I like Mike Matheny, I really do. He seems like a good man, I appreciate his openness about his faith, he’s obviously got the respect of at least a good portion of the team and you can’t argue too much with the results of the past couple of years. While he’s still got room to [...]
Yesterday, we pointed out that Peter Bourjos had good numbers against Aaron Harang and probably would get the start last night, giving him an opportunity to try to do something to get out of the purgatory that he’s currently in. There’s no doubt that he took advantage. Bourjos went 2-4 with a run and an [...]
A lot of people enjoy a few games at Wrigley Field. They are often day games, so you get the sun. You’ve got the old-timey ballpark. In general, if you don’t care about the play on the field, you could have an enjoyable time there. (Full disclosure: never been to Chicago, so I’m just going [...]
Today is May the Fourth, which has been appropriated in geek culture as “Star Wars Day”, due to the general saying of the Jedi. If you don’t understand why May the Fourth was chosen, it’s likely you’ll want to back slowly out of this post. Assuming you can catch that basic reference, though, you’ll feel [...]
The St. Louis Cardinals scored nine runs yesterday. They hit two home runs in the process. I believe local schools are closed today to celebrate the historic nature of this achievement in relation to what the 2014 squad has accomplished this year. That’s not fair, though. The Cardinals have had a few other games this [...]
Jim Edmonds, Willie McGee, Mike Shannon and Marty Marion join the inaugural Cardinal HOF class this summer.
The comparisons between Monday’s game and Tuesday’s game for the Cardinals are pretty chilling and not at all fun to revisit. Both games they got up 3-0, both games they let the Brewers back in the game, both games they lost in the 11th inning. When we talk about consistency, this is not what we [...]
With Michael Wacha on the mound and a three run lead in the seventh, you wouldn’t think you’d be talking about extra innings this morning, much less a late night loss. With two righthanded center fielders sitting on the bench, you wouldn’t think we’d be talking about how Jon Jay did against a lefty reliever. [...]
There’s a lot to get to. Four games to cover and a late-night move by John Mozeliak that is, in part, the reason I’m yawning this morning. We’ll get to all of that in a bit. First, though, most of you know that I’m from Arkansas. In fact, I’m about 60 miles northwest of Mayflower [...]
Greg Garcia, Randal Grichuk up, Shane Robinson, Kolten Wong down. More in the morning.
Michael Wacha struck out 10 batters in four innings last night, including the first nine outs he recorded. It’s pretty indicative of how this season has gone when that is a footnote to how the game wound up. It was a performance we’ve not seen out of Wacha in a long time for many reasons. First, [...]
The best medicine for a sputtering, struggling offense? Make sure that only the minimum output is needed. That lately seems to be Adam Wainwright‘s mantra. Wainwright threw another gem last night before leaving with a possible knee injury. That whole “knee injury” thing would take a little higher priority if the man himself hadn’t said [...]
