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• Manny Machado leads Padres past Cardinals

Manny Machado | Jeff Curry-Imagn Images Stephen Kolek completes six innings, earns win St. Louis Cardinals coach Jon Jay may have unknowingly ignited Manny Machado and the San Diego Padres offense after an on-field verbal altercation, Saturday. The result of the exchange was a feisty Machado in the locker room after the win and a locked in Machado at the plate for the final game of t...2025
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• Game 106: San Diego Padres at St. Louis Cardinals

Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Your game thread for July 27, 2025. San Diego Padres at St. Louis Cardinals, July 27, 2025, 11:15 a.m. PST Location: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO Watch: Padres TV Listen: 97.3 The Fan Please remember our Game Day thread guidelines. Don’t troll in your comments; create conversation rather than destroying it Remember Gaslamp Ball is b...2025
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• Game 105: San Diego Padres at St. Louis Cardinals

Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Your game thread for July 26, 2025. San Diego Padres at St. Louis Cardinals, July 26, 2025, 4:15 p.m. PST Location: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO Watch: Padres TV, CBS Listen: 97.3 The Fan Please remember our Game Day thread guidelines. Don’t troll in your comments; create conversation rather than destroying it Remember Gaslamp Ball is basically a non-...2025
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• Mistakes prove costly for Padres in loss to Cardinals

Nick Pivetta | Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images San Diego losing streak reaches four games A day after the San Diego Padres saw their offense put up seven runs in a loss to the St. Louis Cardinals, they suffered a shutout. Despite outhitting the Cardinals 11-5, the Padres dropped the second game of their four-game series, 3-0. The Padres sent Nick Pivetta to the mound hoping he would ...2025
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• Game 104: San Diego Padres at St. Louis Cardinals

Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Your game thread for July 25, 2025. San Diego Padres at St. Louis Cardinals, July 25, 2025, 4:15 p.m. PST Location: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO Watch: Padres TV Listen: 97.3 The Fan Please remember our Game Day thread guidelines. Don’t troll in your comments; create conversation rather than destroying it Remember Gaslamp Ball is basically a non-profa...2025
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• Padres lose slugfest to Cardinals

Wandy Peralta | Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images Yu Darvish allows eight runs, San Diego drops third straight game Yu Darvish allowed eight runs in his fourth start of the season and that proved to be too much for the San Diego Padres to overcome as they suffered a 9-7 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium, Thursday. Darvish was handed a 2-0 lead before he too the mound in ...2025
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• Braves Fedde up with losing, look to win series behind deep rotation depth

Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images With the season essentially dead, the Braves explore new lows of their rotation depth With so many injuries to their rotation, the Braves are exploring new depths of their organizational pitching portfolio. It does not help that they had to burn through five relief arms to cover 6.0 innings Friday, after using five relievers in a late west coast game o...2025
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• Washington Nationals Look to Rise to the Challenge in Milwaukee Showdown

Washington Nationals left fielder James Wood (29) center fielder Jacob Young (30) and right fielder Alex Call (17) celebrate after the Nationals defeated the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. | Jeff Curry-Imagn Images Washington faces a major test on the road as they open a three-game set against one of the league’s hottest teams. Coming off another disappointing series loss, hope for ...2025
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• Washington Nationals vs St. Louis Cardinals Game Thread

Jeff Curry-Imagn Images Follow along as the Nationals look for their first win in their new era Last night’s loss kicked off the post-Rizzo and Davey era. Now the team is looking for their first win in this new era. To do this, they will need to knock off a Cardinals team that has been very good at home this season. The lineup for tonight is an odd but explainable one. It looks like a line...2025
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• Washington Nationals at St. Louis Cardinals Game Thread

Follow along as the Nats play their first game in the post Rizzo/Davey era The Nationals have been the talk of the baseball world over the past 48 hours. After being swept by the Boston Red Sox over the weekend, they fired manager Davey Martinez, with the club since 2018, and general manager Mike Rizzo, with the club since 2007. Now, they will enter the first game of their new era with new interim...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Young guns

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images Wander Franco is sentenced. The injured lists keep growing. A look back at the first half and ahead to the second. And other MLB news. Good morning. I think we have the All-Star Game balloting covered around here already. So I’ll skip that. Rays infielder Wander Franco was found guilty of the sexual abuse of a minor in the Dominican Republic and sentenc...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 27, 2025

Photo by Eric Espada/Getty Images Bobby Witt Jr. will play for Team USA! The Royals acknowledge the need to get better, writes Anne Rogers. “We’re all in this together,” said manager Matt Quatraro. “We’re not pointing fingers at anybody. Nobody’s blaming anybody. There’s no fault. We need to get better. We’re going to keep working at it. We’re going to prepare, we’re going to compete, we’...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, June 20

