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• Only Hypocrisy, Not Proof, Keeps Mark McGwire Out of the Hall of Fame.

  
  Bleacher Report - Front Page — Authority: 777
  Did Mark McGwire cheat? Did he use steroids to build his massive home run hitting frame? Is he little more than a liar when it comes to admitting what we all know is the truth? The collective answer is obvious to anyone taking a step back from the emotional brink. We don’t know. And in those three words lie ...
  9 hours ago

• Fantasy Baseball Profile: Albert Pujols

  
  Fantasy Baseball Dugout — Authority: 417
  On Tuesday, St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols won the National League’s Most Valuable Player Award for the third time in his career, and second time in as many seasons.Unlike the idiot reporter who voted for Miguel Cabrera in the AL, Pujols got all 32 first place votes in the NL. Marlins shortstop ...
  1 day ago

• Albert Pujols and MLB Must Eventually Face the Barry Bonds Problem

  
  Bleacher Report - Front Page — Authority: 777
  Whenever performance-enhancing drugs rear their head, you often see the phrase "innocent until proven guilty" thrown around the discussion. Its a fine idea and one that deserves respect, but theres a significant snag to borrowing legal phrases for generic debate—it sounds very authoritative and conclusive, but the ...
  1 day ago

• How Does One Define The Greatest Hitter Of All-Time?

  
  Bleacher Report - Front Page — Authority: 777
  In terms of baseball and its history defining the greatest hitter of all-time is an extremely difficult task. The reason for this is that there are two types of hitters: One is a contact hitter and the other is a power hitter. For a contact hitter there goal is to get on base anyway possible whether its taking a ...
  2 days ago

• Baseball Prospect Report: Allen Craig

  
  Bleacher Report - Front Page — Authority: 777
  There are some prospects who possesses a bat so good that an organization will try them anywhere across the diamond in order to find a spot.  The St. Louis Cardinals have such a prospect in Allen Craig, who has played all over the infield as well as being tested in the outfield. He’s seen minimal time at SS and ...
  2 days ago

• Is Albert Pujols the Best Cardinal Player Ever, Including Musial?

  
  sportsjabber.net — Authority: 143
  As you know Albert Pujols won his second consecutive National League’s Most Valuable Player Award. He didn’t just win it, he won it unanimously. Every single voter had him as their No. 1 pick.Pujols’ exploits have been well chronicled. I think he is the best baseball player who is currently playing baseball on ...
  4 days ago

• Time to Play the Arbitration Offer Home Game

  
  Bird Land — Authority: 528
  TOWER GROVE — Long about time the Thanksgiving double whammy of football and tryptophan wear off from this weekend, the next key date in baseball’s free agency will be on the horizon. Next Tuesday is the deadline for teams to offer arbitration to their free agents. As much as the non-tender date — which comes ...
  4 days ago

• Rasmus Cannot Crack Annual All-Rookie Team

  
  Bird Land — Authority: 528
  TOWER GROVE — There was a time about midway through the 2009 season when St. Louis Cardinals rookie Colby Rasmus was the National League leader in homers, RBIs and a few other telling stats among first-year players. It didn’t last long. An injury. The wear of the long season and significant weight loss. ...
  4 days ago

• Comm Top 21: A Fitting Finish (Runoff for 19 & 20)

  
  Bird Land — Authority: 528
  TOWER GROVE — On the eve of Thanksgiving, we can say this about the monthlong process of putting together the Bird Land Community Top 21: We know who the first 20 players are. We just don’t know the final order. In a prospect poll loaded with close votes, recurring debates and a bunch of a new names and new ...
  4 days ago

• Albert Pujols The Great

  
  Bullpen Brian — Authority: 125
  As a Cubs fan it’s easy to dislike Albert Pujols, but you have to respect the guy, even as a rival Cardinal. Take a look at Pujols’ 162-game averages for his career and tell me there’s not a better player in the game: .334/.427/.628 with 42 home runs, 129 RBIs, 94 walks, 124 runs scored, a 1.055 OPS and ...
  5 days ago

