The St. Louis Cardinals, based in St. Louis, Mo., participate in Major League Baseball (MLB) and are a member of the National League Central Division. The Cardinals were founded in 1892.
Cautious optimism continued to reign in the Cardinals’ clubhouse on Wednesday as the injuries to both Chris Carpenter and Mitchell Boggs seem to be relatively minor. The two pitchers went down in consecutive innings on Tuesday, adding frustration and foreboding to a camp that has already endured more than its share of both. But both [...]
While the Cardinals were preparing for their workout in Florida on Wednesday morning, one of their three most valuable commodities — Adam Wainwright — was beginning a trek that would take him to St. Louis for an examination and ultimately, possibly, to the disabled list. General manager John Mozeliak solemnly acknowledged that a significant injury [...]
Entering his 23rd season of professional baseball, there’s not a lot that Miguel Batista hasn’t experienced. But as Batista pondered his options this winter, he realized one thing he’d been missing. So he signed with the Cardinals to play for manager Tony La Russa. “In my case, I’ve been around forever, 23 years,” Batista said. [...]
Around the country, the story of Albert Pujols’ contract negotiations is a major baseball story. In St. Louis, it’s the baseball story. Pujols’ agent, Dan Lozano, has notified the Cardinals that a Spring Training deadline is in place, and that if a deal doesn’t get done before the game’s greatest player begins camp, it won’t [...]
Skip Schumaker feels a little bit like he got a reprieve. Coming off the worst full season of his Major League career, Schumaker knew there was a chance he’d be playing for someone other than the Cardinals in 2011. St. Louis made no secret of the fact that it intended to upgrade its middle infield [...]
Fortunately for just about everyone involved, Monday night’s 53rd annual St. Louis Baseball Writers’ Dinner lived up to both halves of its advance billing. The dinner was touted as both a toast to and a roast of Cardinals manager Tony La Russa, and both aspects were in abundant supply. Old friends like college basketball coach [...]
Chris Carpenter knows that it’s at least possible that he’s in his last year as a St. Louis Cardinal. He hopes that’s not the case. But for a pitcher who has spent the past eight years or so knowing that nothing is guaranteed, that’s not such an enormous worry. Carpenter is signed through 2011, and [...]
Lee Smith is a candidate on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot for the eighth year. The Class of 2011 will be announced Jan. 5. You can watch the announcement live at 1 p.m. ET on an MLB Network simulcast on MLB.com. Lee Smith's time is coming. Maybe not this year, maybe not until his [...]
Smith hopes to follow fellow relievers into Hall
ST. LOUIS — Albert Pujols made some of his most specific comments yet regarding his future in St. Louis on Thursday, telling reporters in the Dominican Republic that he hopes to sign a new contract before the end of the offseason. "I hope that before the season begins I get an extension," Pujols said at [...]