Cardinals Homestand Highlights: Friday, July 12 - Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Fresh off the All-Star break, the Cardinals return for six games at Busch. The seventh homestand of the year opens with a three-game weekend series against the Arizona Diamondbacks (July 12-14) and concludes with three games versus the Pittsburgh Pirates (July 15-17).

St. Louis Official Site

Miniature Cardinals-Themed Arch Disappears From Downtown Corner

The spot at the corner of Tucker Boulevard and Washington Avenue sits empty, any memories of that baseball-filled July in 2009 stripped away.

Post-Dispatch

Like Cole Hamels Nopw, Roy Halladay Pitched Through Trade Rumors

The toughest part, Roy Halladay said, was the questions he would face after each start.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Michael Wacha To Have Shoulder Re-Examined; Fan Of All-Star Format; Arch In The Outfield

Cardinals pitcher Michael Wacha, who has not thrown a baseball since going on the disabled list because of a precursor for a stress fracture in his right shoulder, will have a series of scans done on the joint Monday to determine how much healing has taken place and whether he can begin a throwing program.

Post-Dispatch

Stan Musial Inspires The Power Of Love

St. Louis has often been called the best baseball town in America. And we're not bashful about bragging on it. We like to pat ourselves on the back and proudly declare that our love for the Cardinals cannot be matched by any other baseball fan base. I'm sure that admirers of other teams, people who live outside of St. Louis, get tired of it.

STL Today

Ahead Of The Count: Three Eras Of All-Star Voting

In America’s pastime, as in its politics, democracy is a wonderful but fragile thing. Ten years after Major League Baseball first gave its fans the option to vote for the starting lineups in the All-Star Game, Commissioner Ford Frick took it away again after 1957, when Cincinnati fans stuffed the ballot boxes to elect all but one Reds' starter. This was not even a spontaneous upsurge of local pride: through the late spring, the Cincinnati Enquirer had printed ballots to distribute them easily to fans, and local bars even required customers to fill out ballots before they would be served. Not until 1970 were the fans put back in charge of picking the starters, but it’s been in their hands ever since—even surviving another sabotage attempt when Massachusetts hacker Chris Nandor was able to create a program that voted for Nomar Garciaparra nearly 40,000 times to edge out Derek Jeter.

Baseball Prospectus

Albert Pujols To Decline Home Run Derby Invite

St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols said Monday that he won't be participating in this year's Home Run Derby in Anaheim as part of the All-Star Game festivities.
Fox Sports Midwest

Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols, who topped the recent nationwide fans' balloting for players they want to see in the All-Star Game Home Run Derby, said this afternoon he didn't want to compete in this year's event to be conducted on July 12 in Anaheim before the July 13 All-Star Game to be played in Angel Stadium.
Cardinal Beat

Albert Pujols will not be participating in this year's Home Run Derby, the slugger told Fox Sports Midwest on Monday.
Cardinals Official Site

Albert Pujols: No Home Run Derby In 2010

Cardinals Closer Is Close To The End

There is little pretense to Ryan Franklin, no entourage, no snarling veneer, no sense of entitlement despite holding down the job as the Cardinals' last man standing.

STL Today

Alan Ahmady Uses His Mistakes To Grow

A lot of people learn valuable lessons. Not many can make a numeric assessment of their mistakes. Alan Ahmady can.

Fresno Bee

DG's 10@10: A "Perfect" Start

With the All-Star Game coming to town last summer, The Post-Dispatch deployed its baseball writers during spring training to ask as many major leaguers and baseball intelligentsia this question: What makes a player great?

Birdland

Sluggers Made Teen Center Possible

Kylie Kochel admitted that she wanted to be paired up with Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols as part of the 2009 State Farm Home Run Derby at Busch Stadium. But she was glad in the end that she got paired up with the Brewers' Prince Fielder.

Cardinals Official Site

Chris Maloney "Hammers" Home Another George Kissell Award

Memphis Redbirds manager Chris “Hammer” Maloney has picked up his second George Kissell Award for excellence in player development in the St. Louis Cardinals system.

The Cardinal Nation

Ryan Franklin Hopes To Finish Strong

Almost a year ago, under the right-field bleachers of Tampa Bay's spring training ballpark, Jason Isringhausen talked with Ryan Franklin about the tightrope that connects and binds closers.

STL Today

Top Five Cardinals (Blogger) Stories Of 2009

We bring 2009 to a close with one man's opinion on the Top 5 Cardinal related stories of the year.

Stan Musial's Stance

2009 Brings Memorable End To Decade

The Yankees opened a new ballpark and Mariano Rivera closed it in style.

Mark Buehrle threw a perfect game and Dewayne Wise made sure it stayed that way.

MLB

Top Cardinal Moments Of The Decade

With Redbird fans pining away for the ultimate Christmas present, Matt Holliday, it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that another decade of Cardinal baseball has come and gone. It was a brilliant stretch that saw seven playoff runs, two World Series appearances, one championship, an All Star Game, a Rookie of the Year award, three MVPs and a Cy Young. The Decade of Albert was good to Cardinal Nation, and to the city of St. Louis, so it’s only fitting that we take some time to reminisce and mull over some of the most touching, joyous and unbelievable memories before the year comes to a close.

Inside STL

December UCB Project: Top 5 Cardinals Stories Of The Year

With the Holliday situation still unresolved, I figured it would be a good time to present the December UCB project while the Cardinals and Scott Boras play a multi-million dollar game of chicken. This month’s project focuses on the top five stories of the year in Cardinal baseball, and there were plenty of great choices to choose from. In this list, I put down the five things that most define 2009, so without further adieu your top five stories of this year:

Cardinals GM

Cardinal Advent Calendar, Day Ten: Ryan Franklin

When the Cardinals jettisoned most of their veteran relievers last offseason, Franklin was one of only three who were invited back (Brad Thompson and Josh Kinney being the others).

Fungoes

Winter Meetings Buzz: What Does Albert Pujols Make In Endorsements?

When one thinks of major league baseball product endorsers, the mind almost always drifts to the Yankees’ Derek Jeter. While Jeter is considered the benchmark, the Cardinals Albert Pujols is increasingly being seen as the face of the league.

The Biz Of Baseball

Introducing Country's New Sensation David Nail, Cardinal Fan Too

David Nail knows what to do when he’s thrown a curve.
He takes it, hoping to eventually reach first base on a walk.

The McBrayer-Baseball Blog