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QUESTION: Assuming the Cardinals cannot get Matt Holliday re-signed and that Jason Bay stays with Boston, who are some other options out there that you think the Cardinals should pursue to man left field? JOE STRAUSS First, it is premature to assume either premise.

In so many towns across the Major League Baseball landscape, the idea of the annual postseason ritual of fretting over the local manager's immediate future is standard autumn dreaming.

That's Joe Torre celebrating the utter fail of my prediction last week that the St.

The St. Louis Cardinals returned to Busch Stadium Sunday. But instead of getting ready for game four of the National League Division Series, they were cleaning out their lockers.

The improbable shook Chavez Ravine on a chilled, incessantly blaring Wednesday evening.

Even though the team's stay in his first postseason was shorter than expected, Cardinals outfielder Ryan Ludwick sat with his wife late Saturday night and talked about how far they've come.

Rick Ankiel struck out as a pinch hitter for the St. Louis Cardinals' final out of the season.

They never regained their edge. St. Louis was the first National League team to clinch a playoff spot and the first to be eliminated in the postseason.

Houston Mitchell has live inning-by-inning updates for Game2 between theDodgers and Cardinalsright here.

St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa has shaken up his lineup for Game 3 of the division series in a bid to avoid elimination by the Los Angeles Dodgers .

Billy Witz is in Los Angeles and is providing updates during Game 1 of the division series between the Cardinals and the Dodgers.

Game 1 of the National League Division Series was an 8 inning game that lasted nearly four hours, or longer than most 12-inning games.

Los Angeles Dodgers' Ronnie Belliard misses a fly ball by St. Louis Cardinal's Ryan Ludwick in the first inning of Game 1 of the National League division baseball series in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Oct.

Albert Pujols spent his biggest moments of the St. Louis Cardinals' playoff opener with his bat sitting idly on his shoulder, thanks to some canny managing by Joe Torre.

Second baseman Skip Schumaker started the St. Louis Cardinals' regular-season finale Sunday against Milwaukee batting .301. Cardinals manager Tony La Russa's plan was to remove Schumaker from the game if he made an out to open the first, thus keeping his average at .300. But Schumaker singled sharply to center against Jeff Suppan, elevating his ...

So who's got a better hold of the "on" switch? The Dodgers and Cardinals both staggered to the wire, while being propped up by sizable cushions that realistically made them invulnerable.

St. Louis Cardinals' Ryan Ludwick connects with a two-run single off of Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Carlos Villanueva during the first inning of a baseball game Saturday, Oct.

Baseball historians will debate whether raw strength or pharmaceuticals fueled Mark McGwire's home run streak.

Colorado Rockies secondbaseman Clint Barmes catches the ball hit by St. Louis Cardinals Ryan Ludwick before doubling off the runner at first base.

The Catch might not have been a catch after all. Clint Barmes returned from a day off in the mountains with his family Tuesday to learn that doubt had been cast upon his sensational game-ending grab that cinched the Colorado Rockies' victory over the St.