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| Cardinals sign reliever Ring |
MLB Baseball |
01/05/2009 |
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| St. Louis, MO (MySportsbook) - The St. Louis Cardinals have signed free- agent relief pitcher Royce Ring to a one-year contract, the club announced Monday. The left-handed Ring played 42 games for Atlanta in 2008, going 2-1 with an 8.46 earned run average. He gave up 21 earned runs in 22 1/3 innings, striking out 16 and walking 10. In 94 career appearances in four seasons with the New York Mets, San Diego and Atlanta, Ring owns a 3-3 record with a 4.93 ERA. |
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| Orioles finalize deal with Izturis |
MLB Baseball |
12/16/2008 |
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| have completed a deal for shortstop Cesar Izturis, signing the free agent to a two-year contract. Financial terms were not disclosed, but last week the Baltimore Sun reported it to be worth close to $6 million. Izturis appeared in 135 games for the St. Louis Cardinals last season and batted .263 with a home run, 24 runs batted in, 50 runs scored and a team-high 24 stolen bases. The 28-year-old switch-hitter has a career .260 batting average in eight seasons with the Cardinals, Pirates, Cubs, Dodgers and Blue Jays |
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| Division Crown the Prize for Cardinals In Rams Matchup |
NFL Football |
12/05/2008 |
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| k 9, and swept last year's home-and-home including a 48-19 decision at University of Phoenix Stadium in Week 17. The Rams won the only postseason meeting between the two, with the then-Los Angeles-based franchise pulling out a 35-23 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in a 1975 NFC Divisional Playoff. Arizona head coach Ken Whisenhunt is 3-0 against the Rams as a head coach. Haslett is 1-2 against the Cardinals as a head coach, including 1-1 while serving at the helm in New Orleans (2000-2005), and is 0-1 head-to |
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| Cards pick up Greene from Padres |
MLB Baseball |
12/04/2008 |
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| St. Louis, MO (MySportsbook) - The St. Louis Cardinals acquired shortstop Khalil Greene from the San Diego Padres on Thursday. St. Louis shipped pitcher Mark Worrell and a player to be named later to San Diego for Greene. One year removed from belting 27 home runs, Greene's production dropped drastically last season, as he hit just .213 with 10 homers, while striking out 100 times in 105 games. He also managed only 27 extra-base-hits and 35 RBI after producing 74 extra-base hits and 97 RBI in 2007. "We couldn't |
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| Cards sign lefty reliever Miller |
MLB Baseball |
12/03/2008 |
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| St. Louis, MO (MySportsbook) - The St. Louis Cardinals signed left-handed reliever Trever Miller to a one-year contract on Wednesday. Financial terms of the deal were not released. The 35-year-old Miller appeared in 68 games last season for the American League champion Tampa Bay Rays, going 2-0 with a 4.15 earned run average. However, he held left-handed hitters to a .209 average and struck out 30 of the 91 he faced. Tampa Bay chose Miller's $400,000 buyout earlier this month rather than pick up his $2 million |
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| Mariners come to terms with Branyan |
MLB Baseball |
12/03/2008 |
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| RBI. He was especially useful off the bench, as he ranked fourth in batting average and was tied for second in home runs among National League pinch-hitters with at least 10 plate appearances. For his career, Branyan is a .230 hitter with 133 home runs and 320 RBI in 766 games for the Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, Tampa Bay Rays, San Diego Padres, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals and Brewers. Branyan, who will turn 33 on December 19, has played for five different teams over the last three seasons. |
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| Tasty Battle of NFL Birds Featured on Thanksgiving Night |
NFL Football |
11/26/2008 |
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| fans enjoying their Thanksgiving holiday than with the Arizona Cardinals rejoicing over a division title. Arizona travels to Philly needing only a victory in the third game of the day to take home its first division title since 1975. That year, the St. Louis Cardinals topped the NFC East, and the ensuing 32 seasons were marked mostly by mediocre-to-poor play for an organization that shifted its base of operation to the southwest in 1988. The Cardinals made the postseason just once in their first 20 seasons in Ari |
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| Pujols named NL MVP |
MLB Baseball |
11/18/2008 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols has been named the National League's Most Valuable Player, as voted on by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Pujols, who won this award in 2005 and is a four-time runner-up, garnered 369 points to outdistance Philadelphia first baseman Ryan Howard by 61 points. Pujols placed first on 18 of the 32 ballots cast by two writers from each NL city, second on 10 others, third on two, fourth on one and seventh on another. "There we |
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| Maddon, Piniella honored as top managers |
MLB Baseball |
11/12/2008 |
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| direction, getting to the playoffs, getting to the World Series. None of us thought World Series. We were definitely shooting for the playoffs." Florida's Fredi Gonzalez (48 points), Los Angeles' Joe Torre (45 points) and La Russa (11 points) of the St. Louis Cardinals also received first-place votes and finished third, fourth and fifth, respectively. New York Mets skipper Jerry Manuel (10 points), Houston's Cecil Cooper (three points) and Milwaukee's Dale Sveum (one point) rounded out the voting in the NL. Boston |
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| Maddux extends record for most Gold Glove Awards |
MLB Baseball |
11/05/2008 |
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| ove Awards at their respective positions. Third baseman David Wright earned his second, having also won last season, and center fielder Carlos Beltran won for the third consecutive year. The remaining NL Gold Glove Awards went to first-time winners: St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina, San Diego Padres first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, Cincinnati Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips, along with the Pirates' Nate McLouth and Phillies' Shane Victorino in the outfield. American League winners will be announced on |
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