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Get ready for March Madness in 2010 on Redbird Rants with all your updates and links to watch online. I’ll be rooting for the Orange to cut down the nets. Who is everyone else pulling for?
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March 18, 2010
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Cards News and Notes: Pujols-Howard Trade Reaction
The trade rumor that the Phillies discussed trading Ryan Howard for Albert Pujols made for some fun hypothetical talk today, but others were angry at the report. The trade is not going to happen and hasn’t even made it out of the Phillies front office, but now it is out in the open and the [...]
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March 15, 2010
Strasburg impressive, but St. Louis wins 7-3
Stephen Strasburg continued to impress Sunday at Viera, Fla., in a Grapefruit League matchup with the Cardinals. The rookie sensation threw three shutout innings using a sharp fastball in the mid-90s to keep the Cards at bay early. His spring totals are now pushed to five shutout innings, just four hits, four strikeouts, and plenty [...]
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March 14, 2010
Cards and Nats meet again, Strasburg makes second start
The Cardinals and Nationals meet again today in a highly anticipated matchup on the mound. Adam Wainwright will look to regain his form and focus in his second start of the spring. Stephen Strasburg makes his second appearance and looks to impress the Nationals brass to earn a spot on the big league roster. The [...]
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March 14, 2010
Albert Pujols returns, Cards win 8-5
Albert Pujols played well in his first game after missing five in a row due to lower back spasms. The superstar first baseman stepped into the lineup as if he was never gone – he finished with a single, a double, and a walk in his three plate appearances after sitting out of practice and games [...]
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March 13, 2010
Penny, Craig star in St. Louis’ victory over Washington
Today was more of what Brad Penny hoped for when he signed with his childhood team. After getting rocked in his spring debut, Penny came out sharp in his rebound game. He threw four shutout innings and allowed just one hit to help the Cards beat the Nationals 6-4.
His performance on the mound was complemented [...]
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March 10, 2010
Cards News and Notes: McClellan, Mather headline in first victory
After losing three straight to start the spring, the Cards got in the win column today. In a home game against the Marlins, St. Louis got good pitching from Kyle McClellan and Rich Hill and clutch hitting from Joe Mather to win 7-4.
It was nice for the Cards to get a win as the team [...]
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March 07, 2010
Pujols and Bryant Share a Special Bond
Sometimes, it’s hard to realize you are witnessing history. It often takes years for it all to sink in. We are prisoners of the moment in sports. This guy is the greatest ever. That team is the best I ever saw. It’s easy to lose perspective on the past and the present. As prisoners of [...]
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March 05, 2010
Mets Take Two Straight From Redbirds
The New York Mets beat the Cardinals again today in Jupiter by a score of 7-3. St. Louis couldn’t put it together against the Mets pitching, specifically Fernando Nieve and Nelson Figueroa. The two combined to give up one run in seven innings. On the flip side, Brad Penny had a rough time in his [...]
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March 05, 2010
Cards Rusty in First Game, Lose To Mets 17-11
The Cardinals played its first game yesterday, and it showed. After months away from the diamond, the team struggled to settle in during a 17-11 loss to the New York Mets in Port St. Lucie. The Cards walked 10 batters and made two errors to contribute to the Mets high-scoring attack. David Wright started the fun [...]
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March 05, 2010
Jay McGwire Tells His Story, Mark Sad and Disappointed
The Jay McGwire chapter of the Mark McGwire saga may be the saddest of all. It was disappointing, disgusting, and sickening to a baseball fan that McGwire cheated. It was embarrassing when he appeared on Capitol Hill refusing to talk about the past. It was cowardly when he disappeared from existence for the five years [...]
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February 26, 2010
Pujols and McGwire Think Alike, Excited to Work Together
It’s 1987. A young, skinny kid from California bursts onto the baseball scene for the Oakland Athletics. The kid is Mark McGwire. The ball explodes off his bat, leaving teammates, fans, and opponents in awe. He finishes the season with a rookie record 49 home runs to go with a .289 batting average and 118 [...]
