Cubs Vs. Cardinals: Who Cares About Kris Bryant's Insults? Win Some Damn Games.

The Cubs are in town for the weekend, facing the Cardinals in a three-game series that should have heightened importance for a gasping home team that’s malfunctioned through the month of May.

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How Will Kris Bryant Be Greeted In 'Boring' St. Louis?

Perhaps St. Louis sports fans will be distracted by the Stanley Cup Final, forgetting that the Chicago Cubs and Kris Bryant will be in town for a weekend series. It's the first time Bryant will be in St. Louis since famously calling the city "boring" during a comedy sketch at the team's annual fan convention this winter.

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How Significant Is Albert Pujols' 2,000 RBI Feat?

Albert Pujols made history Thursday when he drove in the 2,000th run of his career on a third-inning solo homer against the Tigers. Pujols is now the third member of baseball’s exclusive 2,000-RBI club according to the Elias Sports Bureau -- Major League Baseball’s official statistician -- joining Hank Aaron (2,297) and Alex Rodriguez (2,086).

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Kris Bryant Says 'St. Louis Is So Boring' Comment Was 'Taken Totally Out Of Context'

Kris Bryant said he was “caught off-guard” by the backlash regarding his comments about St. Louis “being so boring,” but added his comments in January were taken out of context.

Cardinal Beat

Ryan Dempster Backs Off Remarks About St. Louis Being 'Boring'

St. Louis still boring? Not according to Ryan Dempster.

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Yadier Molina: The Perfect Recipe For The Cardinals-Cubs Rivalry

Frank Lucas once said, "you are what you are in this world."

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Bernie Bits 1-22-19: Yadier Molina Don't Take No Mess

Presenting your heaping helping of Bernie Bits for this Jan. 22, 2019

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Yadier Molina Says Beef With Kris Bryant Will Carry Into Season; Jack Flaherty Benefiting From Bob Gibson; Pitchers Vs. Position Players; Jim Edmonds Coming To Camp; Cheers!

The social media chatter has died down, but Yadier Molina assured that Kris Bryant's characterization of St. Louis as "boring" won't soon be forgotten.

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Kris Bryant Tweaks St. Louis; Yadier Molina Snaps Back

A seemingly innocuous series of comments by Cubs star Kris Bryant and former Major Leaguer Ryan Dempster elicited a passionate response from several Cardinals -- proving, once again, that some rivalries have no offseason.

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Cardinals-Cubs Rivalry Gets Heated Up In January

I’d like to think that if Instagram was a thing 50 years ago, this is how Bob Gibson would’ve used it.

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Yadier Molina Passionately Responds To Remarks By Kris Bryant About St. Louis

Yadier Molina, the thumping heart of the St. Louis Cardinals, took to Instagram Saturday to defend the city of verbal attacks from enemies afar.

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Kris Bryant Kick-Starts Cubs-Cardinals Smack Talk, Saying St. Louis Is 'So Boring'

This weekend's Winter Warm-Up, which begins today at the Hyatt Regency at the Arch, is considered to be the unofficial start of baseball season.

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Young Talent Brings Chris Bosio To Tigers

Chris Bosio oversaw the pitching end of the Cubs' rise from rebuilding project to World Series champions. He's now taking on the challenge of the Tigers' pitching.

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Adam Wainwright Win Would Tie Record For Most Wins Ever Vs. Brewrs

Trying to beat the St. Louis Cardinals is proving to be a tough task for the Milwaukee Brewers.

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Jim Leyland, U.S.A. Can Leave Angst Behind

Smile, Jim Leyland. You've earned it.

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Ryan Dempster Seeks Chance To Redeem Himself

It's a good thing for Ryan Dempster that he has both perspective and a sense of humor.

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Ryan Dempster Preparing To Return For World Baseball Classic With Canada

The last time Ryan Dempster pitched for Team Canada, it was 1994 and he was 17 years old, playing for a junior team. On Sunday, he'll head to Tampa, Fla., to join his country's team to prep for the World Baseball Classic.

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Sammys Sosa Still Waiting On Cubs' Invitation To Reconcile, But He Won't Beg

Sosa has been estranged from the organization since 2004

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John Axford, George Kottaras, Jamie Romak, & Rowan Wick Named To 2017 Canadian World Baseball Classic Roster

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Jesse Crain Mulls Future

Jesse Crain hasn't thrown a pitch during a Major League game since June 29, 2013, for the White Sox against Cleveland at what was then known as U.S. Cellular Field. But the 35-year-old right-hander won't use the words "I'm retired" in regard to his decade-long career.

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