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How Can Cardinals Salvage Season?

By FanHouse TVFeb 24th 2011 – 2:03PM

The news that Adam Wainwright has suffered a significant elbow injury and will need Tommy John surgery is an enormous blow to the Cardinals. A spring training that started bad with the ending of contract negotiations with Albert Pujols has now gotten way worse in a hurry. There is still an entire season to play, however,...

Adam Wainwright Injury Should Bring 2011 Into Focus for Cardinals

By John HickeyFeb 24th 2011 – 1:22PM

When is really bad news not always completely bad news? In the St. Louis camp, the bad news Thursday was, as expected, that starter Adam Wainwright will need Tommy John surgery -- a ligament replacement procedure to fix up his elbow. The Cardinals' ace won't be pitching at all this season after general manager John...

Adam Wainwright, Cardinals Ace, Needs Tommy John Surgery

By Andrew JohnsonFeb 24th 2011 – 11:42AM

Ace Adam Wainwright will need Tommy John surgery, the Cardinals announced Thursday. The pitcher, who finished second in NL Cy Young voting last year and third in 2009, felt a tug in his right elbow while throwing batting practice on Monday. He returned to St. Louis on Wednesday for examination, and it was there that the...

The Dugout: Cincinnati Reds Spring Training 2011

By Brandon StroudFeb 24th 2011 – 8:00AM

Jonny Gomes of the Cincinnati Reds reportedly celebrated the news of St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright's potentially season-ending elbow injury by wandering around the clubhouse singing an original song about how happy he was for Wainwright's misfortune. Later he denied the story, saying he was "singing a song...

Jonny Gomes Denies Celebrating Adam Wainwright's Injury

By Pat LackeyFeb 23rd 2011 – 9:22PM

When news broke of Adam Wainwright's potentially season-ending elbow injury Wednesday, early reports out of the Reds' camp suggested that the defending NL Central champs were celebrating the injury. The Cardinals figure to be one of the Reds' main challengers in the Central this year, and Wainwright has been one of the...

Adam Wainwright News From the Web

  • 05/23/12 Will winning against losing records be enough? Source: St Louis Post-Dispatch - St Louis MO Say this about the Cardinals being in position to sweep the San Diego Padres with a win tonight at Busch Stadium: they should be.
  • 05/23/12 St. Louis Cardinals: 5 Reasons Why They Can Repeat as... Source: Bleacher Report We all knew coming into the season that the Cardinals' rotation was solid, but who knew that the leader of the squad would be Lance Lynn?
  • 05/23/12 The Lineup: Wainwright wows, Cubs struggling Source: CBSSports.com Brandon Phillips smacked a pair of bombs.
  • 05/23/12 Astros add to Cubs' woes Source: The Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne IN J.D. Martinez hit the go-ahead RBI single in the sixth inning and Jose Altuve had a solo homer to give the Houston Astros a 2-1 win over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night.
  • 05/23/12 MLB roundup: Astros push Cubs' losing streak to eight Source: SaukValley.com J.D. Martinez hit the go-ahead RBI single in the sixth inning and Jose Altuve had a solo homer to give the Houston Astros a 2-1 win over the Chicago Cubs. The loss extends Chicago's losing skid to a season-long eight games.

Background on Adam Wainwright

Adam Parrish Wainwright (born August 30, 1981) is a right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball for the St.

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