Techincally, it's the St. Louis 'Wolves'... but stiil, St. Louis right? 

I guess if you ever wanted a screen cap of Jerry, Jimmy or Billy as your avatar for Twitter or something, this is your big chance. Or maybe, you can take a picture of the other guy. He must have felt like a million bucks when he came out and got zero applause...

Then Jerry comes out. 

Ouch. Hopefully that dude makes it big one day and can laugh this off. 

h/t: Clip Nation

Listen, it happens. 

After the past few days of holiday gluttony, it might be happening to you. 

Farting. Passing gas. Tooting. Whatever. And whilst trolling around YouTube to find something to write about, the video below appeared. 

It'll probably going to be taken down by MLB Advanced Media since we're commenting on it now, so I'll summarize: Al Hrabosky may have paused, farted and then continued his commentary on a Cardinals broadcast. 

On the other hand, did Al's pause afford the uploader time to rip one off into his couch? I'll let you decide for yourself. 

It's almost here

Christmas. 

Where you'll be, no doubt, unwrapping new Cardinal Saturday Jersey's and Opening Day tickets, looking forward to the start of Spring Training. Did you know that today marks the day where we're closer to the opening of the schedule in Jupiter than to game 7 of the 2012 NLCS? 

And depending on what kind of a mood you're in today, we've got two links to share...

Are you running around, crazy, trying to get everything ready for tomorrow and pissed off at the world? Then you might enjoy this machine that destroys everything: LINK HERE

Are you looking to get into your happy place before seeing the whole family: LINK HERE

Either way, we don't have a gift for you. Maybe you think it's because we're cheap. And you're correct.

We are. And you didn't make the cut. 

But still, tidings of comfort and joy to you and yours.

A funny thing happened on the way to 2013... 

A couple of years ago, this site, amongst others, were debating if Kyle Lohse was locked in to the worst contract in St. Louis Cardinals history. 

Yes, there had be previously bad players on the Cardinals, but we weren't sure if one had been so bad for so MUCH.

Money, that is. Because Mr. Lohse was getting roughly 11 million dollars per year to phumpher around every fifth day on the mound and get shelled. His (few) supporters pointed out that this forearm injury he had suffered was the root of the decline. We weren't so sure.

2011 happened. 14/8 188+ IP & 3.39 ERA. Nothing to write Cy Young about, but a very solid year for what turned out to be a championship season. 

I think we all kind of knew where 2012 was headed. Big year. Big free agent. Big BU-BYE.

Lohse delivered. 16/3 211 IP & 2.86 ERA. That freaking guy had an NBA-ish walk year. Couple it with the fact that he's represented by Scott Boras and Kyle's fate was sealed. 

Adios. 

Now, heading into the last week of the year and Lohse still remains un-signed. Ryan Dempster, Zack Greinke, Anibal Sanchez and Dan Haren have all been signed. It looks as if Edwin Jackson is close with the Cubs. And the Angels have just traded for Jason Vargas. 

The Cardinals Winter Warm-Up is fast approaching and today, the Cardinals unveiled their annual “price list” for player/manager autographs.

Yes. All the money collected goes to Charity… so HUZZAH for the Cardinals for being charitable.

Now that’s out of the way, It’s time to take a look at the list and see just how valuable each member is to the Cardinals. It’s the one time of year where the Cards can lay the wood to a player or coach and let them know just how much they care.

TLR? Seems like you haven’t been able to leave the spotlight. 40 DOLLARS.

Red? You don’t really have to come to these things anymore, but you’re still here! 75 DOLLARS!

Let’s take a look at the unofficial Cardinals popularity contest and see if there are any surprises. We graphed the list with comments from the CD on the right.

Hopefully Ozzie isn’t there panhandling…

All of these stories appeared in the news. 

None of them are worthy of their own post. So let's round them up...

1) Cards sign Ty Wigginton

He hits LH pitching pretty good. He seems to be a good clubhouse guy. He's ready to accept his role as a utility bench guy that works the corners. He gets 5 million dollars...

Wait, what?

5 million dollars? At least he didn't hit .235 in 2012. 

What? With an OPS of .688? Oh man, the Cardinals aren't going to sign Wainwright after all, are they?

2) Cards new ML guy was on the Duke 'list"

You remember this story? I'd kind of forgot the who thing until it got put back out there with the Schumaker trade. Like Matt Sebek said, some of his attributes have to translate well on the field.

Right?

3) Troy Glaus is coming back?

You every think you'd be talking about Troy Glaus and how he'd fit in with the Cardinals ever again? Me neither. 

But here we are, wondering if this is a viable flyer that the Cardinals can take and see what happens. 

Baseball has a funny way about it sometimes.

I guess if I had to put a date on it, then August 2nd is when it happened. That's the point I knew I was over Albert Pujols. 

Skip Schumaker is no longer a Cardinal. He's been traded to the Dodgers for a AA infielder. 

Friends, I'm not beyond reproach here. Most days you're going to get what you pay for on The CD... crap writing for free.