five year extension worth between $70-$75 million a couple days ago. Molina ...
2/29 The Captain's Blog: Future Free Agent Classes and the Impact of Long-Term Extensions : Because free agency is often expensive and unpredictable, baseball teams have become more amendable to negotiating long-term extensions ...
2/29 MLBTradeRumors: D'Backs, Montero Shelve Extension Talks Until After Season :
Diamondbacks GM Kevin Towers and catcher Miguel Montero announced today they'll shelve contract extension talks until after ...
2/29 i70baseball.com: Who are the backups to the St. Louis Cardinals backstop? Molina's contract situation begs the question of just who would replace Molina should he leave after the 2012 season?...
2/29 Redbird Rants: Rants Daily: Terms of Molina deal beginning to formulate : The St. Louis Cardinals and Yadier Molina are reportedly set to ink a five-year/$75 million contract which would begin in 2013 ...
2/29 C70 At The Bat: One Day Closer To Baseball Games :
Happy Leap Day to you all! The calendar teases us by adding this one day before March, of all months. Couldn't ...
2/29 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Molina’s contract extension – How do you feel? : If you were running the St. Louis Cardinals, would you have given catcher Yadier Molina a five-year, $75 million contract extension? ...
2/29 MLBTradeRumors: Cardinals To Extend Yadier Molina :
The Cardinals are in agreement on contract extension terms with catcher Yadier Molina, tweets Jon Heyman of CBS Sports. Heyman ...
2/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Agree with Yadier MolinaThe St. Louis Cardinals are in agreement with C Yadier Molina on a five-year extension believed to be worth $75 million....[+]
The St. Louis Cardinals are in agreement with C Yadier Molina on a five-year extension believed to be worth $75 million.
2/28 Release Points: Another St. Louis Misstep : The St. Louis Cardinals are about to make their second major miscalculation in months: extending catcher Yadier Molina for a rumored ...
2/28 MLBTradeRumors: Examining Salvador Perez’s Extension : The sixth-youngest player to appear in an MLB game in 2011 signed a multiyear deal yesterday. 21-year-old Salvador Perez is now ...
2/28 Redbird Rants: Editor’s Letter: Today’s happiness with Molina’s extension must be remembered at conclusion : Dear Readers, When reports began to surface late yesterday afternoon that the St. Louis Cardinals are set to open their wallets ...
2/28 YankeeAnalysts.com: The rising price of catchers : In the last week we heard rumors that the Yankees were discussing a multi-year extension with Russell Martin, which would have ...
2/28 MLBTradeRumors: Extension Updates: Cabrera, Gordon, Hamilton : The Cardinals and Yadier Molina are closing in on a five-year deal in the $70-75MM range. Here are more updates on extension ...
2/28 The Captain's Blog: A Big Day for Catchers Underscores a Developing Trend in the Game : Yesterday, catchers stepped out from behind the plate and into the headlines. Early in the afternoon, word of Jason Varitek’s ...
2/28 MLBTradeRumors: Latest On Russell Martin : The Yankees and Russell Martin have agreed to table extension talks until the season ends, agent Matt Colleran confirmed to Joel ...
2/28 Redbird Rants: Rants Daily: Yadier Molina set to cash in : Reports and tweets surfaced late yesterday afternoon and intensified into the night that Yadier Molina is on the verge on finalizing ...
2/28 C70 At The Bat: Mo Money For Yadi Mo? :
After much of the fan base had started to write off the possibility that Yadier Molina was going to spend more than one more ...
2/27 Redbird Rants: What now Yadi, Deja-Pujols? : Are we going to see a Yadier Molina with a chip on his shoulder this year? Will the departure of Albert Pujols dictate the behavior ...
2/27 Bronx Baseball Daily: Read: Martin one of the best defensive catchers in baseball :
Max Marchi over at Baseball Prospectus took a look at catcher’s ability to improve performance in their pitchers and ...
2/27 MLBTradeRumors: Cardinals, Yadier Molina Closing In On Extension : 8:28pm: The deal is in the $70-75MM range, Rosenthal tweets.
6:20pm: The sides are "very close" on a five-year extension worth ...
2/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Close to extension with Yadier Molina: The St. Louis Cardinals are close to a multi-year extension with C Yadier Molina. Both sides would like a deal to be finalized ...[+]
before spring games commence.
2/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina close to five-year extension: Updating previous reports, St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina is close to signing a five-year contract extension that would be ...[+]
worth more than $60 million.
2/26 Baseball Musings: Changes, St. Louis Cardinals : Carlos Beltran returns to Missouri to fill the shoes of Albert Pujols. Photo: Tony Medina/Icon SMI The St. Louis Cardinals finished ...
2/26 i70baseball.com: No news is good news to start St. Louis Cardinals Spring Training So far there hasn’t been much of note to come from any Spring Training activities, and that’s a good thing....
2/26 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 2/19/12 - 2/25/12 :
In case you missed it the first time around, here's a look back at the week that was here at MLBTR:
Brewers outfielder ...
2/25 Release Points: 2012 Projection: Yadier Molina : Yadier Molina, 29, is likely going to hold firm on his overall performance in 2012 as his trademark defense progresses back to ...
2/24 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Montero, Wilson, Minor : It appears "likely" that MLB will expand the playoffs to include ten teams starting this season, ESPN.com's Jayson Stark reports. ...
2/24 MLBTradeRumors: NL Central Notes: Oswalt, Molina, Braun :
Ryan Braun publicly denied taking banned substances at Brewers camp today, expressing a willingness to bet his life that the ...
2/24 i70baseball.com: Will St. Louis Cardinals have problems scoring runs in 2012? Some experts suggest the defending champs’ lineup won’t match 2011 production...
2/24 Call to the Pen: Yadier Molina, St. Louis Cardinals Restart Contract Talks : According to Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch the Cardinals have re-engaged in contract extension talks with catcher ...
2/24 Redbird Rants: Rants Daily: Cards and Molina talking extension again : In a reversal of fortunes, or in an effort to get Cardinals’ fans off the proverbial ledge, Yadier Molina and the Cardinals ...
2/24 C70 At The Bat: Cardinals At Full Strength :
Today is the official reporting day for everyone that's not a pitcher or a catcher. Not that it's much of a big deal, ...
2/24 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Time to stand down on Molina’s contract Why not let Yadier Molina and the St. Louis Cardinals work on a new deal without such a high level of sensitivity?...
2/24 YankeeAnalysts.com: Russell Martin v. The Free Agent Market : The 2013 free agent market projects to be one of the richest in years. A team like the Yankees can find a plethora of young starting ...
2/23 Bronx Baseball Daily: Rumor: Yankees and Martin dicussing 3-year deal :
Earlier this week, Yankees catcher Russell Martin revealed that the Yankees had approached him about a three-year extension ...
2/23 MLBTradeRumors: Yankees, Martin Discussing Extension : The Yankees have suggested the possibility of re-working Russell Martin’s one-year contract into a three-year extension, agent ...
2/23 MLBTradeRumors: NL Central Notes: Braun, Molina, Crisp, Gimenez : Considerable uncertainty surrounds the Brewers, who don't yet know whether Ryan Braun will miss 50 games after a positive test ...
2/22 MLBTradeRumors: NL Central Links: Renteria, Brewers, Molina : Here's the latest from the NL Central, on the day the Brewers signed Jay Gibbons...
The Brewers were one of the teams that ...
2/22 STLCardinalBaseball: Nothing Lasts Forever: Savor This Final Season With Yadier Molina : Cardinal fans were agitated anew with the posting of a Joe Strauss article today that describes a “line in the sand” ...
2/22 Redbird Rants: Rants Daily: Is Molina good as gone? : On Sunday, Yadier Molina let everyone know there would not be a hometown discount if he were to stay in St. Louis beyond the 2012 ...
2/22 C70 At The Bat: Reversal About Fortune : The World Series MVP walked into camp yesterday. But that wasn't the top story.The new third-place hitter walked into camp ...
2/22 The Captain's Blog: Catch-22: Yadier Molina’s Bat Once Again Puts the Cardinals on the Defensive : A St. Louis Cardinals’ All Star is entering the final year of his contract and has given the team until the end of the spring to ...
2/22 Pitchers Hit Eighth: MLBs Best Bromances : If anything in life tops the love between a man in uniform and another man in uniform, then I don’t know what it ...
2/21 MLBTradeRumors: Molina Sets Deadline For Extension Talks : Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina's agent, Melvin Roman of MDR Sports Management, said Tuesday that his client will not discuss ...
2/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | No contract talks for Yadier Molina during season: The agents for St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina indicated that they will not discuss a contract extension with their client ...[+]
during the regular season. He's expected to seek at least a five-year deal that would go over $10 million per season.
2/21 Pitchers Hit Eighth: My only 2011 Cardinals game: an appreciation of baseball’s lows and highs : Up until last Sept. 28, when the Cardinals won in Houston and the Braves lost in Atlanta and the National League wildcard spot ...
2/20 Pitchers Hit Eighth: OOTP 12 review and 2011 season replay : Some of you may remember from last year’s OOTP 11 review and season preview (or were reminded in my iOOTP review of last ...
2/20 Call to the Pen: Yadier Molina, St. Louis Cardinals Table Extension Talks : Yesterday, B.J. Rains of FoxSportsMidWest.com reported that the St. Louis Cardinals and catcher Yadier Molina have tabled talks ...
2/20 C70 At The Bat: Spring Is Springing : This weekend, those wonderful words came to fruition. Pitchers and catchers reported and suddenly the world was a much better ...
2/20 El Maquino: > MOZELIAK’S RUNNING THE SHOW NOW : John Mozeliak is now king of the St. Louis castle. All competitors for the throne have been cast out. Tony LaRussa has retired, ...
2/19 El Maquino: IS YADI AS GOOD AS GONE? : It started as just mere speculation: a subtle ripple bumping the boat here and there during the offseason. Mike Matheny said ...
2/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Extension talks with Yadier Molina put on hold: The St. Louis Cardinals have postponed contract extension talks with C Yadier Molina after the two sides were unable to reach ...[+]
an agreement during a two-week period of negotiations. Molina said he is willing to re-open the talks if the team initiates the talks. He also pointed out that he would not be giving the team a hometown discount in order to stay.
2/19 MLBTradeRumors: Molina Extension Talks On Hold, Won't Give Discount : 3:30pm: Rains' full article on the situation is posted at FOXSportsMidwest.com. While there doesn't seem to be a deadline on talks, ...
2/18 STLCardinalBaseball: Can Chris Carpenter be Chris Carpenter this season? : Without Chris Carpenter last season the Cardinals would not have made it to the playoffs let alone winning it all. Carpenter became ...
2/18 El Maquino: YADI’S GIANT NEW TATTOO AND OTHER ST NOTES : Cardinals p’s & c’s reported today in Jupiter, Florida, including, of course, Yadier Molina, who has added to ...
2/15 Pitchers Hit Eighth: John Mozeliak’s contract hits and misses : Reading a couple of posts over at STLCardinalBaseball this weekend led me into a bit of a debate with Ray over whether the Cardinals ...
2/15 MLBTradeRumors: Which Players Might Bring Draft Pick Compensation After 2012? :
After accepting Boston's arbitration offer this winter, David Ortiz submitted a $16.5MM salary figure for 2012 against the ...
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 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals: 2/5/12 - 2/11/12 :
Sunday nights mean it's time to take our weekly look back at the original content and scoops provided by the MLBTR team. Let's ...
2/12 FanSided: Spring Training is Imminent : Pitchers and catchers are scheduled to report to spring training this week. The key question on everybody's mind is what sort ...
2/12 i70baseball.com: Here We Go Again…Maybe : Molina’s current deal is set to expire after the 2012 season, which would make the backstop a free agent for the first time ...
2/11 MLBTradeRumors: Extension Candidate: Yadier Molina : For the second straight winter, the Cardinals could face the prospect of losing a long-time star to free agency. Yadier Molina ...
2/11 MLBTradeRumors: NL Central Links: Molina, Cards, Dempster, Reds : Congratulations to Brewers GM Doug Melvin for his induction into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. Joining Melvin in the 2012 ...
2/11 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Plea Deal : Each year usually just prior to the beginning of baseball season, I make a short wishlist of all the things I wish the Cardinals ...
2/11 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Defending Yadier Molina : Followers of the St. Louis Cardinals had differing views of catcher Yadier Molina’s update on his contract situation upon his ...
2/10 C70 At The Bat: The Molina Quandry : I wasn't sure that anything could overshadow Adam Wainwright getting back on the mound, but Yadier Molina giving a good interview ...
2/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina wants to stay: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina insists the public, rocky, separation between his good friend Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim ...[+]
1B Albert Pujols and the Cardinals hasn't affected his desire to stay with the team. Molina was absent from the Winter Warm-Up and didn't accompany the team to the White House visit, fueling speculation Molina was angry with the team. Molina said he made his decision for personal reasons having to do with charity work performed in Puerto Rico and made a donation to Cardinals Care to offset money lost due to his absence. 'I'm sorry I didn't make it the last two years, but I had something I had to do back home,' Molina said. 'It doesn't mean I won't come next year or hopefully the next five or six years. I love the city. I love the fans. I love the ballpark. Whatever they like to do is how it is
It's business for the team, too. It's out of my hands.'
2/9 El Maquino: YADI: MY RETURN IS “OUT OF MY HANDS” : There’s been some doubt this offseason as to whether or not Cardinal staple Yadier Molina will be sticking with the team ...
2/9 MLBTradeRumors: Central Links: Gordon, Molina, Astros, Braun : Seven years ago today, the Cubs traded Kyle Farnsworth to the Tigers for Scott Moore, Roberto Novoa, and Bo Flowers. Farnsworth ...
2/8 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY I'M RE-EVALUATING GARY SANCHEZ'S FUTURE : Oh here it comes, the inevitable “who gives a crap about that Jesus Montero fellow we just traded away, such and such prospect ...
2/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina arrivesSt. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina arrived to camp looking like he has bulked up in the offseason....[+]
St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina arrived to camp looking like he has bulked up in the offseason.
2/5 Obstructed View: Projecting the 2012 Cubs: Catchers : The past few years I've done posts for each player, but this year I'm going to do it by position. It's a little more ...
2/1 Redbird Dugout: 2012 Preview: Catcher : From Opening Day 2011 to Opening Day 2012, there are only two positions that we know will be the same, Yadier Molina at catcher ...
2/1 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Under Construction : There is no questioning the results thus far. Cardinals’ GM John Mozeliak has built a good track record during ...
News -- January 2012
1/31 i70baseball.com: Ship McClellan To The Padres If the Cardinals are looking to trade McClellan, they could do worse than ship him to San Diego....
1/31 Obstructed View: Projecting the 2012 Cubs: Catchers : The past few years I've done posts for each player, but this year I'm going to do it by position. It's a little more ...
1/31 MLBTradeRumors: Diamondbacks, Montero Avoid Arbitration : The Diamondbacks announced that they avoided arbitration with catcher Miguel Montero (Twitter link). The sides agreed to terms ...
1/29 i70baseball.com: St. Louis Cardinals Might Have Long-term Closer In Jason Motte : St. Louis Cardinals closer Jason Motte has seen a lot of ups and downs in the early stages of his career, but he might now be ...
1/29 MLBTradeRumors: Montero, Diamondbacks Likely To Go To Hearing :
The Diamondbacks and catcher Miguel Montero appear to be headed to a hearing on Tuesday morning, major-league sources tell ...
