Whether conveniently, an issue with the medical staff, or somehow a recent development, Trevor Rosenthal has been placed on the DL and Dean Kiekhefer recalled.
Whether conveniently, an issue with the medical staff, or somehow a recent development, Trevor Rosenthal has been placed on the DL and Dean Kiekhefer recalled.
Last week, Carlos Martinez was scheduled to take the mound Tuesday, but rain came and forced a cancellation, creating a doubleheader the next day. Apparently that was such a good idea the Cardinals thought they’d do it again this week. I guess it could have been worse. I mean, if you are playing the God [...]
The Cardinals have brought up veteran pitcher Jerome Williams from Memphis. Mike Mayers was sent down and Jordan Walden was moved to the 60-day DL.
We started this series earlier in the year but let it drop as the season got started. However, this is about the time five years ago that things got interesting, so let’s jump back in the time machine and take a look at what was going on as #11in11 really got started. Treading Water We [...]
Major League Baseball players are a fortunate class. Even the rookie minimum is more than many of us will make in years of work, perhaps even in our entire careers. They have first-class accommodations. They get plenty of attention and exposure, perhaps even respect. I mean, even at my advanced age (an age that ticks [...]
So I know I said that I’d try to do Heroes and Goats while I was gone on my trip to Ohio, but given the fact that I had such limited access and I wasn’t able to do more than see the scores the day after, it seemed better to try to get home, get [...]
A long, long while ago I used to run a contest on a couple of message boards called YNOT. (Full disclosure, the Montreal Expos board on what was then Baseballboards.net and now doesn’t exist did it first, but they let me borrow it.) I did it on the blog a few times as well, though [...]
Now that we are three days into the four-day All-Star Break, I probably should recap the last four games of the first half, shouldn’t I? We’d hate for Heroes and Goats to go unnamed, of course. Thursday (5-1 win vs. Pittsburgh) Hero: Adam Wainwright. There were a few strong offensive performances, but not much is [...]
I think we can officially move Cardinal fandom to Frustration Index Level Rasmus. Fans are advised to avoid Twitter if at all possible and keep World Series DVDs at the ready for a reduction in symptoms.
I really wanted to write an optimistic or at least somewhat happier post today. Between the bullpen and Matt Carpenter‘s oblique, though, there’s really not a lot of joy to be found. Let’s talk about the game first. It looked like things were going to go well for a while. Our Hero is Aledmys Diaz, [...]
I should have written on the Fourth of July. If I’d sat down that morning to write about the Cardinals, I’d have had a much more upbeat post for you. A sweep of the Brewers, running their winning streak against National League teams to 11. The Cubs had struggled over the weekend, and while we [...]
The Cardinals have lost seven in a row at Busch Stadium for the first time since 1983. They have split their last 20 games. What’s the culprit? Perhaps the fact that they have to deal with a kitschy novelty and see teams that have no relevance to their division or wild card race. All seven [...]
