How Cardinals Used Six Pitchers To Get A Shutout

Like a couple of grand chess masters, managers Joe Torre of the Cardinals and Jim Leyland of the Pirates engaged in a series of maneuvers designed to outwit the other. Torre won, and the result was as unusual as it was satisfying.

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Why Joe Magrane No Longer Fit With Cardinals

Two months after Joe Magrane won five consecutive decisions as a starting pitcher, the Cardinals gave up on him.

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Holy Smokes! How Cardinals Got Singled In Atlanta

A midsummer evening in Atlanta got too hot to handle for the Cardinals.

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Aledmys Diaz On Playing In MLB, Jose Fernandez, & Cuba

Aledmys Diaz had a spectacular first season as a starter in the shortstop of the Cardinals of San Luis, being named to the All-Star Game 2016 and being fifth in the vote for the Rookie of the Year award. Just two years ago, Diaz was signed as an international free agent by the Cardinals, having been born in Cuba, growing up on the same street as his best childhood friend, José Fernández.  (Translated)

Cuban Play

Will The 'Traitors' Return To The Cuban Team?

Although the IV World Baseball Classic has not taken away the leading role in football in sporting conversations on the island, fans talk a little more in these days of ball: "Cuba was over there", "there is no pitching Or batting "," Despaigne alone can not win the games ".  (Translated)

Diario de Cuba

Aledmys Diaz Proud To Join The Groundswell Of Cubans To MLB

There were 23 Cuban-born players on Opening Day rosters around baseball, the highest total since the league began tracking such things. Only the the U.S., the Dominican Republic and Venezuela have better representation in the big leagues.

ESPN

Cuban Players Owe Gratitude To Rene Arocha

The baby was 11 months old when a stranger changed his life.

Hochman

Another Time In Cuba: The Forgotten Saga Of Rene Arocha

In the back of a shed in his run-down Miami neighborhood, where he can see it every time he gets his rusty old lawn mower chugging away, there's a poster of Rene Arocha when he was young, when in 1993 he set the whole baseball world on its ear.

Townhall

Will The Goodwill Last From MLB Visit To Cuba?

At breakfast Thursday morning in the Hotel Nacional de Cuba, on the same grounds where Fidel Castro and Che Guevara installed three Soviet anti-aircraft guns and braced themselves during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the chief of the Major League Baseball Players Association and other officials with him tried to digest the gravity of their visit.

Post-Dispatch

Nearly 60 Players Have Escaped Or Tried To Get Away From Cuba

60 baseball players, including 15 members of the Cuban preset or "talents", defected during last championship or penalties for trying meet a growing practice that is "lacerating" baseball of Cuba, admitted Monday the local commissioner. (Translated)

El Nuevo Herald

Shift In U.S.-Cuban Relations May Affect MLB

The re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba, announced by President Barack Obama on Wednesday, could affect Cuban players currently in the Major Leagues and pave the way for an easier passage for Cuban players seeking to play in the U.S. in the future.
MLB Official Site

On Wednesday, President Obama announced the United States is taking steps to normalize diplomatic relations with Cuba. The two nations have had a frozen relationship for 50 years now. CBS News has more on the story:
CBS Sports

Why The Best Joe Torre Cardinals Club Was Not Good Enough

Performing in an era when two, not five, teams qualified for the postseason from the National League, the best Cardinals club produced by manager Joe Torre wasn’t a September contender, even though its record was similar to, or better than, future St. Louis champions.

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One-Pitch Wonders For Cardinals: Al Brazle To Randy Choate

With one pitch, Rob Murphy earned redemption, Jason Motte ignited an unusual double play and Randy Choate escaped a bases-loaded jam.

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The Top Five Cubans To Play For The Cardinals

With comparisons already being made to a young Derek Jeter, shortstop Aledmys Diaz will face pressure to develop into the best Cuban player to perform for the Cardinals.

