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SI:AM | One Thing to Watch in Each Wild-Card Series

MLB’s expanded playoffs get underway on Friday with the four wild-card series.

Sports Illustrated

Albert Pujols Says He Nearly Retired Early In Season

Before the Cardinals slugger went onto make history this year, he had his fair share of struggles at the plate.

Sports Illustrated

NL Wild-Card Series Picks for Mets-Padres and Cardinals-Phillies

Which teams will be moving on to the National League Division Series next week? Our MLB writers make their picks.

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2022 MLB playoffs: ranking the title contenders from first to worst

Will an expanded Wild Card round lead to an unexpected upset or will one of the established baseball juggernauts emerge as the World Series winners?

The Guardian - US

Three Things That Will Decide the Cardinals-Phillies Wild-Card Series

Who will come out on top between No. 3 St. Louis and No. 6 Philadelphia? Let’s break down the deciding factors in Friday’s first NL Wild Card Series matchup.

Sports Illustrated

Pujols Makes Definitive Statement on Whether He’s Retiring

The Cardinals start their postseason Friday against the Phillies.

Sports Illustrated

Pujols Made Change at Plate Before Incredible Second Half

A slight adjustment at the plate seems to have unlocked an MVP-level second half for the Cardinals legend.

Sports Illustrated

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MLB finalizes playoff schedule

All the best-of-three wild card series will begin on Friday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Oneil Cruz's walk-off walk staves off Pirates' 100th loss for another day

PITTSBURGH — It’s still possible the Pirates will lose 100 games this season, but they aren’t going quietly into that good night.

Tribune News Service

Benjamin Hochman: Yadier Molina and Albert Pujols represent St. Louis with pride and passion

They say St. Louis English teachers used to write in and complain about Cardinals broadcaster Dizzy Dean, who sometimes would butcher the language, such as describing a player who “slud into third.”

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Pirates get clutch performances, beat Adam Wainwright to spoil Cardinals' Sunday coronation

Sunday in St. Louis had a festive feel and was supposed to be about a coronation of Cardinals stars, the formal feting of Adam Wainwright, Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina in their final regular-season home game.

Tribune News Service

Albert Pujols Homers in Final Regular-Season Home Game (Video)

The future Hall of Famer had something special in store for the Busch Stadium crowd.

Sports Illustrated

Sideline Chatter: And it’s only a few years away from an owners’ lockout

Are you ready for some … pickleball?

Tribune News Service

Rookie pitcher Luis Ortiz endures rough final start, Cardinals cruise to 13-3 rout of Pirates

What Luis Ortiz had done to this point felt like finding a $20 bill in your back pocket.

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USA Today Sports Media Group

What the world was like the last time the Seattle Mariners made the playoffs

This list is going to make you feel OLD.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Jack Flaherty shines, Albert Pujols hits No. 701 as Cardinals clip Pirates, 2-1

ST. LOUIS — While Jack Flaherty had an impressive audition Friday night not only for a postseason roster spot but a chance to be in the rotation in next weekend's first round, Albert Pujols took another step toward the National Baseball Hall of Fame, not that his route wasn’t already…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Cardinals claim 2022 NL Central crown, fourth consecutive playoff berth

MILWAUKEE — The first goal the Cardinals set for themselves in spring training, the gateway goal that would get them into the postseason and closer to achieving their loftiest ambition, is also the one Nolan Arenado has brought up several times in recent weeks as a reminder.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Cardinals vet Wainwright's September slump persists; Dodgers clinch top seed

LOS ANGELES — As the Cardinals inch nearer a playoff berth, they have a few questions they must yet confront before October arrives.

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Tribune News Service

Bill Madden: Aaron Judge, Albert Pujols giving fans something to cheer for even as MLB strikes out

NEW YORK — Years ago, a wise person once said: “Baseball is the greatest game of all in spite of the people who run it.”

Chicago Sun-Times

White Sox’ Luis Robert to end season on injured list

The Sox put Robert on the 10-day IL after he tried to play through a sprained left wrist for the last six weeks.

Sports Illustrated

Albert Pujols Reacts to Fan Keeping 700th Home Run Ball

The Cardinals slugger reached the historic milestone in Friday’s game against the Dodgers.

USA Today Sports Media Group

All the history Albert Pujols made by hitting his 700th home run against the Dodgers

Albert Pujols is in a class of his own after his 700th home run

USA Today Sports Media Group

Dave Roberts was thrilled for Albert Pujols after his 700th home run until he remembered they’re not on the same team anymore

Dave Roberts is a real one, man. That's all you can say about this.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Albert Pujols’ 700th home run was eerily predicted by this MLB Network analyst…all the way back in April

This might be the most accurate prediction in the history of sports.

Sports Illustrated

Albert Pujols’s 700th Home Run Is the Apex of His Defiant Final Year

The Cardinals legend has returned to greatness in his last three months—an exit that baseball almost never allows.

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