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Since the dreadful series against the St. Louis Cardinals, the Reds have reeled off six-straight wins, sweeping both the Florida Marlins and now the Arizona Diamondbacks.
In doing this, they have become the hottest team in the major leagues.
They are currently 19 games over .500 and have their biggest lead of the season in the National [...]

Adam Wainwright pitched six solid innings against the Los Angeles Dodgers Saturday for a 2-0 St. Louis Cardinals victory to improve to an incredible 10-0 with a 1.31 ERA at home.

The All -Star right-hander, who is 14-5 on the year with a 2.02 ERA, has allowed just one earned run over his last 29.1 innings pitched.

Week Two of the 2010 MLB Season is over and done with.

What are the biggest surprises thus far? Here’s my list:

1. The haplessness of the Boston Red Sox. Admittedly, they have faced three quality teams to open the season (New York, Minnesota, and Tampa Bay), but a combined 2-7 against those teams suggests …

Mired by revelations of players succumbing to performance-enhancing drugs, the game of baseball reared a purer, more*nostalgic head Saturday.

Ubaldo Jimenez threw the first no-hitter*and Busch*Stadium housed an epic 20-inning affair. The only temptation within baseball this day*was to change channels for first-round NBA Playoffs action…

Spring Training has been up and running for around a month and in a week we will see our first action of the baseball season between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees.

Now that Spring Training is nearing an end, it’s time to take a look at each division and give our winners….

Skip Schumaker and the St. Louis Cardinals have avoided arbitration, agreeing to a $4.7 million, two-year contract on Monday.
The former outfielder-turned-second baseman is set to make $2 million this season and $2.7 million in 2011 in addition to possible performance bonuses which could bring the grand total to $5 million over two seasons.
Schumaker hit .303 [...]

St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa says that if his his team were still in playoff contention August 31, he will put Mark McGwire on the active roster for a day to make him playoff-eligible to appear as a pinch-hitter in the postseason.
Seriously? The guy is 46 years old and nine years removed from the game. Whether this [...]

After a slow Thanksgiving break, the Mets and Cards starting putting together pieces of the 2010 season. The Mets signed C Chris Coste (.224BA) and re-signed Alex Cora (.251 1HR; 18RBIs). Coste was more productive in the first half with the Phillies than the Astros. The catcher turns 37 this year and if he hangs [...]

As you know Albert Pujols won his second consecutive National League’s Most Valuable Player Award. He didn’t just win it, he won it unanimously. Every single voter had him as their No. 1 pick.
Pujols’ exploits have been well chronicled. I think he is the best baseball player who is currently playing baseball on Planet Earth. [...]

As the Los Angeles Dodgers finished their three-game sweep of the Cardinals, it occurred to me that this is one club whose success has seemed to be taken for granted.
Last year, as the Dodgers did the same to my Cubbies, most everything that was talked about and written seemed to focus on how poorly the [...]