1/27 Pitchers Hit Eighth: UCB: Top 5 Iconic Cardinal Moments : Having read some of the other great lists posted at the other United Cardinal Blogger sites today, it’s both clear to me ...
1/27 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Finalizing the fans’ contract offer to Yadier Molina : Readers can vote for salary and number of years making up their best contract offer to St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina. ...
1/25 The Cardinal Nation Blog: What if Albert Pujols isn’t Albert Pujols? Should Albert Pujols be kept out of the Hall of Fame if he was found to have lied about his age and identity?...
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 ...
1/24 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Cespedes, Pierzynski, Molina, Selig : A few news items to wrap up a busy Monday...
The Cubs, Marlins and Tigers are the three teams most actively targeting Yoenis ...
1/23 El Maquino: POLL: WAINWRIGHT MOST FAVORITED CARDINAL : The questionable polled of the Post-Disp-atch were asked today, “Who is your favorite Cardinal player?” The results ...
1/23 MLBTradeRumors: Players Traded After Having Options Exercised : Every offseason, once the playoffs are over and a new World Series champion has been crowned, teams must decide whether to exercise ...
1/22 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy baseball preview: National League catchers : When constructing a fantasy baseball team, it’s often easy to determine a draft strategy for most positions with the exception ...
1/21 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Where’s Molina? Playing softball with Pujols : St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina and shortstop Rafael Furcal are with their ex-teammate Albert Pujols in the Dominican ...
1/20 i70baseball.com: White House Turns Red : This week members of the 2011 World Champion St. Louis Cardinals met with President and First Lady Obama at the White House. ...
1/20 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Darvish, Montero, Pineda : Three years ago today, Russell Martin and the Dodgers avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year contract worth $3.9MM, a ...
1/20 The Cardinal Nation Blog: How much should the Cardinals offer Yadier Molina? : Readers can vote for their salary and number of years limits in their hypothetical offers for St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier ...
1/19 El Maquino: THE CARDINALS NEED A FACE, APPARENTLY : Anna McDonald writes today, “Players move on, managers and coaches move on, the front office changes. Still, for any team ...
1/19 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Yadier Molina and Walker Cooper : What might we learn from a time in history when the St. Louis Cardinals got rid of the best catcher in the National League instead ...
1/17 Redbird Rants: The Yadier Molina Dilemma : The St. Louis Cardinals have another difficult decision to make concerning a free-agent to be, catcher Yadier Molina. Redbird ...
1/17 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Cardinals 2012 Winter Warm-Up leftovers Some final thoughts from this past weekend’s annual St. Louis Cardinals fan festival....
1/16 STLCardinalBaseball: Yadier Molina: The New Pujols : In my mind, there was only one truly ugly and disappointing moment in the Cardinals’ postseason run. It came after a disastrous ...
1/15 El Maquino: ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW FROM WINTER WARM-UP : UPDATE: DAY TWO Matt Holliday’s wrist, which was injured in Game Six and kept him out of Game Seven, is at 100% now. Jon ...
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 ...
1/15 The Daily Catch: Basking in the Afterglow and Other Random Thoughts : This article is courtesy of our friends at True Grinch Written By: James Okay, so you might be wondering… when is True Grich ...
1/14 El Maquino: ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW FROM WINTER WARM-UP, DAY ONE : Today was day one of the Cardinals’ fan convention in St. Louis. Some minutia from the proceedings via MLB.com beat ...
1/14 MLBTradeRumors: Mozeliak On Pujols, Molina, Oswalt, Fielder, Edmonds : Cardinals GM John Mozeliak spoke to fans and media at the team's 16th annual Winter Warm-Up today, touching on a wide range of ...
1/13 El Maquino: WILL YADI STAY AFTER 2012? : Manager Mike Matheny on Yadier Molina: “To me, I believe he is the best defender in all of baseball… Now, with that being ...
1/10 MLBTradeRumors: Cardinals Sign Koyie Hill : The Cardinals have signed catcher Koyie Hill to a minor league deal, Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports tweets. Turner Gary Sports ...
1/9 Pitchers Hit Eighth: ZiPS 2012 Projections: Cardinal Hitters : Over at Baseball Think Factory, my ESPN Insider colleague Dan Szymborski has been dutifully unfurling his most wonderful ZiPS ...
1/9 MLBTradeRumors: Position Analysis For The 2013 Free Agent Class :
Plenty has been written about the potential starting pitching depth of the 2013 free agent class, which could include Matt ...
1/8 High Heat Stats: Jorge Posada: One Team Catcher : The reports of Jorge Posada's impending retirement, indicate that he will finish his career as a one team player. Among catchers, ...
1/7 El Maquino: WILL THERE EVER BE ANOTHER PLAYER-MANAGER? : Teams used to do it all the time. After all, why pay two people to do two different jobs when you can pay just one person to ...
1/7 i70baseball.com: The Immediate Post-Duncan Era The roller coaster 2011 season has carried over to the off season and into 2012....
1/6 Fungoes.net: Twelve Days of Christmas 2011: Day 12 : On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me
12* runs creating
Eleven flag a-raising
Ten noobs conspiring
Nine runs ...
1/5 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Projected top five St. Louis Cardinals stories of 2012 A look ahead to the top projected stories across the Cardinal Nation in 2012....
1/4 Fungoes.net: Twelve Days of Christmas 2011: Day 11 : On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me
Eleven flag a-raising
Ten noobs conspiring
Nine runs a-plating
Eight ...
1/3 Fungoes.net: Twelve Days of Christmas 2011: Day 10 : On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me
Ten noobs conspiring
Nine runs a-plating
Eight Game Sevens winning
Seven ...
1/3 The Cardinal Nation Blog: The Cardinal Nation Blog 2011 top story #2: Pujols leaves : St. Louis Cardinals’ superstar first baseman Albert Pujols left behind his only home as a professional for the Los Angeles Angels ...
1/2 Fungoes.net: Twelve Days of Christmas 2011: Day 9 : On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me
Nine runs a-plating
Eight Game Sevens winning
Seven frames a-blanking
Six ...
1/2 i70baseball.com: Why Yadier Molina Is The Cornerstone Of The Cardinals What about the man behind the mask?...
News -- December 2011
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, ...
12/30 The Cardinal Nation Blog: The Cardinal Nation Blog 2011 top story #6: NLCS win over Brewers The St. Louis Cardinals defeated NL Central rival and 2011 Division champion Milwaukee Brewers in the Championship Series....
12/30 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Darvish, Bailey, Pineda : On this date in 1935, a left-hander named Sanford Braun was born in Brooklyn. He went on to throw a perfect game, win three Cy ...
12/29 Pitchers Hit Eighth: The Evolution of Yadi : Adam Wainwright’s mesmerizing curveball that froze future teammate Carlos Beltran and ended Game 7 of the 2006 NLCS stands as ...
12/29 The Cardinal Nation Blog: The Cardinal Nation Blog 2011 top story #7: Mo’s man Matheny The St. Louis Cardinals have a new manager and several new coaches, ushering in a new era for the defending champions....
12/27 Redbird Rants: Extending Yadier Molina – Now Is the Time! : If the situation with Albert Pujols showed us as fans anything, it’s that the longer you wait to extend a player the closer ...
12/26 Through The Fence Baseball: End-of-year deals land Latinos in news : In a frenzy to curtail fan fallout, the St. Louis Cardinals decided to sign veteran outfielder Carlos Beltran to a fat, two-year ...
12/24 C70 At The Bat: Belting It Out :
As Nick said in the latest Pitchers Hit Eighth podcast, we've been talking about the Cardinals acquiring Carlos Beltran for ...
12/24 El Maquino: MERRY CHRISTMAS! CARDS LOAD UP BELTRAN : > The Cards made an outstanding move last night, locking up that monster Carlos Beltran for two years and $26 million. With ...
12/22 STLCardinalBaseball: BREAKING: Cardinals sign Carlos Beltran : In the first major move since the end of the Pujols era, the Cardinals signed outfielder Carlos Beltran to a two year, $26 million ...
12/22 Through The Fence Baseball: Cards add Beltran, still favorites in NL Central : The St. Louis Cardinals agreed to a two-year contract with Carlos Beltran worth $13MM annually. The 34-year-old outfielder hit ...
12/22 MLBTradeRumors: NL Central Notes: Fielder, Molina, Lee : The Cubs and Reds agreed to swap left-handed pitchers today in a deal that sends reliever Sean Marshall to Cincinnati for starter ...
12/20 i70baseball.com: Shelby Miller Scares Me Shelby is a talented pitcher with a bright future. Due to recent history, however, that scares me....
12/17 The Cardinal Nation Blog: The Cardinal Nation Blog 2011 top story #18: Molina’s best season? : The St. Louis Cardinals catcher had his top year as a hitter, though his defensive metrics were down. Oh yeah, his team won the ...
12/16 MLBTradeRumors: NL Central Notes: Reyes, Astros, Molina, Pujols : The Cardinals not only won the World Series, but they've also been named Baseball America's 2011 Organization Of The Year. This ...
12/16 High Heat Stats: Michael Cuddyer's worth it @mcuddy5 : Wow, folks on Twitter are killing the Rockies for giving Michael Cuddyer $31.5 million over 3 years. I don't see this as a bad ...
12/15 C70 At The Bat: A Cardinal Christmas Carol, Revisited : "Merry Christmas, Mr. Mozeliak."John Mozeliak, the current general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, turned toward his door. ...
12/15 i70baseball.com: Cards Outfield Possibilities Contain Familiar Names Can the Cardinals fill their bench with a trip down memory lane?...
12/15 The Cardinal Nation Blog: The Cardinal Nation Blog 2011 top story #20: Jaime Garcia’s extension The St. Louis Cardinals locked up their most promising young major league pitcher for as many as six years into the future....
12/14 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Second Base: Second Class In St. Louis? : If you think back on the Tony La Russa Era of Cardinals baseball (1996-2011), at least one player immediately should spring to ...
12/13 STLCardinalBaseball: Arm Chair GM: Offseason edition pt. 2 : After Albert Pujols signed with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim last Thursday morning, the shift of the Cardinals off season ...
12/13 High Heat Stats: Metsclusive: The Best Single Franchise Players for Each Team : Jose Reyes's departure for South Florida makes him the latest Mets star to get away. In fact, very few players of any value ...
12/11 El Maquino: MAKING PEACE WITH EL MAQUINO : > “You can never explain to people in full measure what happened here,” Deidre Pujols said yesterday. Maybe ...
12/10 SocraticGadfly: #Pujols wears a Halo: #Stlcards fans, team try to adapt :
OK, it's officially official, no photoshopping needed. I didn't link his FB page, for those who don't follow it, but did a ...
12/9 PaulLebowitz.com: Pujols Departure Makes Like Easier for Matheny : No manager—especially one who’s brand new and has never done it before—wants to have to come to an agreement ...
12/8 The Cardinal Nation Blog: It’s ok. Just don’t insult us, Albert. It was about the money. : Former St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols is now a member of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He says it is a matter ...
12/8 STLCardinalBaseball: Beyond Pujols : Heroes come and heroes go, but Cardinal baseball is forever. Remember that and repeat it to yourself as the pain and bruising ...
12/8 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Pujols Signs With Angels, Gets Free Disney Passes! : It’s official. Albert Pujols has just signed a mega-contract with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim California, USA. ...
12/6 Fungoes.net: 25 in 25, #6: Theriot’s highest-leverage pitch-hit appearance : Seldom does a pinch hitter have an opportunity like Ryan Theriot had against Carlos Marmol on a late Saturday afternoon late ...
12/3 El Maquino: A LOOK BACK AT THE HYSTERICALLY BAD 2011 REDS : > schadenfreude (n) enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others It was almost impossible to find a baseball writer who ...
News -- November 2011
11/25 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball’s Hardest-To-Obtain Commodity : When Major League executives discuss what they’re looking for in the amateur draft, they use phrases like “middle-of-the-order ...
11/24 STLCardinalBaseball: Trading Jon Jay (Among Other Possibilities) : It’s been a quiet offseason so far in general, and eerily quiet for the Cardinals. Having just won the World Series, there ...
11/23 Through The Fence Baseball: Motown Philly’s back again: 2012 Philadelphia Phillies preview : Okay, so this has been the longest few months ever for me. The pain of being at the game five loss to Chris Carpenter still has ...
11/22 i70baseball.com: Game 6 Story: How I Almost Missed History : Dad Duties, Frustration Almost Cost Me A Glimpse Of The Historic Comeback. Tell your story and win a copy of the World Series ...
11/22 Roto Think Tank: 2011 N.L. Catchers : You have to squint to see it, but the market on N.L. catchers last year was a little more aggressive than in years past.Ten ...
11/20 Fragile Freddy's: Freddy's Two-a-Days: St. Louis Cardinals : 90-72, 2nd place, 6 GB (won NLDS 3-2 over Philadelphia, won NLCS 4-2 over Milwaukee, WON WORLD SERIES 4-3 OVER TEXAS)Fragile Freddy’s ...
11/17 El Maquino: OFFER TO ALBERT: PREDICTABLY LOW : > Can I get a big “Told you so”? The Marlins’ offers to the biggest free agents on the market were just ...
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 Tyler's Think Tank: Rangers Rally Again, One Win Away :
Mike Napoli comes through for Texas
Game 5 of the World Series served as a microcosm for the series itself; another low-scoring, ...
11/16 Tyler's Think Tank: Cards and Cowboys are Two of a Kind : Just a dozen fun and interesting similarities between this year's St. Louis squad and Texas team.
1. Both had two ...
11/16 Tyler's Think Tank: 2011 World Series Preview : The World Series starts Wednesday, and six and a half months of regular season and playoff baseball have whittled down the 30 ...
11/15 C70 At The Bat: Book Review: Wild Cards :
Someone has to be first.As the story of the 2011 Cardinals unfolded, you knew that it was going to spawn numerous books. I ...
11/14 El Maquino: MANAGER MIKE MATHENY : > “Putting the birds on the bat on my chest is something that I know is not to be taken lightly and it’s something ...
11/14 C70 At The Bat: 2011 Cardinal Blogger Awards Ballot : As you know, the Cardinals have now named Mike Matheny as the next manager of the team. I'll have much more on that in ...
11/13 STLCardinalBaseball: Mike Matheny named new Cardinals manager : Like we at STL Cardinal baseball predicted the Cardinals recently announced that Mike Matheny will be taking over as the St. Louis ...
11/11 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Fool’s Friday: CBA = Crazy 11′s : Dennis did a much better job describing the fun earlier right here, so I get the easy job! Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine ...
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 MLBTradeRumors: Olney On Dodgers, Beltran :
The latest blog post from ESPN's Buster Olney (Insider required)...
Many agents feel that most teams are working slowly ...
11/6 Operation Shutdown: Recap: Cards Dig The Long Ball. Bucs Lose. : Pirates Lose 5-4WP: Kyle McCllelan (10-6)LP: Jose Veras (2-4)
This game was another game that the Pirates let get away, this time ...
11/4 El Maquino: BOB FORSCH DIES AT 61 : > Bob Forsch died today at 61 years, only days after he threw out the first pitch in the World Series, which he saw his Cardinals ...
11/4 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Decisions, Decisions, Decisions : Yes, it is already that time of year. As of right now, over 150 players have already filed for free agency. Among that group ...
