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stltoday.com - 10/13/2009
Split City: Albert Pujols & the Cardinals’ Agents of Victory
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TOWER GROVE — The wealth of information available on Baseball-Reference.com offered an intriguing kernel yesterday when I was digging around the numbers for today’s article on St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Ryan Ludwick . The goal was to find a snapshot of his consistency in 2008 ...
stltoday.com - 10/11/2009
Smoltz still has the itch to pitch, he thinks
— stltoday.com — ST. LOUIS — A veteran of October games and October dismissals, pitcher John Smoltz said it takes... seven to 10 days for the “body and mind … to realize you’re not getting up to play baseball that day.” It will take a… (more) Smoltz still has the itch to pitch, he thinks

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Free agency could change face of Cards
stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com - 10/12/2009
Free agency could change face of Cards
— stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com — By Matthew Leach / MLB.com 10/11/09 7:36 PM ET ST. LOUIS -- John Smoltz expressed a strong... interest in returning to the Cardinals for 2010, but many of his free-agent-to-be teammates were less sure about what the future may hold for them. As players ... (more) Free agency could change face of Cards

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banging Cardinals go out with a whimper
stltoday.com - 10/11/2009
banging Cardinals go out with a whimper
— stltoday.com — OK, what was that? Where did the Cardinals go? I don't think I've ever seen a quality... team fade and disappear as quickly and quietly as the 2009 Cardinals, who utterly reeked in getting swept by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLDS. And that's what ... (more) banging Cardinals go out with a whimper

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Goold: Albert Pujols & the Cardinals’ Agents of Victory
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog — Goold: Albert Pujols & the Cardinals’ Agents of Victory It cannot be a coincidence then that in the past two seasons protecting Pujols has become more of a crusade for manager Tony La Russa, especially since the departure of Scott Rolen and Jim Edmonds. Consider Pujols batting average and slugging percentage over the previous two seasons split between wins and losses: Pujols in wins: .391 BA … .820 SLG Pujols in losses: .282 BA … .458 SLG Differences: +.109 BA … +.362 SLG For context, realize that Pujols slugged .431 better in wins this season than in losses, and that ...

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