TOWER GROVE — Asked Sunday morning if his lineup would look a little different if the St. Louis Cardinals were playing a team out of contention, manager Tony La Russa paused, rolled his eyes toward the ceiling, and finally acknowledged: Probably.
If he didn’t offer a complete answer, he’ll start today.
Of the five teams either in the playoffs or in the playoff picture (looking at you Colorado and Atlanta), the Cardinals are the only…
TOWER GROVE — It was only last year, barely more than 13 months ago, that the St. Louis Cardinals were changing Mark Mulder’s arm slot and still waiting to see if Matt Clement could pitch his way to the majors. General manager John Mozeliak called Clement “a lottery ticket”, and really the description applied to Mulder as well.
The Cardinals banked plenty in 2008 on what the scratch of a coin revealed.
This year, as…
TOWER GROVE — St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols has batted nine times this season with the bases loaded. By definition, that means there have been 18 runners in scoring position for Pujols to drive in. Eighteen.
In those nine at-bats, Pujols has 24 RBIs.
The max he could drive in from those at-bats is 36.
After his record-tying grand slam last night at Citi Field, Pujols improved this season to 7-for-9 with the…
TOWER GROVE — One of the last men standing when it comes to power in the St. Louis Cardinals’ lineup, Albert Pujols may have to carry the offense for awhile with so many sources of pop out with injuries. Good thing he’s facing the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Pujols hit his 38th career home run against the Pirates on Tuesday night, his 21st in 63 games against the Pirates at PNC Park.
Now in his ninth season,…
TOWER GROVE — St. Louis Cardinals first baseman and reigning league MVP Albert Pujols is only 1/10 of the way into the season and already he’s a spokesman and emblem for the city’s celebration of the 2009 All-Star Game. He’s got a commercial running in loops on ESPN. Three different film crews followed him around on the same day this past week for three different commercial ventures. He leads the league in RBIs and runs…
