The Best Hometown Draft Pick For All 30 Teams

Rickey Henderson to the A's. Cal Ripken Jr. to the Orioles. Barry Larkin to the Reds. It's not uncommon to see a team go with a hometown kid in the Draft.

St. Louis Official Site

Game One Of 2005 NLCS Airs Sunday At 11AM CT

Reggie Sanders' two-run homer and Chris Carpenter's eight-inning outing in Game 1 of the 2005 National League Championship Series will re-air Sunday on cardinals.com and MLB.com.

St. Louis Official Site

Cardinals Fans Should Stop Whining About Keith Hernandez's Hall Of Fame Exclusion

I think the lack of baseball is really starting to get to St. Louis Cardinals fans.

Cheap Seats

Jack Flahery's Game Six Tweet Highlights A Fundamental Issue For Players Under Proposed 2020 MLB Rule Changes

With the live sports hiatus in North America continuing into its third month, one popular way for sports networks to fill the void has been replaying old, memorable games. Considering the Cardinals emerged victorious in one of the most remarkable games in baseball history, it’s unsurprising that one of their games has gotten some serious airtime during the coronavirus shutdown.

KMOV

2011 Revisited: Oral History On The Historic Cardinals Comeback To Air On KMOX

Since March 23, KMOX has aired one of the greatest comeback stories in sports history, the 2011 St. Louis Cardinals run to the World Series.

KMOX

Albert Pujols 'The Perfect Player' In 11 Years With Cardinals

In those early years with the Cardinals, Albert Pujols was that player others would stop and watch take batting practice.
St. Louis Official Site

Ten different signature Albert Pujols games will air on MLB Network from Saturday through Monday. From making the St. Louis Cardinals in 2001 to hitting his 600th career home run as a member of the Los Angeles Angels, Pujols will extensively discuss his career on MLB Network on Saturday and Monday.
Post-Dispatch

Happy 37th Birthday To David Freese, Who Gave His Hometown A Helluva Party In 2011

David Freese is the birthday bird today, April 28. He’s 37, still very young. After 11 major-league seasons, he’s enjoying his retirement after 11 major-league seasons. He has more time with young family. And more time to strum a guitar.

101 ESPN

Lance Berkman Talks About Helping Matt Carpenter, Playing For Tony LaRussa

Fox 2 Sports Director Martin Kilcoyne talked to former Cardinal Lance Berkman on Monday. Berkman, the former Cardinal who helped them win the 2011 World Series, has been helping current Cardinal player Matt Carpenter with his hitting this off season.

Fox2Now

Cardinals Announce Plans For 'Stay Home Opener'

The St. Louis Cardinals are marking the team’s original home opener date on Thursday, April 2nd by encouraging fans to stay home and stay safe. The Club’s ‘Stay Home Opener’ includes a number of social media activations as well as the launch of the Club’s resources page, cardinals.com/support.

St. Louis Official Site

Game Six Replay Stirs The Emotions Of Cardinals Fans, Restoring The Magic Of A Classic

Thursday was supposed to be Opening Day for the St. Louis Cardinals. What fans got instead was a rekindling of the magic of Game 6 from the 2011 World Series.

KSDK

Cardinals Capsules, Vol.6: Albert Pujols & The Impossible Brad Lidge Moonshot, 2005

Welcome back to Cards Capsules, the series in which we take a look back at memorable Cardinals games from the last 20 years in St. Louis baseball history. Without any baseball to watch in the present due to the spread of coronavirus, what better way to fill the time, eh?

KMOV

Cardinals Capsules, Vol.5: "We Are Going To Game Seven!" Jim Edmonds Walks Off Game Six Of The 2004 NLCS

Welcome back to Cards Capsules, the series in which we take a look back at memorable Cardinals games from the last 20 years in St. Louis baseball history. Without any baseball to watch in the present due to the spread of coronavirus, what better way to fill the time, eh?

KMOV

Ten Cardinals Observations After Ten Grapefruit League Games

The bad part about tagging in for the final spring training shift for Team Post-Dispatch is that you miss some of the early action while watching from St. Louis.

BenFred

After Rough 2019 Season, Matt Carpenter Banking On A Comeback Season: 'I Still Have A Lot Left'

They booed him during the summer, and begged management to dump during the winter.

USA Today

Ted Simmons Has A Blast At Fantasy Camp

On July 26 in Cooperstown, N.Y., former Cardinals star catcher Ted Simmons will join the best of the best at the Hall of Fame induction ceremonies. But last week in Jupiter, Fla., the team he managed in the Cardinals’ Fantasy Camp competition was the worst of the worst. And Simmons could not have cared less.

Post-Dispatch

From Bill DeWitt's Payroll Pronouncement To Mike Shildt's Pledge, Cardinals Coverage Just Warming Up

Ever since Mark McGwire reappeared in St. Louis through a double door used mostly as a thoroughfare for food trays and caused the media to sardine into a narrow hallway just to ask him questions — what the late Joe Strauss called "The Riot at the Hyatt" — there has been less chaos and more control for the Cardinals at Winter Warm-Up.

Birdland

Matt Carpenter Determined To Have Bounce-Back Year

At the end of every season, Matt Carpenter reflects on what did and did not go well the previous season. It helps him craft a game plan for the offseason to focus on the improvements he’d like to make.
St. Louis Official Site

When Lance Berkman saw his former Cardinals teammate Matt Carpenter at a Christian conference for pro athletes this offseason, he approached with a question and offered a promise as Carpenter recalled Monday.
Post-Dispatch

Matt Carpenter hit below .230, with fewer than 20 home runs and 50 RBI last year in what was his worst offensive year of his career. He told media at St. Louis Cardinals Winter Warm-Up that he feels like he hasn't found his identity yet as a hitter.
KMOX

For more than 20 minutes on Monday, a candid Matt Carpenter stood in a small hotel meeting room and talked about what went wrong for him offensively last season and how he is motivated to prove to Cardinals fans and teammates that he can still be an effective hitter.
KSDK

Astros To Interview Dusty Baker

The Astros will interview veteran skipper Dusty Baker for their open manager spot on Monday, a source told MLB.com’s Jon Paul Morosi. Houston has not confirmed this news.

MLB Official Site

12 Memories Of The 'David Freese Game'

Game 6 of the 2011 World Series is on the short list of craziest games in World Series history, with the Cardinals prevailing 10-9 in 11 innings. The Rangers -- who had lost the World Series to the Giants the previous year -- were on the verge of their first World Series title in franchise history, as they led the Cardinals 7-5 going into the bottom of the ninth.

St. Louis Official Site

Gerrit Cole Breaks Astros' Strikeout Record, Ties An MLB Mark

Forty years ago, J.R. Richard was one of the most dominating pitchers in baseball, striking out batters at a rate that few have before or since. He fanned an Astros-record 313 in 1979 -- his final full season in the big leagues -- and finished third in National League Cy Young Award voting.

Houston Official Site