In the spring of 2009, I had an idea. (When you have as few as I do, you keep track of them.) I used to have a better grasp of most every team in baseball, but more and more my specialization into the Cardinals, whether on message boards or blogging, had meant I knew the [...]
My wife and I surprised the kids by taking them to The Lego Movie last night. Besides the completely incredible Star Wars cameo (my wife said afterwards she thought I was going to come out of my chair when the theme started playing and I’m surprised I didn’t), the one thing that most everyone will [...]
It’s been a rough winter for many in Cardinal Nation. Snow, ice and bitter cold seem to have been our constant companions. While there’s no guarantee that the winter weather is over, we do know that spring is here in the important way. For today, those that pitch and those that catch are required to [...]
As you should have heard by now, the United Cardinal Bloggers released their annual publication this past week. Perhaps you’ve been wondering what this is all about. Is it worth the $2.99? Who all has written for this thing? I mean, I completely understand if you are worried it’s just me in there, because then, [...]
Yesterday, the Cardinals packed up the clubhouse and got the truck ready for its trip down to Jupiter. The old saw is that pictures say a thousand words, so there’s really nothing more I can say but to put them up here in all their glory and give you a Friday buffet of sights that [...]
Per Keith Olbermann, the Cards have signed veteran righty Pat Neshek to a minor league deal. Neshek was in Oakland the last two seasons. Good insurance for the bullpen.
The latest Conversation is with Cardinals bullpen catcher Jamie Pogue, who talks about the World Series, Michael Wacha’s no-hit bid, and other fascinating notes!
In some ways, it’s quite appropriate that Red Schoendienst wore number 2. After all, much of his playing career was overshadowed by a much more famous teammate and his managerial tenure would be behind two other Hall of Famers when you polled the casual fan. Trying to find some light in the shadows of Stan [...]
Richard Justice is reporting Lance Berkman is set to retire. Here’s looking at you, Puma. We’ll always have 2011.
Per Ken Rosenthal, Daniel Descalso and the Cardinals have agreed on a $1.29 million deal. The Cardinals have now settled with all arbitration-eligibles, meaning their streak of no hearings since 1999 remains intact.
My fellow Cardinal fans, Two years ago in this space (before the redecorating), I came before you and said the state of Cardinal Nation was strong. With another State of the Union speech behind us, one that again did not reference Adam Wainwright‘s curveball or the otherworldliness of Yadier Molina, it falls to me to [...]
Baseball, as is much of life, is a thing of routine. The calendar flips to January and soon after the various fan fests start happening. From there, you can see that blessed day when pitchers and catchers report. A couple of weeks and game scores start showing up around the internet. From there, it’s just [...]