11/3 STLCardinalBaseball: Lets meet the official managerial candidates : The Cardinals have narrowed down their search and are known to have found six candidates to interview for the position according ...
11/3 El Maquino: CARDINALS INTERVIEWING A SHORTENED LIST : > The Cardinals’ manager search begins today, and as I write this, they are interviewing a list of candidates that was ...
11/2 SOX & Dawgs: 2011 AL & NL Rawlings Gold Glove Teams : As a fan of the Boston Red Sox, we haven't really had any feel good moments since late August. But that changed on Tuesday night ...
11/2 El Maquino: SANDBERG TO INTERVIEW FOR CARDS MANAGER : > The Cardinals made news in their managerial search today, requesting and receiving permission to interview Phillies AAA ...
11/2 For Baseball Junkies: The Envelope, Please: Gold Glove Winners Announced : Your 2011 Gold Glove winners are:ALC - Matt Wieters1B - Adrian Gonzalez2B - Dustin PedroiaSS - Erick Aybar3B - Adrian BeltreLF ...
11/2 SOX & Dawgs: 2011 AL & NL Rawlings Gold Glove Teams : As a fan of the Boston Red Sox, we haven't really had any feel good moments since late August. But that changed on Tuesday night ...
11/2 Crashburn Alley: Carlos Ruiz Again Rates Among Game’s Best Defensive Catchers : It’s one of my favorite times of the year: Matt Klaassen (@devil_fingers) posts an update of his fantastic catcher defense ...
11/1 For Baseball Junkies: Ladies and Gentlemen, Your 2011 MLB Gold Glove Nominees : AL and NL Gold Glove Nominees were announced today kicking off awards season. In case you didn't already know, the Gold ...
11/1 Fungoes.net: Picking La Russa’s replacement : [Mark from Retrosimba posed the United Cardinal Bloggers' roundtable question for today.]
Who is your No. 1 choice to replace ...
11/1 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: St. Louis Cardinals :
Congratulations to the Cardinals for winning a thrilling World Series after an unexpected surge to the playoffs. Their offseason ...
11/1 C70 At The Bat: Spoils of Victory : It's good to be the king. Or at least, the king of the baseball world.Both the manager and the MVP of the postseason were ...
11/1 Mets360.com: A Mets Fan looks Back At The Cardinals’ Previous Title : Congratulations to the newest man of leisure, Tony LaRussa and his hearty band of Birds. The St. Louis Cardinals’ ascension ...
11/1 Pitchers Hit Eighth: 2011 Gold Glove Award Predictions : If you love baseball’s “silly season” during which baseball players routinely have the opportunity to injure ...
News -- October 2011
10/31 C70 At The Bat: Book Review: The Mets and A Moment In Time :
One of the wonderful things about being a blogger is that people want to send you baseball books. Now, personally, I ...
10/31 STLCardinalBaseball: Cardinals exercise Molina’s option : As we first heard yesterday the Cardinals exercised the option of longtime Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina. The option, worth ...
10/31 MetsToday.com: Three Reasons Not To Re-Sign Jose Reyes : There are three good reasons the Mets should not re-sign Jose Reyes: 1. Albert Pujols 2. Prince Fielder 3. C.C. Sabathia Not necessarily ...
10/31 Redbird Rants: Cardinals To Exercise 2012 Option On Molina : Fresh off the best all-around season of his eight year career, Yadier Molina will remain in St. Louis in 2012 when the Cardinals ...
10/31 Through The Fence Baseball: La Russa’s retirement, Pujols and the Cardinals : Tony La Russa is finally calling it quits … and it couldn’t come at a better time … for him. La Russa is three ...
10/30 MLBTradeRumors: Cardinals To Pick Up Yadier Molina's Option : MLB.com's Matthew Leach reports that Cardinals GM John Mozeliak said he expects to exercise Yadier Molina's $7MM club option ...
10/30 El Maquino: 2011 CARDINALS: A LESSON IN UNORTHODOX STYLE : > The 2011 Cardinals won the World Series with a method all their own; one that defied the go-to basics that any other team ...
10/30 STLCardinalBaseball: Battle Tested: Why The 2011 Cardinals Won The World Series : Older Cardinal fans fondly remember the 1985 team as one of the best units ever assembled. It had blinding speed, astonishing ...
10/30 i70baseball.com: Game 7 From The Inside Attending a game seven of a World Series in St. Louis is a magical event....
10/29 Yankees Daily: St. Louis Cardinals are the 2011 World Series Champions : ST. LOUIS (AP) — Pushed to the brink, the St. Louis Cardinals saved themselves. A frantic rush to reach the postseason on ...
10/29 The Captain's Blog: Time for MLB to Play by Its Rules : Lost in the excitement, and chaos, of Thursday’s game six were two plays that major league baseball needs to seriously address ...
10/29 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Your St. Louis Cardinals: 2011 World Series Champions : World Series Game Seven’s are best watched from the edge of a seat. I learned that last night as the Cardinals slowly, systematically ...
10/28 Fragile Freddy's: Congratulations St. Louis Cardinals!!! : TEX – 200 000 000 – 2 – 6 – 0STL – 201 020 10x – 6 – 7 – 1 After a dramatic season that saw them reach the playoffs ...
10/28 Baseball Musings: Pujols Ks : Mike Adams strikes out Albert Pujols leading off the seventh. That could be Albert’s last at bat as a Cardinals player. ...
10/28 Baseball Musings: Another Walk : Scott Feldman starts the bottom of the fifth for Texas. With one out he walks Allen Craig to bring Albert Pujols to the plate. ...
10/28 Baseball Musings: Cardinals Threaten : With one out in the fourth inning, Yadier Molina and Rafael Furcal single to put St. Louis batters at first and second. Matt Harrison ...
10/28 Baseball Musings: Nap-O-Li : Mike Napoli leads off the second inning with a single, pulled to left. That puts his OBP for the series at .520. Update: David ...
10/28 Baseball Musings: World Series Game Seven Underway : Ian Kinsler of the Texas Rangers leads off against Chris Carpenter of the Cardinals and lines a 1-0 pitch into left for a single. ...
10/28 STLCardinalBaseball: WORLD SERIES GAME 6: Do You Believe In Miracles? : In what might very well go down in history as one of the greatest games ever played in the World Series, the St. Louis Cardinals ...
10/28 El Maquino: ICEMAN SAVES THE CARDS! : The tough part of writing about baseball sometimes is that not all games–in fact, very few whole games–are literary. ...
10/27 Baseball Musings: The Opposite of Power : Lance Berkman homered in the first inning, but in the bottom of the sixth he hits a slow bouncer to third and beats it out for ...
10/27 Mets360.com: 2000 World Series, Game 5 : October 26th marks a sad, but important, day in Mets history. Eleven years to this very day, the boys from Flushing dropped the ...
10/27 PaulLebowitz.com: The Albert Pujols Thing : Tony LaRussa‘s going year-to-year as manager and has a 2012 option—he’s going to be back; Chris Carpenter is ...
10/26 WSJ Daily Fix: Cardinals Run Into Series Trouble : The Count: St. Louis is 0-for-3 on stolen-base attempts in the World Series, a continuation of its rotten running year and a contestant, ...
10/25 Tyler's Think Tank: Rangers Rally Again, One Win Away : Mike Napoli comes through for TexasGame 5 of the World Series served as a microcosm for the series itself; another low-scoring, ...
10/25 STLCardinalBaseball: WORLD SERIES GAME 5: A Quintessential Loss : This game recap would be better titled “**** You Tony LaRussa and Matt Holliday,” but, due to legal constraints involving ...
10/25 El Maquino: CARDS BLUNDER THROUGH GAME FIVE : > An absolutely embarrassing performance by the Cardinals in Game Five makes the next two games in Busch Stadium literal ...
10/25 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Can You Hear Me Now? : Tony LaRussa called down to the bullpen while Octavio Dotel was struggling with the whole “making good pitches” thing, ...
10/24 Baseball Musings: Elvis Jeter : Yadier Molina leads off the top of the eighth with a ground ball in the shortstop hole. Elvis Andrus tries to be Derek Jeter and ...
10/24 Baseball Musings: Wilson Falling Behind : C.J. Wilson fell behind Albert Pujols 3-0 and got an out to end the first, but he falls behind Matt Holliday 3-0 and walks him ...
10/24 El Maquino: HOLLAND DESTROYS CARDS : > Give Derek Holland all the credit for the Ranger’s Game Four win that tied the World Series at two games apiece. ...
10/23 Baseball Musings: Two Bases for Berkman : Lance Berkman doubles with one out in the top of the second, the first hit of the game for the Cardinals. Berkman went the other ...
10/23 STLCardinalBaseball: WORLD SERIES GAME 3: Pujols Is Bigger In Texas : After abandoning his teammates both on and off the field during the first two games of the World Series and being called out for ...
10/23 Fragile Freddy's: World Series Game Three Recap : STL – 100 434 211 – 16 – 15 – 0TEX – 000 330 100 – 7 -13 – 3 Only time can provide proper perspective but sometimes ...
10/23 Baseball Musings: Y Me? : From Jim Storer: My brother Bill offers the following outstanding World Series observation: first time that he can remember two ...
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 ...
10/22 Baseball Musings: Cardinals On Again : Albert Pujols singles and Matt Holliday walks to start the fifth inning for the Cardinals. After two low scoring games in one ...
10/22 Baseball Musings: Bad Call : Albert Pujols leads off the top of the fourth with a single. Matt Holliday hits what looks like a double play ball, but Kinsler’s ...
10/22 Pitchers Hit Eighth: World Series – The Blame Game Is Not Worth Playing : There is nothing quite like a close World Series game….followed by one complaint after another. In no particular order, ...
10/22 Fungoes.net: World Series Game 2 Quotebook : It’s a tough loss, but we have a tough team. We’ve battled a lot of tough things this year. We’ve had a lot ...
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. ...
10/21 El Maquino: MEDIA DROPS PRO-TONY FACADE : > BREAKING: The general media is criticizing Tony LaRussa. And for the thousandth time, they are incorrect again. In Game ...
10/20 Baseball Musings: Bottom of the Ninth : The Cardinals come up in the bottom of the ninth with the bottom of the order against Neftali Feliz. Yadier Molina, Nick Punto, ...
10/20 Pitchers Hit Eighth: World Series Game 1 Post-Mortem : World Series Swag Bob Gibson, Bruce Sutter, and Adam Wainwright have always commanded attention while on the pitcher’s ...
10/19 STLCardinalBaseball: WORLD SERIES GAME 1: Perfect Execution : The Texas Rangers invaded Busch Stadium for the first time since 2004. Boasting the best offenses in baseball, the Rangers and ...
10/19 Baseball Musings: The Ice Man Cometh : David Freese doubles with one out in the bottom of the sixth to put the go-ahead run in scoring position for the Cardinals. Update: ...
10/19 YankeeAnalysts.com: 24 compelling reasons to care about this year’s World Series : The postseason is an elitist’s party, no doubt about it. A select few are invited and only one can be lucky enough to steal ...
10/19 YankeeAnalysts.com: More awsome research on catcher defense : A little while back, Moshe wrote about some interesting research on catcher pitch framing, which highlighted the value of having ...
10/18 Tyler's Think Tank: Cards and Cowboys are Two of a Kind : Just a dozen fun and interesting similarities between this year's St. Louis squad and Texas team.1. Both had two regulars ...
10/18 i70baseball.com: Recapping The Cardinals Improbable Run To The 2011 World Series Cardinals Have Truly Put Together a Storybook Season: Here’s The Cliffnotes...
10/18 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Eligibles: St. Louis Cardinals : The Cardinals' offseason has yet to begin, and once it does Albert Pujols will be the primary concern. GM John Mozeliak will ...
10/17 Tyler's Think Tank: 2011 World Series Preview : The World Series starts tomorrow, and six and a half months of regular season and playoff baseball have whittled down the 30 major ...
10/17 STLCardinalBaseball: NLCS GAME 6: GOOD TRIUMPHS OVER EVIL! THE CARDS ARE GOING TO THE WORLD SERIES! : One of the great slugfests in playoff history occurred tonight between the National League’s two best offenses. Each team ...
10/17 mlbreports.com : The Cardinals Are Going to the World Series : Monday October 17, 2011 MLB reports – April Whitzman: The Cardinals heading into last night in Milwaukee were one ...
10/16 Baseball Musings: Chicks Dig the Long Ball : Albert Pujols goes deep to leftfield leading off the third inning, the sixth home run of the game and third for the Cardinals. ...
10/16 Call to the Pen: Albert or no Albert, things look good for St. Louis : Behind the arm of Edwin Jackson the St. Louis Cardinals can punch their ticket to the World Series Sunday. It is an exciting ...
10/15 STLCardinalBaseball: Do The 2011 Cardinals Really Need A Magical Postseason Moment? : Cardinals fans generally recall previous postseason runs by the “moment” – that elusive and magical split-second ...
10/15 C70 At The Bat: Fly The Happy Skies :
The St. Louis Cardinals are one win away from the World Series.Roll that around on your tongue a little bit. Ponder ...
10/14 STLCardinalBaseball: NLCS GAME 5: Happiest Flight : The Milwaukee Brewers played their worst game of the year at the worst possible time, and the Cardinals capitalized on every one ...
10/14 Baseball Musings: Cardinals Threaten : David Freese and Yadier Molina single to start the bottom of the fourth inning, Molina’s single a low pop just out of the ...
10/14 Baseball Musings: Lance a Lot : Lance Berkman singles to center to start the bottom of the second inning for the Cardinals. He’s 5 for 12 in the LCS. Update: ...
10/13 C70 At The Bat: Halfway Home :
If you are Chris Carpenter, at least you know just exactly what the offense is going to give you before you get too far ...
10/12 Baseball Musings: NLCS Game Three Underway : A walk and a hit batter put two men on on base for the Brewers in the top of the first, but on a high line drive to center, Mark ...
10/12 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Cardinals and Brewers 1982 and 2011 Roster Mashups : Back in January of last year, we made a “mashup” of the Cardinal teams of 2000 and 2010 – choosing the best ...
10/10 Baseball Musings: Bottom Run : The six, seven and eight hitters for the Cardinals combine to extend the Cardinals lead to 5-0 in the top of the fourth inning. ...
10/10 Pitchers Hit Eighth: NLCS Game Two (and beyond) expectations : In an effort to keep things positive, to look forward to games still winnable, and – well – to ultimately put the ...
10/10 Fungoes.net: Why the Cardinals will (still) beat the Brewers :
[The original version of the following article was first posted at ESPN. We have since updated it in the wake of Game 1 of the ...
10/9 Baseball Musings: NLCS Underway : Zack Greinke starts Rafael Furcal with a ball to open the NLCS. Update: Furcal grounds to short for the first out of the series. ...
10/8 STLCardinalBaseball: NLDS GAME 5: Believe In Magic! Believe In Carpenter! : The ragged and determined Cardinals, heavily-dismissed by the east coast media, overcame incredible odds against the National ...
10/8 C70 At The Bat: Operation: Squash the Plush :
After a season of discussion about how the NL East was the best division and how weak the NL Central is, for the third time ...
10/7 Baseball Musings: An Opening : After Rafael Furcal makes a great play for the second out of the bottom of the eighth, Ross Gload reaches on a strike out and ...
