An absolute, and maddening, waste of time. If you’re looking for hot stove information, go anywhere but Bleacher Report. The site masquerades as an intelligent, article-driven sports hub, but it’s really just a pretty collection of unedited blog posts. I

"Chuck Norris CAN divide by zero" VEB will

In the NLDS, David Freese hit .278/.278/.556/.833 with 5 RBI. Freese smacked a double and home run off veteran Roy Oswalt in the do-or-die Game 4 at Busch Stadium. In the NLCS, Freese picked up where he left off, posting the high-popping line of .545/.60

There is a video on YouTube that sums up the incident nicely that I've posted, providing the background on the event, as well as why New York Giants first baseman Fred Merkle's career was distinguished by the one moment. That being said, the video does n

ST. LOUIS — Coming off back-to-back 100-win seasons, both of which included trips to the National League Championship Series and one of which netted an NL pennant, St. Louis Cardinals general manager Walt Jocketty took stock of hs team each winter and su

Earlier, we looked at. This the follow-up to that post, which covers the time period from 1989 through 2011. This list is inspired by David Schoenfield's post on the ESPN Sweet Spot blog which looked at the five best position players by WAR. Unlike Scho

Former St. Louis Cardinals center fielder Jim Edmonds expressed surprise Sunday for being inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. But the man who won six of his eight Gold Gloves in St. Louis and was a key part of two Cardinals World Series teams

Here it comes. Here comes the mess, and it’s heading straight for Cooperstown. This January, the Baseball Writers Association of America held its annual Hall of Fame election, this time voting Barry Larkin into Co

DECATUR - It must have been opening day in Decatur on Friday because hundreds of red-clad Redbird fans poured into the Decatur Conference Center and Hotel filled with joy, a little concern and an unquenchable appetite for hot dogs and cold beverages. Des

Reports as of Thursday night indicate Dave Duncan will be stepping down (on an as-yet-undetermined basis) from his job as the St. Louis Cardinals' official mad pitching scientist for family reasons—given Duncan's enduring love for turning batting practic

I wanted to prove a point about Dave Duncan, so I typed '1999 St. Louis Cardinals' into the very excellent site called BaseballReference.com. Remember the 1999 Cardinals? Yeah, I don't either. Looks like they went 75-86 and finished 4th in the division.

Who would ever have thought so many people would be envious of flies? Their lives are short and nobody likes them, but now they have something most of us do not: a chance to be on the walls of the Miami Marlins’ clubhouse. And right now, that seems to b

Say what you will about Chris Volstad, but the guy was a choir boy compared to the ticking time bomb the Marlins got for him, the short-fused Carlos Zambrano. (Actually, Volstad really did sing in his high school choir.) Let it be said that Zambrano isn'

That's of course especially true of the world champion Redbirds, who made it into the playoffs on the last day of the season. Pitching coach Dave Duncan, on a leave of absence to tend to his convalescing wife, made a special trip to Houston to be with ma

Calling things the new Moneyball is the Moneyball of calling things Moneyball. But the Milwaukee Brewers fielding was the under-reported story of the year. Mets, please do this. What we don’t have, however, is a great idea which fielders are the best in

I was watching MLB networks 50 greatest catches of All-Time the other night, and I didn’t see a single Reed Johnson highlight. I was beyond disappointed. "Whenever one finds himself in the majority, it is time to step back and reflect," Mark Twain. I sho

Jimmy Rollins is not currently a Hall of Fame player. At the end of his newly signed contract, he will not be a Hall of Fame player. His only hope of the Hall? Play eight more years and get to 3000 hits.* Here’s why.

Your goal shouldn't be to buy players. Your goal should be to buy wins. In the movie adaptation of Michael Lewis's book Moneyball this quote is the beautifully concise explanation of the sabermetric approach to baseball. Nowadays folks running ball clubs

Jim Edmonds, St. Louis Cardinals -- The outfielder played eight full seasons with the Cardinals with three All-Star appearances and two 40-home run seasons. Emmitt Thomas, Kansas City Chiefs -- Now a defensive backs coach with the Chiefs, Thomas played c