Yesterday was the 25th anniversary of the release of Field of Dreams. I still remember seeing that movie in the theater and how much I enjoyed it. It was the first movie I ever received on VHS, a Christmas present the next year. For the longest time–and, honestly, most likely still today–it along with Casablanca [...]
I hope that you and yours had a wonderful and meaningful Easter weekend. Even aside from the important religious aspects, it was one of the first warm and sunny weekends we’ve seen here in a while and I expect that was the case for you as well. If only the Cardinals had played as nicely [...]
A late craving for Cardinal talk led me to a good chat with our friend Dathan Brooks. No editing, no promos, just a plain old conversation about the Redbirds right here. http://cardinal70.podomatic.com/entry/2014-04-18T21_22_45-07_00
Last year, as part of the regular United Cardinal Bloggers‘ schedule of projects, we discussed who we thought should go into the Cardinal Hall of Fame. It was all theoretical then, though we did foresee a few things, such as all the retired numbers would go straight into the Hall. Also, a good number of [...]
Some nights, four errors by the opposing team are just what you need to win. Some nights, eight runs are crucial to getting the W. Some nights, 14 hits are a big deal.* Those nights don’t have Adam Wainwright on the hill. *Of course, some nights you win the World Series, but that’s not relevant [...]
Joe Kelly hits the DL, Keith Butler walks in Memphis, Jorge Rondon and Eric Fornataro join the club in our nation’s capitol for their first big league exposure, per Mr. Goold.
Usually, as the song says, two out of three ain’t bad. While that’s still a good way to pile up wins and work your way back into the postseason, it’s still good to sweep a club from time to time, especially when you have them down 2-0 in the series. A loss isn’t the end [...]
Yesterday, Fox Sports tweeted out a column by Rob Neyer talking about what the Brewers’ recent nine-game winning streak meant. I didn’t get a chance to actually read the article, but it wasn’t difficult to come up with an answer to that thought. Basically, it meant the Brewers hadn’t played the Cardinals yet. St. Louis [...]
Mark Ellis joins the team tonight, Pete Kozma heads to Memphis, per Jenifer Langosch.
When you go to Milwaukee to play baseball around the ides of April, it’s not a surprise that you could be thankful that Miller Park has a retractable roof. You’d expect a strong chance of rain and would hate for it to interfere with the game. Last night, the roof was closed, but to keep [...]
The Cardinal offense had been sputtering, never reaching the heights that we had expected out of such a robust lineup. Runs were hard to come by, opportunities were squandered, and it just felt like the engine couldn’t catch. Then the Chicago Cubs came to town, and while that engine isn’t at a full-blown roar, it [...]
You might remember Justin Jabs from Baseblog. He’s been a part of the Playing Pepper series for a number of years and I had some guest posts on his site last summer. Given the fact that the two teams are meeting up this weekend, I thought this would be a great time to test out [...]
