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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, Florida.

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 and Port St. Lucie, Florida.

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

Major League Baseball has defined its Social Media Policy. The nation’s labor-management arbitrators may be getting more work as a result.

The city of Memphis is looking into purchasing the home of the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds.

Breaking down complaints from Milwaukee GM Doug Melvin about the impact of September roster sizes on the St. Louis Cardinals making the 2011 post-season.

The St. Louis Cardinals’ Triple-A club in Memphis will be featured on a new scoreboard, the largest in minor league baseball.

The gamblers have established opening betting lines on how many games each MLB club will win this coming season. Do you agree or disagree?

A look around the changing intersection of St. Louis Cardinals major and minor league baseball, Twitter and Facebook.

A St. Louis Cardinals-themed exhibit is coming to President Bill Clinton’s museum in Little Rock.

There is little money to undertake long-postponed, but needed repairs to the home of the Johnson City Cardinals of the rookie-level Appalachian League.

Vote on which recent St. Louis Cardinals-related topic has been most beaten to death in your opinion.

The St. Louis Cardinals full system view reflects rosters for 2012 spring training with all organization players listed by level and position.

Some apparently believe the St. Louis Cardinals need a clear leader to replace Albert Pujols. I am not one of them.

St. Louis Cardinals photos from Sunday’s second session of the 2012 Winter Warm-Up at St. Louis’ Hyatt Regency at the Arch.

19 St. Louis Cardinals players have been invited to major league spring training camp as non-roster invitees.

FOX Sports Midwest will produce two 30-minute shows from the 2012 Cardinals Winter Warm-Up.

A regular update of St. Louis Cardinals major and minor league players on Twitter.

No team in history overcame a Wild Card deficit of 10 or more games to win the World Series – until the 2011 St. Louis Cardinals did it.

Another year of operating loss from the Batavia Muckdogs increases the likelihood the New York-Penn League team will be sold.

Autograph prices at the St. Louis Cardinals fan event, Winter Warm-Up, are slightly up for 2012, though post-season heroes are up substantially.

MLB.com is looking to hire stats stringers, digital scorers for games, for the 2012 season for several clubs, including the St. Louis Cardinals.

The St. Louis Cardinals Triple-A affiliate and its ballpark may soon be formally placed on the market.

Several dominoes would need to fall for the St. Louis Cardinals’ New York-Penn League affiliate to end up in Binghamton, NY in 2013, but it could happen.

Reviewing the new book about the 2011 St. Louis Cardinals World Champions, penned by accomplished author Rob Rains and enhanced by dozens of full-page photos.

The St. Louis Cardinals full system view reflects rosters for the 2011-2012 off-season.

Now is your chance to bid on an authentic 2004 St. Louis Cardinals National League Championship ring and other team memorabilia.

Jerseys, spikes, caps and bats from the St. Louis Cardinals’ run to the World Championship will be displayed at the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Accomplished St. Louisan Rob Rains has written a new book about the 2011 St. Louis Cardinals World Champions.

Many St. Louis and Texas players have faced off before – in the Triple-A Pacific Coast League.

The St. Louis Cardinals have announced their NLDS roster, consisting of 11 pitchers and 14 position players.

How the 2011 St. Louis Cardinals’ rate of hitting into double plays compares to other teams past and present.

Looking at the splits to help understand why Milwaukee is leading the National League Central and St. Louis is not.

If the St. Louis Cardinals’ New York-Penn League affiliate is not sold over the winter, Rochester Community Baseball will be back to operate the Batavia Muckdogs for a fifth year.

Apparently legitimate concerns over late afternoon shadows making play dangerous could have been handled more discreetly by the St. Louis Cardinals.

The St. Louis Cardinals are making a free ticket offer on 9/11/11 to emergency first responders.

One of the Memphis Redbirds’ Organ Donor Night Jerseys could be yours!

Vote for what you believe has been the biggest inhibitor to the St. Louis Cardinals’ 2011 season.

The Cardinal Nation is giving away two pairs of tickets to a special evening at Busch Stadium.

A look at when Tony La Russa’s St. Louis Cardinals clubs let go of first place for the last time.

The Triple-A Memphis Redbirds held Organ Donor Night at AutoZone Park on Saturday, August 13. We have the proof!

The St. Louis Cardinals are stranding twice as many runners when playing Milwaukee than against their other opponents.

As Memphis’ Organ Donor Night nears, the artist mockups of the special jerseys to be worn have been supplanted by the real thing.

The St. Louis Cardinals have not been able to win five consecutive games this season. Not cracking off a long streak has not served them well in the past.

A recent study shows tempers are shorter in Major League Baseball when the heat is on.

With over two months of play remaining, the 2011 St. Louis Cardinals have already taken as many walk off losses as in 13 of Tony La Russa’s 15 full seasons as manager.

Auditing an earlier estimate of 2011 player churn across the St. Louis Cardinals system.

The St. Louis Cardinals’ Triple-A affiliate is planning a most unique promotion on August 13.

What move might the St. Louis Cardinals make to clear space on their 40-man roster for a fresh pitcher?

More and more major and minor league players across the St. Louis Cardinals organization are using Twitter to share news.

A guest editorial on direct observations of the decline in decorum from St. Louis Cardinals fans.

The St. Louis Cardinals full system view reflects rosters for the 2011 regular season and short-season clubs.

A reminder that player criticism should always have its bounds.

Trying to get the little things right – including first names of St. Louis Cardinals’ minor leaguers.

Looking at St. Louis Cardinals mid-season minor league all-stars at three levels from last season and this.

The Cardinal Nation site has been an especially busy place since the draft.

Fans can join the Springfield and St. Louis Cardinals in donating to help those in need.

A Cincinnati business is profiting from the bad feelings between the St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds.

The St. Louis Cardinals are blowing ninth-inning leads at a record pace, but aren’t receiving any help via offensive comebacks.

St. Louis Cardinals minor league teams are using YouTube to directly share information.

Who will be the next closer of the day for the St. Louis Cardinals?

The St. Louis Cardinals’ sixth-inning offensive explosion on Thursday night ranked among their biggest ever.

The St. Louis Cardinals once made the playoffs with a 7-9 record over their first 16 games. This year, they are 8-8.

A lack of top free agents lost means the St. Louis Cardinals have no extra selections in the 2011 draft.

The St. Louis Cardinals offense is showing signs of life for the first time this season, with a quartet of 14-hit games.

The St. Louis Cardinals and their fans are being active in support of Japanese earthquake and Tsunami victims.

Over his first 95 major league games, St. Louis Cardinals third baseman David Freese already logged has five contests with three or more RBI.

Where 76 former St. Louis Cardinals major and minor leaguers are now playing.

How St. Louis Cardinals batters have fared against the three San Francisco Giants starting pitchers they will face this weekend.

The St. Louis Cardinals full system view reflects full-season club rosters for the 2011 regular season and Extended Spring Training invitees.

When Tony La Russa’s St. Louis Cardinals had more losing skids than winning streaks, they missed the post-season each time. 2010 continued that pattern.

Highlights from Sunday’s final 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, Florida.

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.