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Dave Duncan May Be Done in St. Louis After 2009

Tony La Russa and his pitching coach Dave Duncan go together, as the saying goes, like peas and carrots. They've been coaching together since 1985, when Duncan joined La Russa's staff with the White Sox. Since then, they've jointly moved to Oakland and then St. Louis, with Duncan's strong pitching staffs anchoring La...

Tony LaRussa Wants Some Help

With both the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs adding top of the rotation pitchers this week, it made you wonder what, if any, response the St. Louis Cardinals would have. After all, they're sandwiched between both teams right now in the NL Central and are currently atop the Wild Card standings. Well, even so,...

Shelley Duncan Trained With Mark McGwire

I just realized you're probably expecting some sort of punchline with the headline I gave you. Sorry to disappoint, but this is not a joke. The big talk over the weekend in New York -- besides the Yankees offensive outburst that rivaled the scoring by defenses facing Eli Manning -- was Shelley Duncan. The 2001 2nd round...

Chris Duncan Is Learning Defense

There are a couple of enduring images of last October's World Series. There's the Cardinals winning, of course. There's tiny little David Eckstein and his lips wrapped around a bottle of Jose Cuervo, and there's Kenny Rogers' tar stained hand. But there's also Chris Duncan butchering his attempt to play right field most of...

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05/09/12 Was Dave Duncan Overrated as Cardinals Pitching Coach? Source: Bleacher Report For 29 years, Dave Duncan was Tony LaRussa's right-hand man.
05/02/12 Flood control next project for city Source: Kokomo Tribune - Kokomo IN Kokomo city officials signaled Wednesday they're ready to move ahead on stormwater drainage improvements for a section of town hit hard last year by flooding.
04/14/12 Romero bails out Lynn in 6th Source: St Louis Post-Dispatch - St Louis MO Cardinals center fielder Jon Jay smacked his second homer in the last three games today and it was of impressive proportion.
04/14/12 Cards' game to start at 2 p.m. Source: St Louis Post-Dispatch - St Louis MO After a second straight day of nearly a two-hour rain delay, the Cardinals-Chicago Cubs game is scheduled to start at 2 p.m. today at Busch Stadium.
04/14/12 Duncan doesn't think about returning Source: St Louis Post-Dispatch - St Louis MO Cardinals pitching coach Dave Duncan, who is on a leave of absence to care for his wife, Jeanine, said Jeanine Duncan "is responding very well to treatment" for brain cancer."