Photo by Brian Garfinkel/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content. Happy birthday to Cole Gillespie*, among others. Randy Hundley and Sammy Sosa hit grand slams, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various na...2025
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• 2025 Haters’ Guide to the NL Central #3: St. Louis Cardinals

Photo by Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images At least you’re not a Cardinals fan! *Please Note This Is Satire* I usually write serious articles. This is not one of them. Trash talk has been an integral part of baseball since its inception. All the way back in 1912, Ty Cobb ran into the crowd during a game to beat up a fan who was yelling some ... less than savory things at him. To be very cle...2025
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• 2025 NL Central Power Rankings: Week 8

Ken Blaze-Imagn Images Cardinals surge, but Cubs remain at top of the pack Welcome to the eighth week of our NL Central Power Rankings! We’ll release these rankings each week to grade all five teams and place them one through five. As everyone knows with power rankings, these should be taken as gospel and they’re obviously 100% accurate. Without further ado, let’s rank some teams! 1. Chic...2025
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• This Day in Braves History: Joe Adcock becomes the first player in history to homer over the center field wall at Polo Grounds

Braves Franchise History 1922 - The Boston Braves fall 12-3 as the New York Giants hit four inside-the-park home runs at Braves Field. 1953 - Joe Adcock becomes the first player in major league history to hit a home run into the center field bleachers at the Polo Grounds. The homer travels an estimated 475 feet. 2007 - Chipper Jones hits into the 13th unassisted triple play in major league histo...2025
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• 2025 Haters’ Guide to the NL Central #3: St. Louis Cardinals
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"Louis Cardinals in the tenth inning during game one of a doubleheader at Busch Stadium on June 5, 2025 in St Louis, Missouri."

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"It’s been another disappointing season for the Cardinals and their fans — one that has manifested in manners not previously seen at Busch Stadium."

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"1967 - Curt Flood’s 227 game errorless streak ends when he drops a fly ball in a game against the Cubs at Busch Stadium."

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"WATCH: Albert Pujols homers for first time since return to Cardinals as Busch Stadium erupts"

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"Home field advantage was a part of his fantasy appeal, but how well will his bat play at Busch Stadium?"

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"The Cardinals have added right-hander Seth Elledge and lefties Zack Thompson and Rob Kaminsky to their Summer Camp roster at Busch Stadium, MLB."

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"With the assistance of Adam Wainwright's foundation, Big League Impact, plans are already being made for Wainwright to host victims of a Western Kentucky school shooting and their families at Busch Stadium this summer."

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"A day after clinching the National League Central crown at Busch Stadium, the Cubs finished off their season dominance over the Cardinals by officially knocking them out of playoff contention."

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"Any chance the Cardinals had of rolling over momentum from their series-opening walk-off win evaporated before they could send their first batter to the plate on Tuesday, as the Cubs opened the night with a six-run first and then cruised to a 12-3 victory that evened the three-game set at Busch Stadium."

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"Louis errors and a monster home run by Jorge Soler in Game 2 on Saturday at Busch Stadium helped propel the Cubs to a 6-3 victory over the Cardinals and even the National League Division Series at 1-1."

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"Louis on Monday, Busch Stadium and Ballpark Village will have a host of festivities for fans to enjoy."

• Mistakes prove costly for Padres in loss to Cardinals
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• Braves going with the bullpen in the first half finale

Jeff Curry-Imagn Images Let’s just all agree to not acknowledge the existence of the first half of this season. I’m not a huge fan of bullpen days. I get it. You put like 6-7 pitchers out there, and given that it’s basically one inning apiece, they should be good to go for that inning. In a way, it’s the best way to go through a game, if you were going to just go through one game and didn’...2025
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• Braves Fedde up with losing, look to win series behind deep rotation depth
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• Can the St. Louis devil magic cure the Braves’ blues?

Photo by Casey Sykes/Getty Images Nothing else has worked. Grant Holmes gets the start. Well, the Braves’ cursed season continues, and now it’s time for the annual trip to St. Louis, home of the Cardinals’ storied devil magic. The Braves are [record redacted for sanity] but with basically everything indicating they’ve played akin to a .500 team; the Cardinals are 50-44, currently a game ou...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Young guns
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 27, 2025
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• Cubs 8, Cardinals 0: Now that’s more like it

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs got solid pitching, timely and varied hitting and excellent defense and ended their losing streak. The last week of Cubs baseball, before Wednesday night, had been... well, let’s just say not fun to watch. Wednesday, the team got back to the ways it had been winning previously. Matthew Boyd threw six shutout innings, the team scored ...2025
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• Cubs call up Fulmer before series with Cardinals
The first-place Chicago Cubs selected the contract of veteran right-hander Michael Fulmer, 32, from Triple-A Iowa and optioned right-hander Nate Pearson to Iowa on Monday ahead of a four-game series against the rival St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium....2025
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta selects Chipper Jones with the first overall pick in the 1990 MLB draft

