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Spring training is just about to enter the winding-down phase. The Cardinals open the regular season in a little more than two weeks. That would be Thursday, March 26 at Cincinnati. It’s a fine time…

Speaking on the ESPN broadcast of his team’s Wednesday’s exhibition game against the Mets, Cardinals manager Mike Shildt made a point about the St. Louis offense in 2019. You know, the maligned offense that ranked…

Marcell Ozuna is a likeable guy, and all of that. In an interview with Post-Dispatch baseball writer Derrick Goold, Ozuna didn’t go off on the Cardinals with incendiary comments. He just expressed his disappointment over…

The Cardinals will open spring training next week in camp Jupiter, and I’m reporting early … well, not exactly. Not physically. I won’t be there. But I’m writing early, analyzing early … getting the jump…

As we approach spring training for the 2020 Cardinal season, a look back brings to mind the immortal words of one Forrest Gump, who said “life is like a box of chocolates. You never know…

Interesting trade between Tampa Bay and St. Louis. Very interesting. And the deal comes with multiple layers. To recap: The Rays traded their top their top left-handed pitching prospect, Matthew Liberatore, Class A minor-league catcher…

I’m admittedly ambivalent about the potential return of left fielder Marcell Ozuna to the Cardinals. I’ll explain myself in a couple of minutes. I’m bored by the rumors, but as of Friday morning the baseball-gossip…

Business can be interesting to observe.  As food prices have risen, the Big Mac at McDonald’s is a smaller burger, but costs more than it ever did.  Cars are generally less substantial than they were…

Unless the Cardinals throw us a curveball, followed by an unexpected changeup, they seem set to have a relatively quiet offseason. The plan is to improve from within, give young players an opportunity, and count…

If the Cardinals go outside the organization to make bring in a hitter to amp the offense, the search should focus on left-handed batters. Not that the 2019 Cardinals were fearsome against left-handed pitchers in…