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By Jesse Sanchez / MLB.com 06/29/09 12:54 PM ET It's almost time to uncross your fingers, St. Louis. The dream of having Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols and catcher Yadier Molina start for the National League in this year's All-Star Game at Busch Stadium next month is no longer just a ...
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San Francisco Giants at St. Louis Cardinals (7/1/09)
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baseballreflections.com - 7/1/2009
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In Cardinal Nation , we know that six
is a serious number. The local On The Run...
Mobile gas stations have had a promotion the past few years that, if the Cardinals scored six runs or more in a game, the next day fountain drinks , coffee, etc. was only a quarter at their stores. This year, ...
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The Cardinals, On The Run and the Number 6
sports.yahoo.com - 7/1/2009
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Albert Pujols has been so good for so
long that I think we've somehow started to take...
his numbers for granted . As such, we've greeted the first three months of his season with our usual doses of awe and admiration, but with the same ...
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The watch for Albert Pujols' first 60-homer season is ...
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Updated All-Star Voting - Only 3 Days Left To Vote!
Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog —
Here is the updated AL All-Star voting from MLB.com. If you want to check out the voting for the NL go here. 2009 MLB All-Star Balloting : American League 1st Base Rank Player Name Team Total Votes 1. Kevin Youkilis Red ...
All-Star Teams to Add 33rd Player, Lose Even More Significance
Bugs & Cranks —
Remember when it meant something for a player to be an all-star?
There was a time when participating in the mid-summer classic was something earned through one’s performance, his legacy, the impact he’d had to that point in the season. However, the all-star game has slowly and tragically morphed into a meaningless vessel to exalt players whose names the most casual of fans recognize, and an ever-inclusive showcase of a once exclusive honor.
Keeping in the tradition of ruining tradition and further minimizing a once honorable achievement, the offices of the MLB decided Wednesday to expand rosters to 33 players per squad, up from ...
Look Me Over Closely
The Futility Infielder —
... In the NL, Raul Ibañez, Ryan Braun, and Carlos Beltran lead the voting. With the latter out of commission due to injury, Mike Cameron or Shane Victorino (who rank fifth and sixth in the voting) are likely to replace him as starter, but Kemp is even more deserving. He's hitting .302/.363/.474 with the second-best EqA (.302) among NL starting center fielders. The fact that Joe Torre has mainly hit him sixth, seventh, or eighth in the lineup suggests that his accomplishments, which include outstanding defense (+12 FRAA, +11.5 UZR), could be overlooked; he's just 13th in the voting. ...
Ryan Howard is an All Star; Deal With It!
Macho Row —
he's batting .252 what a god damn joke the nl sends 4 1st basemen to the all star game...hilarious! so now i suppose Pujols plays maybe 4 innings to get the other guys in there. he needs to play all nine innings if the nl wants to win. but no, lets give ryan "i cant even hit my weight" howard some pt la-dee-frickin-da - PocketFives.com When it was announced that Phillies manager Charlie Manuel had selected his own Ryan Howard as a reserve for the National League All Star team some eye brows were raised. There is no question that the Phillies first baseman is a star ...
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The State of the Central: St. Louis
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Hoffpauir follows Pujols' lead for Cards | stlcardinals.com: News
stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com 7/6/2009 — By Matthew Leach / MLB.com 07/04/09 12:24 AM ET CINCINNATI -- Albert Pujols was the star, but you didn't have to be clairvoyant to see that coming. Rookie Jarrett Hoffpauir was the hero, though, and that one was a little harder to predict. ...
