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 [...]
Ever have a moment, when you’re watching a team play, when you have the following thought: “We might have something special here.”? I’m afriad to say this, of course, because I might jinx it, but I had that thought this weekend, after three straight extra inning wins in our sweep over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Three [...]
Last weekend I went to a gathering of UCB Bloggers. I’d never expected to go, as it was during the school year, and my flight back would be during a day of testing, which is usually not a day we’re not permitted to leave work early, let alone take the day off. Yet I got [...]
Good Morning folks, hope everyone is having a good Wednesday. I was perusing Bernie’s column today when I came across a disturbing paragraph: “For the STL offense, that makes 50 stranded runners and a .220 batting average with runners in scoring position through the first six games. Minus their seven-run eruption Sunday in Cincinnati, the [...]
Just thought I’d give some brief thoughts on both the Cards and baseball and general. This type of post will probably be my regular style of posting for a while as I work on coming up with some player specific and team specific ideas. You’ve been warned. ;) Matt Adams Nice to see Matt Adams [...]
The Cardinals: The Cards did a great job in their win. The offense generated all the runs it needed to, putting three on the board. This was more than plenty for Adam Wainwright and the bullpen crew, as they combined for a shutout. Much was made of the fact that the Cubs stranded 13 runners. [...]
Sorry this is late, last few days have been busier than anticipated. Oh, and Happy Easter to all! Let’s do this one from last to first. 5) Milwaukee The Brewers have some good players, in Carlos Gomez, Ryan Braun and Jonathan Lucroy (who I think is overrated, but that’s a post for another day.) Their [...]
My predictions here will probably be pretty boring as they’re porbably going with the consesus. I’m going to stick with just analyzing the teams I think will make the playoffs. NL West: Winner – Los Angeles Dodgers: I think the West is pretty much the Dodgers to lose. The have a solid offense led by [...]
Sorry I’m a day late on this. I’ll probably do a combo of two of the NL divisions(West and East) tomorrow. American League West Division Champs: Seattle: I love Seattle’s pitching, and they added another bat in Nelson Cruz. I doubt Cruz can repeat his performance last year, be’ll still hit his share of home [...]
I think, as the season approaches, it’s time to step back from all of the debates and hyper-criticism. It seems to me, many people, myself included have gotten caught up in all of the various debates, both within their favorite teams (Who should be the Cardinals 5th starter, Ty Kelly should make the team, etc) [...]
I love doing these time warp posts, to go back and find a player that fits a specific short term need and are thus relatively inexpensive, which eliminates a lot of the obvious candidates, thus allowing me to find hidden gems in Cardinals history. Today we’ll flash back to last season: Yadier Molina got hurt [...]
My recent round table discussion has gotten me thinking about our GM, John Mozeliak. Mo has been around for a while now, but I think he tends to get overshadowed by the more well known names in the game like Theo Epstein, Andrew Freidman, and of course, Billy Beane. His teams, however, have made the [...]
