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Miller battles, Maness Picks Up the W as St. Louis Wins Again

The Cardinals squared off with the Mets in game 3 of the 4 game series and things went much the same as the first 2, with the Cardinals taking yet another victory, 4-2, and improving their record to 26-13…Read More

Birdinals Bytes: Relax!

There is no reason to panic about the shortstop situation, yet.  At this point in spring training it is healthy not to over speculate about the prominent middle infield position. It would be ideal to…Read More

An Offensive Explosion in Jupiter

After two less than satisfactory offensive spring outings, the St. Louis Cardinals bats finally woke up at Roger Dean Stadium today to the tune of nine runs total in the 3rd and 4th innings. The Cards…Read More

Baseball By the Numbers—Batting Average On Balls In Play (BABIP)

I touched on BABIP in a prior post with regard to pitchers.  In this post I am going to talk about BABIP as it relates to hitters.  BABIP measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.…Read More

Cardinals Lose Rafael Furcal for the Season

  During last night’s game against the Washington Nationals, Cardinals shortstop Rafael Furcal felt a “pop” in his right elbow.  After being unable to throw the baseball without…Read More

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Cardinals Positional Battle Recap: Round 2

Another Spring Training Saturday is upon us, which means it’s time to check in on the spring training…Read More

Positional Battle Recap

Last week, I broke down which positions are up for grabs in spring training and who the major contenders…Read More

Spring Training Positional Battles

With only six days remaining until the first spring training game, we will start to see the Cardinals…Read More

Cardinals Minor League Report – Shortstop Prospects

Ahh, the shortstop. Without a doubt, the most important defensive player on the field. A good shortstop…Read More

Cardinals Draft 2011

As most are NOT aware, tomorrow marks the beginning of the MLB Draft that will continue all the way through…Read More

Matt Carpenter & Mark Hamilton Called Up, Kozma & Cleto Sent Down

The Cardinals make more roster moves yet again, this time in a form of something I am a little more excited…Read More