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.
ST. LOUIS — A man, a plan and a ballpark all came together on Wednesday night, and it was a beautiful thing. Joel Pineiro, a recent convert to the classic Dave Duncan strategy of pounding the strike zone with sinking fastballs, took that philosophy to its logical extreme. With help from a fine defensive effort [...]
ST. LOUIS — They brought out the heavy hitters. They offered up some of the specifics. And they even introduced a new wrinkle or two. On Wednesday afternoon at Busch Stadium, representatives of Major League Baseball, the Cardinals and local government all held a news conference to unveil many of the details about policies, procedures [...]
ST. LOUIS — It just wouldn't seem right to have an All-Star Game in St. Louis without baseball's best player, Cardinals superstar Albert Pujols. Fans can now help ensure that Pujols makes the club. Balloting began Wednesday for the 2009 All-Star Game, which will take place at Busch Stadium on July 14. Pujols has been [...]
ST. LOUIS — For one night, homegrown and gently tweaked beat high-priced and completely overhauled. The Cardinals' no-name bullpen outlasted the Mets' famously upgraded relief corps on Tuesday night, giving St. Louis a 6-4 win over New York in the opener of a three-game series. Four Cardinals relievers combined to pitch four near-perfect innings, allowing [...]
ST. LOUIS — Chris Carpenter said on Tuesday that his injured left oblique muscle is getting better, but is still a long way from where it needs to be. Carpenter spoke with reporters on Tuesday for the first time since the night he sustained the injury. He said that the St. Louis medical staff has [...]
ST. LOUIS — The Cardinals will start Mitchell Boggs rather than P.J. Walters against the Cubs on Saturday, the next time their fifth-starter spot comes up. Walters lasted four innings in his Major League debut last weekend at Wrigley Field, enduring a rough first two frames before getting better in his last two. He struck [...]
CHICAGO — The Cardinals insisted they didn't dodge a bullet with Sunday night's rainout at Wrigley Field, and perhaps they were right. But it's easy to envision a situation where playing on Sunday would have done them more harm than good. With a bullpen stretched close to its breaking point, St. Louis urgently needed starter [...]
Todd Wellemeyer got up on Sunday morning with a pretty good idea he wouldn't be pitching that night. Rain had already started falling, and it never let up. So his scheduled start against his former team, the Chicago Cubs, never happened. Instead, he'll try again on Tuesday at home against the Mets. No national TV [...]
CHICAGO — One of Cardinals manager Tony La Russa's favorite baseball aphorisms is that you do what you have to do, not what you want to do. It's rarely been truer for the skipper than it was on Saturday at Wrigley Field. Down to two available relievers, La Russa called on left-hander Dennys Reyes to [...]
Todd Wellemeyer will be facing a potentially unpleasant reality when he takes the mound on Sunday night. Whether he's good or bad, he's in it for the long haul. Cardinals starters have had difficulty getting deep into games recently, leading to an extremely heavy load on the team's bullpen. An 11-inning game on Saturday didn't [...]