JUPITER, Fla. — When he first sketched out his lineup for today’s game, St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa believed Baltimore was starting a righthander. Hence, Colby Rasmus in the two-spot and a lefthanded-hitting Rick Ankiel in the cleanup…

The Cardinals have made it clear that they won’t be doing any roster-juggling until they are well into spring training, if then. But that doesn’t mean you can’t have an opinion.

Q: Commish, do you see the Cardinals trading Kennedy and…

Ever since the days of Fernando Vina in the early part of this decade, the Cardinals seem to have a different starting second baseman every year. Adam Kennedy is here for his third time in the barrel although he has…

Here we are less than three weeks from spring training and opinions abound on what the Cardinals should do to finish off this 2009 product. Some advised general manager John Mozeliak in a recent chat session and Mo had some…

Just when we thought nothing would happen for the Cardinals before spring training, we see that there likely will be a new third baseman on Opening Day. But what happens if the replacement pulls an Albert Pujols?

Q: Hello Mr. Hummel.…

With the arbitration numbers now out there  for Ryan Ludwick and Rick Ankiel, the Cardinals will be concentrating mostly on settling those cases in the final three-weeks-plus before spring training. In that interim, I don’t foresee many (any?) player moves…

The waiting game continues for the Cardinals _ and Cardinals fans. Many of you are impatient, but a few of you are not. Spring training starts a month from today.

Q: Hello, Commish. I notice that it is taking some time…

As of Saturday, it’s 35 days until pitchers and catchers report. You seem pretty satisfied with the catching, but not the pitching.

Q: I am a loyal Cardinals fan down here in North Carolina where I’m in graduate school for chemistry. First…

With all the talk about the players the Cardinals have acquired (or in most cases, not acquired), not as much has been said about the long-term future of their manager, Tony La  Russa, the third-winningest manager of all-time. What do…

Who’s on second? Who’s the closer? What’s going on in the front office? Cardinals fans have some opinions and I have some, as well.

Q: Mr. Hummel, has there ever at any point over the last few years been any consideration…