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Five Great Walk-Up Songs That Baseball Needs Now
April 02, 2013 in RFTmusic
Lance Berkman's high school photo. Tell us you don't see a little Johnny Cash in that? Do you know why Lance Berkman was, empirically speaking, the single most badass Cardinal...
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Can Either Mizzou or SLU Get Past Louisville in NCAA Tourney?
March 21, 2013 in Daily RFT
You get into the tourney, and your mascot gets the photo space -- no matter how creepy it is. As the NCAA Tournament prepares to kick off, we're in a...
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The 13 Best Fat Baseball Players of All Time
March 05, 2013 in Daily RFT
Lynn when he was better rounded.So, here's the thing: Cardinals pitcher Lance Lynn got skinny during the off-season. Like, really skinny. Well, okay, not like really skinny compared to skinny...
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Chris Carpenter's Five Best On-Field Obscenities
February 07, 2013 in Daily RFT
Pictured: Chris CarpenterIn honor of the (possible), end of Chris Carpenter's time in St. Louis -- not to mention a potentially career-ending situation -- we here at the Riverfront Times...
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Has Chris Carpenter Thrown His Last Pitch for the Cardinals?
February 05, 2013 in Daily RFT
Stop me if you've heard this one before: Chris Carpenter may not pitch for the Cardinals this year. Now, after hearing that, you may very well be casting about your...
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Vladimir Tarasenko and the Defenders: State of the Blues Offense
January 31, 2013 in Daily RFT
Ken Hitchcock, offensive genius? The other day, I wrote a quick little piece about the Blues looking tired and hitting a bit of a wall in their last game Sunday...
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The Redbirds' New Ronny Cedeno
January 30, 2013 in Daily RFT
Above: mathematical proof the Cubs will always suck. In the neverending chase for mediocrity that is the Cardinal middle infield, a new salvo has been fired, and its name is...
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The Blues Back at It Thursday Against Columbus
January 29, 2013 in Daily RFT
Sunday night, it looked like the Blues might have hit a bit of a wall. Right about the time the second period opened, the Minnesota Wild just seemed to start...
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Game Notes: Blues 3, Predators 0
January 25, 2013 in Daily RFT
It was a night of important rebounds for the Blues -- two of them, to be exact. The first is relatively easy to spot, as the team rebounded from their first loss...
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Cards Re-Sign Jason Motte, Avoid Arbitration
January 24, 2013 in Daily RFT
Get it? 'Cause Motte was 'arby' eligible? I'll be here all week, folks! (Whether you like it or not....)I told you the Cardinals would manage to avoid going the full...
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Tiger Trouble?: Mizzou Stuck in Neutral
January 22, 2013 in Daily RFT
The Missouri Tigers have played three games since losing forward Laurence Bowers to a sprained ligament in his knee, and the results have been less than ideal. The hope was...
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The Blues Through Two: Woo!
January 22, 2013 in Daily RFT
I'm including this picture just to remind everyone there are those who are less fortunate. God, that poor, poor woman. The St. Louis Blues have played exactly two games this season,...
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REAL Tiger Trouble: Missouri Coach Frank Haith Under Investigation
January 22, 2013 in Daily RFT
Oh, sure, I could have used a picture of him in Missouri gear, but he just looks so much more sinister in orange, don't you think? Ugh. Missouri Tigers head coach Frank...
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A Goodbye to Stan the Man
January 20, 2013 in Daily RFT
Stan Musial is dead. I'm not going to lie; saying those words just doesn't feel real yet. I'm sure it will eventually become real, just another part of the world around...
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A Big Blue(s) Preview
January 19, 2013 in Daily RFT
Tonight, at the Scottrade Center, the fated, the long-awaited, the eagerly anticipated 2013 Blues season will get under way. Okay, so it was really supposed to be the 2012-2013 Blues season,...
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Lance Armstrong, the Robber Baron of the Sporting World
January 17, 2013 in Daily RFT
I want to play a game. Just real quick, okay? It won't take but a second, I promise. Oh, quit frowning. Seriously, it will be super fast and over before...
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Five Cardinals File for Arbitration
January 16, 2013 in Daily RFT
Yes, this is an arbiter. No, unfortunately I don't think baseball's arbitration process features anything quite so cool. It's that time of year again, when salary arbitration comes to the forefront,...
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Loss to Ole Miss Shows How Vulnerable Mizzou is Without Laurence Bowers
January 14, 2013 in Daily RFT
As in, the Tigers have a hole in their lineup, and are going to have to figure out some way of living through it. No? Come on, cut me some...
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What to Like in Shortened Blues Hockey Season
January 14, 2013 in Daily RFT
The powers that be in the National Hockey League finally got together, pulled their collective heads from their collective asses, and got a new collective bargaining agreement hammered out. (You...
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The Tigers Without Their Big Man
January 10, 2013 in Daily RFT
You know, it's surprisingly hard to find a picture of a sporting mascot looking upset. At the moment, it looks like good news for the Missouri Tigers and Laurence Bowers, the...
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Game Notes: Tigers 84, Alabama 68
January 09, 2013 in Daily RFT
So there's the good news, and the bad news. Actually, there's the good news, the bad news, and the worse-but-we-don't-know-exactly-how-bad-yet news. Starting from the worst: Laurence Bowers' knee injury, which doesn't appear...
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Tigers to Open SEC Schedule Against 'Bama
January 08, 2013 in Daily RFT
The Alabama Crimson Tide, and fans of the same, have had a pretty good 24 hours. A third national championship in four years last night, achieved by stomping an over-hyped...
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The Tigers Get Two Big Wins...Sort Of
January 06, 2013 in Daily RFT
On a day when they narrowly escaped with a tight and oftentimes frustrating win over Bucknell by the score of 66-64, the Missouri Tigers got another big bump in their...
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Brandon Gibson, The Underrated Ram
January 04, 2013 in Daily RFT
You know, it's a pretty common refrain around Ramsland: this offense just kind of, well, sucks. And I say kind of mostly to be nice. For the last few years, in...
