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Shelby Fetsch was supposed to throw out the first pitch at Busch Stadium last night. She was filling in for her boyfriend, Army SPC William Johanson-Kubin, who was supposed to be stationed overseas. He played the part of the catcher disguising his face with the catcher’s mask. After she threw the pitch, she was in for the suprise of her life.

Featured Term (selected at random):CONSISTORY An ecclesiastical court, especially an assembly of cardinals for purposes of deliberation, presided over by the Pope. A papal consistory is secret if only cardinals are present, semi-public if bishops also participate, and public if other prelates are called to the meeting. (Etym. Latin consistere, to stand together.) All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - Was President Barack Obama too busy watching the “Operation Repo” marathon or something else last Friday night? When KMOX host Charlie Brennan asked now-retired St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa how the traditional call of congratulations from the White House went, La Russa suddenly realized that…it never happened. “That’s a good point, I hadn’t really even thought about that,” replied a surprised-sounding La Russa, who can be forgiven for having a few other things on his mind over the past week. “As we were getting into the World Series we had a call from the...

St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa is calling it a career. La Russa, only days removed from winning the World Series, made the announcement during a Monday morning news conference, the Cardinals' web site said.

Tony LaRussa retires. Press conference now.

October 28, 2011--The St. Louis Cardinals have won the world series in an improbable, luck-filled and quirky convergence of events. For example, the number of dribblers Lance Berkman hit that rolled like bocci balls through the infield was exceeded only by the dribbles in Tony LaRussa's depends. Okay, let's allow these Cardinal fan cretins a little superficial happiness for once. It has probably been years since some of these fat losers have even cracked a smile. But the real story of the 2011 world series is that the all time villan of MLB, Tony LaRussa,a piece of human garbage and...

Seires is tied up 3-3, this is it! Matt Harrison (LH) v C Carpenter (RH)

With FOX broadcaster Joe Buck echoing his father's well-known call by saying, "We will see you tomorrow night," after the Cardinals' epic 10-9 win over the Rangers in Game 6 of the World Series on Thursday, it conjured memories of the Twins' win in similar fashion over the Braves in Game 6 of the 1991 World Series. It was legendary broadcaster Jack Buck who famously said, "And we'll see you tomorrow night," after Twins center fielder Kirby Puckett launched a solo homer to lead off the bottom of the 11th inning at the Metrodome to send the Series to a...

Devon La Russa, the daughter of St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa, apologized and removed an offensive tweet she sent Sunday night regarding Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington, Yahoo! Sports reports. The tweet that created the backlash: "I saw a crack head doing 'The Wash' today. Coincidence? I think not..."

La Russa asks bullpen “Can you hear me now?” October 25, 2011 By Bill Pollock Remember playing the game “Telephone” as a kid? You sat in your classroom and the first kid was given a statement by the teacher they had to memorize then repeat back to the next classmate and so on and so on down the line? “Sally took a batch of cookies over to their new neighbors who just moved in where the Robinson’s lived before the husband Mike moved to Seattle to take a job as a pilot.” That statement was whispered through the classroom until...

Chris Wilson (LH) V Chris Carpenter (RH)

The Milwaukee Brewers, with apologies to Dave Anderson, died with their boots. They were buried at the mercy of the St. Louis Cardinals’ seemingly bottomless bullpen. The officiating minister was a fellow who once seemed so burned out by baseball that he thought a ring on his cell phone while sitting in a Burger King, buried in the San Diego organization, informing him he’d been traded to the Cardinals, was a practical joke, at first. Nobody’s laughing at the Rev. David Freese now. But everyone except citizens of Milwaukee might be laughing with the National League Championship Series’s most valuable...

Unless the Cardinals win it all this year, it will be 7 different winners in the last 7 years. That's good for baseball. From 1978 to 1987, there were 10 different winners. 1987 Minnesota Twins 1986 New York Mets 1985 Kansas City Royals 1984 Detroit Tigers 1983 Baltimore Orioles 1982 St. Louis Cardinals 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers 1980 Philadelphia Phillies 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates 1978 New York Yankees

Tigers and Rangers Cardinals and Brewers

Cardinals win and Howard is injured.

