Cardinals bring back La Russa

The St. Louis Cardinals announced a deal on Monday that will keep manager Tony La Russa in St. Louis for 2011, with a mutual option for 2012.  Financial terms for the deal weren’t disclosed. The team planned a news conference Tuesday for La Russa, who will be back for a 16th season as the Cardinals [...]

Pujols’ future in St. Louis could depend on LaRussa

Much has been made about the off-the-field controversy surrounding the LaRussa-Rasmus saga, amidst  the Cardinals’ recent downward spiral.  Of course there’s nothing a winning streak wouldn’t cure, at least for now.  And we don’t really know if all the rumors regarding Rasmus wanting out because of LaRussa are true.  One thing we do know, Albert Pujols [...]

Cardinals vs. Braves: Pujols Homers, Holliday tossed

The St. Louis Cardinal offense came out swinging against starting pitcher J. Jerrjens who was roughed up for seven earned runs in three and two-thirds innings of work. In the 2nd inning, Skip Schumaker hit a  2-run homer to give the Cards a 5-3 lead.  Pujols 37th HR was a solo shot to left-center field [...]

Bird Droppings – 9/9

Garcia struggles vs. Brewers, Cardinals lose series. Three runs in the 3rd and four in the 4th was more than enough for the Brew Crew as they took the final two games of the series against St. Louis.  Jamie Garcia (13-7) got the loss raising his ERA to 2.69.  The big blow came in the [...]

St. Louis Cardinals: Hunt for Red October

“We’ve got a pulse,” said shortstop Brendan Ryan after the St. Louis Cardinals’ series win and 4-2 victory over the first place Cincinnati Reds Sunday. St. Louis’ Manager Tony LaRussa and Colby Rasmus are looking to squash the squabbling that’s circling around the St. Louis clubhouse and go play some baseball. St. Louis needs to [...]

Report: Rasmus requested trade

As the MLB season has just passed the August 31st waiver trade deadline, a report has surfaced that earlier in the ’10 campaign OF Colby Rasmus requested a trade from the St. Louis Cardinals. This report has made teammates uneasy, including A…

Matt Holliday’s HR lifts Cardinals to series victory over Reds

The St. Louis Cardinals (71-63) finally got the big hit they had been searching for on a three-run homer to center off the bat of LF Matt Holliday in the bottom of the 6th to give the Cards a 4-2 win Sunday against the division leading Cincinnati Reds (79-57) Sunday afternoon. St. Louis didn’t get [...]

St. Louis Cardinals postseason chances: A Big “IF”

The 2-8 road trip vs. the Pirates, Nationals, and Astros has certainly put a damper on the St. Louis Cardinals’ 2010 postseason hopes.  The Birds need to break out the brooms this weekend against the 1st place Reds, or it’s all over but the cryin’… and the booin’. If the St. Louis Cardinals (69-62) still [...]

Cards fall again, lose series to Nats

The Cardinals continue their slide out of contention.

Albert Pujols hits homer No. 400, Cardinal lose in 13 innings.

St. Louis slugger Albert Pujols led off the fourth inning in Thursday night’s contest vs. the Nationals with a homer to right-center field on an 0-1 fastball from Jordan Zimmerman, becoming the third youngest player to reach 400 HRs. The only two to do it faster than Pujols (30 years, 222 days), were Alex Rodriguez [...]

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