With Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright finishing second and third, respectively, to San Francisco’s Tim Lincecum in this year’s voting, the Cardinals franchise remains stuck on only three Cy Young Awards in its history. Below is Rick Hummel’s look at…
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Loading ...ST. LOUIS — San Francisco Giants starter Tim Lincecum won the 2009 Cy Young Award, the Baseball Writers’ Association of America announced this afternoon, giving the righthander his second consecutive award as he edged St. Louis Cardinals starters Chris Carpenter…
(6 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5) Loading ...The Cardinals today promoted eight minor-league players to their major-league roster, thus making them off limits for selection in next month’s Major League Draft.
Outfielders Allen Craig, Jon Jay and Daryl Jones were added along with catcher Bryan Anderson, first baseman Mark…
(7 votes, average: 4.43 out of 5) Loading ...Jim Tracy, a Colorado Rockies coach who took over the team’s manager’s job in late May when Clint Hurdle was fired, today was named National League Manager of the Year by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, with the Cardinals’…
(7 votes, average: 2.86 out of 5) Loading ...Post-Dispatch Hall of Fame baseball writer Rick Hummel gives a brief account of the seasons of all the St. Louis Cardinals that have been voted the National League Rookie of the Year:
1954 — OF Wally Moon
.304, 12 homers, 76…
(9 votes, average: 3.89 out of 5) Loading ...This week starts the unveiling of baseball’s biggest awards, the ones presented each year by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America and one that could be dotted with St. Louis Cardinals.
Here is the schedule of the awards as Thanksgiving approaches:
Monday,…
(6 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5) Loading ...ST. LOUIS — Albert Pujols, the leading candidate to win the National League MVP, continued his annual awards spree Thursday night with the announcement that he had won the National League Silver Slugger award at first baseman. This is the…
(9 votes, average: 4.56 out of 5) Loading ...A look at the 2010 preliminary Cardinals spring training schedule:
MARCH
4 — @ New York Mets; 1:10 p.m.
5 — New York Mets; 1:05 p.m.
6 — @ Florida; 1:05 p.m.
7 — Florida; 1:05 p.m.
8 — @ Boston; 1:05 p.m.
9 — @ Minnesota;…
(2 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...ST. LOUIS — Influential members of the St. Louis Cardinals coaching staff spent the last couple months of the regular season stumping for the defensive ability of their battery — the pitcher and catcher combination that they felt was worthy…
(7 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...CHICAGO — Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak concedes the organization is still dealing with how to re-introduce Mark McGwire, hitting coach, to the team’s fan base and inquisitive local and national media.
Admittedly surprised by the abruptness of McGwire’s hiring and the…
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Hall of Famer Rick Hummel has covered the Cardinals and Major League Baseball for the Post-Dispatch since 1973.
This offseason, the “Commish” takes your Hot Stove League questions about the home team, other MLB players potentially on the move and the rest of the majors’ 29 teams.
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