Bird Tales

​ Phillies (7-12) vs. Cardinals (12-5) How We Got Here The Philadelphia Phillies come to town still trying to find their footing on the 2015 season. While not expected to be “contenders,” they’re hoping put up more of a fight than their 7-12 record shows. The Cardinals are hobbling back to the safety of Busch [...]

Opening Day is like a microcosm of an emotion-filled baseball season. There are high highs when your squad gets that all-important (at least symbolically) first win. Sometimes, there are low lows when an offseason of hopes and dreams seems to crumble before your eyes (sorry, Cubs fans). Expectations soar, optimism and pessimism are tossed back [...]

Guess what? Everyone hates the Cardinals. …That didn’t take long. It’s no secret that the Redbirds are pretty much the bane of baseball’s existence everywhere but St. Louis. Every season something comes up that gives national writers and opposing teams all the fodder they need to continue feeding the deep-seated distaste. I get it. If [...]

Along with real-life baseball activities, the weeks leading up to Spring Training also bring on a UCB classic — the roundtables! Questions are asked, answers are given, and we like to think we solve all the potential issues for the 2015 Cardinals well before they happen. Something like that, anyway. So after discussing the probabilities [...]

And The Award Goes To…

Ah, awards season. The time of year where the best of the best gather, celebrate their nominations, anxiously await the announcements, only to stumble up the stairs in their black-tie attire, and bumble their way through an acceptance speech written on a now-wrinkled and barely legible napkin note. Wait … we don’t get an awards [...]

Even before John Mozeliak pulled off a four-player deal that brought the Braves’ leadoff hitter and superstar right fielder Jason Heyward to the Cardinals for 2015, there were rumblings that Mike Matheny was considering moving Matt Carpenter down a spot or two in the lineup. Such a move would be an attempt to jump start an offense [...]

Dear Jason and Jordan, Welcome! I know this all happened fast, but sometimes the best things do. I must say, the news of your addition to the Cardinals roster struck like lightening this morning… but then again, what news doesn’t in the age of new media? The reaction has been exceptionally positive for a fan [...]

“Expectation is a funny thing. To have no expectations of someone means they’ve done nothing to excite you about their potential. Do something worth paying attention to, though, and the hopes and dreams of an entire (occasionally overwhelming) fan base drop from the sky and land squarely upon the shoulders of an unsuspecting hopeful. Thus, [...]

The Rematch

This season has been (I know you’re tired of hearing it) a grind. And yet, here we are, ready to watch the Division Champion St. Louis Cardinals take on the Los Angeles Dodgers for the second postseason in a row. Once again, these Dodgers pose an intimidating threat, as they send Clayton Kershaw, Zack Greinke, [...]

A Baseball Kind of Family

Life in the Minor Leagues. It’s a subject that has gained steam as of late, what with the Senne vs. MLB lawsuit making headlines, and Minor Leaguers and Major leaguers alike sharing their struggle to survive the system to get to the Show. It’s a hard knock life for most. Living arrangements are only one [...]

The United Cardinals Blogosphere is made up of an exceptional 40-man (plus!) roster. This month’s project is to craft that into a lineup, a roster, or otherwise. We’re doing a little role playing today, as you’ve seen from others here at the Conclave and around the UCB, and I’ve opted to play Mike Matheny over John [...]

Much Ado About Rosie

For a guy with 36 saves (in 40 opportunities) — good enough for 3rd on the NL Saves Leaders list behind studs like Francisco Rodriguez and Craig Kimbrel — Trevor Rosenthal is sure on the hot seat these days. Based on results, that seems a little harsh. But based on actual performance (and the diminishing [...]

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