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One of Jason Isringhausen’s problems this season is his diminishing ability to get hitters to swing and miss. He’s making good pitches, but isn’t finishing off hitters at the same rate. 

As always, I have statistics. 

Let’s take a…

Chris Duncan butchered a couple of balls in left field on Monday night in Colorado, and of course that led to a rush of virulent criticism of Duncan’s defense on Internet bulletin boards.

As usual, many are missing the point by…

OK, here’s the final update, completed after the Cardinals’ 5-3 win over the Cubs on Sunday at Busch Stadium….

Todd Wellemeyer went five gritty innings to pick up the win. He didn’t have good stuff, and walked four, but kept fighting…

Last year Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina threw out 50 percent of the runners who tried to steal on him. That caught-stealing rate led all MLB catchers. The Cubs swiped a base Saturday, and that’s two-for-two in the series. For the season,…

Evening.

Hell of a start to the series, with the opener being won by the Cardinals 5-3 in 11 innings.

 xx The Cubs slapped the Cardinals around last season, going 11-5 overall and 7-2 at Busch. For the Cardinals to…

Hello again…

Friday night marks the renewal of the funtastic Cubs-Cardinals rivalry, as the teams will play three at Busch Stadium.

And this one is easy to frame: all the pressure in the world is on the Cubs. The Cardinals have nothing to…

Good (Sunday) evening…

I’ve never understood why fans of a team worry about what some guys on ESPN or the NFL Network say in declaring instant judgment on the team’s draft. 

Of all the foolish things in sports, one of silliest are these immediate report…

Good afternoon from Earth City…

We just finished listening to Billy Devaney and Scott Linehan explain their decision to draft UVA defensive end Chris Long with the second overall selection in the NFL Draft.

Honestly I can say I’ve never…

Good evening from Rams Park…

Earlier in the day I wrote that Rams fans should get used to the idea of LSU defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey being the team’s No. 1 choice (and second overall) in Saturday’s NFL Draft.

I…