One St. Louis Cardinals pitcher, Kyle McClellan, comes to terms with the club while another, Jason Motte, moves closer to a 2012 contract as arbitration amounts were exchanged Monday.
Via The Cardinal Nation blog
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January 17, 2012
Having returned from covering the St. Louis Cardinals’ annual Winter Warm-Up this past weekend, I thought I would share some miscellaneous thoughts and experiences.
Another one rides the bus (not)
After interviewing about 30 players and executives over the course of the weekend, it got to be kind of funny as the same media members tended to ask the same questions over and over...
Via AP on Fox
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January 16, 2012
No St. Louis Cardinals player can be happier to have Carlos Beltran on their side than pitcher Kyle Lohse.
The new right fielder is a .564 career hitter against Lohse with four home runs, six doubles and 12 RBIs. Add in 11 walks and the switch-hitting Beltran has a stunning .647 on-base percentage.
Lohse, a 14-game winner last year, joked at the team's Winter Warmup that Beltran...
Via Baseball Professor
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January 18, 2012
The question isn’t whether Carlos Beltran can still hit, it’s whether or not he can stay healthy. For two seasons before 2011, Beltran struggled to play more than 81 games, but he managed to stay healthy enough to play in 142 games last year. The batting average and the power was there (.300 and 22 HR), but the same bothersome knee knocked him out for two weeks in August...
Via mlb.com
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January 17, 2012
The Cardinals and pitcher Kyle McClellan avoided arbitration on Tuesday, agreeing to terms on a one-year deal shortly before they would have exchanged arbitration figures. The club did not disclose the value of the contract.
Via AP on Fox
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January 17, 2012
President Barack Obama on Tuesday dubbed the St. Louis Cardinals the ''greatest comeback team in the history of baseball'' thanks to their thrilling late-season charge into the playoffs and death-defying, seven-game triumph in last November's World Series.
The Cardinals were 10 1/2 games back at the end of August, but rallied to win a National League wild card...
Via Five Tool Tool
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January 16, 2012
10) Does not want to feel self-conscious about his late middle age spread or lack of manscaping9) After so many years in the AFC, really wanted to go to some actual cities on his road games8) Knows that a defense-first .500 record will get him deified in St. Louis and canned in three years in Miami7) Now that Tony LaRussa has left town, he's the sexiest man in town6) At 53, isn...
Via mlb.com
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January 15, 2012
World Series champion isn't the only title Jason Motte is set to shoulder in 2012. There's this new closer tag now attached to his name, too.
St. Louis Cardinals first base prospect Xavier Scruggs wraps up his reports from winter ball in Colombia.
Via Pro Sports Daily
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January 17, 2012
Two familiar faces were missing when the St. Louis Cardinals paid a visit to the White House on Tuesday.
Former manager Tony La Russa and long-time Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols were not in attendance as President Barack Obama and the first lady welcomed the reigning World Series champions.
La Russa retired shortly after St. Louis topped the Texas Rangers in Game 7 of the World...
Press interviews from the St. Louis Cardinals Winter Warm-Up on Monday, January 16.
Via NBC Washington
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January 17, 2012
The St. Louis Cardinals visited the White House to celebrate their 2011 World Series win.
Via Chicago Breaking Sports
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January 17, 2012
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Tuesday dubbed the St. Louis Cardinals the "greatest comeback team in the history of baseball" thanks to their thrilling late-season charge into the playoffs and death-defying, seven-game triumph in last November's World Series.
Via STLtoday.com
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January 18, 2012
Led by ace Chris Carpenter and David Freese, a group that
included chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. visited the Armed Forces Amputee
Patient Care Program, one of three amputee facilities like it in
the United
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