Last time out, we tackled the voluminous number of write-ins for the Top Cards on Twitter project. Now we can get into the folks that were listed on the form and, as such, got a little more support. This seems to be as good of a place as any to detail my tiebreaking method. Given [...]
ALBERT WAS ASTROS SECOND HITTING COACH; CLAPP MAKES MOVE FROM MEMPHIS ST. LOUIS, Mo. – October 29, 2018–The St. Louis Cardinals announced today they have hired Jeff Albert as hitting coach and Richard “Stubby” Clapp as first base coach. The 2019 St. Louis Cardinals coaching staff under manager Mike Shildt is now complete joining Oliver Marmol (bench coach), Mike Maddux (pitching coach), Ron “Pop” Warner (third [...]
Before we get any farther in this series, I have to say a huge thank you to all those that participated this year. The response was overwhelming. I mean, look at the history of respondents in this series, now in its fourth year: So we had more people give their opinions this year than all [...]
The Cardinals enter the offseason with a full 40-man roster. While the deadline to finalize the 40-man is still a month away, it’s the first important date on the offseason calendar, and 40-man decisions will have implications throughout the offseason. The Cardinals ended the season with a full 40-man roster, but four players from the [...]
Usually John Mozeliak and crew have a season-ending press conference a couple of days after the season, well, ends. They talk about the season and the focus for the winter, what moves they feel they need to make and things they feel are a priority. When the first few days of October this year came [...]
Putting 2018 behind us, Rusty and Adam return to the podcast by turning their attention to 2019. Covering topics such as Adam Wainwright, Big Bats, Bullpens, and Carlos Martinez, we get our 3rd season rolling. Listen to this episode on Soundcloud: Or Click the links below to subscribe to Bird Law on the following platforms: [...]
This article was previously posted on October 11th on the Redbird Dugout Facebook page. At 1:23 pm Eastern time, the press release hit my inbox. “Cardinals & Adam Wainwright agree to a 2019 contract.” And there it was. Adam Wainwright has agreed to terms on a one year deal that will keep him with the [...]
VETERAN PITCHER SET TO ENTER HIS 15TH SEASON WITH ST. LOUIS ST. LOUIS, MO – October 11, 2018–The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have agreed to terms with veteran pitcher Adam Wainwright on a one-year contract for the 2019 season. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Wainwright, 37, will be entering his 15th season with [...]
With the regular season behind us, it’s time to start taking a look back at some of the aspects of the 2018 season. One of the hallmarks of this team was their ability to pull a game out in their last at bat. The Cardinals registered 11 wins in the walk-off fashion but even though [...]
I was thinking about how the Cardinals season had ended, and pondering one of those dreary end of the season memorials, but in reality, the season isn’t over, it’s simply moved on to the next phase. Personally, I usually don’t watch the playoffs unless the Cardinals are in them. To me it’s like rubbing salt [...]
Starting in 2015, every year as the regular season ends we take a little time to look at our Cardinal community. As the Cardinals have started heading home and planning their winter activities, we get a chance to celebrate those that we spend almost as much time with during the season, the folks on Twitter. [...]
When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wanted to kill off his most famous creation, he had Sherlock Holmes and his arch-enemy Professor Moriarty meet at Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland. There the two locked in battle before they careened over the edge to (seemingly) their deaths. (Proving that even in the late 1800s death wasn’t that final [...]
