TOWER GROVE — The St. Louis Cardinals pickoff combination of catcher Yadier Molina and first baseman Albert Pujols continued its monopoly of one of baseball’s fast-rising awards for defensive play. The Fielding Bible is in its fourth year of handing out awards for the best defensive play at each position in an attempt to do what the Gold Glove sometimes fails to do with its annual leanings toward incumbency and offense.

Four years of Fielding Bible…

TOWER GROVE — Add the cover of a national sports magazine (see below) to the growing list of accolades St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina has received in the past year, joining, but obviously not eclipsing, that coveted Gold Glove he won in 2008 and that All-Star Game invitation this season that inspired his cover turn.

Molina, crouched in his gear and posed at Busch Stadium, appears on the cover of the current issue of ESPN…