Brendan Ryan News

I have been mustachiophobic for many years. Where's my razor? Aaron Perlut, chairman of the American Mustache Institute, said Americans have been unnecessarily harsh toward mustached men for many years.

So in case you had not heard, the fellow nerds of baseball prospectus, beyond the box score, fangraphs, and the like really lost their ability to complain about their annual insane individual award vote.

As few mistakes as Adam Wainwright made on the mound in 2009, he made even fewer in the field.

Throughout October and early November, baseball's postseason awards trickled out, a few at a time.

ST. LOUIS Describing himself as "not a rehash guy," Hal McRae on Tuesday admitted disappointment but offered no regrets over his firing as Cardinals hitting coach, a move largely inspired by the hiring of Mark McGwire to the post.

"I can't push this enough," Mark McGwire said addressing his Cardinals' players.A "Steroids help you hit." McGwire, former Home Run King, will return to the St.

No splitting hairs in this contest Cast your vote for the world's best cookie duster.

That's Joe Torre celebrating the utter fail of my prediction last week that the St.

's career was scraping the bottom in August when the Texas Rangers told the temperamental righthander not to let the door hit him in the rear end on his way out.

Good things come in threes for Redbirds Scouting the Cardinals Trio of top starting pitchers and a 3-4-5 punch of Pujols, Holliday and Ludwick are their biggest assets.

Wear out with purpose! Is the Brendan Ryan era over? We congratulate the Dodgers and manager Joe Torre for their impressive wipeout, and Torre warrants praise for winning the duel of future Hall of Fame managers.

BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH INNING Padilla works another 1-2-3 inning. Ludwick grounds to second, Pujols strikes out, Holliday pops to the catcher.

Reporting from St. Louis - Brendan Ryan kept asking silly questions, so his teacher countered with an inquiry of his own: What does any of this have to do with freshman English? After a few weeks, Ryan had become such a distraction that the teacher at Sherman Oaks Notre Dame High assigned one of Ryan's classmates to screen his questions.

Matt Holliday might have cemented his name into postseason lore. Not the Reggie Jackson or Joe Carter kind.

Billy Witz will be providing updates on Game 2 of the Cardinals-Dodgers division series game in Los Angeles.

Louis Cardinals ' playoff opener with his bat sitting idly on his shoulder, thanks to some canny managing by Joe Torre.

St. Louis infielder and former Springfield Cardinal Brendan Ryan is a finalist for the American Mustache Institute's Robert Goulet Memorial Mustache Award.

Two baseball players and hero pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger are among 18 finalists for the American Mustache Institute's top honors.

Brendan Ryan found himself back in St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa's doghouse Saturday.

The NL Central-champion St. Louis Cardinals have stumbled down the stretch and hope to close out the regular season on a positive note, as they wrap up a three-game series Sunday versus the Milwaukee Brewers.