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A series of questions to determine what you would do if you were the St. Louis Cardinals, having to decide how to deal with Matt Holliday’s unexpected time out of the lineup.

Highlights from Thursday’s St. Louis Cardinals minor league spring training games from Jupiter, Florida.

Highlights from Wednesday’s St. Louis Cardinals minor league spring training games from Jupiter and Port St. Lucie, Florida. Kyle Lohse had a day to forget.

Highlights from Tuesday’s St. Louis Cardinals minor league spring training games from Jupiter, Florida.

The Florida’s East Coast futures of the Washington Nationals and St. Louis Cardinals may be linked.

Highlights from Sunday’s St. Louis Cardinals minor league spring training games from Jupiter and Port St. Lucie, Florida.

Highlights from Saturday’s St. Louis Cardinals minor league spring training games from Jupiter, Florida.

Only twice in 15 years did Tony La Russa’s St. Louis Cardinals leave Florida with a losing record. Neither regular season ended well.

Highlights from Friday’s St. Louis Cardinals minor league spring training games from Jupiter, Florida.

Highlights from Thursday’s St. Louis Cardinals minor league spring training games from Jupiter and Port St. Lucie, Florida.

Well-known projection system indicates the St. Louis Cardinals have the weakest slate of opponents in all of baseball. That may not be good news.

The St. Louis Cardinals are the 11th-most valuable team in Major League Baseball, according to Forbes Magazine.

Highlights from Wednesday’s St. Louis Cardinals minor league spring training games from Jupiter, Florida.

A mathematical modeling process pegs the 2011 St. Louis Cardinals as a second-place team.

Highlights from Tuesday’s St. Louis Cardinals minor league spring training games from Jupiter, Florida.

Highlights from Monday’s St. Louis Cardinals minor league spring training games from Jupiter, Florida.

Highlights from Sunday’s St. Louis Cardinals minor league spring training games from Jupiter, Florida.

Highlights from Saturday’s St. Louis Cardinals minor league spring training games from Jupiter, Florida.

Highlights from Friday’s St. Louis Cardinals minor league spring training games from Jupiter and Port St. Lucie, Florida.

Highlights from Thursday’s St. Louis Cardinals minor league spring training games from Jupiter, Florida.

Highlights from Wednesday’s St. Louis Cardinals minor league spring training games from Jupiter, Florida.

Four St. Louis Cardinals minor league clubs face off Wednesday in their first official spring action.

The St. Louis Cardinals may lose another nearby spring training opponent in the Washington Nationals.

Our annual spring roster census identifies 64 ex-St. Louis Cardinals players competing for roster spots on other clubs.

Like every year, the St. Louis Cardinals have more minor league players under contract than roster spots to place them. We dig into the numbers.

The loss of Adam Wainwright has a significant impact on the gamblers’ view of the 2011 St. Louis Cardinals.

Results from a series of reader polls on the subject of St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols’ contract.

The St. Louis Cardinals full system roster view reflects rosters for 2011 spring training.

Once at 14/1 odds of winning the 2011 World Series, the St. Louis Cardinals are now at 20/1.

A New York-based private equity firm took over control of the St. Louis Cardinals’ Triple-A franchise as well as their ballpark.

The Batavia Muckdogs are attracting interest and are expected to be sold this year. Where they will play in 2012 remains an open question.

Having well-liked prospects is good for an organization, but minor league teams still need to be competitive.

The St. Louis Cardinals risked a small missed opportunity cost in releasing infielder Felipe Lopez in September. It looks like it didn’t matter.

The annual Caribbean Series begins today with two St. Louis Cardinals players playing prominent roles.

Link to Ricky Horton’s photos from St. Louis Cardinals Legends Camp, underway in Jupiter, FL.

A reminder that suspicions about Albert Pujols’ age remain, ten years after he first became a major leaguer.

The St. Louis Cardinals have selected the vendor for their new dynamic ticket pricing starting in 2011.

Palm Beach County Florida officials are holding Roger Dean Stadium improvements hostage until the St. Louis Cardinals and Florida Marlins agree to stay beyond 2017.

St. Louis Cardinals player and executive photos from Sunday and Monday’s final two sessions of the 2011 Winter Warm-Up

The title says it all. St. Louis Cardinals player photos from Saturday’s first day of the 2011 Winter Warm-Up.

Photos from the St. Louis Cardinals Caravan visit to Champaign, IL on Friday

Will 2011 be the last year professional baseball is played in Batavia, New York’s Dwyer Stadium?

Readers complete their selection of top stories of the year for the 2010 St. Louis Cardinals.

Readers select their top stories of the year for the 2010 St. Louis Cardinals.

Readers select their top stories of the year for the 2010 St. Louis Cardinals.

Readers select their top stories of the year for the 2010 St. Louis Cardinals.

Readers select their top stories of the year for the 2010 St. Louis Cardinals.

Readers select their top stories of the year for the 2010 St. Louis Cardinals.

The St. Louis Cardinals were expected to repeat as division-winners in 2010. Instead, they missed the playoffs entirely.

Looking for clues as to the most likely batting order for the 2011 St. Louis Cardinals.

