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…

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…

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,…

ST. LOUIS — When it came to the pitchers who had been among the most consistent, most steady and, at times, most dominant in the National League for the past two seasons, St. Louis Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright lacked the…