Braves Franchise History 1952 - The Reds purchased veteran outfielder Willard Marshall from the Boston Braves. 1975 - The Braves draft second baseman Glenn Hubbard in the 20th round of the MLB Draft. 1986 - Barry Bonds hits his first career home run off of Craig McMurtry in a 12-3 Pirates win over the Braves. Bonds will finish with four hits in the game. 1990 - Ramon Martinez strikes out 18 Bra...2025
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• 2025 Haters’ Guide to the NL Central #3: St. Louis Cardinals
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• Manny Machado leads Padres past Cardinals
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• Mistakes prove costly for Padres in loss to Cardinals
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• Braves Fedde up with losing, look to win series behind deep rotation depth
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• Can the St. Louis devil magic cure the Braves’ blues?
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• Cubs 3, Cardinals 0: Welcome back, Shōta Imanaga!

Jeff Curry-Imagn Images The Cubs lefthander picked up where he left off in May. The Cubs completed the first half of the 2025 season with their 81st game Thursday, and ended that first half with a victory, 3-0 over the Cardinals, earning a series split. Five Cubs pitchers held the Cardinals to just three hits. Before I get to the recap of this game, I want to note that the Cubs finished sa...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, June 20
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 6, 2025

It was a good series | Photo by Ali Overstreet/MLB Photos via Getty Images I know it was just a doubleheader split and the first game was a letdown, but it was really nice to take 2 of 3 After the games were over last night the Royals signed RHP Justin Dunn to a minor league deal, per Jaylon Thompson. Thompson also wrote about the other (perplexing?) roster moves yesterday: Cameron didn’t...2025
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• 2025 Haters’ Guide to the NL Central #3: St. Louis Cardinals
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• 2025 NL Central Power Rankings: Week 8
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• Let the Games Begin! Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep- February 23, 2025
Yesterday was the first full day of games in the Cactus and Grapefruit Leagues. After an active offseason teams are getting work in and facing game conditions. Fantasy drafts are starting and for those not drafting yet it's time to pay attention to what's happening. Chris Sale- P- ATL- Sale tossed 2 perfect IP in his Grapefruit League debut. He threw 21 pitches with his fastball averaging 93.8...2025
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• Can the St. Louis devil magic cure the Braves’ blues?
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• Outside The Confines: Young guns
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• Should the Colorado Rockies explore signing Paul Goldschmidt?

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, October 8, 2024 Since the Colorado Rockies have not yet revealed the team’s manager for the 2025 season, let’s turn our attention to some roster speculation Katie Woo broke the news during the last week of the season: The St. Louis Cardinals would not attempt to bring back former 2022 National League Most Valuable Player ...2024
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• Wax Pack 2024

Photo by Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images Break those babies open! During the pandemic, I read a baseball book titled: “The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s Afterlife” by Brad Balukjian. It was an entertaining book that I highly recommend, somewhat reminiscent of “The Glory of Our Times” which was one of the best baseball books ever written. Each year since re...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 12, 2024

The caption says “George Brett - Kansas City Royals”. Is that a young-ish Brett pulling Santa’s beard like he was the little girl in Miracle on 34th Street? Anyone have a guess as to when it’s going to be above freezing again? Max already had the story yesterday about none of the Royals going to arbitration. Jaylon Thompson covered the news for the The Star: Singer will reportedly make $4....2024
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• This Week in Seahawks History: Losses to teams that no longer exist

Set Number: X35984 TK1 R2 F9 Are you ready for a weekly blast from the Seahawks teams of the past? This will be a weekly article series throughout the season looking back on what happened for the Seattle Seahawks 40, 30, 20, and 10 years ago this week. Coming at you in this iteration are three straight defeats against teams that technically aren’t around in the NFL today, followed by a pa...2023
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• The Linc - Jalen Carter is off to a historically great start

Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 10/11/23. Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles links ... Eagles defensive coordinator Sean Desai on quick study Jalen Carter: ‘He’s a sponge’ - NFL.comThe Eagles’ earth-mover has racked up 3.5 sacks, two forced fumbles, four QB hits and 12 tackles through five games and 164 defensive snaps (just 51% of the Eagles’ d...2023
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• Cub Tracks’ eight isn’t enough
Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. Jameson Taillon is back, the Cubs’ bats still have good wood in them, and trade talk. Welcome to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ tea...2023
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• Cubs 10, Cardinals 3: Six in a row, along with some extracurricular activity
Joe Puetz-USA TODAY Sports The first inning of this game was... interesting. The tone for the Cubs’ 10-3 win over the Cardinals Thursday, their sixth straight victory, was set just three batters into the game. The first two hitters, Mike Tauchman and Nico Hoerner, went down quietly. Then this happened [VIDEO]. Ian Happ’s backswing hit Willson Contreras in the mask. Part of the metal m...2023
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• Cubs rob HR for final out, end Cards' hopes
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• Cards fall to Cubs in 11; playoff hopes dashed
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• Cubs pounce in 2nd to even NLDS vs. Cards
A few tweaks in the lineup, two badly timed St. Louis errors and a monster home run by Jorge Soler in Game 2 on Saturday at Busch Stadium helped propel the Cubs to a 6-3 victory over the Cardinals and even the National League Division Series at 1-1....2015
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• Cards slip up in 2nd, drop Game 2 vs. Cubs
A few tweaks in the lineup, two badly timed St. Louis errors and a monster home run by Jorge Soler in Game 2 on Saturday at Busch Stadium helped propel the Cubs to a 6-3 victory over the Cardinals and even the National League Division Series at 1-1....2015
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• Cubs cut Cards', Bucs' leads with rout at Busch
An extra three days of rest did Lance Lynn no good, as the Cubs jumped on the starter for six quick runs en route to opening a key three-game series at Busch Stadium with a 9-0 pummeling of the Cardinals in a Labor Day matinee....2015
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• Lynn lanced by Cubs in series opener
An extra three days of rest did Lance Lynn no good, as the Cubs jumped on the starter for six quick runs en route to opening a key three-game series at Busch Stadium with a 9-0 pummeling of the Cardinals in a Labor Day matinee....2015
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• Cards' Central lead cut as Cubs gain ground
Having watched his club be swept and outscored, 15-4, during a June visit to St. Louis, Cubs manager Joe Maddon hoped they would make a September statement upon returning to Busch Stadium for a series budding with playoff implications. Consider that challenge met, as the Cubs, despite a spirited comeback attempt by the Cardinals, held on for an 8-5 victory Tuesday night behind seven RBIs from Star...2015
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• Cards rally, but Central lead down to 4 1/2
Having watched his club be swept and outscored, 15-4, during a June visit to St. Louis, Cubs manager Joe Maddon hoped they would make a September statement upon returning to Busch Stadium for a series budding with playoff implications. Consider that challenge met, as the Cubs, despite a spirited comeback attempt by the Cardinals, held on for an 8-5 victory Tuesday night behind seven RBIs from Star...2015
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• Let the Games Begin! Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep- February 23, 2025
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• Padres lose slugfest to Cardinals
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• Braves going with the bullpen in the first half finale
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• Braves Fedde up with losing, look to win series behind deep rotation depth
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• Can the St. Louis devil magic cure the Braves’ blues?
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• Washington Nationals Look to Rise to the Challenge in Milwaukee Showdown
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• Washington Nationals vs St. Louis Cardinals Game Thread

Jeff Curry-Imagn Images Follow along as the new look Nats face off against the Cardinals in a rubber match The Nationals got their first win of the Miguel Cairo/Mike DeBartolo era last night with a comprehensive 8-2 win over the Cardinals. MacKenzie Gore was excellent, the offense was humming and the bullpen locked things down. Hopefully we can see something similar tonight. After going w...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Young guns
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 27, 2025
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• 2025 Haters’ Guide to the NL Central #3: St. Louis Cardinals
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• The 10 most-read Battery Power articles of 2024

Photo by Adam Hagy/Getty Images Let’s take a look back at what really popped off last season. Despite the fact that it’s January 2, I’d like to wish you a Happy New Year if nobody else has. If you’ve heard it a million times by now then let me be No. 1,000,001 then. Either way, I hope that everybody rung in the New Year in a fun and safe way. Now we’re about to get into what should hopeful...2025
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• Should the Colorado Rockies explore signing Paul Goldschmidt?
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• Baseball history unpacked, October 2

Rick Sutcliffe’s greatest game? | Photo by Focus on Sport via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. The second-best Playoff game for the Cubs, ever, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plen...2024
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• Royals add a pair of bats just in time for the final postseason push; Pham and Grossman to join team tomorrow

Tommy Pham #29 of the St. Louis Cardinals reacts after striking out in the eighth inning at Busch Stadium on August 20, 2024 in St Louis, Missouri. | Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images The Royals couldn’t replace Pasquantino with one bat, so they will try two. After Vinnie Pasquantino’s season-ending broken thumb Thursday night, speculation began running wild about how the team could re...2024
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• 2024 Season Preview: St. Louis Cardinals

Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports Is a rotation overhaul enough to get St. Louis back to the top of the NL Central? To put it lightly, 2023 was a disaster for the St. Louis Cardinals. The club lost 90+ games for the first time in more than three decades (1990) and finished dead last in the NL Central. The only team in the National League with fewer wins than St. Louis? The Colorado Rockies. Fo...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 12, 2024
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• This Week in Seahawks History: Losses to teams that no longer exist
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