Troy Glaus

The Cardinals are apparently desperate enough for offense that they're looking at bringing up Troy Glaus to play left field or just as a pinch hitter. He still can't throw without pain, so Brendan Ryan would have to sprint out from shortstop to get the ball flipped to him if the ball gets hit to left. This could result in a lot of singles becoming doubles and with the Cards having a ground ball inducing pitching staff, they could lose out on a lot of double plays this way.

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One of the Cardinals major acquisitions before the season, was the swapping of 3rd Basemen with Toronto. At that point in time, Cardinal fans were very skeptical of bringing a guy with career numbers similar to Rolen, as well as having a history of injury, also similar to Rolen. But as the season is now only a month and a half away it is now an appropriate time to look at the numbers as see just how lopsided this trade turned out to be. 

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amon Scruggs, the physician who is said to have illegally prescribed performance enhancing drugs to Troy Glaus and Scott Schoeneweis and perhaps other Major Leagues. It is about time that federal investigators targeted people like Scruggs instead of individual players. If they really want to make any kind of progress in this battle against steroids, they need to start looking at how the players are getting them instead of the fact that they are using them. When it comes to the use of illegal narcotics, the federal government doesn’t waste its time going after individual addicts and recreational users, they attempt to apprehend the dealers and distributors who are the source. So why wouldn’t they focus on that in this case. Who cares who Kirk Radomski or Brian McNamee gave steroids to. I want to know who is supplying them. This might finally be a step in the right direction.

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sn't have to club a three-run homer to win a game, he can rob a guy of a hit and do the same.

Troy Glaus may be a better hitter and with more power, but his defense, reportedly, is suspect.  But it was good the Cardinals could receive a third baseman in the trade.

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