Cardinals optimistic as camp opens
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They've had just one winning season since they moved to the desert in 1988. They've won two playoff games since they were founded in 1920.
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Now that a few days have passed to ease the pain of the World Series loss -- somewhat -- St. Louis Cardinal fans can look back at an awesome season that was fun while it lasted.
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The task in front of the St. Louis Cardinals is simple really, simply stated at least. They have to do everything better if they are going to beat the Boston Red Sox.
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Tony Womack has his winter planned. The Cardinals second baseman will not only rest following a long season, he will heal.
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Woody Williams has the fewest victories of any Cardinals starter. But he, and not Matt Morris, will get the honor of starting their playoff opener.
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(Sports Network) - Matt Morris goes for his 16th win of the season, as the NL Central champion St. Louis Cardinals begin a four-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers tonight at Busch Stadium.
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Juan Gonzalez is trying a comeback with the St. Louis Cardinals. After sitting out the past two seasons, the two-time AL MVP will be one of 26 non-roster players invited to St. Louis' spring training camp this month.
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ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Cardinals made two-out magic the neatest trick of their National League Championship Series opener Wednesday.
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He enters a game now not to the menacing sound of Metallica. Mariano Rivera does that -- and Rivera is on the outside looking in. Keith Foulke needs no impending-doom tune to signal his arrival. His pitching seems to be working just fine.
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ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis postseason strategy is clear. The Cardinals intend to bludgeon anyone in their way. At the moment, that would be the Los Angeles Dodgers, who made fine batting practice pitchers in Game 1 of this division series.
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Albert Pujols made sure the St. Louis Cardinals got off to another fast start.
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ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Cardinals returned to Busch Stadium on a warm, sunny autumn Monday after two straight World Series losses in cold, rainy Boston.
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The St. Louis Cardinals will send their opening-day starter to the mound on Wednesday in their most important, and perhaps last, game of the season.
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TEMPE, Ariz. -- One of these days a rising team like the Arizona Cardinals is going to come out of the blue and beat the defending Super Bowl champions.
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The Angels are hopeful right-hander Jered Weaver will be ready by opening day while ace Bartolo Colon looks like he will be out until the end of April.
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St. Louis manager Tony La Russa was looking for a positive spin on the opening-round postseason struggles of Cardinals clean- up hitter Scott Rolen and quickly
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ST. LOUIS  -- Cardinals manager Tony La Russa expects to return for a 13th season with St. Louis, and may commit to the team before it selects a new general manager.