10/6 STLCardinalBaseball: Things To Love About The Phillies/Cardinals NLDS : One of the great aspects of having a League Divisional Series is the chance for storied divisional rivals to finally face each ...
10/6 Fungoes.net: NLDS Game 3: On at-bats #53 and #54 :
Among the several second-guessed decisions from Game 3, one of the most minute was the most pivotal: Jaime Garcia’s 1-0 ...
10/5 Baseball Musings: A Pence for your Thoughts : Hunter Pence makes a nice catch to save an extra-base hit and possibly a couple of runs. Yadier Molina hits the ball into the ...
10/5 STLCardinalBaseball: NLDS GAME 3: Wasted Chances : A fabulous, commanding start by the always-mercurial Jaime Garcia was completely wasted by an inept, inconsistent offense and ...
10/5 Brotherly Glove: Torrential Drain : Games like that are what makes baseball baseball. The Phillies won, outlasting the Cardinals 3-2 to take a 2-1 lead in the NLDS, ...
10/5 Pitchers Hit Eighth: The Penalty Box is Full : In my most recent post, I spoke out about the need for a Cardinal Nation Penalty Box for those “fans” who simply ...
10/4 Philly Phanatics: Francisco’s treat propels Phils to 2-1 NLDS lead : Game 2′s matchup of former Cy Young Award winners did not turn out to be the pitcher’s duel many had expected, as ...
10/4 El Maquino: NO MORE CHANCES : > One pitch. Jaime Garcia was flawless for almost seven innings, pounding out strikes left and right all night long for ...
10/4 Baseball Musings: Triple Double : Albert Pujols leads off the bottom of the ninth with his third double of the game. That brings Lance Berkman to the plate as the ...
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 ...
10/4 Baseball Reality Tour: Contact and Power in the Postseason : There are four playoff games today, which should be great fun to follow. In anti**** of the excitement, we thought it would be ...
10/4 Crashburn Alley: Cliff Lee and BABIP : Cliff Lee left the seventh inning of Game Two down 5-4 with runners on first and second, no outs. It was quite a disappointing ...
10/3 Brotherly Glove: Meals’ Strike Zone Significantly Worse to Phils : “Whatever,” Cliff Lee said when asked about Jerry Meals’ questionable strike zone after Sunday night’s 5-4 loss in Game ...
10/3 Philly Phanatics: Cardinals take it to Lee, bullpen steals win : Would a 3-0 first inning lead hold up for the Phillies when it did not for the Cardinals the day before? Did it matter that it ...
10/2 C70 At The Bat: Know Your Enemy :
I will have more to say about Game 1 of the NLDS either tomorrow or Monday, but for right now I want to bring you a chance ...
News -- September 2011
9/30 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Fool’s Friday: Numbers Rarely Tell the Whole Truth : Didn’t see that finish coming either, huh? And after this summer, any further need to gamble, skydive, or even ride coasters ...
9/30 Philly Phanatics: NLDS Preview: Big pieces in place : First basemen Ryan “The Big Piece” Howard and Albert Pujols are the most heralded players in their respective lineups. ...
9/27 C70 At The Bat: A Crushing Blow :
The Atlanta Braves keep trying to give the wild card away. The St. Louis Cardinals just won't take it.Knowing that Philadelphia ...
9/27 B-R Blog: Race recap for Monday 9/26/11: The art of fiction is on life support : -- Orioles 6, Red Sox 3: It's a 2-game season for Boston and Tampa. (Unless....) Chris Davis drove in the tying run in the 5th ...
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 ...
9/26 B-R Blog: Recapping Sunday 9/25/11: SOX WIN!!! (a game … at last) : -- Red Sox 7, Yankees 4 (2nd game): The ominous words from Michael Kay -- "Scott Proctor has not pitched well for the Yankees" ...
9/25 Baseball Musings: Here Come the Cardinals : The Cardinals beat the Cubs 3-2 as Yadier Molina and Rafael Furcal hit solo home runs, Molina in the seventh and Furcal in the ...
9/25 El Maquino: CHRISTMAS IN ST. LOUIS : > You just can’t kill the Cardinals! When Edwin Jackson hit an RBI sac fly in the fifth, it was the fourth of four ...
9/25 B-R Blog: Saturday 9/24/11: Night of the Living Dead Wild-Cards : Every time we think they're out, the leaders pull them back in.... Both wild-card races tightened up, as the quarry went down ...
9/24 El Maquino: MARMOL MELTS DOWN TITANICALLY : > Only the Cubs could blow it like that. They had the Cardinals right where they wanted them the first inning on, never once ...
9/24 C70 At The Bat: Requiem For A Season :
If the Cards were going to lose, it almost seems **** that they put all of the tropes of this season into one package.You ...
9/24 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Carpenter’s lack of support includes more double plays : No NL pitcher has more no-decisions in 2011 than St. Louis Cardinal Chris Carpenter. The offense is hitting into more double plays ...
9/23 El Maquino: “BLOWN SAVE” IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT : > Mitc**** Boggs looked on as his bullpen entered the ninth with a 6-2 lead and a chance to pull within a game of the Braves–and ...
9/23 i70baseball.com: Yadier Molina’s Prowess Defensive maestro Yadier Molina has quietly put together his finest offensive season....
9/23 C70 At The Bat: Sucker Punch :
Before we get started, if you are looking for the Chicago YNOT, it's below. If you've not played before, go ahead and ...
9/23 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Fool’s Friday: Baby Bears Play Key Role : So much for the storybook ending, but St. Louis can write a new finish to 2011 with the help of their long-time rivals. The Cubs ...
9/22 Baseball Musings: Mets Spoil the Cardinals : The Cardinals go down 1-2-3 in the ninth as Jason Pridie makes a nice catch in right on a sinking Yadier Molina line drive to ...
9/22 Baseball Musings: Pujols Goes Deep : The Cardinals take a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the fifth on Albert Pujols‘s 37th home run of the season. This is the ninth ...
9/22 C70 At The Bat: Could It Be? :
On August 25th, the Cards stood 10.5 out of the wild card race. The team had never put together any kind of run and ...
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 ...
9/21 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 154: Loss to Cardinals : Cardinals 11 Mets 6 If this were 1960, the season would now be over. Unfortunately for Mets fans suffering through a meaningless ...
9/21 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Molina joins top four doubles-hitting Cardinals catchers of all time St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina is only the fourth catcher in team history to collect 30 doubles in a season....
9/20 Fungoes.net: The Cardinals’ sacrifice bunting problem : In the Cardinals’ thrilling victory in Pennsylvania, a Cardinal batter stepped to the plate in the heat of a tense scoreless ...
9/19 C70 At The Bat: Doing What They Can :
The math doesn't favor the Cardinals. I think we all know that. However, you have to admit that this team is playing ...
9/17 B-R Blog: Recap for Friday, 9/16/11, part I: “And the first team to clinch its division IS…” : Champagne flowed in the Tigers' clubhouse, but stayed on ice in Philly.... -- In Oakland, Doyle Alexander ... er, Doug Fister ...
9/16 El Maquino: THREE-OH-WON! : > It took many strenuous moments, including Tony LaRussa management even I can’t make a strong case for, leaving 15 ...
9/15 B-R Blog: Recapping Wednesday, 9/14/11: Latecomer to the shutout party : -- If they hadn't been in Houston, you could almost believe the Phillies had stage-managed their playoff-berth clincher. In winning ...
9/14 El Maquino: THE PLOT TO PILFER PUJOLS : > The Cardinals won today’s game against the Pirates on Yadier Molina‘s two run double. He now has seven RBI ...
9/14 Phillies Nation: Inexplicable Woes With Houston Continue : When it comes to the Phillies and Astros, it never seems to matter which team is better and which is worse. At least not recently. ...
9/14 Baseball Reality Tour: Power Without Strikeouts : Often times, when discussing baseball or evaluating the performance of players, we talk about rate stats and insightful ...
9/14 Baseball Musings: Cardinals Keep Winning : St. Louis kept pace with the Braves as the Cardinals defeat the Pirates 3-2. Edwin Jackson gave St. Louis a quality start, walking ...
9/14 MLBTradeRumors: Possible Type A Free Agents : Our latest Elias Rankings projections are up, and 26 free agents are in line for Type A status:
Heath BellCarlos BeltranLance ...
9/13 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Ex-Cardinal Andy Benes points to team’s problems : A former St. Louis Cardinals pitcher says the Pujols contract situation and lack of vocal leadership has affected the current ...
9/12 C70 At The Bat: The Flame Keeps Flickering :
Late rallies. Big wins. A Cardinal fan knows not these things. At least, not so much until this weekend.While ...
9/11 StLCards.net: Cardinals Sweep Braves : Cards WIN The Cardinals swept the Braves today to attain their first five game winning streak of the season. Jake Westbrook pitched ...
9/11 El Maquino: TODAY’S NOT THE DAY : > One Tuesday morning ten years ago, I fulfilled my morning ritual: get up at an ungodly hour to watch Looney Toons before ...
9/11 Baseball Musings: St. Louis Blues : The Cardinals sweep the Braves, winning 6-3 as St. Louis gives Tim Hudson the blues. They touch him for six runs in six innings. ...
9/10 Tomahawk Talk: Time for Linebrink to Follow Proctor and Lugo : Watching last night’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals was stressful. The game was 2-1 after the first inning and stayed ...
9/8 C70 At The Bat: Is Hope Still Alive? :
While the Cardinals are well out of the divisional race, even with last night's win over Milwaukee cutting that lead to 8.5 ...
9/5 Fungoes.net: Corey Hart, tallest “regular” leadoff man in history? : It’s that time of year when, our team all but technically eliminated from playoff contention, the accumulated little things ...
9/5 El Maquino: WESTBROOK’S RUN GETS NULLED : > The Brewers took the Cards to the curb, out hitting them 14-4 and outscoring them 4-1. Jake Westbrook ended up with the ...
9/5 Operation Shutdown: Recap: Cards Dig The Long Ball. Bucs Lose. : Pirates Lose 5-4WP: Kyle McCllelan (10-6)LP: Jose Veras (2-4)
This game was another game that the Pirates let get away, this time ...
9/1 El Maquino: CARDS EMBARASS BREWERS : I’m updating from school again, so I’ll have to keep things brief until I update this afternoon. > The Cards won ...
9/1 C70 At The Bat: Another Small Step :
I don't think Milwaukee is worried yet, but it's very nice to cut into their lead in two successive days rather than them ...
9/1 B-R Blog: Wednesday Wambsgansses … or, Games of 8/31/2011 : [No, there wasn't an unassisted triple play. But isn't it fun to say "Wambsganss"?] -- Eric Hosmer had his first 2-HR game, but ...
News -- August 2011
8/31 C70 At The Bat: One Step At A Time :
If the miracle is to happen and the Cardinals are to get at least within shouting distance of the Brewers, they have to win ...
8/29 C70 At The Bat: Taking Joy Where You Can :
Been a while since we chatted about the team. Let's catch up.Wednesday (9-4 loss vs Los Angeles)Hero: Skip Schumaker. ...
8/29 Pitchers Hit Eighth: That’s Plausidiculous : Admit it. Y’all have already huddled around water coolers, in break rooms, or gathered for drinks after work to discuss ...
8/28 The "Mc" Effect: An Early Look At 2012 :
After a very exciting first half of the 2011 season, the Pirates have fallen back under .500 with little hope of getting ...
8/28 El Maquino: CARDS BLAST BUCS 7-4 : > The Cards got their bats in gear despite the absence of Albert Pujols, Yadier Molina and Rafael Furcal from the starting ...
8/26 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Game 131 Recap - Cardinals 5, Pirates 4 : Maybe it is just me, but I find it amazingly hard to watch a game when the St. Louis Cardinals are playing. They are just so ...
8/26 Raise the Jolly Roger: Gone in a flash : You have to take the good with the bad with Jose Veras. Sometime’s he’s absolutely filthy and can come up with huge ...
8/26 El Maquino: CARDS COME BACK ON MCGEE NIGHT : > Twice the Cards were down, and twice they came back. In the first inning, Jake Westbrook got pasted after 27 pitches and ...
8/26 El Maquino: CARDS PILE ON PIRATES : > The Cards won the game in the fifth after David Freese came through with a bases loaded hit to put the Cards back on top. ...
8/23 El Maquino: FOUR HOMERS BEAT CUBS : Okay, quick update since I’m in first period with about 10 minutes until class starts. > The Cards bombed their way ...
8/22 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers Accept LaRussa’s Help In Comeback Victory : There’s an old saying in baseball that a manager can’t win games, but he sure can lose them. Ladies and gentleman, ...
8/22 i70baseball.com: Rob Rains Inside Baseball: 2012 Answers Needed The 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 ...
8/19 El Maquino: TYLER COLVIN WALKS OFF DOTEL : > The Cards lost after Jason Motte gave up the tying run in the eighth and Octavio Dotel gave up the walkoff in the 10th against ...
8/18 C70 At The Bat: Wrenching Sweep Plans : Like a superhero facing a notorious foe, the Cardinals wrenched the Pirates' plans of pushing the Redbirds farther into irrelevancy. ...
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 ...
8/16 C70 At The Bat: Egg Laying :
According to the Wikipedia entry, the northern cardinal lays eggs between two and four times a year. Which is funny, ...
8/15 C70 At The Bat: Two Outta Three Ain't Enough :
For all intents and purposes, it was a successful weekend. The Cards won a series against a Colorado team ...
8/14 i70baseball.com: Prime Time Playing As the Cardinals close in on Primetime on ESPN, find out how have they performed this season when featured on the network....
8/12 Pitchers Hit Eighth: I just can’t quit you, Chris Carpenter : …and apparently, neither can Tony La Russa. Chris Carpenter threw another 119 pitches last night, marking the ninth time ...
8/10 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Umpire Gibson’s Cardinals run-ins continue : Greg Gibson has ejected Tony La Russa three times in the last four years and been involved in other controversial plays affecting ...
8/10 El Maquino: DUDE, BE QUIET, LUCROY : > Yesterday, Jonathan Lucroy ragged on Tony LaRussa in a radio interview. The Brewers’ starting catcher, transcript ...
8/9 El Maquino: LIVE: CARDS V. BREWERS, GAME 116 : 1 Rafael Furcal 6 .235 with good defense since joining the Cards 2 Corey Patterson 8 Starts over Jon Jay, hitting .211 after Colby ...
8/9 Through The Fence Baseball: Baseball fans suffering from an umpire state of mind : If there is one thing that sports fans love to do, it’s talk about sports. I’m probably not blowing your mind with ...
8/6 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Torre calls Molina act disrespectful MLB’s head for on-field matters wants players to show more respect for the game....
8/6 El Maquino: THE CLUELESSNESS OF PEDS IN THE NFL : > Anyone who knows me knows I hate football and couldn’t care less about anything that happens in the NFL, which will ...
8/5 PaulLebowitz.com: How About LaRussa Back To The White Sox? : The White Sox have accomplished something rare in Chicago: they’re more embarrassing than the Cubs. Sure, the White Sox ...
8/5 PaulLebowitz.com: The Gerald Laird-Yadier Molina Fight (AKA “Disagreement”) : It’s being reported and confirmed (in a spin-doctory sort of way) that Cardinals catchers Yadier Molina and Gerald Laird ...
8/4 Call to the Pen: Yadier Molina Suspended 5 Games for “Spittle” Incident : Cardinals’ catcher Yadier Molina has been suspended 5 games by the league after his “spitting” incident and resulting ejection ...
