11.05.2009 6:03 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS — Outfielders Matt Holliday and Rick Ankiel and five other St. Louis Cardinals were among the 79 players who filed for baseball’s free agency on Thursday, the first day of the 15-day window for players to declare their…

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11.04.2009 11:08 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS — With the 2009 World Series over, let the opening salvos of 2010 begin.
The day after the final game of the World Series is the annual opening of free agency for Major League Baseball and its eligible players.…

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10.28.2009 12:19 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS — Mark DeRosa, the super-utility fielder who became the St. Louis Cardinals starting third baseman this past season, underwent wrist surgery Monday to repair a torn tendon sheath in his left wrist, an official with DeRosa’s agent’s office…

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10.08.2009 8:19 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Adam Wainwright turned over a 2-1 lead to the Cardinals bullpen for the ninth after allowing just one run on three hits in eight innings only to see the Dodgers win it with two outs, thanks in part to a…

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10.08.2009 1:26 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
LOS ANGELES — St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Mark DeRosa had a finger on his right hand cut up by an opponents’ cleats in the second inning of Wednesday’s Game 1 of the National League Division Series.
DeRosa said the cuts…

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10.03.2009 11:30 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS — Milwaukee Brewers starter Carlos Villanueva may be a righthander, but he’ll face a lineup that looks a lot like one built to face a lefty this afternoon. The St. Louis Cardinals and manager Tony La Russa continue…

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09.27.2009 12:01 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
DENVER — First he had to have the right tool. A big tub of ice-cold water, sprinkled liberally with ice cubes, ones still left floating from the stuff they packed the champagne. Second, he had to have a hiding place.…

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09.18.2009 7:11 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS — When he got the phone call that told him he was no longer a Chicago Cub, Mark DeRosa was floored. Here he was coming off a career year, having helped them to a consecutive division title while playing…

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09.08.2009 3:32 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
MILWAUKEE — Ask a member of the local nine what a visit to Pittsburgh is like and the typical reply is: “Pittsburgh… is Pittsburgh.”
Unfortunately for third baseman Mark DeRosa, he brought along a reminder to Milwaukee. Back stiffness that developed…

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08.30.2009 12:06 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS — Manager Tony La Russa dislikes rewriting his lineup once it’s posted in the St. Louis Cardinals clubhouse, but this morning he had to when Mark DeRosa conceded he was too sore to start today’s game against the…

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