Day 42: Winter, and the death of all signs of baseball So much activity has taken place so far this offseason! It’s the hottest hot stove I can remember, with a sizable news story or two (or more!) seemingly breaking each day. From big free agent signings like the Cano deal to blockbuster trades like [...]
John Mozeliak is a pragmatist. For as pallid as pragmatism can be, it’s a highly coveted trait for a baseball executive. At least it should be. No team owner wants to wake up to find his GM made a franchise altering trade or signing based on a gut feeling or a moment of enlightenment found [...]
Cardinals All-Time Winningest Manager Oversaw One of the Team’s Greatest Eras Orlando, December 9, 2013 – St. Louis Cardinals team Chairman William DeWitt Jr. and Cardinals Sr. VP & General Manager John Mozeliak this morning congratulated Tony La Russa on being selected for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Hall of Fame Expansion Era [...]
It’s been a little quiet in the last week. Well, in Cardinal country, that is. The rest of baseball is awash in mega-millions deals, trades being made, and rumors flying like snowflakes. However, with John Mozeliak doing most of his shopping early, there’s not much to discuss around the St. Louis hot stove. So, with [...]
If I’m going to write a post on
Edward Mujica , I guess I’d better write one on
Carlos Beltran as well. Carlos took some of the sting out of losing
Albert Pujols to the Angels. As time went on, he took all of it. Pujols has not (yet) returned to being the fearsome hitter he was in St Louis. His [...]
One of the reasons St Louis made it to the post-season has moved on. Edward Mujica. Ed went from seventh inning guy, to closer, to 25th man on a 25-man roster, all in the same year. When Jason Motte went down, a window opened for someone to step into the closer role. Many thought it [...]
Mike Claiborne and Chris Hrabe provide in-depth coverage of offseason moves on KMOX and Cardinals Radio Network ST. LOUIS, Mo. (December 4, 2013) – For a fourth year, The Cardinals Hot Stove League Show returns to 1120 KMOX and select Cardinals Radio Network affiliates with broadcaster Mike Claiborne and new co-host Chris Hrabe providing in-depth coverage of offseason [...]
Cardinals Hot Stove Report, a weekly look at offseason moves around the Cardinals and throughout baseball, debuts Wednesday, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. CT on FOX Sports Midwest. Jim Hayes and Rick Horton host the first episode, which features an interview with Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak. He discusses the newest Cardinals, who he believes will [...]
Variety of five and ten-game packs available for as low as $79 ST. LOUIS, Mo. (December 3, 2013) – Cardinals ticket sales for the 2014 season begin this Friday, December 6th at 10 a.m. CT. Fans can purchase All-Inclusive tickets or choose from a variety of five and ten-game ticket packs centered around popular promotional items and key [...]
Day 34: More than a month in, things are moving at a brisk pace Well, it’s been over a month now, and I’m still getting settled in to this “new normal”. Fortunately, there’s really not been much of a shortage for baseball-related news. There were the awards, and though often things will slow down [...]
Last night was the first big deadline of the post-Thanksgiving baseball landscape, as those players arbitration-eligible had to be tendered a contract by midnight. There were four such players on the Cardinal roster and
Peter Bourjos (obviously, be silly to deal for him and then non-tender),
Daniel Descalso and
Jon Jay received contract offers.
John Axford was not so lucky . This wasn’t any sort of surprise [...]
If you are like me, you are big on the Cardinal t-shirts. Your closet looks like someone hit a vein over your clothes. It’s not “should I wear a Cards shirt” but rather “which Cards shirt should I wear”. The shirts, jerseys and so on define your look, especially when the heat of summer is [...]
It’s become almost a tradition in this space (wherever this space might be) to take a look at Thanksgiving from the perspective of a Cardinal fan. (See
2012 ,
2008 , and
2007 .) While a number of the items are the same on every list, that’s to be expected. For instance, most of us are thankful for [...]
This is going to seem like a follow-up to
this morning’s post , and it’s really only partially (if at all) that. It’s as much about illustrating
Jhonny Peralta as likely the best option, at least in the short-term – and if past performance is any indicator of future success (it’s not). Two of the typically three graphs tell the [...]
Much has been made in the last four or five days of the outrage of baseball players, media, and some fans about the Cardinals’ free-agent signing of shortstop
Jhonny Peralta . In fact, the issue has some media members in such a tizzy that they’ve been unable to spell moral correctly (or maybe they just mis-remembered what [...]
Last year, I spent the time immediately after the season examining each player that had made an appearance in St. Louis during the season. This series was well received and so I’m bringing this idea back for the 2013 offseason. More summaries than anything, I imagine the player coming into
Mike Matheny ‘s (well, in this case, [...]
Last year, I spent the time immediately after the season examining each player that had made an appearance in St. Louis during the season. This series was well received and so I’m bringing this idea back for the 2013 offseason. More summaries than anything, I imagine the player coming into
Mike Matheny ‘s office (well, in this [...]
Fan Travel Packages To Jupiter, Florida and Newly-Added Orlando Are Now Available ST. LOUIS, Mo. (November 25, 2013) – The St. Louis Cardinals are once again in 2014 offering exclusive travel packages through Cardinals Vacations that allow fans to experience Spring Training in Jupiter, Florida, and new this year, Orlando. Packages include hard-to-get game tickets, choice [...]
Last year, I spent the time immediately after the season examining each player that had made an appearance in St. Louis during the season. This series was well received and so I’m bringing this idea back for the 2013 offseason. More summaries than anything, I imagine the player coming into
Mike Matheny ‘s office and having a [...]
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