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Joe Jackson talks briefly to a newsboy about yesterday's news

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File photo—Kansas City Royals pitcher Brad Thompson, center, sells newspapers outside a nickel theater in St. Louis, July 14, 2009. The Indians won 3-1 in fifteen reels. View full size photo » It's the most...
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Rule 5: You do talk about the Rule 5 draft

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Nothing exemplifies the Hot Stove season quite like worrying about the Rule 5 draft. Most of the players don't stick it out all year; most of the ones that do are eventually traded for Ronnie Belliard or Blaine Boyer; and most of the time it would be completely absurd to spend...
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November Rain

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Ferris wheels still cheer me up. View full size photo » I'm sitting in my living room staring out on a grey and very nasty November morning. Ordinarily, I welcome such inclement weather; I usually love the...
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Waino, the Cy Young, and Me — a poem by Chris Carpenter

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I got this in the mail last night, and I think it's worth a post. I'll turn this over to VEB-er MikeJGolde, the responsible party: I took apart Carpenter's (awful) article about Wainwright and reconstructed it into something more appropriate. His work...
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Rookies of the Following Year

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More photos » by Jeff Roberson - AP Just in case somebody asks you to pick him out of a police lineup, this is Chris Coghlan. Browse more photos » Well, I can't really blame the BBWAA for picking...
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Wainwright for Carpenter, Carpenter for Wainwright, Somebody for DeJesus

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At the P-D they're taking good advantage of the Cardinals' dual Cy Young candidates, as they've gotten both Wainwright and Carpenter on record as being Spartacus. (I would have liked one more, maybe PINEIRO: Why Joel Pineiro should win the Cy Young...
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2010 Hot Stove Post #1: CHONE hitter projections

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The CHONE projection system, created by Sean Smith of THT, FanGraphs and Anaheim Angels all the Way, we're recently released to the public.  They are generally considered the best system out there, and has been the most accurate since 2005 in terms of projection team...
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The good and the bad of Ryan Franklin

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More photos » by Mark J. Terrill - AP Mark Loretta? REALLY?!?!?!?!!!!! Browse more photos » This year Ryan Franklin was an enigma.  Thanks to a nifty .269 BABIP (compared to a league average...
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holliday overload

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St. Louis Cardinals Reliever Ryan Franklin enjoys an off-season snowstorm while vacationing at the War Drobe Mountain Lodge in Spare Oom, Colorado on November 8, 2009. View full size photo » just like i can'...
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The Flea Market

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More photos » by M. Spencer Green - AP The part of John Mozeliak will be played by John Turturro. Browse more photos » THE FLEA MARKET A VIVA EL BIRDOS PLAY IN ONE ACT CHARACTERS JOHN MOZELIAK...
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SBN, BBWAA, CY, MVP

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Rk Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd Pts 1 Tim Lincecum San Francisco Giants 18 13 - 129 2 Chris Carpenter St. Louis Cardinals 9 4 7 64 3 Adam Wainwright St. Louis Cardinals 4 4 10 42 4 Javier Vazquez Atlanta Braves - 5 7 22 5 Arizona Diamondbacks - 3 4 13 6 Ubaldo Jimenez...
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The Bull Market

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More photos » AP Whitey Herzog will be on the ballot for the Hall of Fame this winter. I ignored this bit of news in favour of complete rambling nonsense. Browse more photos » So just say for a...
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Type-B personalities

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Your Type A and B free agents for the 2009-2010 Hot Stove season:  TYPE A Matt Holliday: This seems pretty obvious. Bad news: the Mets, Holliday's current Media Suitor of choice, have a protected first rounder in 2010, leaving the Cardinals stuck with a second rounder...
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2009 SBN Rookie of the Year

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I'm going to be honest—the ballots went out a while ago, and until I got the results back I was relatively sure I voted for Cullerton Rasputin, at least in third place. His name must have slipped my mind.  Rk Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd Pts 1 Tommy Hanson...
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Signing Most-Valuable Players

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You shoulda come to the first party—we didn't get home 'til around four in the morning. I was blind for three days... View full size photo » There's no new news, which means it's time we go over...
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SBN Manager of the Year

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More photos » by Jeff Roberson - AP Tony La Russa, right, is about to give a very awkward acceptance speech. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) Browse more photos » The cloud of white smoke your computer...
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Links ahoy

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by Morry Gash - AP Brendan Ryan: the 2009 Cardinals honorary hacker of the year. View full size photo » I just saw "Men who Stare at Goats" last night.  Weirdest movie ever.  I laughed...
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November

More photos » by Jeff Roberson - AP FILE -- This is a 2009 file photo showing St. Louis Cardinals baseball player Yadier Molina. A New York sports marketing firm has sued St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina, saying he snubbed...
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La Russter's Millions

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More photos » by Lynne Sladky - ASSOCIATED PRESS I'd feel the same way. Browse more photos » I am seriously and late-breakingly jet-lagged, so I've got to make this quick; I've fallen...
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What the Cardinals can take from the Yankees, besides the luxury tax

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First, some briefs on yesterday's roster moves: It's interesting to see the Brad Thompson perception gap—the RotoWorld box in the sidebar thinks he'll have no problem finding a job, even as a fifth starter; the Baseball Primer thread is remarkably...
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My Maudlin' Career

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View full size photo » I didn't really realise it last week, but just the other day it sort of hit me when I looked at the date: I just celebrated two years of writing for this wonderful site. My very first front page post...
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Keeping the Seat Warm

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I have nothing uniquely insightful to post today so this is more of a holdover until/unless someone else chimes in.  This World Series has been interminably boring.  I detest 3 hour 30 minute games.  I've watched AJ Burnett with envy for the last few years wondering...
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Travel Day

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I'm about to begin the seemingly endless travel process between Tokyo and O'Hare, and I feel totally disconnected from American baseball. But some bullet points while I pack:  Can I say, as an unrepentant baseball-card watcher, that I love C.C. Sabathia? This is...
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Colby Rasmus' plate discipline

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More photos » by Mark J. Terrill - AP 23 days ago: St. Louis Cardinals' Colby Rasmus, left, hits an RBI double as Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Russell Martin, right, and home plate umpire Brian O'Nora look on during...
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Putting UZR to the Test

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More photos » by Jeff Roberson - AP St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Joel Pineiro sits alone in the dugout during the fifth inning and considers whether he would rather move to New York, Cleveland, or Milwaukee, after being...
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