The St. Louis Cardinals full system roster view reflects changes made during the entire 2010-11 off-season.

Even considering a trade for Florida’s Dan Uggla would require a major change in strategy for the St. Louis Cardinals, but it has been done before.

The St. Louis Cardinals look to upgrade at shortstop over second base for 2011.

The St. Louis Cardinals will be taking on their Double-A club in Springfield, MO on March 29.

Do the colorful necklaces worn by professional athletes meet their manufacturer’s claims?

Questioning reasons assigned to focus areas for the St. Louis Cardinals minor league system.

Rochester is back to manage the still-for-sale Batavia Muckdogs for 2011, but none of the underlying financial problems have changed.

Looking at when the 2010 St. Louis Cardinals’ offense scored their runs indicates an increased number of blowouts compared to 2009.

News from the St. Louis Cardinals Class A affiliate in the Quad Cities includes a key job opening and release of their 2011 schedule.

Comparing the year-to-year change in the St. Louis Cardinals offensive results from 2009 to 2010 to the National League as a whole.

A rash of managerial ejections highlights poor umpiring decisions helping to decide MLB playoff games.

With nine games to go vs. NL Central this season, the St. Louis Cardinals are on track to post a rare losing divisional record.

Despite solid play on the field, the St. Louis Cardinals’ top four minor league clubs had down attendance in 2010.

Annual fan-driven process to select the top prospects in the St. Louis Cardinals minor league system is now underway and open to all!

At the worst possible time, the St. Louis Cardinals are in the midst of their lowest run-scoring ten-game stretch of the 2010 season.

Progress is being made in improving the financials of the Memphis Redbirds while attempting to attract new events to AutoZone Park.

The St. Louis Cardinals have scored two or fewer runs in four consecutive games – again.

The St. Louis Cardinals are a dramatically different team at Busch Stadium vs. on the road.

The 2010 Cardinals seem to play worse after having a day off than they did just prior.

There are many uncertainties as the Batavia Muckdogs are for sale and their Player Development Contract with the St. Louis Cardinals is also up.

Lack of attendance is killing the St. Louis Cardinals New York-Penn League affiliate, the Batavia Muckdogs.

Since Tony La Russa became St. Louis Cardinals manager in 1996, his clubs have had only seven longer winning streaks.

St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Allen Craig had a three-RBI game on Sunday as the Dodgers were swept out of town.

Several of the Tampa Bay Rays are modeling hose in the Brendan Ryan, old-school St. Louis Cardinals look.

Looking at how the 2010 St. Louis Cardinals stack up against their peers over time.

St. Louis Cardinals pitchers are not giving up as many home runs as in most recent seasons.

This year’s version of the St. Louis Cardinals has an unusually low quantity of both winning and losing streaks.

The St. Louis Cardinals full system roster view will reflect changes during the remainder of the 2010 regular season.

The St. Louis Cardinals have failed all six times to sweep three-game series this season, but almost always come close.

Both the position players and pitchers were more productive offensively when hitting in their traditional spots in the St. Louis Cardinals batting order.

A cursory glance at how the St. Louis Cardinals pitchers batting eighth compares to when they bat ninth by season does not leave a positive impression.

The 2010 St. Louis Cardinals have already lost five games on walk offs, one short of their worst season since at least 1952.

The St. Louis Cardinals rank among MLB leaders in low-scoring games on both sides of the ledger.

On Wednesday night, St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright failed in his attempt for a fourth straight one or no run outing of seven innings or more.

The St. Louis Cardinals have been held to no runs by 11 opposing starters in the first 59 games in 2010.

Six St. Louis Cardinals players have 25 RBI or more through 55 games, the most in at least the last half century.

The St. Louis Cardinals have scored at least eight runs on 14 or more hits in three consecutive games.

Albert Pujols’ recent streak of reaching base nine times in a row just fell short of his career best.

Multiple three-base hits in one game aren’t that unusual for the St. Louis Cardinals.

The St. Louis Cardinals aren’t getting many RBI from the sixth spot in their batting order.

The St. Louis Cardinals full system roster view will reflect changes during the 2010 regular season.

I will be back as a panelist on FOX Sports Midwest’s live blog during Monday afternoon’s St. Louis Cardinals home opener. Join in the discussion!

The St. Louis Cardinals rank ninth in the 2010 MLB Fan Cost Index with a 0.7 percent increase compared to 2009.

Catch me talking St. Louis Cardinals baseball with Matt Perrault and Ken Miller on KXnO FOX Sports Radio 1460 in Des Moines today (Thursday) at 4:35 p.m. CDT.

The St. Louis Cardinals full system view is refreshed to reflect tentative opening season rosters and extended spring camp invitees.

Highlights from Sunday’s St. Louis Cardinals minor league spring training games in Florida.

Highlights from Saturday’s St. Louis Cardinals minor league spring training games in Florida.

Highlights from Friday’s St. Louis Cardinals minor league spring training games in Florida.

Highlights from Thursday’s St. Louis Cardinals minor league spring training games in Florida.

Highlights from Wednesday’s St. Louis Cardinals minor league spring training games in Florida as Shelby Miller stars.