As you know, in the off-season we traded Jason Heyward for Shelby Miller and Jordan Walden. Thought I’d look back at the trade. Walden’s been injured so I’ll disqualify him and focus on Heyward and Miller. I thought at the time it was a good trade. Unlike many others, I was happy with the guy [...]
Meant to write this yesterday, but I never made it to the site, as life got in the way. Happens sometimes. The other day, when a friend of mine used one of those services that allows you to bet on daily games for a small amount, he asked me for advice, as he’s done for [...]
Been kind of a depressing week in the world of Cardinals Baseball this week. First was the whole hacking scandal, which I won’t get into as I’m sure it’s been talked about way too much already, and will be rubbed in our faces by every Cubs/Pirates/Reds/Brewers fan on the face of this earth I’m sure, [...]
This weekend we have guests from out of town, the Kansas City Royals. In the past, the Royals were more court jesters than royalty, but that all ended last year, with a deep run all the way to game seven of the World Series. The Royals, so far, are proving last year was not a [...]
Ugh. These last two games in Denver haven’t been fun. First up was an 11-3 shellacking. Denver was firing on all cylinders, led by Troy Tulowitzki, who had a 3 run homer, and David Hale, who pitched seven innings and giving up three runs in a place where giving up three runs is almost the [...]
If you recall, way back at the beginning of the season, I did a season preview podcast with my good friend Dan Buffa. Towards the end of the show I asked Dan which non-Cardinal he’d want to watch play, be it on TV or in person. He responded, and rightfully so, with Mike Stanton. Stanton’s [...]
If you’re a UCB regular, you know what the progressive game blog is. If not and you haven’t read the previous three innings, I’ll give you a brief reminder: Basically, a bunch of members of the aforementioned UCB (United Cardinals Bloggers get together and blog a game inning by inning, which each blogger getting one [...]
Good morning all, I hope your morning is going well. Usually, when you describe something as a “three headed monster” you’re describing something dangerous, something that’ll worry people. Well, with Jon Jay coming back here soon, we’ll have a three headed logjam at center field, and I’m not sure three headed monster is the correct [...]
I’ve done this type of post before, so I figured the date would help. Anyways, good morning. Things on my mind: I already felt this years Cardinals team was special, but I’m supposed to feel that way. It’s my team, one that I grew up with back in St. Louis. I’m a Cards homer. Remove [...]
Morning all, thought I’d surprise you guys with a post two days in a row. Haven’t done that in a while. Every baseball season has moments where somebody on each team does something small that inspires a big reaction, whether it’s a smile, a curse at the screen, or whatever. The point is, it doesn’t [...]
This is the tale of two players, one in the AL and one in the NL. One is a star, one looks he is on his way to becoming one. Other than playing the same position, they don’t have much in common, as their styles, for the most part, are very different. Player A plays [...]
According to Bernie, due to our recent roster attrition in the pitching staff (IE the loss of Adam Wainwright), many fans are clamoring for the Cards to go out and get Cole Hamels. Bernie seems to disagree with the idea, saying that other teams have more to offer, and trading somebody like Kolten Wong to [...]