Moth: 1, Jock: 0. Cardinals outfielder Matt Holliday was forced to leave Monday night's game against the Dodgers in the eighth inning after a moth flew into his right ear and became lodged in the canal. A trainer had to use tweezers to remove the insect, according to StLToday.com. And yes, he took the moth with him after leaving the park.

ST. LOUIS -- This was a different sort of injury bug for Matt Holliday. A moth got stuck deep in Holliday's right ear Monday night, forcing the St. Louis Cardinals slugger out of a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Featured Term (selected at random):COLLEGIALITY The bishops of the Roman Catholic Church, united under the Pope as an episcopal community. According to the Second Vatican Council, "St. Peter and the other Apostles constitute a single apostolic college. In like manner, the Roman Pontiff, Peter's successor, and the bishops, successors of the Apostles, are linked together" (Constitution on the Church, III, 21). This community of Pope and bishops, and the bishops among themselves, was created by Christ and therefore belongs by divine right to the nature of the Church he founded. All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's...

just heard this shooting around the sports radio dial in Phoenix, nothing further at this time....

Thomas J. Reese, S.J., senior fellow at the Woodstock Center in Georgetown, Md., former editor in chief of America, and author of Inside the Vatican sent us along this helpful primer--designed for the media but informative for everyone--for the upcoming consistory.  Here's Tom's typically thorough take: There are two kinds of consistories. Ordinary consistories are normally for certain solemn ceremonies such as canonizations, the conferral of the pallium to archbishops, or the creation of new cardinals. For an extraordinary consistory, the pope calls all the College of Cardinals to Rome to advise him on issues facing the church. The discussions in extraordinary consistories...

We have liftoff -- a 20 November consistory to create 24 new cardinals..... Here, the biglietto, in order: * Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints; * Antonio Naguib, patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts, * Robert Sarah, president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, * Francesco Monterisi, archpriest of St Paul's Outside the Walls, * Fortunato Baldelli, major penitentiary of the Roman church, * Raymond Burke, prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, * Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity * Paolo Sardi, pro-Patron of the Order of...

Any moment now, Matt Leinart's tenure with the Arizona Cardinals will officially come to an end. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the Cardinals have told Leinart they're cutting him today. Derek Anderson will be the starter in Arizona, and Max Hall will be the backup.

Albert Pujols And Tony La Russa Will Be Appearing At Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” Rally Albert Pujols Glenn Beck Sports And Politics St. Louis Cardinals Tony LaRussa by Tyler Reisinger | 11:40 am, August 27th, 2010 Albert Pujols and Tony La Russa will be making an appearance at Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally, and Pujols will reportedly be honored in some way. No word yet on whether or not that honor will be “Most Awkward First Baseman To Talk To.” In case you’re just joining us: Organized by Fox News talk show host Glenn Beck and featuring former Republican vice...

Friday August 20, 2010 Mexico City Governor Seeks Punitive Action against Cardinal for 'Homophobia' By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, Latin America CorrespondentMEXICO CITY, August 19, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Mexico City Chief of Government Marcelo Ebrard and other members of his party have filed complaints against several representatives of the Catholic Church in Mexico for "homophobia" and "moral damage" following criticisms of the city's new homosexual "marriage" and adoption laws.The complaints stem from comments made earlier this week by Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iñiguez, accusing Ebrard and international pro-abortion groups of "feeding" (i.e. bribing) nine Supreme Court justices who voted to approve...

www.catholicnewsagency.com Cardinal Bagnasco: God's truth is weapon against dominant culture Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco Related articles: Bagnasco, Angelo*Message of the Holy Father Benedict XVI to the Young People of the World on the Occasion of the XXIII World Youth Day, 2008Meeting with the world of culture in the Cultural Center of BelémTo the beloved people of Australia and to the young pilgrims taking part in World Youth Day 2008 Genoa, Italy, Aug 21, 2010 / 04:50 am (CNA/EWTN News).- "No one is exempt" from the influences of the world which push for conformity to the dominant culture, according to prominent...

