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Glaus returns, but at-bats likely sparse

Troy Glaus rejoined the Cardinals on Tuesday and pronounced himself ready to play, but exactly how much he’ll get to play is in question.

Glaus, who has dealt with one injury after another this year, was most recently sidelined with pain in his left oblique. He was not with the team on the first two stops of its current three-city road trip, instead staying in St. Louis to get treatment. He made improvement, though, so he caught up with his teammates at Great American Ball Park.

“I’ve been hitting for six days,” he said. “Taking grounders, throwing, doing everything.”

Click here to read the full article – By Matthew Leach of MLB.com

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September 30, 2009 Posted by GameSetMatch | Cardinals Stuff | Baseball, cardinals baseball, Cardinals News, MLB, St. Louis, St. Louis Cardinals, Troy Glaus | No Comments Yet

Cards appear built for deep playoff run

Baseball’s two seasons present dramatically different tests for a team. The six-month, every-day regular-season push reveals a club’s depth, requiring clubs to get something from all 25 roster spots. The playoffs, meanwhile, reward something different entirely. The first 10-15 places on the roster become magnified: the front of the rotation, the everyday lineup and the back of the bullpen.

La Russa, like many, tends to look at starting pitching first when assessing his ballclub or another. In that area, no team in the National League is stronger than St. Louis, and the advantage becomes even more pronounced in a short series. The Cardinals rank second in the NL in starters’ ERA, and that likely does the team a disservice, since it did without Chris Carpenter for a stretch early in the year and without Kyle Lohse for two stints.

Click here to read the full article – By Matthew Leach of MLB.com

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September 11, 2009 Posted by GameSetMatch | Cardinals Stuff | Baseball, Cardinals, cardinals baseball, cardinals hat, MLB, St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Cardinals Hats | No Comments Yet

With two homers, Pujols continues to roll

Baseball’s signature player may be putting together his signature season. Albert Pujols is doing things that even he has never done before, and he did it again on Wednesday. Pujols’ two home runs paced the Cardinals in a 5-1 win over the Brewers at Miller Park. It was the Cards’ 31st win in 40 games, trimming their magic number for winning the National League Central to 12.

And while it’s been a memorable season for the Cardinals as a team, it’s been a defining one for Pujols, even by his own staggeringly high standards. His two long balls on Wednesday were his 46th and 47th of the season, pulling him within two of his career high. He now has 124 RBIs, 13 away from a personal best, and his .698 slugging percentage is higher than he’s managed in any previous season. All with more than three weeks to play.

Click here to read the full article – By Matthew Leach of MLB.com

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September 11, 2009 Posted by GameSetMatch | Albert Pujols, Cardinals Memorabilia, Cardinals News, MLB, St. Louis Cardinals | Albert Pujols, Albert Pujols Memorabilia, Baseball, Cardinals, cardinals baseball, MLB, St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Cardinals Memorabilia | No Comments Yet

Pujols big favorite among award hopefuls

Give Albert Pujols the National League MVP Award immediately. There’s no need to delay. Let him cherish the award the last month of the season as his St. Louis Cardinals breeze to another Central Division title.

Pujols is so far ahead of other pretenders for the MVP the baseball writers should call it a TKO and get on with the other awards. That’s what I’m doing.

Seriously, the way the Cardinals and Pujols are performing it would take one of the biggest collapses in baseball history for Albert not to win his third MVP. He won it in 2005 and 2008. He and Hall of Famer Stan Musial are the only Cardinals to win the MVP Award more than once. And don’t forget, Pujols is just 29.

Click here to read the full article – By Hal Bodley of MLB.com

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