As Blogger Day wrapped up at Busch Stadium and the United Cardinal Blogger members celebrated a well played hard fought 5-3 win that earned the home team a split in the Philadelphia series, nothing seemed to be wrong. There were smiles, handshakes, and plenty of chest bumping comments about a solid day of festivities that [...]
In case you haven’t noticed, Allen Craig’s ground ball rate has jumped rather drastically (55% so far this year, compared to 45% last year according to Fangraphs). While we’re still operating in relative small sample size land, it’s still a rather alarming jump, so much so that I wanted to get some historical context. With [...]
A couple of years ago, Bob Netherton and I had a chance to interview Jerry Reuss. I can’t remember exactly how we got the opportunity, but I do remember that we talked so long with Reuss that our time eventually completely cut off. He had plenty of interesting stories to tell us on that day. [...]