 East W L Pct GB Home Road East Cent West Streak L10 New York Yankees 50 31 .617 -- 28-13 22-18 20-11 10-7 9-6 Won 2 6-4 Boston Red Sox 49 33 .598 1.5 29-17 20-16 18-17 10-9 8-2 Lost 1 6-4 Tampa Bay Rays 48 33 .593 2.0 20-19 28-14 19-10 11-6 11-6 Won 2 6-4 Toronto Blue Jays 41 42 .494 10.0 21-19 20-23 13-14 11-9 10-8 Lost 2 2-8 Baltimore Orioles 25 57 .305 25.5 16-25 9-32 9-27 4-6 5-13 Lost 1 5-5  Central W L Pct GB Home Road East Cent West Streak L10 Detroit...

“More theologically correct” Cardinal Mahony blogs about new Roman Missal (The following is taken from an item published Saturday, Feb. 6, on the blog of Cardinal Roger Mahony, Archbishop of Los Angeles.) COMING NEW ROMAN MISSAL The Bishops of eleven English-speaking countries have completed a new English translation of the Latin Roman Missal, Editio tertia, and the new English Roman Missal is under final review at the Vatican. The new Missal will be the first new translation since the current Missal was published in 1974 -- some 36 years ago. It is anticipated that the new English Roman Missal will...

Warner calls it quits Cardinals QB Kurt Warner, a two-time league MVP and former Super Bowl MVP, will retire after 12 seasons.

Vatican City, Jan 26, 2010 / 12:38 pm (CNA).- Citing the high number of cardinals reaching 80 years of age, Vatican experts say the possibility of a consistory taking place soon is becoming evermore likely.  By the end of March 2010, there will be no fewer than 12 positions available for the elevation of new cardinals.Cardinals reaching the age of 80 are no longer able to vote in the election of a new Pope, should the occasion arise.  Currently there are 182 members of the College of Cardinals, spanning all ages, with 112 eligible to vote in Papal conclaves.The traditional...

I am hearing, on reliable authority, that the Cardinal Archbishop of Los Angeles, Roger Mahony, has approved a coadjutor bishop recently selected for him by the Holy See. This news – and the name – will be publicly announced “soon.” This new bishop, once announced and appointed, will automatically succeed Mahony as the Archbishop of Los Angeles as soon as Mahony retires, presumably before Mahony’s mandatory retirement at age 75 (February 27, 2011). Mahony has said that the current class of seminarians will be the last one he personally ordains. Some of the faculty at St. John’s Seminary – where...

NEW YORK -- Mark McGwire finally came clean Monday, admitting he used steroids when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998. McGwire said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Monday that he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade. "I wish I had never touched steroids," McGwire said in a statement. "It was foolish and it was a mistake. I truly apologize. Looking back, I wish I had never played during the steroid era." McGwire also used human growth hormone, a person close to McGwire said, speaking on condition of anonymity because McGwire didn't...

Cardinal Miloslav Vlk, who has served as Archbishop of Prague since 1991, has warned in an interview that “if Europe doesn't change its relation to its own roots, it will be Islamized.” “Europe has denied its Christian roots from which it has risen and which could give it the strength to fend off the danger that it will be conquered by Muslims-- which is actually happening gradually,” he said. Muslims “easily fill the vacant space created as Europeans systematically empty the Christian content of their lives.” “At the end of the Middle Ages and in the early modern age, Islam...

Now that the dust has begun to settle on a slim free-agent market with slim pickin's, it appears Johnny Damon and Jason Bay are going to wind up with teams they never would've dreamed of playing for, while Matt Holliday will have to settle for considerably less than the $18 million-$20 million per year his rep Scott (Avenging Agent) Boras asserted to be his worth. We start with Damon, a terrific guy for whom there will be no sad songs sung here over his self-imposed exile from the team he loved, the Yankees. It wasn't as if the Yankees deceived...

www.catholicnewsagency.com Cardinal Cipriani invites woman repentant of abortion to become an 'apostle of life' Lima, Peru, Dec 2, 2009 / 11:09 am (CNA).- During a radio program this week, Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani of Lima invited a woman who repented of having an abortion to become an “apostle of life “and help others who have experienced the same tragedy. During the program, Dialogue of Faith, the cardinal took a call from a woman who underwent an abortion four years ago and later repented and sought God’s forgiveness in the Sacrament of Confession. “God has forgiven you because He is...

