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• Scott Feldman, 30, made 30 starts with a WHIP of 1.183 last year. Do you know how many pitchers in all of baseball did that? Just 25 -- and Feldman was one
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What this hiring trend does mean is that priorities have shifted. Working well with the front office and gaining the trust of the players is more important
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Dave Valle spent 13 years as a major league catcher with four teams. (Chuck Solomon/SI) Borrowing a page from the playbook of the St. Louis Cardinals, the
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It would have been hard to imagine seven months ago in Fort Myers, Fla., that the 2013 baseball season would come down to one game with more intrigue than
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But all of the Cardinal sins were forgiven with one wild play in the ninth inning that immediately gained a unique place in World Series history. The
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It has happened so quickly. The postseason has its breakout star. Already, St. Louis has come to expect greatness from a kid who was pitching in college last
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It appeared as though Jon Lester had some kind of substance on his glove during World Series Game 1. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images) The greenish substance inside
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There has been far too much talk lately about "The Cardinal Way," as if the Cardinals are playing a brand of baseball out of reach of other organizations.
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Complete World Series schedule: start times, TV listings
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"That's the highest compliment coming from Ben," Lucchino said. CORCORAN: A history of Cardinals vs. Red Sox in the World Series
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• There is still hope for the Tigers. The theory still holds true that as strikeouts rise in baseball the teams that are best at avoiding them thrive in the
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• Tigers DH Victor Martinez is reaffirming himself as one of the best pure hitters in baseball. Martinez is a tough out who uses the whole field from both
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One swing changed the Boston scouting report. Cabrera showed he is healthy enough now to turn on a 94-mph fastball and do damage. He had not had an extra base
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Salazar is the rare starting pitcher who is capable of throwing 100 mph. But Cleveland kept training wheels on the 23-year-old righthander. He averaged five
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The Orioles are the only team in baseball with five players who have played 150 games and the only team with seven players with at least 143 games. With the
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His hand and fingers were born to pitch. He has really long fingers and the perfect wrist; he can't move his hand much side to side, but it's very flexible up
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