REAL STARS: How the National League All-Star Team Should REALLY Look

Yesterday the rosters for the 82nd Major League Baseball All-Star Game were announced, in it’s earliest form. After injuries, pitching replacements and Final Vote candidates are placed in the mix, it will look much different. However the goal here is to select a team of all the best players from each league thus far, right? [...]

SOMETHING’S GOT TO GIVE: Survival Is The Name of the Game for the Cardinals

  The St. Louis Cardinals’ 2011 season thus far has been a perfect example of overcoming the odds. Before the first bat was even removed from the equipment bags in Spring Training, the rumor mill was working overtime concerning Albert Pujols and his contract negotiations…which are still spinning around the club, unresolved, now. After taking [...]

BLAZING SINGLES: Ryan Theriot’s Big Impact In A Small Way

  Despite the big punch that Lance Berkman has added to the St. Louis Cardinals attack this year, the biggest difference from last year’s team may be in its smallest addition. At 5’11 and 180 pounds, Ryan Theriot may not have the biggest presence physically on the field, but at the top of the order [...]

BORN AGAIN: QUICK FIX BERKMAN IS MAKING MAJOR IMPACT

The issue with the 2010 St. Louis Cardinals lineup was simple: if Albert Pujols or Matt Holliday didn’t do it, it usually didn’t happen. The All-Star duo drove in 32% of the Cardinals runs last season, with 221 combined. After that Colby Rasmus’ 66 RBI was the next best total and the only other Cardinal [...]