Coco Crisp Still Carries Some Of His Cardinals Days With Him

When Coco Crisp stepped to the plate Friday night and altered the course of the first World Series game at Wrigley Field in generations, he did so with a swing that still carried a little Cardinal in it.

Post-Dispatch

Scott Rolen & His Strange Stat Line In 2004 NLDS

Cardinals third baseman Scott Rolen followed the most consistently excellent regular-season performance of his career with a postseason effort that was extraordinarily erratic.

RetroSimba

Cardinals History On Display At Home Opener; Kyle Lohse Disappointed With Final Spring Outing; Busch Stadium Gets New Additions For 2011; Tidbits...

Multiple generations of Cardinals history got their due in a typically rousing Opening Day celebration at Busch Stadium on Thursday. The club honored its Hall of Famers, but also a more recent great prior to an afternoon game against the Padres.

Cardinals Official Site

The Sudden Death Of Mitchell Page

For much of his life, Mitchell Page battled addiction. He drank too much. He was a heavy smoker. Back in 2007, he took a leave of absence from his job as hitting instructor for the Nationals, taking time off for what were described as “personal reasons.”

The Hardball Times

The BP Broadside: Mitchell Page's Unfinished Sentence

Mitchell Page died on Saturday. He leaves this world at the youthful age of 59, a departure that seems almost as mysterious as his arrival. For 33 years, Page has been a figure of fascination to me, an unlikely link to my childhood. It was all because of this baseball card:

Baseball Prospectus

Mitchell Page Dies

The Cardinals received word Sunday morning that former hitting coach Mitchell Page, who had battled alcohol problems several times in his life, had died at his Arizona home at age 59. No cause of death has been determined.

STL Today

Mitchell Page Dead At 59

Mitchell Page, a former big league outfielder and hitting coach, passed away Saturday at the age of 59. Page, who served as the Cardinals' hitting coach from 2001-04, died from unknown causes.

Cardinals Official Site

The St. Louis Cardinals received word today that former hitting coach Mitchell Page had died in his sleep at his home at age 59. More details will be available later.

Cardinal Beat

Former St. Louis Cardinals hitting coach Mitchell Page passed away in his sleep at the age of 59. The news was first reported via Twitter by ESPN’s Baseball Tonight analyst and former St. Louis Cardinals player Eduardo Perez and later confirmed by the Cardinals.

The Cardinal Nation Blog

Jaime Garcia Stays Positive; David Freese Stays Hot At Plate; Mitchell Page Dies; Ryan Franklin Working On First-Pitch Curveballs

Its usually hard to be excited about allowing eight runs and nine hits in a little more than four innings. But that's how Jaime Garcia and the Cardinals felt about his outing Sunday against the New York Mets.

Fox Sports Midwest

Cardinals Arizona Fall League Interview Series: Derrick May

The Springfield Cardinals hitting coach is playing the same role for the Surprise Rafters of the Arizona Fall League. He discusses both clubs in this exclusive interview, our ninth and final one from the AFL.

The Cardinal Nation

Cardinals Arizona Fall League Interview Series: Pete Kozma

The St. Louis Cardinals’ former first round-selected shortstop speaks from the Arizona Fall League.

The Cardinal Nation

Matt Adams' Bat Has Cardinals Attention

Matt Adams needed something to distract him from an aching elbow while watching his Quad Cities River Bandits lose to Kane County during the first round of the Midwest League playoffs. Enter St.

Centre Daily Times

Arthur McConnehead: New GCL Cardinals Hitting Coach

The Cardinal Nation

Minor League Notebook: D'Marcus Ingram Credits His Success To Mitchell Page

Outfielder D’Marcus Ingram, named the Player of the Month for May by both the St. Louis Cardinals and TheCardinalNation.com, credits his recent success to an improved approach at the plate, inspired by a coach no longer with the organization.

STL Globe-Democrat

Cardinals Hitters, Mark McGwire Share The Bottom

At times it seems that the Cardinals are playing the same game over and over again. Is the Fox Sports Midwest production crew playing tricks? Is that Mike Shannon live on the radio or just an audio file? It must be our imagination.

STL Today

Strauss Live 5-12-10

The Cardinals beat writer goes one-on-one with readers at 1 p.m. Wednesday in a live chat.

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

Cardinals Notebook: Ryan Ludwick Passes Torch To Nick Stavinoha; P.J. Walters Returns To Memphis; Turning The (Mitchell) Page Again

When Ryan Ludwick signed a minor league deal with the Cardinals prior to the 2007 season, his 1999 second-round draft pick promise had long expired. He couldn’t stick in the majors with Texas or Cleveland, underwent hip surgery, had been struck by an errant bullet and spent the entire 2006 season in Triple A without a call to Detroit.

STL Globe-Democrat

Joe Kruzel Rejoins Quad Cities River Bandits As Hitting Coach, Mitchell Page Returns Home For Personal Reasons

Joe Kruzel has taken over again as the acting hitting instructor for the River Bandits. Mitchell Page has served in that role for the Bandits this season but returned home for personal reasons this week.
Quad Cities River Bandits Official Site

Mitchell Page: Turns The Page Again

Niko Vasquez Finally A Hit In Batter's Box

Niko Vasquez returned to the Quad-Cities this season as a man on a mission.

The Midwest League has not been kind to the River Bandits infielder the past two years.

Quad-City Times

Mark McGwire Says Cardinals Attack Will Become More Balanced; Felipe Lopez Sits With Sore Elbow; Jaime Garcia The Giant Killer

Mark McGwire doesn't apologize for the Cardinals' early heavy reliance on home runs. And he doesn't object to a characterization of the team's offense as a power lineup.

STL Today