Kolten Wong Improved, Cleared To Return To Action; Worth Noting

Sidelined by hamstring tightness since Friday, Kolten Wong could see the field before the end of Monday's series opener against the Brewers and return to the Cardinals' starting lineup Tuesday.

St. Louis Official Site

How Good Guy Dane Iorg Did Bad Thing To Cardinals

In a painfully fitting ending to the most miserable inning experienced by the Cardinals, a player who helped them win a World Series title delivered a hit that prevented them from earning another championship.

RetroSimba

St. Louis Expects To See A $23.7 Million Economic Impact From Hosting The World Series

Hosting the World Series is about more than peanuts, Cracker Jack and a good ball game these days. Today, for cities, hosting the World Series means the possibility of bringing in tens-of-millions of dollars of revenue. As the St. Louis Cardinals compete to win the team’s 12th World Series title, city leaders have put a price tag on the value of each game played at Busch Stadium.

Forbes

No Obstructing The Fun Of This World Series

This matchup between the Red Sox and the Cardinals has been as entertaining as advertised. It also has been something else: A showcase for weird and wild stuff, as Johnny Carson used to say to Ed McMahon. In other words, before the World Series ends Wednesday or Thursday in Boston, you can expect more goofiness.

St. Louis Official Site

Whiff: Red Sox Set Postseason Strikeout Record

With at least one game remaining, the Red Sox hitters have already set a dubious record: Most postseason strikeouts.

KMOV

Cardinals Credit Tough Pitching For Cold Bats

While they have yet to find a solution to their World Series offensive woes, there is one thing the Cardinals' batters can come to a conclusion on -- Boston's pitching has been tough.

St. Louis Official Site

Best Is Yet To Come In The Drama-Filled Fall Classic

Now it gets good.

St. Louis Official Site

Umpires Have Been Getting It Right

Some observations as the 109th World Series heads into the home stretch ...

Post-Dispatch

X-Rays On Allen Craig's Foot Is Negative; Lineup Makeup; Mike Matheny Values "Human Element"; Extra Bases

The text came at about 1:30 Sunday morning, or about three hours after the Cardinals’ celebration for a Game 3 win turned to concern for the runner who won it for them.

Post-Dispatch

End Of Game Three Was Emotional Roller-Coaster For Red Sox; Tossing & Turning; Short Memories

It took about 15 seconds from the moment when Jon Jay hit a hard grounder to drawn-in Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia in the ninth inning Saturday night to when home plate umpire Dana DeMuth made the final call on the play, and in that brief span, Red Sox players such as pitcher Jon Lester went through a series of emotional peaks and valleys.

Post-Dispatch

View From The Couch: Game Four Is Hairy Affair

Makeover shows are very popular on TV, and it’s always the hair re-do that makes the most difference. No wonder, then, that some World Series viewers — OK, some World Series viewers rooting for the Cardinals — became obsessed Sunday night with everything wrong with Boston pitcher Clay Buchholz’s coif.

Tube Talk

Bud Selig Praises Umpires For Handling Of Obstruction Call

Major League Baseball Commissioner Allan H. "Bud" Selig lauded the umpiring crew for their "fair and expeditious" handling of the bizarre end to Game 3 of the World Series on Saturday night, a finish so abrupt and unexpected it still dominated talk around the batting cage a day later.

St. Louis Official Site

Allen Craig Available To Pinch-Hit, Cardinals Encouraged; Kolten Wong Makes Most Of First World Series Experience; Adam Wainwright Applies Golf Mindset To Pitching Success; Worth Noting

The Cardinals' concerns that Allen Craig's trip around the bases in Game 3 could limit his availability for the rest of the World Series had calmed by Sunday, after an X-ray on Craig's left foot came back negative.

St. Louis Official Site

World Series Game Three: Seven Observations On The Obstruction

OBSTRUCTION is the act of a fielder who, while not in possession of the ball and not in the act of fielding the ball, impedes the progress of any runner.

Fungoes

Game Three Finish Still A Hot Topic

A day later, the pell-mell ending to Game 3 was still the No. 1 trending topic at the 2013 World Series. The ninth-inning obstruction call was correct. Umpire Jim Joyce got it right. The rule, as written, isn't necessarily fair. But it is the rule, and the umpires demonstrated admirable integrity in enforcing the rule instead of looking the other way.

Bernie Bytes

Police Make Three Arrests For Counterfeit Merchandise At Busch Stadium

St. Louis Police reported around 80 counterfeit tickets were seized during the Cardinals' Game 3 of the World Series at Busch Stadium.

KMOV

Cardinals-Red Sox Draw Best Game Three Series TV Rating Since 2009

A close game with a wild and controversial finish Saturday night helped make that contest the highest-rated World Series Game 3 telecast since 2009, according to The Nielsen Co.

Media Views

The 411 On Rule 7.06

The description of “obstruction” that appears in Rule 2.00 of Major League Baseball’s official rule book outlines a play where the fielder makes an attempt at a ball, fails, and then impedes the runner’s progress.

Bird Land

Adam Wainwright On Game Three Ending: "I Understand Why They'd Be Upset"

101 ESPN

Mike Matheny Quotes On Allen Craig's Availability, Other Strategies

Allen Craig is available off the bench tonight in Game 4 of the World Series, St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said Sunday, noting that his best run-producer underwent an X-ray.

Cardinals Corner