Location: St. Louis, Mo. | Ballpark: Busch Stadium (46,861) | Spring Training: Jupiter, Fla.
Owner: William DeWitt, Jr. | GM: John Mozeliak | Manager: Tony La Russa | World Championships: 10
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Danny Knobler's Take
As Tony La Russa said, Chris Carpenter has barely pitched the last two years, and the Cardinals didn’t make the playoffs either year. Now Carpenter is back -- he looked as good as ever this spring -- so does that mean the Cardinals will be back playing October baseball? Perhaps, although you wonder how much the lack of a veteran closer and a defensive downgrade in the middle of the infield will hurt. We should know not to count out a team with La Russa and Albert Pujols, but even with Carpenter’s return this group still goes into the year with questions.
The deadline for offering arbitration to their free agents is late tonight, and the Cardinals must decide whether draft pick compensation offsets the financial risk of Mark DeRosa or Joel Piñeiro accepting that offer. After completing deals with backup catcher Jason LaRue and minor-league infielder
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Some news this morning out of St.Louis, if the price tag for Matt Holliday proves to be to much, the team will pursue pitching over another big hitter...here's some of what Mo has to say...Free agency is not the only option available as Mozeliak concedes the club may also pursue trade options. The Cardinals heavily scouted the Washington
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The veterans commitee will vote this weekend and announce on Monday ...This has got to be a shoe in. Whitey Herzog is one of the best Managers baseball has ever seen. Affectionately called The White Rat, Herzog earned respect in baseball for his superb managerial skills. He led six division winners, three pennant winners and one World Champion (the
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The normal Round Two question for the pundits this week was: who is in left field if Holliday leaves?
I found this question intriguing because it has such an impact on the Cards next year. I just feel that Holliday might just be pushing himself out of budget range of the Cardinals, which will lead to other options.
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I need some help understanding this move guys/girls......hopefully we arent gunna stick him out there at third base? If he is just gunna be used as a utility man, then i sort of understand.
Mark McGwire Should not be allowed to have any position with any team in MLB or a minor league affiliation until he testifies about his steroid use! Shame on the Cardinals for even considering this cheat to be a hitting instructor and be allowed to tarnish any further their proud history of being one of MLB's best run organiz
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Ive been on this site (even though Ive changed accounts) for over three years. We've laughed, weve cried, we've bickered and we've agreed. But one thing is for sure, we have been brought together by one common interest, St Louis sports. Some of us far, some of us near, we all from time to time come together to discuss favorite past times. We even admit sometimes that
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Well this thread is being created on Tuesday, so we're still 2 days away from the winner actually being decided for the National League. Over in the American League, Zack Greinke was just selected the winner with a 16-8 record and a 2.16 ERA for the Royals.
Well as the free agent filing period begins, the Cardinals have also begun cleaning house, clearing 4 from the 40 man roster, including Brad Thompson, who was released, Joe Thurston, who was outrighted to
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When the Baseball Writers Association of America announces the winner of its National League Most Valuable Player Award on Tuesday, it is anticipated Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols will get the call.
If so, it will be the second consecutive MVP honor for Pujols
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Eighty-nine years ago today, Stanislaw Francizek Musial was born in Donora, a small mining town in western Pennsylvania. His father Lukasz, a Polish immigrant, almost immediately began to call the boy "Stashu." Later, after the young Musial had grown up to become one of the greatest baseball hitters who ever lived, he'd be known by another nickname in every ballpark in America: "The Man." When he
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The Cardinals today promoted eight minor-league players to their major-league roster, thus making them off limits for selection in next month’s Major League Draft.
you know your team is slow when Albert Pujols leads your team with 16 steals. Now that the PED era is moving behind us, teams are starting to steal bases again. The Cardinals need to upgrade their team speed to compete in my opinion. What ar
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