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Chris Duncan: hated one day, demoted the next, and then traded: Confirmed on the STL end: Cardinals are not responsible for the $13.5 million that remains on Lugo’s contract. Boston is eating that money. The Red Sox just wanted to get something in return. Red Sox will also receive the infamous Player to Be Named […]

Tony La Russa yesterday, responding to the considerable criticism of leftfielder Chris Duncan by everyone who isn’t Tony La Russa: “I get so tired of the unfair treatment of Chris Duncan. It makes me want to vomit. And you can quote me on that. This guy is treated unfairly. These fans have a reputation of […]

I’ve mentioned before that I love organ music at the ballpark. It’s one of the reasons why Dodger Stadium ranks so high for me, actually. Lots of organ + nice weather = awesome, and it’s a sad thing for me when I walk into a ballpark and get assaulted with the rock and roll and […]

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Headline: “St. Louis is perfect host for All-Star Game“ This is on MLB.com, of course, so it’s not like it was gonna say “St. Louis: frankly, we coulda done a bit better.” Lots of great “St. Louis fans are the best in baseball” porn in that article if you’re into that sort of thing.

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Baseball fans of a certain age (i.e. my age) will recall the Mets-Cardinals rivalry of the mid-to-late 1980s as just about the best in baseball. It’s been a long time since then so you have to figure the bad blood has subsided. In the case of Jack Clark — who was interviewed on Cardinals radio […]

Buried in this story about Khalil Greene going back on the DL is this nugget: The Cardinals purchased the contract of 24-year-old righty Clayton Mortensen from Triple-A Memphis. That move restores pitching staff to 13 after one day with a dozen following the acquisition of Mark DeRosa from the Indians. “Restores.” And one whole day […]

From Heyman: Albert Pujols, for all his heroics this year, has one hit with a RISP and two outs (1 for 14, with 15 BB and 10 IBB), and as Joel Sherman of the New York Post (and SI.com) pointed out, Mets’ youngster Nick Evan passed Pujols with two in two days vs. Pujols’ Cardinals. […]