FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The best way that St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa believed he could keep Skip Schumaker’s bat in the lineup was to put his glove to use elsewhere.
The official pronouncements came in the past week from GM John Mozeliak and La Russa that Schumaker will open the regular-season as the Cardinals’ starting second baseman — will, in fact, be now designated on the roster as a capital-I Infielder. Schumaker openly…
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The closer candidate missed almost two weeks of work but is told he’ll be back.
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JUPITER, Fla. — St. Louis Cardinals reliever Chris Perez had a lot of down time during the week he couldn’t pitch because of soreness in his shoulder, so he found other ways to busy himself. One was by listening in on some of his teammates answer The P-DQ list. He said he loved quizzes and puzzles and other time-passers of that ilk, and he wanted to give it a try.
And then he realized it was…
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Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella picked Kevin Gregg to be the team’s closer
heading into the season. Gregg beat out Carlos Marmol, the Cubs’ top setup man
last year. They both spent spring training vying to replace All-Star closer
Kerry Wood, who…
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JUPITER, Fla. — However the St. Louis Cardinals third base position shakes out at the major-league level, it seems certain that first-round pick Brett Wallace will begin this season at Class AA Springfield. Few think that he will stay there for long.
Though given barely a second glance at the major-league camp this spring, Wallace has clicked along at his usual 3-for-5, 2-for-5 pace during minor-league games. On Saturday, he broke loose.
Wallace, a third baseman, went…
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JUPITER, Fla. — As innings get more scarce and at-bats get more important late in spring training, some of the major-league players — or, more precisely, those battling for major-league jobs — have to find their swings and their pitches elsewhere. Enter the minor-league games.
The trip across the state and a couple other assignments put me a couple days behind on the Vuch Reports. How better to spend an overcast Sunday back here at the…
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So far, Manny Ramirez is saying and doing all the right things as a Los Angeles Dodger
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The St. Louis native says he’s trying to make every at-bat, every play in the field count so he can remain with the team.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. — For the most part, every player I’ve approached this spring with the 20 or so questions that make up The P-DQ has gamely taken the time to answer them. Sometimes they breeze through them with short, precise answers. Sometimes they labor over them, crafting an answer. Often they draw a crowd of teammates who encourage or needle their answers.
And then there was Dustin Pedroia.
The Boston Red Sox second baseman, reigning American…
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Schumaker continues to try to make the conversion from outfield to second base this spring.
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