St. Louis Cardinals

Adam Wainwright is a star pitcher with the Cardinals, but in the winter he returns to the town where he grew up, a town, he says, where the people haven't changed.

Cardinals pitchers Adam Wainwright and Chris Carpenter are the top candidates to win the NL Cy Young Award this week. Post-Dispatch baseball writer Derrick Goold asked each to write why his teammate should win.

Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina today won his second consecutive Gold Glove award for fielding excellence. Molina, who was a first-time All-Star starter this season, was the only Cardinal honored. In 2008, he became the third Cardinals catcher t...

Cardinals first baseman, Jeter win awards for NL, AL.

Big Mac remains close friends with Tony La Russa and has influenced Cards hitters for several years.

Ryan turned what threatened to be an impeded season into a breakout summer, emerging as the Cardinals' starting shortstop in June, through the playoffs and going into 2010.

Cardinals skipper says team should feel negativity about what happened in Game 3. Forward thinking • The manager does not yet have an answer about his future with the club.

One of the hottest topics figures to be the status of manager Tony La Russa.

GAME 1 Wednesday Dodgers 5, Cardinals 3 WP: Weaver, 1-0 LP: Carpenter, 0-1 GAME 2 Thursday Dodgers 3, Cardinals 2 WP: Sherrill, 1-0 LP: Franklin, 0-1 GAME 3 Today at St. Louis, 5:07 p.m. Vicente Padilla (4-0) vs....

Cardinals attempt to stave off elimination in the NL Division Series behind Joel Piñeiro and the momentum-changing power of his best pitch.

DeRosa, Lohse see playoffs as fresh start after struggling during the regular season.

A Cubs broadcaster will be calling the Cardinals' games in the first round of the playoffs. Bob Brenly will serve as analyst on the television coverage of the series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, teaming with play-by-play announcer Dick Stoc...

CINCINNATI -- Reds pitcher Bronson Arroyo has denied accusations by the Cardinals that he used pine tar to get better grips on pitches. St. Louis manager Tony La Russa and pitching coach Dave Duncan both told the Post-Dispatch the stain on the b...

Notebook • Carpenter to start; Wainwright, Piñeiro would follow.

Cardinals at Colorado, 2:10 p.m., Coors Field KYLE LOHSE RH — 6-8, 4.81 Lohse strengthened his claim to a postseason starting job with his last start, arguably his best since the injuries that eroded his delivery. He held Houston to three...

Matt Holliday celebrated another playoff clincher at Coors Field, only this time it was with the St. Louis Cardinals and not the Colorado Rockies.

NL Roundup Cubs 3, Giants 0 — Carlos Zambrano threw a two-hitter, his first complete game since his no-hitter last season, and drove in two runs as visiting Chicago defeated San Francisco, denying the Cardinals the chance to clinch the NL Cen...

The Cardinals reverted to their uninspired offensive form behind their 16-game winner and Cy Young Award contender.

Cardinals vs. Colorado, 7:10 p.m., Coors Field ADAM WAINWRIGHT RH — 18-8, 2.59 Trying to become the big-leagues' first (and perhaps only) 20-game winner, Wainwright has two more starts to get two wins. He got a no-decision in his last sta...

NL ROUNDUP Cubs 3, Giants 2 — Jeff Baker hit a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth inning as visiting Chicago staved off playoff elimination. The ninth-inning heroics delayed the Cardinals from clinching the NL Central by at least a day and mar...

Perhaps the Cardinals' Adam Wainwright, the National League's only 18-game winner, isn't destined to reach that magical 20-win plateau if he can't win when he's as dominating as he was Sunday night. As the Chicago Cubs finally salvaged a last at...

CHRIS CARPENTER RH — 16-4, 2.45 The Cardinals' ace is coming off a dud that featured his worst single inning in almost a decade. Carpenter is undefeated this year in 13 starts against division opponents, going 2-0 with a 2.45 ERA in three ga...

 MO He is the face of baseball, a future Hall of Fame superstar who could ultimately replace Stan Musial as this franchise's signature baseball hero. So it's more than a fair question to ask why Cardinals ownership hasn't begun to put the negotiating ...

 MO The store, which opened without fanfare on May 30, also sells Cardinals gear and items related to the All-Star Game, which will be played July 14 across the street at Busch Stadium. Sportservice, the Cardinals' concessions operator — not Cordish Co., ...

 MO Both players lead the vote at their respective positions by healthy margins and figure to be the starter when the midsummer classic comes to Busch Stadium on July 14. Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina is the first NL catcher to surpass 1 million votes. ...

Ludwick confirmed the story and said his Cardinals teammates have a new take on the trot. "Here it's 'lifting up my luggage,'" he said. Cardinals starter Kyle Lohse played a light game of catch, standing 90 feet away from his target and testing the ...