8/4 C70 At The Bat: Mediocrity : Momentum [moh-men-tuhm] (n): force of speed or movement; impetus, as of a physical object or course of events.Sorry, I just thought ...
8/4 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Yadier Molina suspended for five games : Major League Baseball has handed down its ruling for Yadier Molina‘s rage-filled ejection on Tuesday night, hitting the ...
8/4 Pitchers Hit Eighth: WAR Graph Wednesday: 2011 Cardinal Shortstops : I thought about titling this post “Re-opening old wounds” – for I expect it to be painful for many of us, myself ...
8/3 C70 At The Bat: Instant Classic : When Fox Sports Midwest decides to poll Cardinal Nation about which games should get the abbreviated "Cardinal Classic" ...
8/2 El Maquino: COLBY TRADED, PIECES ADDED, BREWERS GETTING REDS-LIKE AND A DIVISION DEFICIT : Yes, after a week of inactivity, EM will be fired back up! Jaime Garcia just blasted one to make it 6-3 against Milwaukee in ...
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 ...
News -- July 2011
7/30 B-R Blog: Worst Batting Seasons By Catchers Since 1973 : It's a simple list. . Rk Player OPS+ G Year Age Tm Lg PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Pos ...
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 Redbird Dugout: Why not Mark Buehrle? : (Photo: Brule Laker/Flickr)The most po**** question that seems to be coming out of the Colby Rasmus to the White Sox rumors seems ...
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 The "Mc" Effect: Correia Says His Stuff Is As Good As It's Been All Year : Kevin Correia did not have a great start Saturday night against the St. Louis Cardinals. That sentence right there is a pretty ...
7/23 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Game 98 Recap - Cardinals 9, Pirates 1 : I believe the saying goes like so: sometimes you win, sometimes you lose and sometimes it rains. Today the Pirates lost, in a ...
7/23 Raise the Jolly Roger: Clubbed by the Cards : Awful game for the Pirates tonight, as they dropped their third in a row and really got beat up by St. Louis. EVERYBODY PANIC!!! ...
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 ...
7/22 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Game 97 Recap - Cardinals 6, Pirates 4 : The Cardinals struck for four runs in the top of the first inning and tacked on some insurance later in the game to give the Pirates ...
7/22 B-R Blog: Friday notes: in-game edition for July 22 : [Why wait for the games to be over?] -- Jacoby Ellsbury hit his 16th HR of the season, his 7th in his last 12 games. He also has ...
7/21 El Maquino: WESTBROOK GOES EIGHT AGAINST METS : THE WRAP-UP, GAME 98 Summer is amazing. I wake up at 11:00, realize there’s a Cardinals game on, and Albert Pujols is ...
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. ...
7/17 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, ...
7/14 The Writer's Journey: Fun Card: 1988 Fleer “Super Star Special” Yadier Molina/Brian McCann : The All-Star Game is the perfect backdrop for this kind of card. Featuring Yadier Molina of the villainous Cardinals and Brian ...
7/13 Pitchers Hit Eighth: WAR Graph Wednesday: Your 2011 Cardinal All-Stars : Lance Berkman. Matt Holliday. Yadier Molina. Two of these things are much more alike than the other. But Yadi’s pretty ...
7/13 El Maquino: THE WRAP-UP, 82ND ALL-STAR GAME : 11:29p The National League smeared the inferior AmLeague in the 82nd All-Star Game, 5-1. Prince Fielder and his child-drawn ...
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 Redbird Dugout: Cardinals' Approval Ratings: June : We have a new highest rated Cardinal.(Photo: Keith Allison/Flickr)After missing May due to life circumstances (it was mid-June ...
7/12 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Pujols, Cardinals continue historically high double play rate Both Albert Pujols and his St. Louis Cardinals team lead the National League in an unenviable category....
7/12 The Biz of Baseball: 15 MLB Player All-Star Game Bonuses :
Curtis Granderson is the biggest bonuswinner for being selected to this year'sAll-Star Game
On Tuesday, the MLB ...
7/12 El Maquino: RAZZ RUNNING OUT OF “REASONS” : RAZZ RUNNING OUT OF “REASONS” 5:08p Cincinnati’s Jay Bruce vaults one deep to send what would be the game-tying ...
7/12 Pitchers Hit Eighth: 2011 Home Run Derby – Matt Holliday hits home runs, Yadier Molina pitches : Robinson Cano hit a metric butt-ton of bombs (32) on Monday night at Chase Field. And he could’ve hit more, hitting the ...
7/5 El Maquino: THE BEST KIND OF VENGEANCE : THE WRAP-UP, GAME 86 11:13p August 10, 2010 was Jason LaRue‘s last day on a Major League field. Most know the story: a ...
7/5 Fungoes.net: Do Busch boos bother Brandon Phillips? : It was a typical Fourth of July baseball game in St. Louis Monday: VP Fair St. Louis revelers strolled through downtown streets. ...
7/3 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Clubs Cardinals 8-3 to Take Series : Hey. Hey. Jeremy **** finally got some run support. After getting all of one run in his last four starts combined, the Rays scored ...
7/3 El Maquino: ALL-STAR TEAMS ANNOUNCED : CARDS GET THREE (OR FOUR) ALL-STARS 1:13p The announcement was made today: Yadier Molina (3rd), Matt Holliday (5th) and Lance ...
7/3 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Cardinals-Reds match-up means Fourth of July fireworks ahead On Monday, Chris Carpenter and Johnny Cueto take each other on once again....
7/3 Philly Phanatics: MLB all-stars to be revealed : Major League Baseball will announce the National League and American League All-Star starting lineups and reserves as voted on ...
7/3 COSFBA: The Knurve's National League All-Star Ballot : Here are my picks for the National League All-Stars. Be sure to check out my American League All-Star picks, too.
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News -- June 2011
6/30 mlbreports.com : 2011 MLB All-Star Game: Current Vote Totals Before Final Rosters Announced : Thursday, June 30, 2011 MLB reports: The All-Star rosters for the MLB All-Star game will be announced this Sunday, ...
6/30 C70 At The Bat: A Changing Of The Guard :
The Cardinals may have gone out of town, but that doesn't mean out of sight out of mind. There's been plenty to ...
6/24 Brotherly Glove: St. Louis Loses Its Halladay : When Adam Wainwright went down in Spring Training, many immediately eliminated the Cardinals from playoff contention. Several ...
6/20 C70 At The Bat: Bringing Winning Back :
Apparently, I'm just not supposed to be on the wrong side of the Mississippi when it's baseball season. The Cards went ...
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 ...
6/16 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Pitchers Hit Eighth Podcast – Episode 3.0: “Theriot makes an error. Duh!” : Jack Moore of Disciples of Uecker (U before the E, fools), Fangraphs, and Roto Hardball joins us to talk Brewers baseball. Luckily ...
6/12 Baseball Musings: Go-Go Gomez : Carlos Gomez just made a fine running catch in centerfield as the Brewers try to close out a sweep of the Cardinals. Milwaukee ...
6/6 C70 At The Bat: He's Back! : Apparently the Cardinals finally made it to the return desk this weekend, turning in whatever that was that was pretending to ...
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.
News -- May 2011
5/30 22gigantes.com: Giants blast Cardinals 7-3 :
Torres watches as his grand slam sails over the wall.
What a memorable Memorial Day for the San Francisco Giants.
Andres ...
5/28 B-R Blog: Sign of the apocalypse: Corey Patterson is raking : Corey Patterson had a 5-hit day today (albeit in 7 plate appearances). He's has 2 previous 5-hit games in his career: Rk Date ...
5/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina has sore foot: St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said that C Yadier Molina (foot) was removed from the game against the Colorado Rockies ...[+]
Friday, May 27, as a precautionary measure, because of a sore foot.
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 Pitchers Hit Eighth: We Were All Witnesses : Matt Holliday is leading the NL with a .349 average? Been there, done that. Lance Berkman is close behind at .338? Sure, ...
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 ...
5/24 Bay City Ball: What’s wrong with Buster Posey? : Absolutely nothing. Here’s why… The average batting line in the National League in 2010 was .255/.320/.399 (average/on-base ...
5/23 C70 At The Bat: A Shaky Weekend : It's been a busy time the last week, but I've got a chance here to catch my breath and get caught up on what's been going on with ...
5/23 StLCards.net: Cardinals unnecessarily extend game, win in 10 innings : Cards WIN It was very nearly a -1 disaster and the latter half of the game wasn’t much of a bright spot for the Cardinals ...
5/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina ties career high for hits: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina went 4-for-5 with a walk, two runs scored and three RBIs Sunday, May 22, against the Kansas ...[+]
City Royals. He missed hitting for the cycle by a home run. The four hits ties a career best.
5/22 Baseball Musings: Almost Another Molina Cycle : Yadier Molina almost matched his brother Bengie Molina‘s cycle as he picked up four hits against the Royals but failed to ...
5/21 MLB Fantasy Recon: Waiver Wire Adds - Under 30% Owned Specials @ COSFBA : Patterson is deceptively goodDaniel Aubain's been hitting it hard over at COSFBA lately, one of the great things about his waiver ...
5/20 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Molina’s fast start deserves attention St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina is off the best start with the bat in his seven MLB seasons....
5/19 COSFBA: Waiver Saviors: May 19th, 2011 : Waiver Saviors is a regular feature on COSFBA looking for players available in a majority of leagues (ESPN and/or Yahoo!) who ...
5/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Three out, one in: St. Louis Cardinals OFs Matt Holliday (quadriceps) and Lance Berkman (wrist) are out of the lineup Thursday, May 19, but OF Colby ...[+]
Rasmus (abdominal) has returned. C Yadier Molina has the day off.
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' ...
5/18 C70 At The Bat: Social Media Night Again A Cardinal Success : Three words for the St. Louis Cardinals in their quest for winning baseball games: Social Media Nights.If you count the UCB Weekend ...
5/17 C70 At The Bat: Frustration, Then Vindication : A terribly frustrating weekend book-ended by wins both satisfying and encouraging. Let's take a look at the last few days.Thursday ...
5/16 MLBTradeRumors: 2012 Contract Issues: St. Louis Cardinals : The Cardinals are next in our 2012 Contract Issues series, and their offseason should have plenty of intrigue. Here's what ...
5/16 Blog Red Machine: Cincinnati Sweep Sends St. Louis Sobbing : On Sunday afternoon the Reds completed a series sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals behind a solid pitching performance from Travis ...
5/15 Baseball Musings: Getting Wood on the Ball : Lance Berkman and Yadier Molina hit back-to-back home runs off Travis Wood in the top of the second inning to give St. Louis a ...
5/14 StLCards.net: Cardinals lose to Reds in 10 : Cards LOSE The Cardinals weren’t good enough to win in 9 innings last night, nor were they bad enough to lose. It was a ...
5/13 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Friendly Advice to the Reds : As the Reds prepare to host the Cardinals this weekend, I thought it might be necessary to help the host team out with a few friendly ...
5/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Several players have big days: St. Louis Cardinals OF Jon Jay collected three hits and three RBIs against the Chicago Cubs Thursday, May 12. OF Colby Rasmus ...[+]
went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and C Yadier Molina went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and one RBI.
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, ...
5/11 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 ...
5/10 B-R Blog: Bad Batter Starts To A Season : How many players, since 1919, had 14+ games within his team's first 25 games of the season where he had 3+ PA in the contest with ...
5/10 Obstructed View: St. Louis Cardinals @ Chicago Cubs : GamedayBref Preview
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5/10 Obstructed View: Series Preview: St. Louis Cardinals (20-15) at Chicago Cubs (15-18) : The Cubs stranded approximately 215 baserunners in the last series against the Reds, and I don't know if I should be encouraged ...
5/9 PaulLebowitz.com: Season’s Over…Noitsnot!!! : The Cardinals are in first place in the NL Central. This is after their season was declared “over” when they lost ...
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 StLCards.net: Jaime Garcia, 7 Perfect innings for Cardinals : Cards WIN Jaime Garcia ended up with a complete game, 2 hit shutout last night after pitching 7 1/3 perfect innings. He must read ...
5/7 Through The Fence Baseball: Ranting and Raving: Cole Hamels, Frodo Baggins and getting away with bandwagon murder : I’ll be the first to admit that fantasy baseball isn’t exactly my “forte” when it comes to fantasy leagues. If ...
5/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina belts second HR: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina went 2-for-4 with a solo home run Friday, May 6, against the Milwaukee Brewers. Molina has ...[+]
hit safely in six consecutive games and 10 of the past 11.
5/6 Pitchers Hit Eighth: The Most Interesting Man….In St Louis : He can hit a grand slam with nobody on base. He once hit a ground-rule triple. He made Chuck Norris cry during a game of rock-paper-scissors. ...
5/4 Pitchers Hit Eighth: As the J.O.B. Spins (Mayday Release) : While doom and gloom should never be part of any fans’ experience, the reality becomes that baseball, as in life, is sometimes ...
News -- April 2011
4/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | David Freese returning, Yadier Molina sitting: St. Louis Cardinals C Gerald Laird is starting in place of C Yadier Molina, while 3B David Freese is back in the lineup Saturday, ...[+]
April 30.
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.
4/28 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Pujols, Cardinals grounding into double plays at record pace Albert Pujols and his St. Louis Cardinals are leading MLB in an unenviable stat, grounding into double plays....
4/27 StLCards.net: Lohse takes on Astros, Albert Pujols back in lineup – Live Blog : The Cardinals game is under way, Kyle Lohse is starting, to see if he can build on his incredible start last night. Albert Pujols ...
4/27 MLBTradeRumors: 2013 Free Agent Class Analysis : Our 2013 MLB Free Agent list has just been posted. Since that post will be a permanent addition to the sidebar, comments on ...
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 The Writer's Journey: Game 22 : Edinson Volquez actually got out of the first inning without allowing a run. It wasn’t until a 6th inning 3-run shot by ...
4/25 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Was Brandon Phillips right? : …about the 2010 Cardinals? “I’d play against these guys on one leg,” Phillips insisted before the game. “We have ...
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 ...
4/25 C70 At The Bat: Cards Win, Come Tantalizingly Close To Sweep : It was a wet weekend in St. Louis, but they got all the games in. After Friday's sleight-of-hand, as it were, with the start ...
4/25 StLCards.net: Westbrook, Molina and the Bullpen beat Reds : Cards WIN Jake Westbrook pitched well for the first time this season. Edinson Volquez kept the Cardinal hitters confused until ...
4/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina does it with arm and bat: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run, his first of the season, and he threw out a runner ...[+]
trying to steal Sunday, April 24, against the Cincinnati Reds, reports The Associated Press. Molina threw out a runner trying to steal and homered in the same game for the fifth time in his career.
4/24 Baseball Musings: Pujols Injured : Albert Pujols just left the Reds/Cardinals game after grounding out in the bottom of the seventh. He limped slightly as he returned ...
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. ...
4/20 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 | Yadier Molina resting for Game 1: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina is sitting the bench for Game 1 of a doubleheader Wednesday, April 20, with C Gerald Laird ...[+]
making the start, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Derrick Goold.
4/18 MLB Fantasy Recon: Waiver Wire Fliers - Carlos Ruiz, Randy Wolf, Bud Norris : Carlos Ruiz ain't getting his dueThere are only so many top 100 players. In a 12 team mixed you've probably got close to ...
