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 — Yadier, Bengie and Jose Molina have three World Series rings and three Gold Gloves between them. What they don't have, anywhere in their catching family, is even one All-Star appearance. But Yadier, the youngest, is in excellent position to change that this Sunday when rosters are announced for the 2009 All-Star Game. [...]
ST. LOUIS — Recent history collided with the more distant past on Sunday afternoon, and it was the long-ago memories that won out. Joel Pineiro had not allowed a home run in nine consecutive starts, thanks in large part to a new sinker-heavy philosophy. But Twins cleanup hitter Justin Morneau had a record of tagging [...]
ST. LOUIS — The deal that seemed too obvious not to happen, finally happened. The Cardinals filled two needs in one move when they acquired infielder/outfielder Mark DeRosa from the Indians for right-handed reliever Chris Perez and a player to be named. DeRosa will primarily serve as the Cardinals' third baseman, and he also adds [...]
ST. LOUIS — The briefest of lapses by an otherwise effective starting pitcher once again proved too much for the Cardinals to overcome. Two first-inning walks led to two runs against Adam Wainwright, and the Cardinals were never able to recover in a 3-1 loss to the Twins at Busch Stadium on Friday night. The [...]
NEW YORK — A one-inning lapse cost Chris Carpenter and the Cardinals in a 3-2 loss to Johan Santana and the Mets at Citi Field on Thursday. And even to call it an inning is to do a disservice to Carpenter. In six of his seven innings, Carpenter was brilliant, going 1-2-3 five times and [...]
NEW YORK — Brad Thompson was OK but not particularly sharp, and that was the highlight of the night. The Cardinals played one of their ugliest games of 2009 on Wednesday night, taking a sound beating in nearly all aspects of the game as they fell to the Mets, 11-0, at Citi Field. St. Louis [...]
Now it is out there, for the entire world to see: Jason Bay's clutch at-bats. Pablo Sandoval's free-swinging mayhem. Kevin Slowey painting the strike zone. Adam Lind's doubles. Chad Billingsley ahead in the count. Prince Fielder's patience and power. Erick Aybar's magnificence at shortstop. Live Major League Baseball games in the palm of your hand, [...]
NEW YORK — Cardinals manager Tony La Russa gets suggestions all the time: suggestions for how to run a game, how to order his lineup, where to go to dinner. It's simply not possible — or desirable, for that matter — to heed them all. But this winter, he got a suggestion that he took [...]
NEW YORK — Perhaps it's not fair to call Joel Pineiro a one-trick pony. After all, he did have two hits on Tuesday night. But on the mound it was all about one pitch for Pineiro in a 3-0 win over the Mets. The right-hander incessantly pounded the strike zone with his sinking fastball, inducing [...]
Now it is out there, for the entire world to see: Jason Bay's clutch at-bats. Pablo Sandoval's free-swinging mayhem. Kevin Slowey painting the strike zone. Adam Lind's doubles. Chad Billingsley ahead in the count. Prince Fielder's patience and power. Erick Aybar's magnificence at shortstop. Live Major League Baseball games in the palm of your hand, [...]