Man, I’m getting dizzy. The Cardinals have been on a roller coaster all season long, struggling with inconsistency. Just when it looked like we had found some momentum (thank you Rally Cat!) we follow up our winning streak with a three game losing streak. Fun. (Not really.) Focusing on the positives, one thing I, and others [...]
Hey there folks, it’s been a while. I’m working on trying to get back to be a regular, and this post is a step in that direction. I remember last year when Aledmys Diaz had a slash line of .300/.369/.510 with 17 homers and 65 RBI. Many, including myself, thought he was our shortstop [...]
I watched a recap of the All-Star Game as I had to work, and in that recap the announcer who called Robinson Cano‘s homer yelled “Sweet swingin’ Robbie Cano!” as Cano rounded the bases. Well, earlier in the night, someone else sent a ball flying out of the park, our own Yadier Molina. And this [...]
The Cardinals exist in two realities lately: when they play the Phillies, and when they play everyone else. Going into our first series against the Phightin’ Phils, we had lost 6 in a row, including losing a series to a team that had lost 5 of it’s previous 6 (Cincinnati). We proceeded to sweep the Phils, [...]
The Cards lost seven games in a row (Including the infamous Scooter Gennett game…Dang you Scooter!) and now have won three in a row thanks to a sweep of the Phillies. Ride that roller coaster baby! A few thoughts as I try to catch up on blogging. First, we’re lucky to play in the NL Central. [...]
Nice to see the Cards win last night. (In fact, I was waiting for them to win before making a post. I don’t like grumpy posting.) Last night, Yadier Molina has a sacrifice fly and a homer. The homer extending his hitting streak to 13 games, tied for the longest on the team this season, tying [...]
I thought, as a way to get myself going, I’d take a look at how some players are doing, guys who either struggled last year or missed 2016 entirely. Lance Lynn is one of the latter guys, having missed last season due to surgery. Before the surgery, Lance had emerged as a reliable starter, averaging [...]
I thought, as a way to get myself going, I’d take a look at how some players are doing, guys who either struggled last year or missed 2016 entirely. Mike Leake, who we signed last year after we couldn’t get David Price, is off to a good start. Currently, Leake is 3-1 with a 1.35 ERA, [...]
To be honest, going into the Pirates series, the Cards had kind of sucked. If I were going to use weather phenomena to describe it, I’d use my local one and call it a hurricane. Missouri folks might call it a tornado. (Don’t worry about scale here people. The point is: disaster.) Well, one bright [...]
Will the real Carlos Martinez please stand up? Before I get into the post, I realize I may be overreacting a little, but with the Reyes injury and everyone else’s struggles last year, it should be understandable that Carlos, our ace, will be watched closely. Same with pitcher number two. In his last start, Carlos [...]
Fox sports did an article on this year’s Cy Young Candidates, and there was one notable name missing in my mind: Our boy Carlos Martinez. Here are Carlos’ career stats. The stats show a player on the rise. He had a career-high 5.9 WAR last year, leading the team and making him the Most Valuable Cardinal (MVC) for [...]
As you all know, Yadier Molina is up for an extension, talks about which are going to resume when the season starts. Well, recently, Ken Rosenthal wrote an article about Yadi’s influence on Puerto Rico’s entry into the World Baseball Championship (WBC). Here is the article. According to the article, Yadi has been studying the opposing [...]
