Yesterday I took a look at which starting pitchers the Cardinals could expect to see in a Wild Card game along with a quick hit on how I viewed the match-up. Today, I will expand that to look at how the rotation for a playoff series would look for the Cardinals, up against the teams [...]
As each day passes, the Wild Card and Division races gain a little more clarity. Following the Dodgers-Cardinals 4-game match-up this weekend, there will be even more clarity. Hopefully, that comes in the form the Cardinals putting Los Angeles firmly in their rearview mirror. While this is likely a week or so premature, I thought [...]
I feel like setting this up is fairly unnecessary, but then again Tara Wellman, noted non-Star Warsian, might read this and I’d hate for her to be confused. In Return of the Jedi, after destroying Jabba the Hutt’s Rancor monster, all of our heroes are loaded onto a skiff and sent out to the Pit [...]
It has been an extremely active season with the Cardinals 40-man roster. By my count 10 players are currently on the 40-man that were not on Opening Day. But of all the players added to the roster during the course of this season, left-handed pitcher Tommy Layne is not one of them. I have to [...]
Considering the Dodgers were the reigning NL Champs and the Nationals were widely regarded as a powerhouse, to make a pre-season prediction that the 3 best records in the NL would all reside in the Central Division would have been a stretch. Considering where the Cardinals were 2 months ago, it would have seemed even [...]
PITCHER MICHAEL WACHA MOVED TO 60-DAY D.L. ST. LOUIS, MO – September 10, 2018–The St. Louis Cardinals announced this afternoon that they have activated right-handed pitcher Adam Wainwright (right elbow inflammation) from the 60-day disabled list and he will draw the start in tonight’s series opener with Pittsburgh, his first start for St. Louis since May 13. [...]
That really wasn’t the way this weekend was supposed to go. With the Tigers well below .500 and eliminated either technically or practically from any sort of offseason plans that didn’t involve golfing, the Cardinals were supposed to go into Detroit and at least take two of three if they couldn’t get the sweep. Instead, [...]
Earlier today, we went through all that happened on September 8, 1998. I mentioned in that story where I was but if you were a Cardinal fan–a baseball fan, even–alive at that time, you probably have a story about what that night was like for you. So I asked for them. If you remember where [...]
Home run #: 62 Date: September 8 Opponent: Chicago Cubs Location: Busch Stadium Pitcher: Steve Traschel Score: 0-0 Inning: 4 Outs: 2 Runners on: 0 Distance: 341 feet End of day Sammy Sosa total: 58 End of day Ken Griffey Jr. total: 49 It had to be tonight. That’s what everyone was thinking as Tuesday, September 8 passed and the hours continued [...]
Home run #: 61 Date: September 7 Opponent: Chicago Cubs Location: Busch Stadium Pitcher: Mike Morgan Score: 0-0 Inning: 1 Outs: 2 Runners on: 0 Distance: 430 feet End of day Sammy Sosa total: 58 End of day Ken Griffey Jr. total: 49 There is absolutely no way you could plan this out. With Mark McGwire already on 60, his rival for the [...]
It’s a simple question without a definitive answer, and it’s part of the pregame in a public relations struggle that Major League Baseball could face in the near future. Is MLB prepared to handle a Colin Kaepernick-level social injustice protest moment in baseball? Unlike the NFL which was caught unawares when Kaepernick first took a [...]
If you were here yesterday, you may have read my examination of Jordan Hicks as the potential closer for the Cardinals. If not, you can find it by clicking here. It was pure coincidence that he was called upon for the save the night before I published that. Yet again, it is coincidence that Carlos [...]
