If you are or have been a regular reader of many of the fine Cardinal blogs across the Internet, you are likely aware that as members of the United Cardinal Bloggers, we regularly engage in different projects as part of that group. You’ll usually find links to all the blogs participating over at the official [...]
This week’s WAR Graph is very flattering to a current Cardinal, not so much to former. Matt Carpenter, of course, is a second baseman of necessity, not by trade – as was a predecessor. It seems safe to say at this stage that Matt’s taken to it a bit better than the previous player to [...]
You’d think a team that’s been around since 1892 would’ve done just about all there is to do in baseball. You’d be wrong. For all the NL pennants, World Championships, ROY awards, no-hitters and the like, there are still ways for the Cardinals to make baseball history. Personally, I’d like to see them check “perfect [...]
I won’t stay on my soapbox long but do need to give my two cents on All-Star season. It recently came to my attention that fans can vote for the Triple-A starters until midnight today. It is a fine idea in theory but flawed due to one good problem. Look at examples A) Jurickson Profar, [...]
In the fourth inning, Matt Carpenter came up with the bases loaded and the Cards already up 3-0. He drove a pitch to right-center that a diving Justin Maxwell was unable to come up with, clearing the bases with a triple. With that one swing, the Cardinals scored as many runs as they had in [...]
