You Can’t Spell Ryan Franklin Without “Fail”
I think Tony La Russa and Ryan Franklin have a contract with electronics superstores. Seems like every time Tony puts him in to pitch, an inordinate amount of televisions end up with remotes getting thrown through them. First, though…what a difference a week makes. After last Saturday, the Cardinals were in desolate shape, dropping to […]
Week 1 And Other Thoughts
Hey all, sorry I never got around to finishing my 2011 preview. This spring, I took the job of head coach for an Atom 2 (9 and under) baseball team, so it’s been a bit of a second job working with them. I’ll try to post as often as I can, but until the end […]
Feeley Hurt, Rams Fans Rejoice
Ok, the headline’s a bit apocryphal. I hope, anyway. Playing in what looked to be a monsoon, the Rams gutted out a 19-17 win at Cleveland. It certainly wasn’t the prettiest win, and it was a pre-season game, but hey, any port in a storm. Thoughts on the game: – A.J. Feeley isn’t ready to […]
Halfway Home: The St. Louis Cardinals at the All-Star Break
With the All-Star game tonight marking the slightly-over-halfway point of the season, it’s a good time to look over how the Cardinals have done thus far. At 47-41, it’s safe to say thus far the results have been a little underwhelming. Like me with my women, the Cardinals started off strong before they faltered and […]
Baseball Thoughts
There are two major issues I want to address, neither of them relating to the Cardinals. I am, however, a man of the people, so I will address the nice little series win the Cardinals wrapped up last night. Chris Carpenter once again pitched a terrific game, going eight strong innings and giving up just […]
Halcyon Days
I hope you folks are enjoying this stretch of Cardinals baseball. For the first two months of the season, the pitching carried the team while the defense and offense sorta straggled along. I said at the beginning of the season, if we can get the lineup going, we’ll have one of the best in baseball. […]
A Bad Luck Charm?
So far, the Cardinals have lost five home games. So far, I’ve been at four of them. Perhaps the Cardinals should pay me to stay away at this point. Went to the game Tuesday night with my ever-lovely friend Liz, but we had to leave after seven because I had to bartend. We managed to […]
How to See 12.5 Hours of Baseball in Two Games
Thus far, I’ve been to two Cardinals games this spring/summer. Thus far, I’ve been at Busch Stadium a grand total of twelve and a half hours. Thus far, I’ve been to two of the Cardinals’ three home losses. The first game was of course the 20 inning marathon. Still had a great time due to […]
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 […]
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 […]