4/17 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: They Pitched To the One Guy Who Could Beat Them, And He Does : MATT F’ING KEMP, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. I was going write another story about how fantastic (or lousy, because it applies ...
4/16 StLCards.net: Cardinals at Dodgers Game 3 (Game 15) : 14 games into the season and the Cardinals have reached the .500 mark for the second time. After beating the Dodgers in the first ...
4/16 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Cardinals offensive explosion continues The St. Louis Cardinals pounded the ball once again Friday night, led by Albert Pujols and Lance Berkman....
4/15 Blog Red Machine: Well, If It’s Not Masset… Some Reds fans want Nick Masset out of the setup role. Well, who do you put in it?...
4/14 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Series Preview: Cardinals at Dodgers April 14-17 : St. Louis Cardinals (5-7) at Los Angeles Dodgers (6-6)April 14-17Games: 13-16Location: Dodger Stadium2011 record vs. Giants: N/A2010 ...
4/14 C70 At The Bat: Turning The Tables : It's a lot more fun to be on this side of a team scoring in every inning. Tuesday night, Arizona wasn't held scoreless until ...
4/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Slumping Yadier Molina sits: Slumping St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina did not start Wednesday, April 13, against the Arizona Diamondbacks, reports The ...[+]
Associated Press. Molina is batting .152 (5-for-33) with three RBIs and only two extra-base hits so far this season.
4/13 Redbird Dugout: Game 11: Diamondbacks 13, Cardinals 8 : It was a Cardinals loss to the Diamondbacks. I didn't even need to watch to find that out because I awoke this morning to a Facebook ...
4/12 StLCards.net: Game 6 Thoughts : Cards LOSE Two starts into Chris Carpenter‘s season and the Cardinals already seem to have slipped into relaxed mode when ...
4/12 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Kyle McClellan at the bat : In an unexpected event, St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Kyle McClellan excelled Monday night at the plate as well as on the mound. ...
4/8 Redbird Dugout: Preseason Approval Ratings: Survey Results : He squeezes out the wins like an automatic juicer, Tony LaRussa!(Photo: Ryan Sullivan/Flickr)The final post in the series of the ...
4/8 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Cardinals hitters versus Giants starting pitchers : How St. Louis Cardinals batters have fared against the three San Francisco Giants starting pitchers they will face this weekend. ...
4/7 C70 At The Bat: Frustrations Mount For Cardinals : At least Tony La Russa is in mid-season form.The postgame press conference ended with TLR snapping at the media and abruptly leaving, ...
4/6 StLCards.net: Game 6 Thoughts : Cards LOSE Two starts into Chris Carpenter‘s season and the Cardinals already seem to have slipped into relaxed mode when ...
4/6 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Five Fingers and a Thumbah : After scoring just 15 runs in the first 6 games of the season, it’s fairly safe to say that the Cardinals are not lighting ...
4/6 StLCards.net: Game 5 Thoughts : Cards WIN Kyle McClellan did an really nice job in his first career start. He pitched 6 innings and got 7 strikeouts, gave up ...
4/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Gerald Laird starting: St. Louis Cardinals C Gerald Laird is receiving his first start of the year Tuesday, April 5, with C Yadier Molina taking the ...[+]
day off, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Rick Hummel.
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, ...
4/3 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, ...
4/2 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 C70 At The Bat: A New Beginning, The Same Ending : In all the hoopla surrounding the start of the season, perhaps I misunderstood. I thought we were turning the page to 2011, ...
News -- March 2011
3/31 C70 At The Bat: Let's Go: It's Opening Day! : Can you feel it? That shift in the air. You woke up this morning feeling a little different, didn't you? Today ...
3/31 StLCards.net: Cardinals Opening Day – Lineup (with nicknames) : The P-D has Tony’s lineup for Game 1 of 162. Ryan ‘The Riot’ Theriot – SS Colby ‘Don’t Make ...
3/31 Obstructed View: NL Central Preview: St. Louis Cardinals : Last Year:
Most thought that the Cardinals had all the pieces to run away with the NL Central, but somehow it never came together. ...
3/30 Redbird Dugout: Opening Day Lineup Revealed! : Just like Fredbird did, it's time to crank it up.The Post-Dispatch has posted the Cardinals' planned Opening Day lineup for tomorrow's ...
3/28 The Biz of Baseball: Attendance Watch 2011: The St. Louis Cardinals : In looking ahead to all 30 clubs in Major League Baseball, David is nearly complete, having wound his way through all the ...
3/23 COSFBA: Finding Keepers: St. Louis Cardinals : The St. Louis Cardinals were one of only two teams to finish the 2010 season with three players in the Top 20, according to
ESPN's ...
3/21 Through The Fence Baseball: 2011 MLB Pre-Season Preview: NL Central – St Louis Cardinals : Could 2011 be Albert Pujols’ last season in a Cardinals uniform? St. Louis Cardinals (2010 record: 86-76) As spring training ...
3/18 The Cardinal Nation Blog: John Hart and Harold Reynolds answer Cardinals questions : MLB Network analysts John Hart and Harold Reynolds answer St. Louis Cardinals questions in support of their 30 Clubs in 30 Days ...
3/17 Baseball Musings: Team Offense, St. Louis Cardinals : Albert Pujols may be playing his last season for the Cardinals in 2011. Photo: Icon SMI The series on team offense continues with ...
3/15 The Writer's Journey: 2011 Topps Heritage…haves and have-nots : I bought two jumbo packs of 2011 Topps Heritage today. Not a single Reds card in the lot. I’ve already set aside a few cards ...
3/14 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Not The News – Vol VI : I was going to attempt to start off with something funny and/or clever here, but I’m a little sluggish after the “Daylight ...
3/13 Mastersball.com: Grapefruit League Notes (3/13): Mercy Rule : On Sunday, my Florida travels brought me to Port St. Lucie as the New York Mets entertained the St. Louis Cardinals. The mercy ...
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. ...
3/11 C70 At The Bat: Cards Lose A Close One : Maybe it's a sign that spring training is hitting its serious stage, but yesterday's game could have easily been mistaken for ...
3/9 B-R Blog: Batters With WPA =.35+ In Post-Season Sudden Death Games : Today is Aaron Boone's birthday. Related, I wanted to see which players in baseball history had a WPA of .35 or better in a post-season ...
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”, ...
3/5 MetsNews.net: Remember Aaron Heilman? : I was looking at my 2006 NL East division championship banner that the Mets won in 2006, and I remembered someone...
Here's ...
3/4 C70 At The Bat: One Day, Two Results : One of those interesting quirks of spring is the split squad games. With so many players in camp, it's a great tool to be ...
3/3 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Build it Backwards : It’s one thing to look at the 2011 Cardinals and think about tweaking one thing here or making an adjustment there. Rebuilding ...
3/1 Cubs Billy Goat Blog : NL Central Preview: St. Louis Cardinals : Team: St. Louis Cardinals
Predicted Finish: 3rd
Key Additions: Lance Berkman, Ian Snell, Ryan Theriot
Key ...
3/1 C70 At The Bat: Off On The Wrong Foot : After months and months of the cold winter void, even a loss to the Marlins looks good.Cardinals stumbled out of the gate yesterday ...
News -- February 2011
2/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Monday's lineup omissions: St. Louis Cardinals 3B Allen Craig is in the lineup in place of 3B David Freese (ankle) Monday, Feb. 28, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's ...[+]
Joe Strauss reports. OF Lance Berkman (elbow) is in the lineup, as expected. OF Colby Rasmus and C Yadier Molina have the day off.
2/28 My Pinstripes: FullCountPitch - Band of Brothers : There have been many brother tandems that have played in the Major Leagues over the years, but there have been few that have jointly ...
2/25 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Play That Funky Music : Before the Cardinals take the field for opening day, I thought I’d just give my suggestions on some walkup music options ...
2/21 Fungoes.net: Bloggers roundtable: Managing tactic for the 2011 Cardinals? : Over the weekend, we asked the United Cardinal Bloggers the following question:
Given the current roster and likely makeup of ...
2/18 Blog Red Machine: 2011 Preview: St. Louis Cardinals BRM's final preview centers around the St. Louis Cardinals. Grab a seat and take a look....
2/17 MLBTradeRumors: A Challenge For The Cardinals : If the Cardinals sign Albert Pujols to an eight or ten-year deal when he hits free agency after the season, they'll be counting ...
2/17 StLCards.net: Meet your new Cardinals: Gerald Laird : He’s played his whole career in the AL and he’s only 31. He’s got 461 career hits and 398 career strikeouts. ...
2/16 SocraticGadfly: Pujols — worth 10 years, $300M : I have blogged before that St. Louis Cardinals CEO Bill DeWitt can afford to pay Albert Pujols a 10-year, $300-million contract ...
2/13 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Stacking Pujols up against other career Cardinals Putting Albert Pujols’ opportunity to remain a life-long St. Louis Cardinal into games-played context....
2/11 Blog Red Machine: Getting Down to Brass Tacks : The all NL Central is almost set to be revealed. We need the readers of BRM to do a couple more things. Nothing big, but important! ...
2/11 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Yadi Makes the World Go ‘Round : The Cardinals have a big free agent problem looming, and they need to deal with it sooner as opposed to later. Instead of waiting ...
2/7 MLB Fantasy Recon: 2011 Recon: Ranking the Catchers Part 2 : The rest;6. Carlos Santana 2010 .260 23 6 22 3 Projected .248 59 29 72 3Expectations are high for the Indians backstop who ...
2/7 Pitchers Hit Eighth: FUNdraising Ideas : With the Cardinals facing the prospect of giving a substantial pay raise to arguably the best player in baseball, I thought I’d ...
2/2 The "Mc" Effect: 2011 Fantasy Baseball Preview - Catcher Rankings : Introduction -Catchers -First Basemen -Second Basemen Third Basemen -Shortstops -Outfielders 1 -Outfielders ...
News -- January 2011
1/30 Fungoes.net: Five headlines that we expect (not necessarily want) in 2011 : The Cardinals have already made some headlines this winter, with a few offseason accolades, some wise and unwise moves and, of ...
1/27 MLBTradeRumors: Cubs Agree To Deals With Pair Of Cuban Players : The Cubs have reached agreements to sign a pair of Cuban players, MLBTR's Nick Collias has learned. They'll be signing outfielder ...
1/24 The "Mc" Effect: 2011 Fantasy Baseball Preview - Catcher Rankings : We're kicking off the fantasy baseball position-by-position breakdown, and we're gonna start with the catchers. If you haven't ...
1/24 Blog Red Machine: The Rivalry Renewed: Cincinnati Reds vs. St. Louis Cardinals A look at who will be the better team in 2011 Cardinals or Reds...
1/22 MLBTradeRumors: January 21st: Contract Extension Day : Two multiyear contracts were given out today (to Billy Butler and Jason Hammel), but they came a day late compared to recent ...
1/14 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Show Him The Money!!! : Not so fast. Slow down there, wonder fan. How much money are we talking about and for how long? 8 yrs and $240M? ...
1/13 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Mang Overboard : “I say and I say it again, you’ve been had. You’ve been took. You’ve been hoodwinked, bamboozled, led ...
1/12 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Heart Healthy : C’mon! You didn’t think I was going to go into some long-winded analogy about cholesterol, heart-healthy diets, ...
1/5 Fungoes.net: Twelve Days of Christmas 2010: Day 12 : On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me
Twelve bases amassing,
Eleven runs above average a’ fielding,
...
1/4 Fungoes.net: Twelve Days of Christmas 2010: Day 11 : On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me
Eleven runs above average a’ fielding,
Ten games above .500 ...
1/4 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Is Cooperstown Worthy? : It’s a double-edged sword of a question that needs asking. Is Cooperstown really worthy? Is it worthy of all the respect ...
1/3 Fungoes.net: Twelve Days of Christmas 2010: Day 10 : On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me
Ten games above .500 winning,
Nine batters k-ing,
Eight games completing,
...
1/3 Fungoes.net: Twelve Days of Christmas 2010: Day 9 : On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me
Nine batters k-ing,
Eight games completing,
Seven years a’ signing,
...
1/1 Fungoes.net: Twelve Days of Christmas 2010: Day 8 : On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me
Eight games completing,
Seven years a’ signing,
Six grands a’ ...
News -- December 2010
12/31 Fungoes.net: Twelve Days of Christmas 2010: Day 7 : On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me
Seven years a’ signing
Six grands a’ slamming,
Five shining ...
12/31 Call to the Pen: Olde Man’s Tavern: The Year That Was 2010 Oled Man's Tavern revisits some things from the 2010 baseball season....
12/30 Fungoes.net: Twelve Days of Christmas 2010: Day 6 : On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me
Six grands a’ slamming
Five shining stars,
Four hundred home runs,
...
12/30 Fungoes.net: Twelve Days of Christmas 2010: Day 5 : On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me
Five shining stars,
Four hundred home runs,
Three clutch men,
Two ...
12/30 Fungoes.net: Twelve Days of Christmas 2010: Day 5 : On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me
Five shining stars,
Four hundred home runs,
Three clutch men,
Two ...
12/29 MLBTradeRumors: Potential Free Agent Bats For 2012-13 Offseason : Last week we looked at starting pitchers who could reach free agency after the 2012 season. Today, let's see which bats might ...
12/28 Fungoes.net: Twelve Days of Christmas 2010: Day 4 : On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me
Four hundred home runs,
Three clutch men,
Two golden gloves,
And a ...
12/27 Fungoes.net: Twelve Days of Christmas 2010: Day 3 : On the third day of Christmas, my true love sent to me
Three clutch men,
Two golden gloves,
And a vote for the finest rookie.
Jaime ...
12/26 Fungoes.net: Twelve Days of Christmas 2010: Day 2 : On the second day of Christmas, my true love sent to me
Two golden gloves,
And a vote for the finest rookie.
Jaime Garcia ...
12/24 My Pinstripes: BD Hot Stove: Brewing Up A Challenge | Baseball Digest : BD Hot Stove: Brewing Up A Challenge | Baseball DigestWhen you think of the NL Central, you think of Tony LaRussa and the St. ...
12/24 Call to the Pen: Olde Man’s Tavern: The List : Ah, Christmas. Family, food, giving for some. The Olde Man? He set about a different means within the Tavern this week. You see, ...
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 ...
12/14 My Pinstripes: BD Hot Stove: The Repercussions of Phil Lee : The fallout from Cliff Lee signing with Philadelphia can be heard today from Texas to New York to Boston and everywhere in between. ...
12/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Gerald Laird to be backup: St. Louis Cardinals C Gerald Laird is expected to serve as the backup to C Yadier Molina, according to MLB.com's Matthew Leach. ...[+]
12/14 MLBTradeRumors: Cardinals Reach Agreement With Gerald Laird : The Cardinals reached an agreement with catcher Gerald Laird, tweets SI's Jon Heyman. Laird will serve as Yadier Molina's backup, ...
12/10 MLBTradeRumors: International Links: Reyes, Molina, Anderson : Links in three very different-sounding accents of Spanish...
Jose Reyes has heard the rumors, and he met with Mets GM Sandy ...
12/9 MLBTradeRumors: Cardinals Consider Zaun Fallback Option : The Cardinals consider Gregg Zaun a fallback option in their search for a backup catcher, tweets Joe Strauss of the St. Louis ...
