Each Team's Best Small School Draft Pick

College baseball has produced a galaxy of stars. The greatest hitter and pitcher of the last 50 years, Barry Bonds (Arizona State) and Roger Clemens (Texas), turned in memorable College World Series performances before entering pro ball. Last year's major award winners include Old Dominion's Justin Verlander (American League Cy Young), Stetson's Jacob deGrom (National League Cy Young) and Florida's Pete Alonso (NL Rookie of the Year).

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The Cardinals' Most Disappointing Players Of The Bill DeWitt Jr. Era

Over the last two-plus weeks, I’ve been doing an “All-DeWitt” team as a way of looking back on the Cardinals’ first 24 seasons (1996-2019) under team chairman Bill DeWitt Jr.

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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.

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Hall Of Fame Class Of 2019's Speeches, Sights, & Sounds

Every July, baseball's greatest legends gather in Cooperstown as new members of the Hall of Fame are inducted into the sport's most hallowed institution. The Class of 2019 -- Mariano Rivera, Roy Halladay, Mike Mussina, Edgar Martinez, Lee Smith and Harold Baines -- includes the greatest closer of all time and the Hall's first unanimous selection, a pair of aces, a dominant reliever and two of the most feared designated hitters in history.

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Paul Goldschmidt Has Been A Big Bust So Far In First Season With Cardinals

St. Louis treads somewhat lightly, perhaps because of his past production, because he chose to sign a long-term extension and because he is one of baseball’s good guys. But it’s got to be said — more than halfway through the Cardinals’ season, Paul Goldschmidt’s offense has been offensive.

Hochman

Cardinals Saw Hall Of Fame Ability From Mike Mussina

In his lone career appearance against the Cardinals, Mike Mussina gave them an understanding of why he is a prime Hall of Fame candidate.

RetroSimba

Joe Torre's Charity Event Salutes 1998 Yankees

By the time the Red Sox completed their steamroll to the World Series title last month, their relatively easy march toward the championship sparked a controversial question across baseball: Were the 2018 Red Sox, with 119 combined wins between the regular season and postseason, the best team ever?

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Cardinals' Players Are The Problem, Not A Lack Of Spending

Between the end of the 2016 World Series and the opening week of the 2017 baseball season, the Cardinals handed out five contracts worth more than $257 million. For the most part, those deals worth more than a quarter of a BILLION dollars have not worked out.

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The Key To The Cardinals Future Is Repeating The Past

Who is the biggest free-agent the Cardinals have signed in this century? Is it Dexter Fowler? Is it Chris Carpenter who they signed off the Blue Jays scrap heap? Lance Berkman?

KSDK

Worst Free Agent Moves Of Bill DeWitt Era

Columnist Ben Frederickson reviews the Cardinals' worst free-agent signings under chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. (1996-2017).

Post-Dispatch

Scouting Rayder Ascanio

On the eve of a trade deadline, while the Cardinals finished a series at a division rival’s ballpark, the front office dealt a pitcher who didn’t quite have a fit with the club. In return, the Cardinals got a glove-first shortstop from the low minors.

Bird Land

Monument Park Blazers Were Carlos Beltran's Idea

Despite playing less than three seasons with the Yankees, Astros slugger Carlos Beltran left his mark on the organization in a way he never imagined he would.

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Matt Holliday Road: Slugger Heating Up In SoCal

The shift to an American League park for the first time this season presented Cardinals manager Mike Matheny with an opportunity to minimize the wear-and-tear on Matt Holliday by taking him out of the field. The Angels, however, would feel no such reprieve.

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Ten Worst Free Agent Signings Of The Bill DeWitt Era

Free agency is upon us. While we wait for the Cardinals to make a move, let's look back on the moves they have made.

Post-Dispatch

Will John Mozeliak Move Matt Adams?

With his three strikeout game yesterday, Matt Adams’ batting average over his last ten games sunk to an abysmal .086. His overall average through 12 games in May is .122 with a .143 on-base percentage (OBP) and a gut-punching .122 slugging percentage (SLG).

About Sports

Getting To Know Tino Martinez With Ten Questions

Are you ever curious about the real lives of politicians, celebrities, local newsmakers and athletes?

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Classic Player Profiles: Mike Difelice

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Yankees Support ALS Research, Joe Girardi Takes Challenge

The Yankees announced on Wednesday that they have pledged $100,000 to the ALS Association, in recognition of those who bravely live with ALS, those who have passed away from the condition and those around the world who have taken part in the Ice Bucket Challenge in an effort to raise awareness and funding to find a cure.

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Joe Torre Finds Home In Monument Park

Joe Torre has had quite the summer, and it continued Saturday when the Yankees honored their former manager by retiring his No. 6 and recognizing his managerial success with a plaque in Monument Park.

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Joe Torre's Celebrity Golf Event Continues Safe At Home's Mission

Joe Torre hosts a golf tournament benefitting his charity every July, but as he milled about the Sleepy Hollow Country Club on Thursday morning, it dawned on him that the latest edition was vastly different from 2013's in a not insignificant way: The weather was perfect.

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