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.
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 [...]