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February 25, 2010
Franklin Not Happy With Gun Ban
Guns have become a hot topic in the world of sports recently. Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton have each been suspended for the rest of the NBA season for their gun-related incident in the locker room. Stories differ on what actually happened, but the fact is that they brought guns to the workplace. Not the brightest [...]
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February 21, 2010
Felipe Lopez Fires Boras: Good News for the Cards?
Felipe Lopez is one of the most intriguing free agents left on the market. He provides any team with a lift offensively and versatility in the field. St. Louis seemed like the perfect spot for Lopez earlier in the offseason. Various sources believed he would sign with the Cardinals. Then, talks cooled. Lopez wasn’t getting [...]
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February 13, 2010
Black History Month: Tom Alston
In honor of Black History Month, I am going to take a look at some of the great African American ballplayers to spend time with the St. Louis Cardinals. There is no better place to start than at the very beginning, April 13, 1954. On this day, Tom Alston broke the Cardinals color barrier and [...]
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February 13, 2010
Fan Profile Friday: Joel Schrock
Joel Schrock is from Freeport, Illinois, right in the heart of Cubbies nation. His first baseball experience was at Wrigley Field to see the Cubs take on the Expos in 1992. He was 6-years-old at the time, and you would think he would have fallen for those lovable losers from Chicago. But Joel wasn’t quick [...]
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February 12, 2010
Cards News and Notes: Wellemeyer, Ryan, and Spring Training
Cards News and Notes for the day:
-Brendan Ryan had wrist surgery to relieve a recurring pain. Ryan said that over the past four or five seasons the pain bothered him, especially during batting practice. The soreness reached the point that he decided to do something about it. It was a minor procedure and Ryan [...]
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February 11, 2010
St. Louis Cardinals All-Decade Team: The Rotation, ‘Pen, and Head Men
The Rotation:
The Ace: Chris Carpenter. Carpenter soared to new heights after joining the Cardinals in 2004, winning a career-high 15 games. He came to St. Louis with a history of injury problems in Toronto. A change from the Bluebirds to the Redbirds proved to be a comfortable change of scenery. His first season was [...]
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February 03, 2010
Ryan Ludwick and Cards Reach Deal for 2010
Ryan Ludwick and the Cardinals reached an agreement to avoid arbitration, keeping the right fielder in St. Louis for 2010. The deal is reportedly good for one year at the price of $5.45 million. At $5 million, this deal could be a bargain for the Cards. Ludwick solidifies the middle of the lineup and provides [...]
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January 19, 2010
Steroid Users Must Be Banned From the Game, Mr. Selig
We all know the story by now. Pete Rose bet on baseball, and has been banned from the game ever since. Charlie Hustle broke baseball’s most sacred rule, #1 on the Ten Commandments in baseball: “No betting on the game, period!” It stains the integrity of the game, cheating the fans out of a “real [...]
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January 15, 2010
Breaking News: McGwire Did Steroids
Mark McGwire has finally admitted to using steroids during his career. Specifically, he was using them during the record summer of 1998, in which he and Sammy Sosa broke the single season home run record. McGwire finished with 70 dingers that season and became an instant baseball god (even posing as one with Sosa for [...]
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January 11, 2010
Cardinals Get Shutout
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April 26, 2008
Pujols Leads Cards to Seventh Win
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April 23, 2008
Cardinals Increase Their Lead
They say pitching wins ball games, and that certainly was the case last night in the Cardinals' 6-1 win over the Brewers. Â Braden Looper might not have had his best stuff, nor was he able to go deep into the game, but he did execute the game plan well, pitching around Milwaukee slugger Prince Fielde...
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April 23, 2008
Cardinals Win First Series
The Redbirds ended the first series of the new season today with a win against the defending National League Champion Colorado Rockies. Â Not counting the rain out on Monday, St. Louis outscored Colorado 12-5 in the series. Â The win gives the Cards a 2-1 record heading into the second series, a thre...
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April 22, 2008
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