Kolten Wong's Trifecta: Three Triples In Three Games

Behold the triple.

Post-Dispatch

How Cardinals, Marlins Made Mayhem In Miami

Allen Watson, a Cardinals pitcher struggling to get outs, and Orestes Destrade, a Marlins batter struggling to get hits, took out their frustrations on each other.

RetroSimba

Todd Zeile Capped Innings For The Ages For Cardinals

Looking to regain a role as a reliable run generator for the Cardinals, Todd Zeile took a step in the right direction with a key hit in an unusual game.

RetroSimba

How Cardinals Rallied From Nine Down To Beat Braves

A passed ball was the key to enabling the Cardinals to achieve one of their most amazing comebacks.

RetroSimba

What If Albert Pujols Came Back To The Cardinals?

The Winter Meetings and the St. Louis Cardinals haven't stuffed the stocking of their fans just yet.

KSDK

Why Cardinals Chose Delino DeShields Over Ryne Sandberg

After pursuing Ryne Sandberg to be their second baseman in 1997, the Cardinals instead chose Delino DeShields soon after it seemed the free agent had agreed to a deal with the Reds.

RetroSimba

How Luis Alicea Got Encore With Cardinals

One of the first issues Walt Jocketty faced as Cardinals general manager involved who to keep at second base. The leading candidates were Geronimo Pena and Luis Alicea. Jocketty picked Pena.

RetroSimba

How Cardinals Pursued Tony Phillips To Play Second Base

Seeking an impact player at second base for the 1996 season, Tony La Russa’s first as their manager, the Cardinals set their sights on Craig Biggio, then Tony Phillips.

RetroSimba

Cardinals Winter League Notebook 12-14-14: Luis Mateo Hits A Two-Run Homer; Kender Villegas Finished Fourth In The Venezuelan Parallel League In ERA; Luis Alicea A Guest Instructor In Florida

Cardinals Winter League

Carlos Beltran Unfairly Judged After First New York Stint

Carlos Beltran leaves a dugout conversation with Brian McCann to go fetch a baseball.

NY Post

Adam Kennedy - Top 100 Angels #19

Adam Kennedy was a top prospect traded by the St. Louis Cardinals along with pitcher Kent Bottenfield to the Angels for outfielder Jim Edmonds. At the time Edmonds was one of a surplus of outfielders that the Angels had. Darin Erstad, Garret Anderson and Tim Salmon were all under club control longer than Edmonds would be. Meanwhile, it had been a long time - fourteen years, since the Angels had had a long-term solution at second base.

Halos Heaven

Adam Wainwright Moves To No.2 On Cardinals' K's List; Mike Matheny Relates To Pete Kozma's Struggles With Bat; Brock Peterson Gets Second Career Start With Cardinals; Cardinals Hope Lance Lynn Sorts Things Out Next Start; Worth Noting

By striking out Justin Morneau in the first inning of Saturday's game against the Pirates, Adam Wainwright passed Dizzy Dean for second on the Cardinals' all-time strikeout list with 1,096.

St. Louis Official Site

Michael Wacha To Join Cris Carpenter & J.D. Drew As Cardinals' Fastest Risers

48 years ago, in 1965, a revolutionary change in amateur player acquisition was implemented by Major League Baseball. MLB instituted its initial First-Year Player Draft, initially with two phases, in June and January.

The Cardinal Nation Blog

Carlos Beltran Excited To See Cardinals Top Prospect Oscar Taveras

The Cardinals had to endure a little bit of weather today in their first full squad workout that featured every single player on the roster as the team kicks off towards the 2013 season.

KMOV

Cardinals Select Second Baseman Kolten Wong At #22

The Cardinals got a baseball rat with their first-round Draft pick on Monday, a kid who loves to play ball. They got a young man who, according to his college coach, "plays above his tools."

Cardinals Official Site

It had been 25 years since the Cardinals had chosen a second baseman in the first round of the first-year player draft. That choice was 5-foot-9 Florida State infielder Luis Alicea, who played 13 seasons in the major leagues, six of them with the Cardinals and, in his second tour with the club, was manager Tony La Russa's opening day second baseman in La Russa's first game as manager of the Cardinals in 1996.

STL Today

Cardinals Select Kolten Wong With First Pick

The St. Louis Cardinals selected University of Hawaii second baseman Kolten Wong with their first overall selection in the 2011 First Year player draft. Wong has also started games at second, catcher and centerfield during his time at Hawaii.

Cardinals Official Site

The Cardinals, picking 22nd tonight in the first-year player draft, chose University of Hawaii second baseman Kolten Wong in the first round.
Cardinal Beat

With the 22nd-overall pick, the Cardinals went with Hawaii second baseman Kolten Wong. Wong will be a spark plug at the top of the lineup that one scout said is the best pure hitter in the draft outside of Anthony Rendon.

Baseball America

The St. Louis Cardinals selected a college second baseman with the 22nd overall selection of the 2011 First-Year Player Draft.

The Cardinal Nation

The Cardinals do not exactly make it a secret that one of the factors they use in evaluating top candidates in the annual baseball draft is how that player performed in the Cape Cod summer league.

Sports Page

The Cardinals shouldn't have much trouble convincing Hawaii second baseman Kolten Wong to skip his senior season and begin his professional career.

Fox Sports Midwest

Daniel Descalso Chasing Mark McGwire & Albert Pujols

The St. Louis Cardinals’ offensive hero the last two evenings in San Diego was infielder Daniel Descalso. His single won the game in the 11th inning Tuesday night after he singled home the go-ahead run against Padres All-Star closer Heath Bell in the ninth inning on Monday.

The Cardinal Nation Blog

Allen Craig's Impressive RBI Pace In Early Action

Rookie St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Allen Craig has seven RBI in his first 15 career games.

The Cardinal Nation Blog

The Draft Poll: Who Is The Cardinals Top 1st Pick...Ever?

With its made-for-TV portion completed Monday, baseball’s 2010 First-Year Player Draft completed its relatively anonymous rounds Wednesday. All tallied, the St. Louis Cardinals selected 52 players in the 50-round marathon. The vitals: 26 pitches, 12 infielders, 11 outfielders, three catchers, 41 college players and 11 preppies.

Birdland

Philosophy Of Batting Leadoff

I was skimming through the Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract (1985 edition) the other day and came across an interesting essay on leadoff hitters.

The Hardball Times