Cardinal Nation Stories

St. Louis Cardinals catcher won his first career Gold Glove as announced this afternoon by Rawlings Sporting Goods Company Inc. Molina becomes the third Cardinals catcher to win the award and the first since Mike Matheny earned his third Gold Glove in 2004 (also 2000 & 2003). Tom Pagnozzi captured Gold Gloves in 1991, 1992 and 1994.

Once again this year, fans have the opportunity to be a part of the process for selecting the 2009 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually to a baseball broadcaster for major contributions to the game.

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Rick Ankiel scored from second on the Philadelphia Phillies' second error at first base in the 10th inning, giving the St. Louis Cardinals a 7-6 victory Sunday.

Brandon Phillips' day off did him a lot of good.

A Naval Academy graduate drafted last week by the St. Louis Cardinals was denied a bid to play ball Thursday and ordered to report for duty.

Albert Pujols may not play much golf, but the game is close to his heart as a way to raise money for his charitable foundation.

Albert Pujols is a model of consistency at the plate and in the field. But another thing albert is consistent about is "not" doing a lot of interviews. He knows the spotlight is on him, but he tries to keep the exposure to a minimum.

Albert Pujols is a model of consistency at the plate and in the field. But another thing albert is consistent about is "not" doing a lot of interviews. He knows the spotlight is on him, but he tries to keep the exposure to a minimum.

Most modern baseball fans know the name Cy Young because it's attached to the game's highest award for a pitcher. But long ago, cy young was also a ball player. And could throw the baseball... Winning more then 500 games in his career.

With September approaching, many fans in Cardinal Nation are wondering what new faces from the minor leagues will be populating the big league bench.

Since his performance in the World Series of 2006, many in Cardinal Nation have a special place in their hearts for pitcher Adam Wainwright.

Each week Cardinal Nation asks a player a question, off baseball. Today we asked outfielder Joe Mather about the necklaces fans have seen him wear when he's playing.

As the Cardinals continue their assault on the Wild Card playoff spot, their on and off field leader, Albert Pujols is assaulting pitchers, blistering them at a pace that could bring him his second career batting title.

After September 11, only one professional athlete of note quit his team to serve in our nation's military. That was Pat Tillman. But 60 years ago, it was a different story.

The Cardinals take on the Chicago Cubs this weekend. NewsChannel 5 wants to hear from Cardinal Nation about how you think the Redbirds will do!
When the Cardinals traded away Scott Rolen for Troy Glaus ? many fans were very, very concerned, and it's not like he got off to a red-hot start. Hardly! But in the past month, Glaus has turned it around and continues an interesting trend; the year the cardinals bring in a veteran to play third base- the Cardinals usually win.

Getting to ask players questions is one of the coolest parts of this job. It's so cool, we thought why not let other's do the same thing.

Each week on Cardinal Nation, we ask a Cardinal a question the will hopefully bring out a humourous response. This week we asked Cardinal outfielder, Skip Schumaker about what he does with his batting gloves after every pitch.

The "Gas House Gang" will forever be known in Cardinals history for their "gritty" style on and off the diamond. Last week in our Cardinalography we looked at the career of "Pepper" Martin, but, as tough as "Pepper" was he also needed some "back-up" and the man providing it was known as "muscles."

The Cardinals have been without the bat of slugger Albert Pujols for more then a week. And while Injury may have slowed Albert Pujols on the base paths, but it hasn't slowed his growing efforts to helping others.

Yadier Molina is one of the bedrock's of the 2008 Cardinals. He recently gave Cardinal Nation a scare when he was hit head on, during a play at the plate.

The road between St. Louis and Memphis has been a well traveled one this season. Nine, count 'em nine rookies have made their debut this season. But the one name, most fans are keeping an eye on hasn't been among them. So how is prized prospect Colby Rasmus faring these days.

He's among the elite of the elite and arguably the greatest right handed hitter of all time. But that's not just opinion - it's in the numbers.

What father of a son hasn't thought - at least once - of the possibility of that son becoming a big league player one day. Well for this cardinal nation dad... His father's day gift came early when his boy made it all the way.

(KSDK) -- Somewhere in Daulton Georgia, the father of cards pitcher Mitchell Boggs is having quite a father's day.

What were your favorite big leaguers like as little leaguers? It's a question we wonder about here on the show, and to find out.

Even though Anheuser-Busch hasn't owned the team in over 12 years, for many in the nation - the two are forever linked. Which is why we decided to look back at the history of this famous beer and baseball relationship.

Ryan Franklin, 35, was born in Fort Smith Arkansas, but grew up in Oklahoma where he was an all-state player at Spiro High School in 1991.