Mike Matheny Says Fatigue No Factor In Yadier Molina's Hitting Slump; Yadier Molina Tops Catcher Voting; Jeremy Hazelbaker Also Struggling; In A Pinch; Upon Further Review

The Cardinals’ starting pitching has rebounded after an erratic first eight weeks to reel off seven starts ranging from representative to good to outstanding. Yadier Molina, per usual, has caught almost all of those.

Post-Dispatch

Joe Strauss Will Be Missed Across Baseball

Let's begin by remembering a few of the times Joe Strauss made his peers and coworkers laugh. This may soothe our grief for a moment.

St. Louis Official Site

Brian Bartow Wins 2015 Robert O. Fishel Award

St. Louis Official Twitter

Brian Bartow, a member of the Cardinals' communications department since 1987, has been named the recipient of the 2015 Robert O. Fishel Award for Public Relations Excellence. Bartow is the second member of the organization to win the award, which has been presented at the Winter Meetings annually since 1981.
St. Louis Official Site

Most Big Leaguers Will Visit For Exhibition

Most -- but not all -- of the players of the St. Louis Cardinals' opening-day roster will travel to Springfield for the March 29 exhibition game against the Double-A team, as the big-league club has a scheduled spring training game that afternoon in Jupiter, Fla.

Springfield News-Leader

Jupiter Strategizes On Way To Keep Cardinals, Marlins Happy At Roger Dean

Despite denials from both teams, local officials are leery that the Florida Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals might leave 7,000-seat Roger Dean Stadium when the lease expires in 2017.

Palm Beach Post

Felipe Lopez Nears Return From Disabled List; Aaron Miles On The Clock; Etc...

The Cardinals are close to activating infielder Felipe Lopez from the disabled list. How close depends on the perspective.

STL Today

Three Cardinals Starters Take A Break; Stewing Over Scoring; Etc...

Slumping shortstop Brendan Ryan and right fielder Ryan Ludwick did not start Thursday against the Philadelphia Phillies. Catcher Yadier Molina rested, too, but not for similar reasons.

STL Today

Mark McGwire Finds Relative Peace

The media holding pen also known as The Mac Rack stands empty of its intended herd.

STL Today

(Almost) All Present & Accounted For

The four players and one coach taken down Saturday by flu returned to camp Sunday morning. Second baseman Skip Schumaker, minor-league catcher Robert Stock, reliever Blake Hawksworth and starter Kyle Lohse are taking part in morning drills. Lohse noted that his condition cost him seven pounds.

Cardinal Beat

Secrecy Was Key In Cardinals Strategy

Cardinals director of media relations Brian Bartow received a call Sunday morning telling him to immediately book a flight for Los Angeles, where he would meet exiled former first baseman Mark McGwire.

STL Today

John Mozeliak Tables Talks On Coaching Staff; Game Four Intrigue; Postgame Interviews

General manager John Mozeliak on Thursday stopped short of making any promises about the make-up of next season's coaching staff regardless of manager Tony La Russa's return.

STL Today

Cardinals Announce Changes To Media Relations Department

The St. Louis Cardinals today announced several organizational changes in the front office as it relates to media and public relations.

Cardinals Official Site

Don't Blame Albert Pujols: An Apology

Last Thursday afternoon I got a call from Brian Bartow, the St. Louis Cardinals' director of media relations. Bartow said the team had seen and loved the Riverfront Times Guide to All-Star Week, a special supplement this paper had published the previous day -- all except the part where we revealed the home addresses of some current and former Redbirds luminaries.

Riverfront Times

Sunday Night Lineup 6-14-09

Courtesy of media relations director Brian Bartow, tonight's lineup vs LHP Cliff Lee:
Obviously, You're Not A Golfer

For tonight’s late start — 8 p.m. local time at Progressive Field — the St. Louis Cardinals are packing the middle of the order with righthanded hitters to oppose Cleveland’s Cliff Lee, the reigning Cy Young Award winner in the other league and … a lefty.
Cardinal Beat

Cardinals Starter Todd Wellemeyer Set To Launch

Earlier this spring, St. Louis Cardinals starter Todd Wellemeyer attempted to describe to a reporter why he stacks his bedside table with books about physics and why his morning, afternoon and night surfing on the Web tends to take him into the stars. Put simply: Wellemeyer wonders what’s out there.

Cardinal Beat

Brian Bartow & Joe Strauss Headline Hot Stove Lucheon

By Jim Rygelski, Bob Broeg Chapter President

A panel discussion of media coverage of the Cardinals and several research presentations on various topics will highlight the Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009, Hot Stove League Luncheon of the Bob Broeg Chapter of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR).

Fungoes

Cardinals Continue Talks With Lefty Trever Miller

There's still no deal between the Cardinals and left-handed reliever Trever Miller.

Cardinals Official Site