12/8 MLBTradeRumors: Day In Review: 12/7/10 : Another day of the Winter Meetings is officially in the books. Here's everything that's happened since yesterday's Day In Review ...
12/8 MLBTradeRumors: Cardinals Have Discussed Bengie Molina : The Cardinals would like to have a backup catcher signed by the end of the Winter Meetings, writes Derrick Goold of the St. Louis ...
12/5 Pitchers Hit Eighth: The Pile of Money At The Ledge : Obviously, there must be a huge pile of money located near a ledge somewhere, because this would logically explain why so many ...
12/3 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Brendan Ryan Versus Ozzie Smith : I usually visit the #stlcards tweets a few times a week to see what exactly the rest of the Cardinal nation tweeps have on their ...
12/3 PaulLebowitz.com: An Evil Megalomaniac : Bent on world domination: With his trusty assistant/enforcer Nuclear Ozzie Guillen at his side, White Sox GM Kenny Williams ...
News -- November 2010
11/30 Pitchers Hit Eighth: A Time for Giving Thanks : As the members of Cardinal Nation prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving, I want to take this opportunity to wish everyone a safe and ...
11/21 MLBTradeRumors: Regular Season Award Winners Cashing In : Players take a lot of pride in individual awards. While most will say that team success outweighs winning a Cy Young, Gold Glove, ...
11/10 Giants Nirvana: National League Gold Glove Winners Announced: Andres Torres...Denied. : The National League Gold Glove winners were announced earlier today:
C - Yadier Molina
1B - Albert Pujols
2B - Brandon Phillips
3B ...
11/10 Crashburn Alley: Jeter Wins Gold Glove; Utley Does Not; Life Unfair : The National League Gold Glove awards were dished out just a few minutes ago. The Phillies’ own Shane Victorino won his ...
11/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : MLB | NL Gold Gloves announced: Major League Baseball announced the National League Gold Glove winners Wednesday, Nov. 10, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's ...[+]
Derrick Goold. The winners were Cincinnati Reds SP Bronson Arroyo, St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina, Cardinals 1B Albert Pujols, Reds 2B Brandon Phillips, Reds 3B Scott Rolen, Colorado Rockies SS Troy Tulowitzki, Philadelphia Phillies OF Shane Victorino, Houston Astros OF Michael Bourn and Rockies OF Carlos Gonzalez.
11/10 Crashburn Alley: Carlos Ruiz Receives High Defensive Grades : Matt Klaassen posted his catcher defense rankings at Beyond the Box Score. Carlos Ruiz ranked very highly, no surprise there. ...
11/10 Jason's Baseball Blog: Fantasy Rankings in Review – Catchers : Back in February, I took my first shot at attempting to rank players for fantasy purposes. After a full season, I thought it wise ...
11/2 Bronx Baseball Daily: Gardner Wins Fielding Bible Award for Best Left Fielder :
Brett Gardner won The Fielding Bible’s Award for best left fielder beating out the Rays left fielder Carl Crawford ...
News -- October 2010
10/21 B-R Blog: 2010 Least Valuable Player : Who was the least valuable player in the majors this year? Let's start with the following list of 23 players. These are the players ...
News -- September 2010
9/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina says knee is OK: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina (knee) said he just has inflammation in his right knee, but he won't play again this season, ...[+]
MLB.com's Matthew Leach reports. 'Minor deal,' Molina said. 'It's just inflammation. The MRI said it's just inflammation and I just need rest. So I think with rest, it's going to be better.'
9/27 YankeeAnalysts.com: Going to WAR with the league's catchers : After the approximately 8 million stolen bases thieved by Boston during last night’s ninth inning, it’s rather appropriate ...
9/27 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Play GM For A Day : Okay, let’s play GM for a day. Why not pretend to spend someone else’s money and run our favorite baseball team ...
9/24 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Lilly, V-Mart, Valentine, Kasten : As the Rockies prepare for what's pretty much a playoff series for them against the Giants this weekend, here are some news items....
The ...
9/24 Fungoes.net: Around the horn: Is Ludwick clutch? : Is Ludwick "clutch"?
In his weekly chat Wednesday, Joe Strauss sneaked in a personal reflection about how "clutch" ...
9/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina likely to be shut down: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina (knee) is likely to miss the rest of the season, according to MLB.com's Matthew Leach. No ...[+]
major issues were found in Molina's knee during an examination Thursday, Sept. 23, but the inflammation is significant enough for the team to shut him down. 'There was no structural damage,' general manager John Mozeliak said. 'A little inflammation under the patella, so at this point we just plan on resting him. At this point he probably won't play (again this year). There is no reason to believe that Molina will need offseason surgery. Cs Matt Pagnozzi and Bryan Anderson will both see time behind the plate from here on out.
9/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina to undergo MRI: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina (knee) will undergo an MRI exam on his sore right knee Wednesday, Sept. 22, according to the ...[+]
St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Rick Hummel. Molina will rejoin the team Friday, Sept. 24. C Matt Pagnozzi will receive the start Wednesday.
9/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina rests Sunday: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina (knees) took the day off Sunday, Sept. 19, to rest his sore knees, according to the St. Louis ...[+]
Post-Dispatch's Joe Strauss. C Matt Pagnozzi received his second major league start.
9/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina drives in five runs Friday: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina went 4-for-4 with a pair of doubles and a career-high five RBIs against the San Diego Padres ...[+]
Friday, Sept. 17, according to The Associated Press.
9/17 Fungoes.net: How’s that Ludwick trade working out? (pretty well for Cardinals) : With Jake Westbrook having taken down Ryan Ludwick’s San Diego Padres in the first game of their series, and many fans ...
9/17 The UpperCard Network: Cardinals Won’t Deal Rasmus : Cardinals outfielder Colby Rasmus might want out of St. Louis, but general manager John Mozeliak has no plans to deal him. MLB.Com’s ...
9/14 Fungoes.net: Are they live or are they dead? : The Cardinals spent a long, quiet evening kissing the game — and their season — goodnight, losing 5-1 to the Cubs ...
9/12 Tomahawk Take: Game Preview: St. Louis Cardinals vs. Atlanta Braves (Game 4) : Sunday, September 12 – 8:05 (ESPN)
St. Louis Cardinals (73-67) vs. Atlanta Braves (82-61)
Kyle Lohse
(7.13 ERA, 5.09 xFIP, ...
9/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina to have days off: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina (knee) will be monitored daily due to swelling behind his right knee and will receive days ...[+]
off when needed down the stretch, FOXSportsMidwest.com's B.J. Rains reports.
9/9 Tomahawk Take: Game Preview: St. Louis Cardinals vs. Atlanta Braves (Game 1) : Thursday, September 9 – 7:10 (Peachtree TV, MLB Network)
St. Louis Cardinals (72-65) vs. Atlanta Braves (80-60)
Adam Wainwright
(2.34 ...
9/9 NY Baseball Digest: Should Umpires Be Allowed to Eject Fans? : I have to admit I never saw a fan get ejected by an umpire, but Bob Davidson did exactly that during Tuesday night’s game between ...
9/8 El Maquino: 1 of 4 Ejections Were Justified : So why did umpire Bob Davidson lose it and eject that Brewers fan behind the plate last night? Well, he actually had a good ...
9/8 El Maquino: Bernie Takes Out the “Clown” : I could go on about how terrible an umpire Bob Davidson is and how stupid it was to watch 4 people get ejected last night; but ...
9/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina resting Wednesday: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina is taking the day off Wednesday, Sept. 8, with C Matt Pagnozzi making his first major league ...[+]
start behind the dish, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Rick Hummel.
9/8 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: September 6 :
Home Run of the Day: Mike Stanton, Florida Marlins (Trot Time: 19.48 seconds) [video]
A good crop of choices for Home Run ...
9/7 Fungoes.net: Holliday for MVP? : For most of the year, newcomer Matt Holliday has toiled in the considerable shadow of three-time MVP Albert Pujols. But the ...
9/7 El Maquino: Lohse v. NL HR Leaders… : Tonight, the Cards take on the Brewers (63-74), who have recently been passed by the Astros for 3rd in the NLC. Tyler Greene starts ...
9/7 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: September 6 :
Home Run of the Day: Mike Stanton, Florida Marlins (Trot Time: 19.48 seconds) [video]
A good crop of choices for Home Run ...
9/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina hits grand slamSt. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina hit a grand slam to help win the game Monday, Sept. 6, The Associated Press reports. ...[+]
St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina hit a grand slam to help win the game Monday, Sept. 6, The Associated Press reports.
9/6 Baseball Musings: One Equals Three : The Milwaukee Brewers hit three home runs against the Cardinals Monday afternoon, getting two from Corey Hart and one from Rickie ...
9/6 El Maquino: Crew Gets Out-Blasted: Cards 8 | Brewers 6 (72-63; Lead Series, 1-0) : September 6, 2010 Wow! Two in a row! The pitching wasn’t amazing as both teams used 5 pitchers; all but one on each side ...
9/2 PaulLebowitz.com: Broken Wings : Cardinals in freefall: Don't you hate the unexplainable? It's easy to look at teams like the Mariners; the Pirates; the ...
9/1 El Maquino: “L”: Cards 0 | Astros 3 (69-61; Trail Series, 0-2) : August 31, 2010 Cards lose again. They haven’t scored for 18 innings. They have 5 hits in those 18 innings. Albert Pujols ...
News -- August 2010
8/31 El Maquino: Happ Throws Enemy 2H’er: Cards 0 | Astros 3 (69-60; Trail Series, 0-1) : August 30, 2010 Cards lose again, making them 5-11 since the Reds series. The only hit streak that survived today was Yadier ...
8/30 El Maquino: Razz Bats 7th. Hold On to Something… : Glad I got to post that article a minute ago. Colby bats 7th tonight. 7th behind Yadier Molina (26%) and Pedro Feliz (23%). ...
8/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina returnsSt. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina (knee) returned to the lineup Sunday, Aug. 29, The Associated Press reports. ...[+]
St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina (knee) returned to the lineup Sunday, Aug. 29, The Associated Press reports.
8/29 El Maquino: This Season’s Pretty Much Over: Cards 2 | Nationals 4 (69-59; Trail Series, 1-2) : August 29, 2010 Call it. 2010′s over if the Cards can’t beat the Nationals. Adam Wainwright gives up 4er against ...
8/28 El Maquino: Yadi and Razz Still Out : The Cards tied up the 4-game series, 1-1 yesterday. Today, the Cards send Kyle Lohse (32|4.3), their weakest starter. ...
8/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina has swelling in right knee: Updating previous reports, St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina (knee) was sidelined against the Washington Nationals Friday, Aug. ...[+]
27, due to swelling in his right knee, according to The Associated Press. He suffered the injury when he jammed his leg on the base while running out a grounder Thursday, Aug. 26.
8/27 El Maquino: Pujols Makes History in 13 Innings: Cards 10 | Nationals 11 (68-57; Trail Series, 0-1) : August 27, 2010 It happened! Albert Pujols gets his 400th career homerun! Matt Holliday was beaned to score a run, but was replaced ...
8/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina out Friday: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina (undisclosed) is not in the lineup Friday, Aug. 27, after suffering an undisclosed injury ...[+]
Thursday, Aug. 26, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Joe Strauss. C Bryan Anderson is starting in place of Molina.
8/25 El Maquino: Chase for 400: Day 2 : Tonight, the Cards send out Jake Westbrook (2SotG in 4g) against the Pirates’ Daniel McCutchen; who is coming out of a ...
8/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina resting Wednesday: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina is receiving a day of rest Wednesday, Aug. 25, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's ...[+]
Rick Hummel. 2B Felipe Lopez is taking over at shortstop in place of SS Brendan Ryan. OF Jon Jay is moving from second in the lineup to fifth, with OF Randy Winn starting in right field and hitting second.
8/23 El Maquino: Bucs Get Mauled, Pujols Within 1: Cards 9 | Pirates 2 (68-54; Lead Series, 1-0) : August 23, 2010 For the 3rd day in a row, pitching, hitting and defense come together for a blowout win. It would figure that ...
8/23 El Maquino: In Case You Didn’t Know: Pujols Most Famous Cardinal : View full Google Trends results A few months ago, I discovered Google Trends, where you can compare 2-4 categories to see how ...
8/22 Baseball Daily Digest: Raising Aces: Os-mosis : The pitching motion is temperamental. Throwing a baseball is physically similar to swinging a golf club, particularly when it ...
8/22 El Maquino: Jaime Faces 28: Cards 9 | Giants 0 (67-54; Win Series, 2-1) : August 22, 2010 The Dr. Jekyll Cards are back! Cards put it all together today. Jaime Garcia (SotG) was a monster, facing 28 ...
8/20 El Maquino: Cards Quit Until Crunch Time, Again: Cards 3 | Giants 6 (65-54; Trail Series, 0-1) : August 20, 2010 THE GOOD: Albert Pujols hits homerun #32/398, becoming 1st in the NL, ties Dale Murphy for 49th/39th all-time, ...
8/20 El Maquino: Team of the Decade : The Cards have a thing on their website where you can vote for the Team of the Decade. Mine: CR: Yadier Molina (2004-) 1B: Albert ...
8/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Several players slumping: St. Louis Cardinals 2B Felipe Lopez has four hits in his last 41 at-bats, OF Jon Jay struck out for his fifth straight time Wednesday, ...[+]
Aug. 18, OF Matt Holliday is in a 2-for-15 slump and C Yadier Molina is 1-for-13, according to the Associated Press. Molina made his 21st straight start at catcher Wednesday.
8/18 Fungoes.net: Brewers 3, Cardinals 2: Flip Flip, Skip and Craig? : Jaime Garcia started off on the right track Tuesday night, striking out three of his first four batters — on the strength ...
8/16 MLBTradeRumors: Would-Be Free Agents : The upcoming free agent class has its share of big names, including Cliff Lee and Carl Crawford. Lee's free agency was delayed ...
8/16 Fungoes.net: Cardinals take long-term view in loss to Cubs : Sometimes, players conserve energy for the rest of the game by not going all out on a single play, like not running out a routine ...
8/15 El Maquino: Steven Hill Off to A Great Start : Really, Steven Hill should be with the AA S-Cardinals. He shouldn’t be in the Majors. I don’t say this because he ...
8/12 El Maquino: Fine$ Are In : MLB reviewed the Cards-Reds brawl and handed down punishments: Johnny Cueto (REDS): Suspended 1 week (as of today). So, he ...
8/12 MLBTradeRumors: Potential Suitors For Victor Martinez : Joe Mauer nearly became the prize of the 2010-11 offseason, but $184MM later, he’s a Twin for the foreseeable future and Victor ...
8/11 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: August 10 : Home Run of the Day: Yadier Molina, St. Louis Cardinals (Trot Time: 21.92 seconds) [video]
For a while there, I was convinced ...
8/11 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: August 10 : Home Run of the Day: Yadier Molina, St. Louis Cardinals (Trot Time: 21.92 seconds) [video]
For a while there, I was convinced ...
8/11 El Maquino: Fallout: LaRue and Carp Cut By Cueto’s Spikes : In last night’s brawl, Johnny Cueto started kicking people when he was backed up to the wall. He was wearing CLEATS, so ...
8/11 El Maquino: Some Post-Fight Quotes : “He talked bad about my team, he talked bad about me. Don’t talk bad and come up and say ‘hi’ to me. ...
