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When MLB fans take over the game

Still, in baseball there is sometimes a thin line between what is and isn’t acceptable, especially when balls in play fly toward the outfield fences or into foul territory. Or, say, when a major league team decides to rig up explosives and detonate them in center field. Wait — what? Here are just a few […]

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Matt Carpenter won’t play World Baseball Classic due to stiff back

Carpenter informed the players’ union of his decision Friday, and the Cardinals received confirmation through Major League Baseball that Carpenter has been removed from Team USA’s roster. “There’s nothing saying that I need to be ready for the season right now, and for me to put myself in a situation where I need to ramp […]

Allen Craig in, Shane Victorino out

Cardinals manager Mike Matheny altered his original lineup for Monday night’s Game 5 of the World Series, dropping first baseman Matt Adams for Craig, who is batting .444 (4-for-9) in the Series but is still suffering the effects of stretched ligaments in his left foot. Craig, who doubled off Red Sox closer Koji Uehara and […]

Cardinals activate OF Jon Jay; Matt Adams likely out 4 months

The team also said Matt Adams‘ surgery for a torn right quadriceps went well Friday, but that it was more likely he’d be sidelined four months. Previously, the injury had been termed a strain and the prognosis had been 3-4 months. “You’re probably looking at a longer period than maybe we had hoped, but we’ll […]

Texas Rangers shake up first round, take Kumar Rocker third, after Baltimore Orioles open MLB draft by picking Jackson Holliday

LOS ANGELES — The Baltimore Orioles made high school shortstop Jackson Holliday the first selection in Major League Baseball’s draft on Sunday, but the biggest shock came with the No. 3 overall pick, as the Texas Rangers selected Kumar Rocker, the highly touted pitching prospect who famously did not sign with the New York Mets […]

From the archives: Down to his last strike, David Freese became a World Series hero for St. Louis

AT 1 A.M. ON A FROSTBITTEN THANKSGIVING MORNING in St. Louis, David Freese waits on a downtown sidewalk while an autograph seeker runs back to her car to look for a Sharpie. Freese and several friends have just left a bar that was half-empty when they arrived an hour earlier but swelled to capacity when […]