Rodé: "Feminism" Drove Visitation Following up on his Tuesday clarification concerning the Apostolic Visitation of US womens' communities, the Vatican's Religious Czar amplified his thought-process on the evaluation yesterday in an interview with Vatican Radio. Shown above greeting sisters of a more traditional stripe on a March visit to an Italian seminary specializing in the "extraordinary form" of the Roman rite, Cardinal Franc Rodé's significant points were summarized by The Tablet's Rome correspondent, Robert Mickens, in a dispatch e.mailed around earlier today: The official that initiated the Vatican's investigation of women religious in the United States admitted this week...

Cardinal: Pumpkins, Not Crucifixes? Responds to European Court Decision on Schools VATICAN CITY, NOV. 5, 2009 (Zenit.org).- In European schools, crucifixes are prohibited but Halloween pumpkins are promoted, observed Benedict XVI's Secretary of State. Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone stated this in response to the Tuesday decision of the European Court of Human Rights, which called for the removal of Christian symbols from public school classrooms. "This Europe of the third millennium only leaves us the pumpkins of the feasts repeatedly celebrated and takes away from us our most cherished symbols," said the cardinal in an article published in L'Osservatore Romano. He...

Inches short and a half too late would be the best way to sum up the Texans’ latest loss. Down by a touchdown and three tries from just outside the Cardinals' 1-yard line, the Texans were in what appeared to be a perfect situation to tie up the game and take their chances in overtime.

LOS ANGELES -- The game turned on the glove of the left fielder, and we're not talking about Manny Ramirez. St. Louis' Matt Holliday dropped James Loney's slicing line drive with two outs in the bottom of the ninth that would have ended the game. With the reprieve, Ronnie Belliard singled off Ryan Franklin to tie the score and pinch-hitter Mark Loretta singled home Casey Blake for a stunning 3-2 Dodgers win over the Cardinals in Game 2 of the NL Division Series. In the winning rally, Holliday's error was followed by a Blake walk, Belliard's RBI single, a passed...

Anybody watching the Colts vs. the Cardinals? Slow news night here. Old Colts fan here (from back in the Johnny Unitas days) Just watching if anyone else is - join in.

NEW YORK (AP)—Andy Pettitte and the New York Yankees wrapped up the AL East title and home-field advantage throughout the postseason with a neat bow, beating the Boston Red Sox 4-2 Sunday for their 100th win of the year. Hideki Matsui’s go-ahead single in the sixth inning energized the damp fans and put them on notice that a party was coming. The first real celebration at the new Yankee Stadium began with a most familiar scene—Mariano Rivera(notes) on the mound, closing out another clinching victory.

The most lasting image of Matt Holliday remains a winning experience, his face-plant slide scoring the deciding run in the Colorado Rockies' playoff win over the San Diego Padres to reach the 2007 postseason. The most recent image, developed in the 22 months since, is of a player constantly exposed to "learning experiences." Those experiences include the Rockies' hard fall after reaching the '07 World Series, his refusal to accept a four-year, $72 million extension and a curious subsequent trade to a small-market American League team that flipped him to St. Louis as part of the Oakland A's latest reinvention....

On Today's Show... July 15, 2009   This President Throws Like a Girl  (Rush 24/7 Members:  Listen) He may be an athletic supporter, but that pitch didn't make it over the plate. It just didn't. » Video:  Obama Pitches It » Video:  George W. Bush Throws a Strike Just After 9/11 » S&L: Fox Hides Fact Obama Throws Like Girl » Andy McCarthy:  Meet Me in St. Booie!   Obama called Comiskey Park "Cominsky Field." Must be 'cause he was raised by communists.   State-Run Media Reports Limbaugh Effect on Sonia Sotomayor Hearings   "If I were advising these Senators like the press...