 MO He ducked out of the first inning with only the two walks and one long, well-struck fly ball by Ryan Ludwick. Ludwick was the first of the 20 consecutive retired batters. Molina's double was only the fourth ball the Cardinals got in the air against Lee ...

 MO But Chris Carpenter's large contract expires after 2011, the Cardinals have only $13 million committed for 2012. And most of that goes to pitcher Kyle Lohse. So it's not as if the Cardinals are tangled in weighty, long-term contracts that make it ...

By Derrick Goold LAFAYETTE PARK — As a result of having so many officially retired numbers and several unofficially retired numbers (See: 25, 51 and 32), the St. Louis Cardinals sported a lineup, at times, that resembled an offensive line. The team simply did not have enough lower numbers for Chris Perez, J...

By Derrick Goold It also, when you look across the names in the top 30, shows a developing trend within the Cardinals minor-league system and any of the many Top 30 rankings you’ll see: The Leapfrog. Cardinals OF Jon Edwards joins the Comm Top 30 poll. Not this John Edwards ...

By Derrick Goold 3. RHP Chris Perez … RHP Chris Perez … RHP Chris Perez 6. RHP Jason Motte … RHP Jason Motte … OF Jon Jay 7. OF Daryl Jones … 3B David Freese … RHP Jason Motte New to Bird Land Community Top 30 poll, a St. Louis Cardinals' prospect "sleeper": RHP Deryk Hooker (Source: Flickr)

By Bernie Miklasz 1. WHAT UP WITH AARON MILES AND THE SMACK TALK? The dude got a World Series ring here, right? The Cardinals gave him more than 1,200 at-bats in three seasons, and skipper Tony La Russa showcased Miles’ ability to play multiple positions, all of which helped to get him a nice pay day from the Cub...

By Derrick Goold 30- TOWER GROVE — After taking him in 39th round of the most recent draft, the St. Louis Cardinals couldn’t get Curt Smith into the rookie-level lineup because of a visa issue. Once the paperwork snarl was loosened, they couldn’t keep him out of the lineup.

By Derrick Goold Taken in that paradigm-shifting draft of 2005, Garceau was in the St. Louis Cardinals’ backyard — a standout prep pitcher born in West Palm Beach, Fla., and starring at Royal Palm Beach High. He returned to his native Florida this past season and was regarded was the best starting pitcher in t...

By Derrick Goold What is Albert Pujols worth? 3-YEAR … BA/OBP/SLG … HR … RBI Pujols … .338/.440/.629 … 118 … 356 VORP (according to Baseball Prospectus) Gold-standard: Pujols in the field PUJOLS, 1B … +25 (1) … +37 (1) … +20 (2) Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols after a home run.

By Derrick Goold 30- TOWER GROVE — The St. Louis Cardinals thought enough of the talent available in the pool of international free agents this past summer to basically pass on the year before. Rather than blow the budget in 2007, they wanted to have the cash to contend for players in 2008.

By Derrick Goold TOWER GROVE — A few days before pitchers and catchers reported for spring training last February, six of the St. Louis Cardinals top pitching prospects — including Chris Perez and Mitchell Boggs — were invited to Jupiter, Fla., early for an experimental minicamp. They were there to learn th...

By Derrick Goold The St. Louis Cardinals tipped their hands with the club’s second pick of the most recent draft. Showing how much they value durability and predictability over, say, moonshots with talent or high-ceiling gambles, the Cardinals selected Ole Miss pitcher Lance Lynn....

By Derrick Goold LAS VEGAS — Given the chance to celebrate and comment on Rickey Henderson’s appearance on the Hall of Fame ballot for the first time, St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa also seized the opportunity to stump for another dynamo member of his Oakland Athletics teams who will be on the bal...

By Derrick Goold – Mark, St. Louis Ist Albert Pujols 2nd Rogers Hornsby 3rd Ken Boyer SS Ozzie Smith Left Lou Brock Center Joe Medwick Right Stan “The Man” Musial Catcher Tim McCarver SP Bob Gibson, Steve Carlton, Dizzy Dean, Grover Cleveland Alexander Closer take your pick Bruce Sutter or Lee Smith.

  United States - Aug 27, 2008 By Bernie Miklasz Good evening from Busch Stadium. What a comeback. What a ballgame. The Cardinals take it, 5-3, from the Brewers to keep hope alive in ...

Pujols heats up as Cardinals beat Angels Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - AP Photo/Bill Boyce AP Interview with Hank Aaron ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Albert Pujols had two home runs and five RBIs to lead the St. Louis Cardinals past the ...

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH  MO - May 25, 2007 Cardinals pitchers hit three Pirates with pitches. Pirates starting pitcher Tom Gorzelanny left Thursday's game with one out in the sixth inning after being ... Pirates pitcher bruises left thumb Covers