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| Cardinals' Carpenter has surgery |
MLB Baseball |
11/04/2008 |
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| St. Louis, MO (MySportsbook) - St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Chris Carpenter underwent surgery Tuesday on his right elbow. The procedure included decompression and transposition of the ulnar nerve, and was performed by Cardinals team physician Dr. George Paletta. St. Louis first baseman Albert Pujols had the same operation done on October 13. The surgery is not expected to interfere with the physical rehabilitation of his ailing shoulder, which forced an end to his 2008 season. Carpenter was forced to stop pitchi |
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| Red Sox, Epstein agree to extension |
MLB Baseball |
11/04/2008 |
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| igned the deal "a while back." Terms of the contract weren't released. Epstein became the youngest general manager in major league history at age 28 when he took over the Red Sox on November 25, 2002. In his second year at the helm, Boston swept the St. Louis Cardinals to capture the franchise's first World Series title since 1918. Shortly after the conclusion of the 2005 campaign, Epstein resigned from the Red Sox, citing philosophical differences with president and chief executive officer Larry Lucchino. He retu |
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| Line of Scrimmage: No Joke - Cardinals Have Super Bowl Potential |
NFL Football |
11/02/2008 |
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| nd the similarly 2-6 49ers can better describe the contours of Mike Singletary's posterior than diagnose a Cover-2 defense. If the Cardinals don't emerge from this group and notch their first division title since winning the NFC East in 1975 (as the St. Louis Cardinals), then something cataclysmic will have happened in the season's second half. A 5-3 record in the next two months should be plenty for Ken Whisenhunt's team to bring a division title and playoff game home to Arizona for the first time, but laying up |
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| Cards sign backstop LaRue |
MLB Baseball |
10/31/2008 |
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| St. Louis, MO (MySportsbook) - The St. Louis Cardinals announced Friday that catcher Jason LaRue signed a one-year deal for the upcoming season. The 34-year-old, who was a free agent, spent 2008 with the club as backup to starter Yadier Molina. He hit .213 in 61 games with four home runs and 21 RBI. LaRue holds a lifetime average of .231 with 92 homers and 337 RBI over 842 games with Cincinnati, Kansas City and St. Louis. |
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| Warner, Cardinals Head to St. Louis |
NFL Football |
10/31/2008 |
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| t win in the series came in Arizona in 2006. The Cardinals are 3-0 in St. Louis since last losing there in 2004. 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 2-0 against the Rams as a head coach. St. Louis' Haslett was 1-1 against the Cardinals while serving at the helm in New Orleans (2000-2005), and will be meeting Whisenhunt for th |
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| Manny, Teixeira highlight free agent filings |
MLB Baseball |
10/30/2008 |
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| National League Central champion Cubs. Sheets struggled with injuries at the tail end of the 2008 season, but he started 31 games -- his most since 2004 -- and went 13-9 with a 3.09 ERA in helping to lead the Brewers to a postseason appearance. The St. Louis Cardinals had the most players file for free agency on Thursday with six: shortstop Cesar Izturis, catcher Jason LaRue, second baseman Felipe Lopez, and pitchers Braden Looper, Russ Springer and Ron Villone. Other notable players filing included the Yankees' |
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| Pujols wins Roberto Clemente Award |
MLB Baseball |
10/25/2008 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols was named the 2008 winner of the Roberto Clemente Award, bestowed on the player who combines outstanding play on the field with devoted work in the community. Pujols, who hit .357 with 37 homers and 116 RBI during the season, was selected from a list of 30 nominees, one from each team. For more than three years, Pujols has been at the center of his own family foundation, which has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for donations |
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| Garza goes for Rays, as Fall Classic shifts to Philly for Game 3 |
MLB Baseball |
10/25/2008 |
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| less ominous than it did at the start of the week, heavy rain is still expected for Saturday in the Philadelphia area. Of course, there hasn't been a World Series game postponed by rain since Game 4 of the 2006 series between the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals. Garza earned ALCS MVP honors for the Rays by going 2-0 against Boston, while surrendering just two runs in 13 innings. He was brilliant in Game 7 against the Red Sox, allowing only a first-inning solo home run and two hits over seven innings to sec |
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| Phils lucky to be going home tied |
MLB Baseball |
10/24/2008 |
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| t seems less ominous than it did at the beginning of the week, heavy rain is still expected for Saturday in the Philadelphia area. There hasn't been a World Series game postponed by rain since Game 4 of the 2006 series between the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals. LOOKING AHEAD: GAME 3 STARTERS Tampa's Matt Garza tries to follow up a sensational American League Championship Series on Saturday, when the World Series is set to shift to Citizens Bank Park for Game 3 between the Rays and Phillies. Garza earned A |
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| Red Sox 1B coach Luis Alicea out for 2009 |
MLB Baseball |
10/22/2008 |
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| ve Magadan, bench coach Brad Mills and bullpen coach Gary Tuck have all been invited to return for next season, the club announced, but Alicea will not be extended a contract for 2009. Alicea, an infielder who spent 13 seasons in the majors with the St. Louis Cardinals, Red Sox, Anaheim Angels, Texas Rangers, and Kansas City Royals, had been on Terry Francona's staff for the last two years. Also on Wednesday, the Red Sox announced that righthanded pitcher Chris Smith elected for free agency. Smith was designated f |
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