St. Louis Cardinals Thoughts, Broom Edition
The first month of the regular season wraps up tonight with the Cardinals taking on the Cincinnati Communists at Busch. St. Louis wraps up April with no fewer than 15 wins, currently four games ahead of its nearest competitor. Although the outcome isn’t entirely unexpected, the manner in which it was reached has been. When […]
St. Louis Cardinals News – Rasmus = Boss, and Other Insights
Anyone else watching the game last night almost kinda-sorta hoping for a brawl? Obviously, Chris Carpenter getting in a fight and getting suspended/hurt would be quite a bad thing for the team, but I love his bulldog old school mentality. Watching the game, reading his lips after he got hit, I half-expected him to charge […]
Cardinals Weekend Wrap-Up
Well, another weekend’s come and passed, and another Cardinals series win. This habit of winning two out of three isn’t all that bad. I’ll share a few thoughts, as that’s what I get paid to…wait, I don’t get paid. But I’m going to share my thoughts anyway. – Props to Adam “Bulldog” Wainwright for managing […]
Cardinals Thoughts, Post-Marathon
Count me as one of the proud few who stayed for the entire game today. Tonight? Yesterday? All 20 innings and seven freaking hours of it. I’m sure most of you thought it was a crappy game, filled with missed opportunities, mistakes, and scorecard mismanagement by Tony LaRussa. All of the above may be true. […]
St. Louis Cardinals News – Penny for your Thoughts
Har har. I’m such a jokester with the title. Some Cardinals odds and ends from the last few days. Brad Penny looks good This signing was almost an afterthought in the offseason, due to the pressing demand to sign Holliday. But when the Cardinals picked up Penny early in the Hot Stove League, I thought […]
St. Louis Cardinals – A Weekend’s Reflection
Happy Opening Day! If you’re like me, you’re an overweight Asian man who sits alone most nights. Wait, that wasn’t my point. If you’re like me, you’re quite excited for today. The Red Sea is due to invade Busch this afternoon for the first game of the season at 3. One week into the regular […]
Cardinals Thoughts
As I sit here munching on some delicious homemade lasagna courtesy of my friend Elizabeth, I count down the minutes until the first pitch of the game today, scheduled for 12:10 CT. Brad Penny’s set to take on Bronson Arroyo. A few thoughts about the first couple of games. – Colby Rasmus reads my writing, […]
Opening Day – After Action Report
And boom goes the dynamite. 2010 opening day was, on the whole, one of the more interesting opening days in years. No no-hitters or anything like that, just pure, unadulterated, baseball. The Cardinals won their first season opener in four years, winning 11 to 6 over the Reds. Overall, it was a good first win […]
2010 Cardinals Baseball Preview – Relief Pitching
Wrapping up the 2010 preview is relief pitching. Since there’s an abundance of pitchers in the bullpen, I’m just gonna highlight some of the guys who stand out more than the others. Ryan Franklin 2009 stats (from baseballreference.com): 4-3, 1.92 ERA, 44 K, 38 Sv, 1.197 WHIP All Star The man known only as Beard […]
Cards Update – Trade
Apparently, I need to amend one of my previous posts. MLB.com is reporting the Cardinals have traded utility infielder Julio Lugo to the Baltimore Orioles for either a player to be named later or cash considerations. The trade makes a lot of sense for the Cardinals. With the addition of Felipe Lopez, Lugo essentially became […]