Stan Musial, the greatest Cardinal of them all, met up with Albert Pujols, the greatest Cardinal of now and perhaps of a very long time, for an All-Star photo session one day recently. Between the photo clicks, the picture that emerged was one of two St. Louis baseball icons from different eras with an admiration for each other. They traded tips on hitting, joked about their salaries and golf games and showed appreciation for a baseball bat as only two sluggers of their stature could. Musial, who appeared in 24 All-Star Games and is expected to play a key role...

A panel of theological consultors agreed unanimously that the inexplicable healing of an American man who was "bent double" by a severe spinal disorder came as a result of praying to Newman for a miracle, according to sources. Their decision was the final hurdle before Pope Benedict XVI can declare him "Blessed". snip... A panel of medical experts had earlier concluded there was no scientific explanation for the healing.

Washington D.C., Mar 17, 2009 / 02:34 pm (CNA).- Cardinal Francis George has issued a video message asking Catholics to tell the Obama Administration to retain a conscience protection rule for pro-life health care workers. Its preservation is vital to keep the government from “moving our country from democracy to despotism,” he said. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regulation, implemented in the final months of the George W. Bush presidency, made explicit the existing legal protections for medical workers and institutions who object to cooperating in abortions. On Feb. 27, the White House’s Office of Management...

USCCB News Release 09-052 March 9, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Executive Order on Embryonic Stem Cells 'A Sad Victory of Politics over Science and Ethics,' Says Cardinal Rigali WASHINGTON—Cardinal Justin Rigali, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities, today called President Obama's executive order on embryonic stem cell research "a sad victory of politics over science and ethics." Under the order, for the first time in U.S. history, federal tax dollars will be used to encourage researchers to destroy live human embryos for stem cell research. Cardinal Rigali also cited a January 16 letter in...

Tuesday March 10, 2009 Christians Falling under Global Campaign of "Bullying and Intimidation": Cardinal at Oxford Warns modern secularist liberalism now "has strong totalitarian tendencies" By Hilary WhiteOXFORD, March 10, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - There is a growing culture of suppression among secularist governments that is using the doctrine of "tolerance and diversity" to push Christians entirely out of public life, Australia's Cardinal Pell told an audience at Oxford University this weekend. The Australian cardinal said during an address at the university that human rights and anti-discrimination legislation is being used as a weapon against Christians and Christian opinion in...

http://www.zenit.org/article-25211?l=english ZE09022605 - 2009-02-26Permalink: http://www.zenit.org/article-25211?l=englishCardinal Sees Long Road Ahead With Greek Orthodox Unity-Council Leader Says Everything Can't be Resolved in 1 Day VATICAN CITY, FEB. 26, 2009 (Zenit.org).- The cardinal in charge of Vatican efforts to seek Christian unity expressed satisfaction at a meeting with a Greek Orthodox leader, even though he recognized that the path to full unity with that Church is still long. Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, expressed this to Vatican Radio after his visit this week to Ieronymos II, leader of the Greek Orthodox Church. The cardinal and archbishop...

Pope expresses his ‘great sadness’ at death of Vietnamese cardinal Cardinal Paul Joseph Pham Dinh Tung Vatican City, Feb 23, 2009 / 11:13 am (CNA).- The retired archbishop of Hanoi, Cardinal Paul Joseph Pham Dinh Tung, who endured years of house arrest under the Vietnamese Communist regime, passed away on Saturday at the age of 89.Cardinal Tung was born on June 15, 1919 in Bình-Hòa, Vietnam. At the age of 29 he was ordained to the priesthood and was made the Bishop of Bac Ninh on April 5, 1963. On March 23, 1994 he became the archbishop of Hanoi, a...

IN the hushed Apostolic Palace off St Peter’s Square, Pope Benedict XVI starts the day with a 7am mass in his private chapel, followed by a lone breakfast. No press summary is brought to him. He meets a few visitors in the morning and then, after a lunch served on gold-rimmed plates bearing his seal, retires to his study to write speeches and read theological works throughout the afternoon and evening.