Albert Pujols Talks Mike Trout, Career With Angels In Q&A

In a recent sit-down with MLB.com at Yankee Stadium, Angels first baseman Albert Pujols answered questions covering a wide range of topics, from his respect for teammate Mike Trout to the untimely passing of Tyler Skaggs.

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Missing Darryl Kile All Over Again, 16 Years Later

Kile's passing still haunts me to this day, as a fan and writer. Maybe it's because I miss his style of pitching, or it could be the fact he left a wife and three kids behind.

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As The Cardinals Come Home, I Must Ask: If This Is Baseball Heaven, Then Why Are They Playing Like Hell?

It’s been bad, really bad. The Cardinals come home with a smelly, seven-game losing streak. They have won five of their last 22 games. This is 2007 bad. This a big comedown from the organization’s high standards for success.

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Sobering Tragedy: The Death Of Josh Hancock

Six months after experiencing the euphoria of winning a World Series championship, the Cardinals plunged into despair when relief pitcher Josh Hancock was killed in a highway accident.

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Aledmys Diaz Mourns Death Of Childhood Friend Jose Fernandez

They grew up just doors apart in the Cuban neighborhood of Santa Clara, where, there on Eighth Street or at the sandlot field two miles away, Aledmys Diaz and Jose Fernandez cultivated their love of baseball. The boys were childhood buddies, both taught the game by Diaz's father, Rigoberto, and uncle, Nelson, long before they defected with Major League dreams or shared a clubhouse as National League All-Stars.

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Cardinals React To Jose Fernandez's Death

As they prepare to finish up a rod series at Wrigley Field, the St. Louis Cardinals woke up to some terrible news Sunday morning, the boating death of Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez.

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Jose Fernandez Learned Baseball Alongside Aledmys Diaz, In Cuba

There is a facial expression a ballplayer gives when approached at his locker by a reporter that reveals he's been caught and yet would rather be rushing somewhere else, anywhere else than into an interview.

Bird Land

One Year Later, Oscar Taveras' Presence Still Felt On Cardinals

It was one year ago, as Game 5 of the World Series was about to begin in San Francisco, that general manager John Mozeliak received a phone call that would rock an organization at its core.

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The Complicated Legacy Of Oscar Taveras

I wanted to do it justice, describing his home run swing with the absolute fitting description, for this is the column on the anniversary of his death.

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Like Without Oscar Taveras

No universal truth exists when it comes to handling death. When it happens in sports, those left behind feel affected much like blood relatives do. Major League Baseball teams spend virtually every day together, from mid-February until October 1, or later, in spaces tighter than most adult siblings experience. When a baseball team calls itself a family, it's more than a cliche -- there's a social reality to it.

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John Mozeliak Has Not Had Easy Tenure As GM

Putting the incomprehensible events of a crazy week aside for a moment, understand that it hasn’t always been easy for Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak, a man who now finds it so difficult to fall asleep at night.

Bernie Bytes

Cardinals Reveal Oscar Taveras Patch

The St. Louis Cardinals will be wearing patches honoring Oscar Taveras during the 2015 season, and they revealed it earlier today.

KSDK

Mourning Oscar Taveras Offers Valuable Lesson

When manager Mike Matheny walks into the center of the clubhouse Monday to preside over the Cardinals’ first team meeting of 2015, one player will be missing. But powerful memories, heavy emotions and inescapable regret will put him in the room with the teammates he left behind.

Bernie Bytes

Is Scrutiny Of Oscar Taveras Patch Proper?

Pitchers and catchers will be reporting to spring training camps over the next week or so, and at least one of the uniform changes on display may generate a bit of controversy: The Cardinals will be wearing an "OT" memorial patch for outfielder Oscar Taveras, who died in a car crash in his native Dominican Republic last October at the age of 22.

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Cardinals Reveal Plans To Honor Oscar Taveras In 2015

With this being the 18th day of the new year, the Cardinals dedicated time during the second day of their three-day Winter Warm-Up event to remember outfielder Oscar Taveras and announce how the organization plans to honor him this season.
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Calling a chance to let other kids in Oscar Taveras' hometown share the dream he had, the Cardinals will renovate and upgrade a youth baseball field in Taveras' hometown of Sosua, Dominican Republic, as a way to memorialize the young outfielder.
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Derrick Goold Twitter

Even though three and a half months have passed since Oscar Taveras’ tragic death, his presence permeated the Cardinals’ Winter Warm Up.
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Mike Matheny Helping Cardinals Work Through Grief

As Mike Matheny stood back and listened to the advice and emotion that poured out of Carlos Martinez, he felt both the pride and the heartbreak of a father. Seeing the way Martinez was turning tragedy into teaching was stirring, but the undertones of Martinez's talk to the teenagers who gathered near him were that he wished he didn't have this experience from which to speak.

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Oscar Taveras & The Avoidable Tragedy

There are tragedies that leave you feeling shocked and empty inside, and the sadness is 100 percent pure, with no conflicting emotions swirling in your mind and heart.

Bernie Bytes

Official: Oscar Taveras Drunk During Fatal Crash

Cardinals rookie Oscar Taveras was intoxicated when he lost control of his sports car last month in the Dominican Republic and was involved in a single-car accident that killed him and his 18-year-old girlfriend, an official in the Dominican Republic said.

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Adam Wainwright: 'We'll Get Through This As A Unit'

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Bernie Bytes

Mike Matheny Is Right, Cardinals Are Family

It’s difficult to comprehend what the Cardinals are going through in the aftermath of the death of teammate Oscar Taveras. The players are scattered all over the place, trying to settle into their offseason homes and routines.

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