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i’m getting really tired of writing about injuries. under other circumstances i might get out the ol' calculator and try to estimate, down to the run, the cost of albert’s absence; that’s...

a little while ago in a game thread, brian gunn pointed out that pujols has stopped taking so many walks. after drawing 41 free passes (12 intentional) in the team’s first 42 games (through may...

the cards won last night 11-3 to even their may record at 10-10. their slump with runners in scoring position seems to have run its course: wo RISPw RISPR/GW-L may 7-16 .299 .163 3.5 2-8 m...

short post today; i’ave got another busy travel week, and another early a.m. departure (behind the wheel this time). for those of you who went to bed at a decent hour, the cardinals won 8-2 last...

if the cards had gotten competent bullpenning, some of you are saying, they’d be 5-2 on the current road trip and playing for a series win tonight, instead of 3-4 and needing a win to break even...

i had a perfect view of the play ----- 15th row in section 142, about 20 feet behind 3d base. albert got a tremendous jump, had the base stolen easily; he was 25 feet past the bag and under a full...

Lohse Parra 2-0, 1.48 1-1, 5.40 stat of the day: albert pujols has seen more balls this year --- 166, or 54 percent --- than strikes (143, or 46 percent). from 2001-07 he saw strikes...

Sanchez Looper 0-1, 6.00 3-0, 2.70 I suppose the best thing about Pineiro’s start yesterday was that he was able to keep the ball down – getting 14 ground balls to 9 fly balls w/ 3...