Padres must engage Manny Machado to keep 2023 from being his final season in San Diego SAN DIEGO — The Padres have some work to do to keep their de facto captain beyond 2023. Tribune News Service · Feb 5, 2023
A force at third base, Scott Rolen leads Cardinals recent champs into the Hall of Fame Whether he had to wait another year or he received the highest honor that echoes for every year to come, Scott Rolen promised his family Tuesday night he’d grill steaks. St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jan 25, 2023
5 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Scott Rolen The versatile third baseman earned his invite to Cooperstown on Tuesday after six years on the ballot. Sports Illustrated · Jan 25, 2023
What We'll Remember From 2022: MLB Aaron Judge's home run chase and Houston's second title headlined a baseball season that, for a time, seemed like it might not happen at all. Sports Illustrated · Dec 30, 2022
Andruw Jones’s Hall of Fame Case Comes Down to His Historic Peak He was one of the best players ever through his age-30 season, but his decline was sudden and steep. Sports Illustrated · Dec 28, 2022
Benjamin Hochman: For fan who caught Albert Pujols' 703rd HR, major joy and minor controversy One of the neatest pieces of Cardinals memorabilia isn't in Cooperstown or the team museum — it's safe in a safe at a home in rural Clinton County. St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Dec 27, 2022
MLB Is Giving Older Players More Money As the Game Gets Younger More players are being paid to leave rather than complete their contracts, and yet teams continue to ink long-term deals that take players well into their 30s. Sports Illustrated · Dec 26, 2022
Dodgers hoping veteran outfielder Jason Heyward can resurrect his career LOS ANGELES — Two days after the Chicago Cubs took a chance on former Dodgers outfielder Cody Bellinger, the Dodgers did the same with a former Cubs star trying to revitalize his career. Los Angeles Times · Dec 8, 2022
Tiger Woods is suffering from plantar fasciitis. What exactly is it? And what’s the treatment? Talk among athletes and the orthopedic community is that there is more plantar fasciitis than there used to be. USA Today Sports Media Group · Nov 28, 2022
Albert Pujols caps Cardinals homecoming with NL Comeback Player honor Already the unofficial winner of comeback of the year for his return to St. Louis and captivating surge toward 700 career home runs, Albert Pujols received Major League Baseball’s official honor Tuesday night. St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Nov 23, 2022
Ben Frederickson: With tears in his eyes, Albert Pujols accepts Stan Musial Lifetime Achievement Award Astill-growing list of awards and honors earned by Albert Pujols during his remarkable career has expanded again, and it’s safe to say this addition will forever be among the most special, judging by the tears he wiped from his eyes. St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Nov 20, 2022
Albert Pujols Shares MVP Moment With Cardinals’ Paul Goldschmidt (Video) The newly-retired three-time MVP congratulated his Cardinals teammate for winning this year’s award. Sports Illustrated · Nov 18, 2022
Paul Goldschmidt wins first career NL MVP, joins other Cardinals greats ST. LOUIS — An honor that many times through the years has defined Hall of Famers and leaders for the Cardinals is one Paul Goldschmidt earned for the first time in his career with a forceful 2022 season. St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Nov 18, 2022
Albert Pujols' personal-services contract: What it means for Angels and Cardinals Albert Pujols plans to honor his personal-services contract with the Angels. Los Angeles Times · Nov 4, 2022
Sports Illustrated · Oct 30, 2022 Maldonado’s Borrowed Bat From Pujols Deemed Illegal to Use The Astros catcher recorded an RBI against the Phillies in Game 1 of the World Series.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Oct 27, 2022 Jeff Gordon: John Mozeliak vows to stay the course for Cardinals but spend more in 2023 Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak believes his team had a very good regular season. And he is not going to overreact to the disappointing finish to the postseason by shifting to a new organizational philosophy.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Oct 26, 2022 Longtime ace Adam Wainwright returns to Cardinals for 2023 season, per source Adam Wainwright, a fixture of the Cardinals' rotation for 15 consecutive winning seasons and guiding presence for a generation of young starters, will return to the Cardinals for the 2023 season, a source told the Post-Dispatch.
Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 15, 2022 Baseball quiz: My kind of season (postseason is) I should start by apologizing to Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen for messing with the great song they wrote, “My Kind of Town (Chicago Is),” but I bet Frank Sinatra would have sung my version for the quizmaster.
Tribune News Service · Oct 15, 2022 Paul Zeise: Pittsburgh fans should celebrate Tom Brady's career like they did Yadier Molina and Albert Pujols PITTSBURGH — I will be headed to Acrisure Stadium on Sunday to cover the Bucs against the Steelers for the Post-Gazette, and here is what I plan to bring: A computer, a tablet, my credential ... and a big towel for Steelers fans and even some media members to cry…
Sports Illustrated · Oct 12, 2022 Cardinals’ Wainwright Explains Poor End of Season Performance The veteran pitcher weighed in on what led to his pitching struggles down the stretch of this season.
The Philadelphia Inquirer · Oct 10, 2022 ‘We are not losing this game’: How Bryce Harper’s mantra is setting a tone for the Phillies ST. LOUIS — As Bryce Harper walked into the Phillies’ clubhouse at Busch Stadium on Saturday, he spotted Rhys Hoskins.
Sports Illustrated · Oct 9, 2022 Cardinals’ Seemingly Storybook Season Gets an Unhappy Ending Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina did their part in Game 2 against the Phillies, but the rest of St. Louis’s bats stayed quiet, sending the pair off into the sunset.
Sports Illustrated · Oct 9, 2022 Pujols, Molina Get Hits in Final At-Bats to End Careers in Cardinals Loss The two iconic hitters ended their careers on nice individual notes despite St. Louis’s season-ending loss.
The Philadelphia Inquirer · Oct 9, 2022 Phillies sweep Cardinals behind Aaron Nola; Braves up next in NLDS ST. LOUIS — About three minutes before the first pitch of Game 1 of the National League wild-card series on Friday, Phillies broadcaster Scott Franzke leaned into his microphone and said it best, as he often does.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Oct 9, 2022 End of an era: Phillies shut out, sweep Cardinals and end last run for Molina and Pujols ST. LOUIS — When the end came, with so little fanfare and all of the fireworks still in their casings waiting for another year or another event, Yadier Molina and Albert Pujols watched from the dugout, having done all they could against Philadelphia to extend their careers one more night.