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Thursday, August 14th, 2008As if the St. Louis Cardinals needed to add more names to an already lengthy list of players spending time on the disabled list, Chris Carpenter will miss his next scheduled start Friday after an MRI exam showed a muscle strain in the back of his pitching shoulder.
Carpenter was examined Tuesday in St. Louis and [...]
Glaus’ Big Day Leads Cards Rout Of Cubs
Saturday, August 9th, 2008In the seven games prior to Saturday afternoon’s contest at Wrigley Field, the Cardinals Troy Glaus had gone 0-for-30 at the plate against the Cubs. Glaus broke out of the slump in a big way, going 3-for-5 with two home runs and five RBIs has the Cardinals routed the Cubs, 12-3.
St. Louis hit a total [...]
That’s Mr. Pujols To You, Pal
Thursday, August 7th, 2008Albert Pujols is on one of his classic streaks where everything a pitcher throws at him gets hammered. Wednesday night the All-Star first baseman went 4-for-4 hitting two singles, a double and a grand slam to lead the Cardinals past the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-6.
Pujols’ blast broke a 3-3 tie in the fourth, connecting off [...]
Carpenter Not Great, Not Bad in Return to Mound
Thursday, July 31st, 2008St. Louis pitcher Chris Carpenter made his first start in 485 days, going four innings against the Atlanta Braves Wednesday night and getting a no decision in the Cards’ 7-2 win.
Carpenter threw 67 pitches, 36 for strikes, giving up one run on five hits. He walked two and struck out two before being lifted [...]
Isringhausen Returns to Closer’s Role For Cardinals
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008Much to my personal dismay, the St. Louis Cardinals have decided to give the closer’s role back to Jason Isringhausen, who has been a complete disaster and is personally responsible for 11 losses this season as a result of blown saves or allowing late inning rallies to tie the score.
Ryan Franklin, who has blown [...]
Carpenter Set To Return For Cardinals
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008Chris Carpenter has been penciled in to start game three against the Atlanta Braves Wednesday night according to Cardinals manager Tony La Russa.
The 2005 NL Cy Young Award winner hasn’t pitched since opening day last season when he first injured his right elbow against the New York Mets.
After a period of rehabilitation, Carpenter attempted [...]
Wild 9th Inning Leads to Cards Sweep
Sunday, July 20th, 2008Riding a wild roller coaster is nothing new for the St. Louis Cardinals. After Troy Glaus hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the 8th to give the Cardinals a 5-3 lead, San Diego came back in their half of the 9th to push across two runs to tie the score.
But St. Louis came [...]
Bonds or Holliday Hitting Behind Pujols?
Thursday, July 17th, 2008With the All-Star break complete and play set to resume Thursday, the final push toward the finish line begins in earnest. The next significant event in Major League Baseball is the July 31 trade deadline which, we’ve come to learn, isn’t really a deadline.
Trade rumors will fill the airways and guys like Buster Olney, Peter [...]
Perhaps Cardinals Should Fire Entire Bullpen
Monday, July 14th, 2008Heading into the All-Star break on a high note following the Cardinals 11-6 victory over the Pirates Sunday, St. Louis fans can take little consolation knowing the Cardinals should have swept the series.
With the Cards’ leading 10-6 going into the bottom of the ninth Saturday night, three Cardinals relievers - Jason Isringhausen, Kyle McClellan and [...]


























