Archive for April, 2009
Derrick Goold-Bird Land - DG’s 10@10: Cardinals Going Greene & the Mark McGwire High Road
CREVE COUER — It’s a story worth telling again: As the 28th pick of the 2005 draft approached for the St. Louis Cardinals, their plan was to take the athletic shortstop from Georgia Tech, a middle infielder who many believed had a safe-best and projectable path to the majors. And then they caught wind that another team was sniffing around the high school, high-ceiling player the Cardinals planned to take 30th.
The Cardinals, led by Jeff…
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STL Today-Post Dispatch - MLB roundup: Cubs crush Diamondbacks
Carlos Zambrano fell a triple shy of the cycle and pitched seven sharp innings
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Derrick Goold-Bird Land - DG’s 10@10: Bark like a Bulldog, Break for the Bullpen
TOWER GROVE — A bark will do it. But not any old bark. It’s got to be a good, hearty robust, UGA-worthy bark that gets Adam Wainwright’s attention.
The past couple years, before each spring training the paper dispatches me to write a travel story about St. Louis Cardinals spring training in Jupiter, Fla. And an annual part of the story is getting hints and suggestions on how to land a player’s autograph. Most subscribe to the…
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Derrick Goold-Bird Land - DG’s 10@10: A Long-Range Look at Shortstop
TOWER GROVE — During a St. Louis Cardinals player development staff meeting that followed the 2005 June Draft, the club said its goal was to take first-round pick Tyler Greene, fresh from Georgia Tech, and have him ready to assume the shortstop position when the current shortstop’s contract expired.
That shortstop was David Eckstein. It’s been two years since he was around.
Injuries and inconsistent play have slowed Greene’s progress to the majors, and the Cardinals have gone…
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Team ends home stand on a low note as Wellemeyer struggles, Cubs starter Rich Harden shines.
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Derrick Goold-Bird Land - DG’s 10@10: Cookin’ at Home & Albert Pujols’ Other Nickname
TOWER GROVE — The St. Louis Cardinals hit the road today for a seven-day visit to the National League East and they leave home with much more than the five wins they got in six games.
They left Wrigley Field a little more than a week ago wondering about their bullpen and looking for a fifth starter while wondering if all this running around the bases (19 runs in three games at Wrigley) was actually getting…
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Derrick Goold-Bird Land - DG’s 10@10: Albert Pujols’ Place in History
TOWER GROVE — St. Louis Cardinals first baseman and reigning league MVP Albert Pujols is only 1/10 of the way into the season and already he’s a spokesman and emblem for the city’s celebration of the 2009 All-Star Game. He’s got a commercial running in loops on ESPN. Three different film crews followed him around on the same day this past week for three different commercial ventures. He leads the league in RBIs and runs…
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