Spring Training is over.  The team has gone north, first to play a pair of exhibition games in Springfield against their AA affiliate, then on to St. Louis to host the Rockies on Opening Day.
I love Opening Day.  I wouldn’t miss it.  My flight leaves Ft. Lauderdale tomorrow morning at 5:40.  I’ll be doing a [...]

The Cardinals beat the Orioles today 8-2, extending their winning streak to six games, and remain unbeaten in their last nine.  Adam Wainwright got the win, giving up one earned run on four hits, while striking out four in six innings.  He joins Anthony Reyes as the only other Cardinal pitcher to go six innings [...]

The Cardinals continued their winning ways today, riding a brilliant performance from pitcher Anthony Reyes to 3-0 victory over the Washington Nationals.  St. Louis is unbeaten in their last eight games.  Here’s today’s box score.

Coming in to today’s game, Reyes was the odd man out of the Cardinals’ patchwork rotation, having been beaten out [...]

Sure it’s only Spring Training.  Maybe the games don’t count.  But there is reason to be hopeful.  Since the beating they took against the Marlins back on March 12th, the Cardinals have been playing some pretty exciting baseball, winning 9 of their last 11, including an 8-4 victory over the Twins in Fort Meyers today. [...]

The Cardinals got off to a hot start against the Mets today in Port St. Lucie, scoring three runs in the first.  The Cards kept up the hot hitting throughout the game, scoring in five different innings, including a six run ninth.

The Cards’ bats were booming, scoring 14 runs on 21 hits.  Skip Schumaker, [...]

Happy Easter!  I’ve got all kinds of information, so you’re likely to see multiple posts today.  How about we start with a song?  Hat tip to tangledbrett, a VEB community member, for pointing this one out.  It’s a tribute by Sam Bush to the great Ozzie Smith. Enjoy!

The United Cardinal Bloggers Group is winding down the roundtable discussions, with one more debate to be posted on Monday.  Yesterday I posted three questions to the group for open discussion.  In addition to me, we had four other Cardinal bloggers participate:

Daniel from C70 at the Bat
Haedar from Redbird Ramblings
Bryan from Rockin’ the Red
Michael from [...]

I’ll apologize in advance for the short post today.  Mix a busy day with some March hoops and there’s little time left to discuss our favorite sports team.  No worries though.  I’ll point you in the right direction.
The Orioles were visiting Roger Dean again today, with the Cardinals’ newest millionaire Adam Wainwright taking the mound. [...]

The Cardinals have locked up their de facto ace long-term.  Adam Wainwright signed a four-year contract extension today worth a guaranteed $15 million, with a team option for two more years, effectively penciling him in the rotation through 2013.  The potential value of the deal is $36 million.  It’s apparent that for the right players, [...]

The Cardinals traveled south to face the Baltimore Orioles in Ft. Lauderdale today.  The game comes after a rare off day, where manager Tony La Russa whittled his roster down to maintain only a couple of question marks.  With the final outfield spot merely a technicality, only one spot on the 25-man roster isn’t accounted [...]