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When the 2020 Baseball Hall of Fame class is announced late Tuesday afternoon (5 p.m.) St. Louis time, former Cardinals third baseman Scott Rolen will come up short in the voting. I don’t write this…

The Cardinals are slow-playing the starting-pitching market, and I guess my reaction would best be described as a shrug. Why? Because the Cards don’t profile as a big spender in this market. And that’s especially…

Evidently, baseball’s winter spender freeze is thawing. Actually a few wildly aggressive teams, and especially agent Scott Boras, are taking a blow torch to the ice cap … which isn’t to be confused with MLB’s…

The Cardinals are a rare sports franchise that doesn’t have much cause to fret or sweat. Busch Stadium remains a popular destination during the baseball season. The local TV ratings are the best in the…

Welcome back, baseball. The NL Central is the NL’s lollapalooza division. It should be wild, it should be colorful, it should be theatrical, it should be entertaining. Pardon my excitement level, but competition in the…

If you’re a retro-kid and were hoping to buy that special Cardinals fan in your life an updated ‘victory’ blue uniform for Christmas, you’re 100 percent in luck. The club unveiled new baby blue uni’s…

After a posting a recent 101 ESPN story regarding Bryce Harper’s free agency, we asked our social media followers if they’d be okay with the Cardinals offering up a 10-year, $400 million contract with an opt-out clause…

Nothing is certain regarding Bryce Harper this winter…Wait, we take that back. There is one certainty: He’s set to make more money than most small countries gross in a year. The potential numbers keep rising:…

Every fan base has its quirks. It’s nothing new, and we’re no different. It could be insisting that Matt Holliday wasn’t “clutch” (false) or categorizing Matt Carpenter as a “marginal” hitter based on his batting…

Welcome back (presumably) the Victory Blues! So there you are, sitting at your desk on a Monday morning, trying to inject vats of coffee into your bloodstream while simultaneously trying to avoid the insufferably boring…