Hollywood Bound (Sort of): Pujols Heading to Angels
In a move pretty much nobody expected, Albert Pujol$ is set to sign with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for a ten-year deal worth between $250-260 million total. The deal reportedly includes a full no-trade clause. Right now I think pretty much all of St. Louis is in shock, and from the reactions of […]
Steve Kelley Reviews ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1’
I told myself the last time that I wouldn’t see the next film in the Twilight series. I’m a recidivist. Back by popular demand, because the first three films made an obscene amount of money for promoting perhaps the most unreasonable love triangle in history, the fourth installment of the series comes as a welcome […]
Thoughts on Tony La Russa, Retirement From St. Louis Cardinals
It was about when I turned eight or nine that I really started to pay attention to the Cardinals and Major League baseball. Ozzie Smith was my baseball idol; I grew up playing shortstop, always wearing the number 1. He was pretty much at the end of his career by the time I really started paying […]
Tony La Russa Announces Retirement As St. Louis Cardinals Manager After 16 Seasons
At a press conference called by the St. Louis Cardinals this morning, manager Tony La Russa announced his retirement after 33 years of managing in the major leagues. The last 16 years were spent with the St. Louis Cardinals, during which time he amassed a record of 1408-1182 during the regular season. The Cardinals also […]
Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can’t Lose: St. Louis Cardinals Win World Series
Sorry, Friday Night Lights. I’m borrowing your line. People tend to overuse superlatives to the point that they become hyperbole. Greatest ever. Best ever. Most incredible. Blah blah blah. The problem is, I don’t know how else to describe the last two months of baseball. When the Cardinals woke up on August 25, they had […]
St. Louis Cardinals Win World Series Game 6. Ten Down, One to Go.
There comes a point in time where words are simply insufficient. There are things in nature you just can’t describe. How do you describe something’s color? With another color. Well, how do you describe that color? And so on. This game started off with the makings of possibly the worst, least climactic World Series clincher […]
Why They Play the Game
With the loss of Adam Wainwright before spring training even got fully underway, most pundits decided to write the St. Louis Cardinals off. It is, after all, pretty tough to win anything when you lose your ace, let alone a 20-game winner who’s placed in the top 3 of the Cy Young voting the last […]
St. Louis Cardinals Win NLCS, Enter World Series. Four More to Go.
It has to start somewhere. Believe it or not, we owe a few members of the Milwaukee Brewers organization thanks. Thanks, Prince Fielder, for hitting the game-winning home run in the All Star game to give us home field advantage. Thanks, Ron Roenicke, for continuing to pitch to David Freese, even though he was absolutely […]
Game 5. ‘Nuff Said.
Time to dispense with the furry little rally squirrel. (The Cardinals were 1-1 when he appeared, anyway.) We need this team to be in full out beast mode tonight. Let’s hope Chris Carpenter has 3-4 more good starts left in his arm this season. If so, tonight could be a game for the ages. These […]
Movie Review: ‘Real Steel’ Starring High Jackman, Evangeline Lilly
Movies aimed towards a male audience tend to have one or two specific plotlines or point of appeal intended to cater to a specific emotion of the audience. Field of Dreams focused on a father-son relationship. Rocky showed the triumph of the human spirit and the ability of the underdog to overcome incredible odds. Transformers had giant […]
