A couple of years ago, Bob Netherton and I had a chance to interview Jerry Reuss. I can’t remember exactly how we got the opportunity, but I do remember that we talked so long with Reuss that our time eventually completely cut off. He had plenty of interesting stories to tell us on that day. [...]
The old gray mare ain’t what he used to be, but he’s still got a powerful kick if you stand in the wrong spot. I guess that’s not entirely fair. Ryan Howard is probably playing at the level that he’s played at the last few years as he’s dealt with the issues around that Achilles rupture [...]
It’s rough being a Cardinals fan today. Sure, they’ve won five of six. Sure, they are second in the division and are just 2.5 games behind the leader. Still, yesterday was such an embarrassment, it might take a while to live it down. It’s not that Bartolo Colon pitched well and shut down the bats. [...]
The St. Louis Cardinals have won eight of their last nine. They are just 3.5 games out of the divisional lead. (I was sure it was 2.5 since Arizona had a nice lead on the Brewers when I went to bed. Way to go, Diamondbacks.) And yet, they aren’t even the best team in their [...]
It seems like a good time to remind folks that, yes, there is a promotion when the St. Louis Cardinals score six runs or more in a game. You’d have been forgiven if you’d forgotten that, given the way the team has gone this season. Since the beginning of May, the Cardinals have reached the [...]
Big City. Big Country. Big Mayo. There’s a reason we call Matt Adams Big Fill-In-The-Blank on this blog. There are so many nicknames floating around for him, all based on the idea that he’s a big guy. On a weekend where we lost a pop culture legend, though, it seems appropriate to reach back into [...]
“Jaime Garcia can’t pitch on the road.” We’ve all said it at one time or another. We’ve complained he’s a creature of habit, that he just can’t adjust to different routines. He needs the home cooking, he needs to be under the Arch. It’s a fairly accepted part of Cardinal discussion, I think. Given that [...]
I was listening a bit to the KMOX pregame show last night and heard John Rooney and Rick Horton mention that it’s been a “very good road trip”. I thought to myself, “Guys, let’s not get carried away.” Sure, with a win it’s a good time away from Busch, but a loss would have them [...]
The St. Louis Cardinals seem determined to hit every point on the spectrum. Just a little over a week since they were shut out in back-to-back games, they’ve now put together three straight shutouts. It’s a good thing, too, because last night they needed every scoreless frame. Even though Jake Odorizzi has been traded twice and [...]
At times, you’d think baseball is a contrary child. Just when you have it all figured out, just when you know what’s going to happen, baseball goes and takes a sharp turn to throw you off. Going into this weekend, the numbers looked dismal for the St. Louis Cardinals. Their offense was sputtering and their [...]
Through all of these rough times over the last couple of weeks, one constant has really been Michael Wacha. He’s been the security blanket, the knowledge that even if the Cards didn’t win the game, it wasn’t going to be his fault. Twice he’s thrown scoreless outings and the one time he allowed three runs [...]
Darned if you do, darned if you don’t. That was pretty much the scenario that Cardinals manager Mike Matheny found himself in when the ninth inning rolled around last night. Consider the options he had with Adam Wainwright on the mound, with 104 pitches and eight scoreless innings under his belt: A) He could send Wainwright [...]
