Cardinals report: Inside pitch
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Cardinals report: Notes, quotes
–Manager Tony La Russa will be back for a 15th season with the
McGwire hired as Cards hitting coach
Mark McGwire is making his return to baseball as the Cardinals’ hitting coach, agreeing to a one-year contract to replace Hal McRae.
La Russa agrees to one-year extension
Tony La Russa agreed to a one-year contract to manage the Cardinals again in 2010, but that doesn’t mean he or the club is expecting to part ways in 12 months.
Albert Pujols to Have Surgery
According to FOXSports.com?s Ken Rosenthal , St. Louis’ Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols will have surgery on Wednesday to remove five bone spurs from his right elbow.
La Russa likely to manage Cards in 2010
The Cardinals are likely to announce this week that Tony La Russa will return for his 15th season managing the club, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch is reporting.
Legacy Award winners announced
Baseball’s two most dominant hitters, the Cardinals’ Albert Pujols and the Twins’ Joe Mauer, were chosen winners of the Oscar Charleston Legacy Awards for their respective leagues for 2009 by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.
Franklin awarded TSN’s reliever honor
Ryan Franklin was named the National League reliever of the year by The Sporting News on Friday, validation for an excellent season in his first year as the Cardinals closer.
Cardinals schedule midday news conference
ST. LOUIS-The St. Louis Cardinals have scheduled a midday news conference amid reports that Tony La Russa will return for a 15th season as manager, and possibly bring Mark McGwire as hitting coach.
Let’s talk about the past just this once
Mark McGwire and Tony La Russa would seem to suggest this Cardinals team is built for the near term. What does that mean?
