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Corey Noles, staff writer for The Daily Statesman and Editor of The North Stoddard Countian, is the author of a regular baseball/St. Louis Cardinals column and also uses his blog to sound off on various happenings in sports. He also operates a weekly baseball mailbag column.
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Youth will have to show maturity for Cardinals to weather Wacha/Garcia loss
Posted Sunday, June 22, 2014, at 9:35 PM26By COREY NOLES #450458618 / gettyimages.com... -
Wainwright to make his Saturday start
Posted Wednesday, June 18, 2014, at 3:23 PMBy COREY NOLES #450627708 / gettyimages.com... -
Holliday's 1,000th RBI is the sign of a career of consistency
Posted Tuesday, June 17, 2014, at 3:14 PMBy COREY NOLES #450673168 / gettyimages.com... -
MLB needs to drop the circus, do instant replay the right way
Posted Wednesday, June 11, 2014, at 10:28 PMBy COREY NOLES #493181551 / gettyimages.com... -
Oscar Taveras may be heading to St. Louis, but here are 5 things he is not...
Posted Friday, May 30, 2014, at 10:12 PM#474632757 / gettyimages.com... -
Why any fan of baseball should be a Derek Jeter fan
Posted Thursday, May 29, 2014, at 4:27 PM#494088799 / gettyimages.com... -
Bob Gibson wasn't as plunk-happy as some believe
Posted Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at 3:41 PM#186057036 / gettyimages.com... -
Stark's "Wild Pitches" captures the human essence through baseball
Posted Thursday, May 22, 2014, at 10:41 AMBy COREY NOLES Many baseball-related books come across my desk over the course of a year. Some of them are good, but get brushed aside for whatever reason--usually because I forgot about them. The newest effort from Jayson Stark, longtime baseball writer for ESPN, got my attention in a hurry. Whether that was due to baseball reasons or the classic endorsement of Jon Hamm on the back cover is beside the point... -
Matheny's "grind" approach came at the right time
Posted Tuesday, May 20, 2014, at 8:54 PMBy COREY NOLES #491576887 / gettyimages.com... -
Kolten Wong feels like he has something to prove after slow start
Posted Thursday, May 15, 2014, at 9:08 PMBy COREY NOLES #485120175 / gettyimages.com... -
Peralta's bat comes to life--and few notice
Posted Tuesday, May 6, 2014, at 8:56 AM2By COREY NOLES #487982059 / gettyimages.com... -
Why it's time for Oscar Taveras
Posted Monday, May 5, 2014, at 10:06 AMBy COREY NOLES #474632757 / gettyimages.com... -
Why the designated hitter is killing the National League
Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2014, at 10:05 AM2By COREY NOLES... -
Grichuk may be the real prize in the David Freese deal
Posted Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at 8:54 AMBy COREY NOLES... -
Cardinal hurlers see Wainwright as an able leader
Posted Monday, April 28, 2014, at 10:16 AMBy COREY NOLES... -
Cardinals keeping offensive struggles in perspective
Posted Sunday, April 27, 2014, at 12:29 PM1By COREY NOLES St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny acknowledges his team's offensive struggles, but he wants it kept in perspective. With Peter Bourjos, Allen Craig, Daniel Descalso, Mark Ellis, Jhonny Peralta and Shane Robinson all batting under .200 on April 27, the concerns are legitimate... -
Thank you, Branch Rickey, for giving the Negro Leagues a chance
Posted Friday, April 25, 2014, at 4:32 PMBy COREY NOLES Baseball has always been a game that reflects the norms of the society in which we live. In no time has that been more true than in the first half of the 20th century. As I began working on the article for the front page of this Weekend's Edition of The Daily Statesman, I learned just how ugly baseball once was... -
Comparing the Cardinals 2014 lineup to the 2011 Championship lineup
Posted Tuesday, April 22, 2014, at 9:45 PM1By COREY NOLES #130727535 / gettyimages.com... -
Jon Jay called. He wants his job back.
Posted Sunday, April 20, 2014, at 4:51 PM1By COREY NOLES It's funny the difference a little bit of time can back. In 2012, the St. Louis Cardinals centerfielder Jon Jay was on top of the world... -
Stock up, stock down for the Cardinals Top 10 prospects
Posted Thursday, April 17, 2014, at 7:49 AMBy COREY NOLES With minor league baseball heating up across the country, the St. Louis Cardinals 10 best prospects are already back to working their way up the organizational depth charts. From the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds all of the way down to extended spring training in Florida, the Cardinals system is packed with exciting young prospects at all levels of the organization...
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