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Cardinals Sign Aledmys Diaz To Four-Year Deal, Report To Spring Training On Monday

Jeff Passan Twitter

The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have signed Cuban free-agent shortstop Aledmys (pronounced ah-led-mees) Diaz to a Major League contract and he will report to the Cardinals Major League spring training camp tomorrow (Monday, March 10).
St. Louis Official Site

The Cardinals, who addressed their shortstop deficiency for the immediate by signing Jhonny Peralta in November, added to that depth in a significant way by signing highly touted Cuban free agent Aledmys Diaz to a Major League contract. The Cardinals did not release details of the contract, but MLB.com confirmed it to be for four years.
St. Louis Official Site

The Cardinals, who addressed their shortstop deficiency for the immediate by signing Jhonny Peralta in November, added to that depth in a significant way by signing highly-touted Cuban free agent Aledmys Diaz to a Major League contract. The Cardinals did not release details of the contract, but MLB.com confirmed it to be for four years.
By Gosh, It's Langosch

It didn't happen as swiftly as both sides expected after the Cardinals had the Cuban infielder over to their complex in Jupiter, Fla., for a private workout.
Cardinal Beat

One day after announcing a contract extension for infielder Matt Carpenter, the St. Louis Cardinals made big news again Sunday by announcing the signing of Cuban free agent shortstop Aledmys Diaz.
KMOX

More than a couple weeks after holding a private workout for Cuban shortstop Aledmys Diaz at Roger Dean Stadium, the Cardinals announced his signing today to a Major League contract.
KMOV

The Cardinals have agreed to sign Cuban infielder Aledmys Diaz, the team announced. Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports says it is a four-year contract, though financial terms are unknown. He will be with the team in spring training on Monday.
CBS Sports

Signing Cuban infielder Aledmys Diaz undoubtedly is a major deal for the Cardinals.
Fox Sports Midwest

Mitch Boggs Is Anointed Primary Closer; Scott Rolen Goes On DL; Brian Tallet To Continue Side Sessions; Nick Punto At 2B; Etc...

Cardinals pitching coach Dave Duncan conceded the obvious before Sunday night's game against the Cincinnati Reds: Mitchell Boggs is closer pro tem.

STL Today

Jaime Garcia Extends Cardinals Best Starting Streak Since 1993

The St. Louis Cardinals are working on run of five consecutive starts of seven innings allowing two or fewer runs.

On a day when St. Louis Cardinals second-guessers are out in force following Saturday afternoon-night’s exciting, yet ultimately disappointing 20-inning home loss to the New York Mets, I want to ensure an exceptional outing by 23-year-old left-hander Jaime Garcia is not lost.

The Cardinal Nation Blog

The Exodus Of Stars From Cuba Can Be Problem For The Future Of Sport In Socialist Island

In a Friday afternoon, about 12 scouts from major league teams from the USA met in a stadium in the city of Cancun, Mexico, to watch a single player to conduct a private workout.

Scouts wonder if the man would be at par with the myth surrounding the sport in Cuba.

That man is Leslie Anderson, a prospectus of 6 feet 1 inch, who hit 381 in his last season on the island. (Translated)

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Scouts From Half Of The MLB Check Out Leslie Anderson, Agent Says Could Sign Soon (Other Cuban Baseball News)

On Friday afternoon, scouts from half the teams in Major League Baseball converged at a stadium in Cancun, Mexico, to watch a single player's private workout, wondering if the man could match the mystique.

Toronto Star

The Pioneer Rene Arocha

It appeared that the Cuban players had disappeared as prehistoric dinosaurs when he arrived at Florida's beaches, Barbaro Garbey, the first Cuban player of the new generation, which could leave Cuba and play in the majors, who was signed by former Cuban pitcher Orlando Pena on 6 July 1980.

However, the real impact between players of the island, which caused the current stampede into exile, came as another pioneer, Rene Arocha, decided to leave the Cuban National Baseball Team on 10 July 1991 in Miami, after concluded a series of challenges against the U.S. Joint National in Millington, Tennessee. (Translated)

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