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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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Comparing St. Louis Cardinals spring vs. regular season batting average and ERA during the 2000-2009 period.

Looking at three new lists assessing young major league players and international prospects.

Offering up some links to interesting St. Louis Cardinals-related reading around the web.

Just for fun, not for keeps, we’ll take a quick look at where the 2010 Cardinals line up with the gamblers.

McGwire family story and association with Yardbarker leads to repeat national exposure for St. Louis Cardinals-oriented blog.

The St. Louis Cardinals full system rosters are refreshed to reflect spring training camps, both major and minor league.

One man’s view of those to consider following on Twitter for St. Louis Cardinals-major and minor league-related information.

The drunken driver who killed a St. Louis Cardinals fan and seriously injured another in Philadelphia last summer accepts a pair of guilty pleas.

A St. Louis Cardinals promotional program new to some has them strangely angry.

A series of somewhat-related, somewhat non-related newspaper-oriented items in the news.

Autograph prices at the St. Louis Cardinals fan event, Winter Warm-Up, demonstrate an appreciation of the down economy.

After the St. Louis Cardinals ate the final year of Adam Kennedy’s contract, they turned second base over to neophyte Skip Schumaker – and it worked!

McGwire story and association with Yardbarker leads to national exposure for Cardinals-oriented blog.

Using unearned runs to measure fielding prowess, St. Louis Cardinals minor leaguers don’t measure up to par.

Some major league clubs have advantageous leases that offer flexibility but shackle their communities. Others carry stadium-related debt.

Rankings for the entire Cardinals team, not just their free agents, offer some interesting comparisons.

This blog is officially one year old today, December 12.

The progression of St. Louis Cardinals spring training ticket prices since 2000.

The title pretty much says it all – links to 2010 schedules for the St. Louis Cardinals and their top minor league affiliates.

Commentary on 20 search arguments that recently brought readers to TheCardinalNationblog.com.

Toronto offers at least one recent indication of scouts coming back into prominence.