With nothing else to do, let’s do a little group thinking, shall we? When the Cardinals lost Lance Lynn for the year due to Tommy John surgery, they eventually picked up Mike Leake to fill that void. However, few of us immediately slotted Leake into Lynn’s spot in the rotation. Lynn was set up as [...]
When the 2011 season started, this blog was 3 1/2 years old and had never actually covered a championship season. That changed during a dramatic season and historic postseason. Now that the fifth anniversary of that run is upon us, I’m going to rerun some posts to relive that run as it happened. I don’t [...]
There are times in the offseason where it seems like there’s just nothing going on, that there’s barely any news, that everything has been hashed and rehashed plenty of times. Then there are times like the last couple of weeks, when you wish for that much. If you caught me on Gateway this weekend, you [...]
I know, it’s been slow around here, but those winter doldrums are just hard to kick. It’s tough to convince yourself to get out of a warm bed well before dawn to sit down and write about….well, not much of anything. You’ve had the various podcasts to tide you over, I hope, and I do [...]
If it’s almost time for spring training, that means I’m sitting down to chat with Jamie Pogue, bullpen catcher for the Cardinals. It’s a wide-ranging talk as we discuss the great pitching from last year, what this bullpen might look like in 2016, and whether there’s more focus on the Cubs than before. Give it [...]
This really isn’t the way I wanted to start off my 2016 posting, but since it’s the first thing that’s really been worth writing about in the new year, you take what you get. On Friday, former Cardinal scouting director Chris Correa pleaded guilty to his role in the hacking of the Houston Astros database. [...]
It’s been quiet of late, but there’s no doubt that 2015 had its share of newsworthy moments. Every season has its plotlines, its notable occurrences, but this year will be memorable for a number of different reasons. There were enough of these that started with the same letter (if I stretched) that I figured I’d [...]
Anyone that has read me, followed me on Twitter, or actually exchanged more than a handful of words with me knows that I’m a huge fan of Star Wars. Unsurprisingly, this passion has occasionally mingled in with the love of the Cardinals. In the 8 1/2 years that I’ve been writing, I’ve had seven [...]
In 2010, 2011, and 2012, I adapted the classic A Christmas Carol to the Cardinal front office, most specifically John Mozeliak. With the way this offseason is going, it seemed like it might be time for the ghosts to make a return. “Merry Christmas, Mr. Mozeliak.” John Mozeliak, the general manager of the St. Louis [...]
I’ve discussed Jason Heyward’s decision on Best Dans in Baseball and had a good old-fashioned rant fest with Tara on Gateway to Baseball Heaven last night*. Much of this post may be a recap of those two shows, but I’ll put it down here so I can work through a few other things as well. *Last [...]
No financial details yet, and it’s not the free agent we’ve been waiting for, but Tom Ackerman of KMOX is reporting Jonathan Broxton has signed a two-year deal to return to St. Louis.
Multiple sources are reporting that the Cardinals have acquired Jedd Gyorko from the Padres for Jon Jay. Gyorko hit .247/.297/.347 last year but had 16 HR in 128 games and can play 2B and SS.
