Cardinals (Finally) Release Ryan Franklin
Prompted by the outcry from the St. Louis faithful, former closer Ryan Franklin was released from his contract Wednesday and is now officially a free agent. Ryan Franklin has been the Cardinals closer...
Cardinals Shake Up The Bullpen
In the first of what I can imagine is only the beginning, the St. Louis Cardinals released 40 year old Miguel Batista (I will hereby refer to him as casualty #1) from the organization yesterday and recalled...
Woe Is The Cardinals Bullpen
The Cardinals bullpen has been…for lack of better words….a work in progress this year. The future outlook is terrific, but for the time being it has been somewhat shaky. Currently this is the...
Ryan Franklin Pulled As Closer
The news that all Cardinal fans have been waiting for the last couple days, Tony LaRussa finally confirms through the St. Louis Cardinals official website that Ryan Franklin is no longer the closer, for...
Managing the Bullpen
Last week, I wrote about Ryan Franklin and the misconception that he is a bad closer. However, I also put a disclaimer on that tag by saying that he has been very lucky in his last two years because...
Giants 3 – Cardinals 2
In yet another WTF moment in this young season, the Cardinals blow a sure win in the bottom of the 9th...
Grading Ryan Franklin
Ryan Theriot drives a single to score two in the top of the ninth against the defending World Champions...
Lohse great, Schumaker clutch in Cardinals 6-3 win
Skip Schumaker came up big with a two-out RBI single in the eighth inning to spark the Cardinals to a...
Cards bullpen has a lot of work to do
Jason Motte walks off the mound after serving up a homer to Jonny Gomes yesterday. (Source: stltoday.com) Jonny...
Penny, Craig star in St. Louis’ victory over Washington
Chris Duncan hugs his father Dave before today's game. Chris had a rough day at the plate in his...