8/11 PaulLebowitz.com: 45 Men : The line goes around the block: 25 players in Cardinals uniforms wanted to brutally beat Reds 2nd baseman Brandon Phillips. ...
8/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : MLB | Benches clear in Cards-Reds game: The benches cleared in the bottom of the first inning of the St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds game Tuesday, Aug. 10, The ...[+]
Associated Press reports. Reds 2B Brandon Phillips tapped Cardinals C Yadier Molina's shin guards as he entered the batter's box, and Molina took exception after Phillips' brash comments about the Cardinals players the day before. The two players jawed at each other, but neither were ejected. The altercation lasted seven minutes.
8/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Reds | Brandon Phillips involved in altercation: Cincinnati Reds 2B Brandon Phillips was involved in an altercation during the teams game Tuesday, Aug. 10. Phillips had words ...[+]
with St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina when he came to bat in the first inning. Phillips removed his helmet and Molina removed his mask as the exchange escalated. Both benches cleared, but there was nothing more than shoving initially. Cardinals manager Tony La Russa and Reds manager Dusty Baker were both ejected as they exchanged words in the middle of the crowd.
8/10 El Maquino: Hey Brandon, the Good Guys Always Win!: Cardinals 8 | Reds 4 (63-49; Lead Series, 2-0) : August 10, 2010 Brawl! Before that numbskull Brandon Phillips could even ground out on 2 pitches, he mouthed off to Yadier Molina, ...
8/10 El Maquino: FIGHT! : That little baby Brandon Phillips was mad his team was losing before he even got to bat. So when either he or Yadier Molina ...
8/7 El Maquino: Franklin Throws Miracle 9th Into the Fire: Cards 4 | Marlins 5 (61-49; Tie Series, 1-1) : August 7, 2010 T9: Yadier Molina (SotG) got a 2-out hit in the 9th to score Albert Pujols; Aaron Miles drives in Matt Holliday, ...
8/5 Fungoes.net: Bat Molina ninth : You can almost feel the Busch Stadium crowd hold its collective breath these days when Yadier Molina steps to the plate with ...
8/3 Pitchers Hit Eighth: A Good Night Turned Bad : I watched last night’s game while also trying to get some other things done – multi-tasking! – and decided I’d ...
8/2 El Maquino: Westbrook v. Wallace : After the Deadline, every member of the 2005 NL Champion Astros had left the team. The Cards still have Albert Pujols, Chris ...
News -- July 2010
7/28 El Maquino: Jaime-Santana, Round 2 : Watch tonight’s 20-inning rematch on ESPN; unless Chris Berman still has a broadcasting job. >Cards-Redbirds trade: ...
7/24 El Maquino: Wild Pitch/Error Kills Cards: Cards 5 | Cubs 6 (54-44; Trail Series, 0-2) : July 24, 2010 The Cubs didn’t pitch well (gave up 11 hits); but they didn’t have to. Homeruns by Tyler Colvin and ...
7/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina has the day offSt. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina is not in the lineup Friday, July 23, according to FOX Sports Midwest. ...[+]
St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina is not in the lineup Friday, July 23, according to FOX Sports Midwest.
7/21 El Maquino: Taking Back the Division: Cards 5 | Phillies 1 (54-41; Lead Series, 2-0) : July 21, 2010 Tonight was the Cards’ 54th win, 1 shy (maybe 2 by the end of today) of the NL best. This is the longest ...
7/20 Fungoes.net: Quotebook: Cardinals 8, Phillies 4 :
Just to get through six, I kind of had to scratch and claw to get there. It definitely helps the bullpen out a little bit. Ryan ...
7/19 El Maquino: B2B2B: Cards 8 | Phillies 4 (52-41; Lead Series, 1-0) : July 19, 2010 Cards hit 4 homeruns tonight. Albert Pujols (22), Allen Craig (1) and Skip Schumaker (3) went back-to-back-to ...
7/19 El Maquino: Albert Last Night, Matt Tonight : Apparently, Tony LaRussa doesn’t think too highly of last years’ NLDS champs since he’s benched the likes of ...
7/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina, Colby Rasmus not in Sunday's lineup: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina and OF Colby Rasmus are not in the starting lineup against the Los Angeles Dodgers Sunday, ...[+]
July 18, according to B.J. Rains of FoxSportsMidwest.com.
7/17 El Maquino: Wrapping Up the 1st 3G Sweep : Site was out of order for the last 2 games of the Dodgers series; but here’s what happened: Game 1: Cards win, 7-1 Game ...
7/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina drives in four runs Friday: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina went 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs against the Los Angeles Dodgers Friday, July 16, ...[+]
according to The Associated Press.
7/17 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: July 16 : Home Run of the Day: Bengie Molina, Texas Rangers (Trot Time: 25.18 seconds) [video]
Yankees fans would probably like me to ...
7/17 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: July 16 : Home Run of the Day: Bengie Molina, Texas Rangers (Trot Time: 25.18 seconds) [video]
Yankees fans would probably like me to ...
7/15 MLBTradeRumors: Cardinals Extend GM John Mozeliak : The Cardinals agreed to a three-year extension with GM John Mozeliak, according to Bernie Miklasz of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. ...
7/14 El Maquino: This One Went Well, But What About 2011? : The 2011 All-Star Game will be in Arizona, the state that recently passed a law that allows them to send illegal immigrants back ...
7/14 El Maquino: 2010 All-Star Game: 13′s Over! : The American League’s 13-year monopoly over the Midsummer Classic is over! The NL wins, 3-1 off of Brian McCann‘s ...
7/13 Baseball Musings: Verlander In : Joe Girardi is blowing through his pitching staff, bringing in Justin Verlander to pitcher the fifth. He gives up a single to ...
7/13 El Maquino: Happy B-Day, Yadier Molina and Ryan Ludwick! Yadier Molina is the best defensive catcher in years. Ryan Ludwick is one of the top most under-rated active players....
7/13 Fungoes.net: When picking All-Stars, who knows best? : With so many ways for players to make it to the All-Star Game nowadays, which voting constituency is best at choosing deserving ...
7/12 MLBTradeRumors: The Trade Market For Catchers : One team has a clear need for catching depth and a few others could upgrade behind the plate. Here's a look at some teams that ...
7/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : MLB | NL All-Star lineup announced: The National League lineup for the 2010 All-Star Game was announced Monday, July 12, according to MLB.com. Florida Marlins SS ...[+]
Hanley Ramirez will lead off, followed by Atlanta Braves 2B Martin Prado, St. Louis Cardinals 1B Albert Pujols, Philadelphia Phillies 1B Ryan Howard, New York Mets 3B David Wright, Milwaukee Brewers OF Ryan Braun, Los Angeles Dodgers OF Andre Ethier, Milwaukee Brewers OF Corey Hart and St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina.
7/10 El Maquino: Skip 2nd, Jay After Holliday : CARDS: Lopez, 3b Schumaker, 2b Pujols, 1b Holliday, lf Jay, cf Stavinoha, rf LaRue, c Suppan, p Greene, ss Skip Schumaker bats ...
7/10 El Maquino: Supremecy Over Bourn : Last night, with the Astros trailing and trailing badly, their lone All-Star, Michael Bourn tried to steal. Bourn forgot who ...
7/10 Fungoes.net: Does All-Star representation translate into regular-season success? : The Cardinals are sending five players — Albert Pujols, Yadier Molina, Adam Wainwright, Chris Carpenter and Matt Holliday ...
7/8 El Maquino: Is Yadi’s Slump Bust Upcoming? : It’s a stretch to claim Yadier Molina is coming out of the slump that put him at a 23%; but I can hope, right? After all, ...
7/7 Pitchers Hit Eighth: A microcosm of the Cardinals’ 2010 season : Take a look at the win probability graph for last night’s loss from Fangraphs: It’s almost as if this graph, for last ...
7/5 MLBTradeRumors: 2010 All-Star Bonuses : There's more at stake than a player's legacy when it comes to All-Star selections. Depending on a player's contract, a place on ...
7/4 El Maquino: 5 Tickets For Annaheim?! : Cards send 5 reps to the All-Star Game in Los Angeles this month! FIVE! Albert Pujols (Starts ad 1b) Yadier Molina (Starts at ...
7/4 El Maquino: Can This Team Finally Beat the AL? : C: Yadier Molina (CRDS) | Brian McCann (BRVS) 1b: Albert Pujols (CRDS) | Ryan Howard (PHLS) | Adrian Gonzalez ...
7/4 El Maquino: Better Have A Great 2nd Half… : The Cards (technically) played their 81st game yesterday. 81 more to go. If you multiply all of their stats by 2, here is ...
7/2 Fungoes.net: Recap: Brewers 4, Cardinals 1 (Hawksworth is not the problem) : The back end of the Cardinals’ rotation has produced some suspect starts since Brad Penny went down to injury, but Blake ...
7/2 El Maquino: Short-Handed : Randy Wolf destroyed everybody but Albert Pujols last night. He’s left-handed. The Cards play Chris Narveson today. ...
7/2 B-R Blog: Under the radar: Pitchers with a low ERA but lots of losses this year : I guess this happens every year, but there are some serious hard-luck pitcher so far in 2010.
Here are the ERA leaders among pitchers ...
7/1 El Maquino: Cards 1 | Brewers 4 (43-36; Trail Series, 0-1) : Cards are now down 1 1/2 to the Reds. Brewers won with all of their runs coming from homeruns by Casey McGehee, George Kottaras ...
7/1 El Maquino: They Have the Tools : The Cards would like to have Cliff Lee or Dan Haren. But, they can’t pay out their salaries. So, they’d need ...
News -- June 2010
6/30 El Maquino: Franklin Will Be SotG* : Cards: Schumaker, 2b Lopez, 3b Pujols, 1b Holliday, lf Rasmus, cf Stavinoha, rf LaRue, c Ryan, ss Yadier Molina is taken ...
6/29 El Maquino: Cardinals 8| Diamondbacks 0 (43-34; Lead Series, 2-0) : Summary: Cards are now in 1st in the NLC. Albert Pujols has a 2-homer, 5rbi night, going 3-4. Adam Wainwright got his 23rd home ...
6/29 El Maquino: All-Star Bailout : The NL All-Star team is saved! It’s wrong to be excited about injuries (especially since the Reds are playing the Phillies ...
6/29 Fungoes.net: Recap: Cardinals 6, Diamondbacks 5 (Warning: Contains explicit pro-Haren language) : Let’s get this out of the way now: We’re a big fan of Dan Haren and have perhaps an unhealthy, lingering resentment ...
6/29 Baseball Musings: Tony’s Tactics : I did not catch this part of the Cardinals ninth inning last night (post from Monday night): After Haren’s first pitch, ...
6/26 El Maquino: Some Critical Player Injuries : EM’s injury update has been confirmed, and Ryan Ludwick is hurt. He was feeling some soreness yesterday against the Royals ...
6/25 Fungoes.net: Our 2010 NL All-Star ballot : It’s almost July, so that means it’s finally time to pick some all-stars (regardless of when MLB actually opens voting). ...
6/25 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Baseball Bloggers Alliance: 2010 National League All-Star Ballot : As part of a Baseball Bloggers Alliance Project, Josh, Andrew and I cast our ballots for the 2010 National League All-Star team. ...
6/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina snaps slump: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina snapped an 0-for-17 slump with a home run Tuesday, June 22, The Associated Press reports. ...[+]
6/21 Crashburn Alley: Filling Out My All-Star Ballot : With July 13 quickly approaching, members of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance are filling out their All-Star ballots. Here are my ...
6/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina sits: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina, who is hitless in his last 19 at-bats, was rested Sunday, June 20, The Associated Press reports. ...[+]
6/19 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Yankees, Lee, DeShields, Barton : Some Saturday morning links...
Joel Sherman of The New York Post says that despite all the talk about Cliff Lee, the Yankees ...
6/19 Fungoes.net: Recap: Cardinals 6, Athletics 4 : Chris Carpenter turned in a strong but not superior 57-FIGS start Friday in the Cardinals’ 6-4 win over the arch rival ...
6/15 Crashburn Alley: Graph of the Intermittent Time Period : Two graphs in two days? I must be on a roll. Actually, I meant to post this a few days ago but never got around to it. Last week ...
6/9 Tomahawk Take: Jason Heyward now Second Amongst NL Outfielders in All Star Votes :
Source: Yardbarker.com
The plea was made all around the web and the Braves fans have answered the call. Jason Heyward jumped ...
6/7 Baseball Daily Digest: Do Not Run on Yadier Molina : St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina has developed into quite the asset. He has earned two Gold Glove awards in each of the ...
6/6 TetreaultVision: Take Me Back from the Ballgame June 5, 2010 : The first weekend of June began with more tightening in the AL East. Based on Baseball-Reference's SRS (Simple Rating System ...
6/3 Pitchers Hit Eighth: 2010 UCB Progressive Game Blog: Fourth Inning : Cards versus Cubs at Wrigley Field – does it get much better than that? Well, assuming a Cardinal victory anyway…
The ...
News -- May 2010
5/30 Fungoes.net: Cubs-Cardinals: second inning : [Note: The following is Part 3 of the United Cardinal Bloggers' progressive blog for the May 29 Cubs-Cardinals game. This post ...
5/26 Baseball Daily Digest: Get Your Ballots Ready: A Look at Early NL Voting : If the early AL voting totals told us that Yankee fans had been voting en masse, early NL voting puts Cardinals fans and Phillies ...
5/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina drives in three runs Sunday: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina drove in three runs Sunday, May 9, in an 11-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates, according to ...[+]
The Associated Press.
5/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina collects four hits Friday: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina went 4-for-5 Friday, May 7, against the Pittsburgh Pirates, with a double, three RBIs and ...[+]
a run scored, according to The Associated Press.
5/7 MLBTradeRumors: Players That Would Have Been Free Agents After 2010 : With more and more young players signing long-term extensions that buy out arbitration and free agent years, the amount of talent ...
5/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina out todaySt. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina is out of the starting lineup Thursday, May 6, FOX Sports Midwest reports. ...[+]
St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina is out of the starting lineup Thursday, May 6, FOX Sports Midwest reports.
5/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina delivers another clutch hit: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina hit a game-tying double in the top of the ninth inning Tuesday, May 4, The Associated Press ...[+]
reports.
News -- April 2010
4/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina drives in two Thursday: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina had two hits and two RBIs Thursday, April 29, and has 15 RBIs this month, matching his career ...[+]
best in 2007, according to The Associated Press.
4/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Jason LaRue expected to return Saturday: St. Louis Cardinals C Jason LaRue (hamstring) is expected to return to the lineup Saturday, May 1, according to MLB.com's Matthew ...[+]
Leach. C Yadier Molina will take the day off.
4/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina has go-ahead hit once again: For the second straight night, The Associated Press reports St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina had the go-ahead hit as his team ...[+]
scored a 5-4 win over the Atlanta Braves Tuesday, April 27.
4/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Yadier Molina delivers clutch hit: St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina hit an RBI double in the bottom of the eighth inning to drive in the go-ahead run Monday, ...[+]
April 26, according to The Associated Press.
4/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Molina has Tuesday off: The St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Joe Strauss reports St. Louis Cardinals C Yadier Molina will take the day off Tuesday, April 20, ...[+]
in favor of C Bryan Anderson.