nleastchatter.com - 10/15/2009
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The moment Tony LaRussa’s comments were made public after his Cardinals were handed the broom in the Division Series, the Mets front office should have gotten on the phone. St. Louis was the first team to clinch a division title this year, and the first team to exit the playoffs shortly ...
Cards Have to Keep Holliday
sports-central.org 10/16/2009 — When Matt Holliday dropped an easy fly ball that would have evened the the NLDS against the Dodgers at one game apiece, it was bad. If the Cardinals drop the ball on re-signing Holliday in St. Louis, it could be worse. Far worse.
Split City: Albert Pujols & the Cardinals’ Agents of Victory
stltoday.com 10/13/2009 — 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 ...
Trader Mo Redux
vivaelbirdos.com 10/14/2009 —
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Yep, that's right. Jeff Fucking Weaver. (AP Photo/Tom Gannam)
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Albert Pujols Hates the St. Louis Cardinals
bleachernation.com 10/17/2009 — Overstatement for effect.
The St. Louis Cardinals, fresh off a playoff sweep, are going to have to make some tough personnel decisions this winter. And all of those moves could hinge on one move, that technically doesn’t have to be made until 2011. That would be extending the greatest ...
Why the Cardinals lost to the Dodgers
hardballtimes.com 10/12/2009 — Cardinals offense continued late fade. Click the title to read more. Read more great baseball stuff at The Hardball Times .
It ended as it began
vivaelbirdos.com 10/12/2009 — Well, it was a good ride while it lasted – a much better season than most of us expected. We didn’t deserve to win the series. We were outpitched, outhit, and outfielded; the Dodgers were clearly the better team over the 3 game series. First of all, I ...
10 numbers for the NLDS: Cardinals vs. Dodgers
sports.yahoo.com 10/8/2009 — As the start of the postseason approaches, Big League Stew's Alex Remington
will take a look at the statistics that might make a difference in each
series. Next up is Cardinals-Dodgers which kicks off tonight in Los Angeles. .750 The combined ...
Holliday’s error in the ninth costs Cardinals in Game 2
scoresreport.com 10/9/2009 —
Nursing a 2-1 lead with two outs and nobody on in the bottom of the ninth, the Cardinals looked like they had Game 2 of the NLDS wrapped up, especially when Ryan Franklin got the Dodgers’ James Loney to hit a routine line drive to left field.
Then Matt Holliday forgot which way to turn ...
Pujols in no hurry to sign an extension with the Cardinals
scoresreport.com 10/15/2009 —
According to ESPN.com , Albert Pujols has no interest in signing a contract extension with the Cardinals this offseason.
“I’m not desperate to sign a contract extension. I still have one year remaining in my contract for 2010 and a club option for 2011. I leave the rest in ...
Wags is not gonna retire, agent says —
NY Post: Sports 10/15/2009
Billy Wagner is back in baseball before he really ever went anywhere. The lefty's agent issued a statement yesterday saying Wagner intends to pitch in 2010 -- despite Wagner telling The Post on Monday he was eyeing retirement. Wagner's agent, Bea...
One of the best teams ever —
SFGate: Top Sports Stories 10/15/2009
Spring training brought its usual spirit of renewal in 1990, but it wasn't the same around the A's camp. In a sense, the ground was still trembling. Oakland had just won a World Series interrupted by earthquake, rendering more trivial matters ...