• Pujols Unanimous Choice For NL MVP

  
  SOX & Dawgs — Authority: 572
  The Baseball Writer’s Association of America finished up it’s awards on Wednesday and for the second straight year, they have selected St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols as the National League MVP. The BWAA was unanimous in it’s selection of Pujols. Florida Marlins shortstop Hanley Ramirez was a ...
  5 days ago

• MVP (three)

  
  Philip Barron — Authority: 122
  A s has been mentioned more than once, Albert does what Albert must . And what Albert Pujols must do, apparently, is to win his third Most Valuable Player award for the National League – this one by unanimous vote . When that issue of ESPN touting Pujols as ‘The Player of the Century’ came out years ago, I ...
  5 days ago

• Comm Top 21: A Repeat Ranking? (Vote No. 19)

  
  Bird Land — Authority: 528
  TOWER GROVE — A year has passed but the conversation remains strikingly similar. About 12 months ago, the Bird Land Community Top 30 reached No. 19 in its poll , and the discussion hinged around two righthanded starters: the recently drafted Lance Lynn and the rising changeup artist P.J. Walters . Lynn edged ...
  5 days ago

• Clash of the Titans: Albert Pujols or Joe Mauer as the Overall MVP?

  
  Bleacher Report - Front Page — Authority: 777
  Joe Mauer won his first career American League MVP in an almost unanimous decision today.  Albert Pujols—barring some sort of disgusting error by the BBWAA—will win his second consecutive National League MVP trophy early tomorrow afternoon.  Both players are phenomenal talents that played at the highest level ...
  6 days ago

• Teams Calling About Nelson Cruz

  
  MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com — Authority: 731
  Several teams are calling the Rangers about Nelson Cruz , according to Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi of FoxSports.com , but the Rangers arent inclined to move him, citing his low salary and high production. Cruz posted a .260/.332/.524 line in 2009, but made just over $418K while earning his first All Star ...
  6 days ago

• Baseball America releases its Cardinals’ Top 10

  
  Bird Land — Authority: 528
  TOWER GROVE — The final results of a radical re-write of the prospect rankings for St. Louis Cardinals’ minor-league system just slid through the mail slot here at the home office. The current issue of Baseball America ranks the top 10 prospects for each team in the National League Central, and you’ll hardly ...
  6 days ago

• Market Watch: Matt Holliday vs. Jason Bay

  
  Bird Land — Authority: 528
  TOWER GROVE — In his illuminating and detailed look at the defensive difference between baseball’s two best free-agent bats, ESPN.com Jerry Crasnick opens with a combination of words that won’t be used again this winter: “Poor Matt Holliday .” The St. Louis Cardinals’ outfielder Holliday and fellow ...
  6 days ago

• Comm Top 21: Cutting Through Cluster (No. 18)

  
  Bird Land — Authority: 528
  TOWER GROVE — Now we have encountered a problem with the polling, one not to different from the the quandary facing the St. Louis Cardinals or the one that all prospect ranking lists are bound to encounter when mining the Cardinals’ system for potential. At some point, it becomes difficult to distinguish one ...
  6 days ago

• NL Cy Young: Statistics Arent Facts; Theyre Opinionated

  
  Bleacher Report - Front Page — Authority: 777
  I lied in the headline.  Statistics are in fact, well, a fact.  But my point is that the way people use stats are opinionated.  Ill use the hotly debated Cy Young award as an example. Heres a statement that is false:  "Stats are stats.  Lincecums stats are just better. Its a fact." Why is that false?  Well, ...
  1 week ago

• Carroll & Law Unfairly Criticized

  
  Mike Silva's New York Baseball Digest — Authority: 148
  Who says fans don’t care about awards. Keith Law and Will Carroll became the latest targets for irate baseball fans as they were roundly criticized for leaving Cardinals pitcher Chris Carpenter off their Cy Young Ballot. Carroll voted for Adam Wainwright and Law for Tim Lincecum. After reading Carroll’s rationale ...
  1 week ago

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