Rays stymie Cards — and Pujols

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STL Post-Dispatch: Struggling Isringhausen is placed on disabled list
Published 5/17/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
... have to put guys on the mound who can be effective.” ... The club did not reconcile using Isringhausen three times before disabling him with a “lacerated” hand. ... Mozeliak conceded the club would have made some sort of move with Isringhausen even if unable to find a medical reason. “Something had to be done,” Mozeliak said. “This is the course that was available to us and we took it.” The club refused to make Paletta available for reporters’ questions. STL Post-Dispatch: Rays stymie Cards — and Pujols

Tony doesn’t need your machines
Published 5/17/2008 by ryan vb at Cardinals Diaspora
... to Tony La Russa’s illustrious resume. The Cardinal manager admits to not trusting the machine - the radar gun that is - when discussing the impressive debut of the next big thing to come out of the Cards farm system, Chris Perez. In spite of whatever lies this “machine” would have us believe, La Russa flashed the powers that might have made him part of a super hero troupe (he opted to use his powers to become a super manager instead) and told the press that he could tell Perez was throwing in the 90s. ...