So the Cardinals lost. Again. The Redbirds start the season 0-3 for the first time since 2007, which was not a good year if you aren’t remembering, one of the few missteps over the last 20 years. Still, things could be worse. 1) They could have been swept by the Cubs instead of the Pirates. [...]
Paul McCartney One On One Tour Comes To St. Louis As Cardinals Mark 50th Anniversary of the Beatles at Busch ST. LOUIS, MO, April 6, 2016 – The St. Louis Cardinals and AEG Live announced today that Paul McCartney has confirmed the addition of St. Louis to his brand new One on One tour. Paul [...]
Good Morning. Time For Division Preview Part Four: The Chicago Cubs Summary: Ahhh, the Cubbies. The team everybody seems to be picking not only to win the division, but to win the whole darn thing. Theo Epstein and Co. have certainly done a great job, assembling a lot of young talent, augmenting it some good [...]
After two games, we still don’t know much more about the St. Louis Cardinals than we thought we did in the spring or even before. We thought the offense was going to be iffy. Check. We thought the bullpen would be lockdown. Check. We didn’t know what we’d get out of Michael Wacha. Check. Two [...]
Now that we are 2 days into the season, let’s look at some former Cardinals and see where they are. First are a list of all former Cardinals and farmhands that made MLB rosters. Updated 4/06/2016: Sam Freeman was traded from the Rangers to the Brewers. Arizona: Shelby Miller, RHP; David Peralta, OF. Boston: Joe [...]
One thing that many baseball fans don’t ever think about is the payroll; sure, you’ll hear people talk about how the Yankees throw money at star players, or how the A’s don’t spend money, but you don’t always see the day to day impacts of signings. Below is the Cardinals Salary Matrix, which includes all [...]
If you took yesterday’s game for the Cardinals, stripped it of all the Opening Day festivities, and dropped it in the middle of 2014 or 2015, nobody would look twice. Nobody would wonder, “huh, what’s this game doing here.” Besides a few new names, it was the same old song for the Redbirds as they [...]
Good Morning. Time For Division Preview Part Three: The Pittsburgh Pirates Summary: The Pirates, despite not having made the World Series, are one of the best stories in baseball the last few years. They’ve figured out how to win on a tight budget and have been a thorn in the Cardinals side. They’re a good [...]
Good Morning. Time For Division Preview Part Two: The Cincinnati Reds Summary: The Reds are in rebuilding mode, having lost in trades and Free Agency Johnny Cueto, Aroldis Chapman, Mike Leake and Todd Frazier. They have some nice kids though, esecially on the pitching staff. If they’re patient, they could have a nice foundation for [...]
As the baseball calendar begins to flip over to its real beginning, I want to thank the folks that helped me get you more informed about the teams around baseball this season. 102 bloggers, some new to the process, some old hands, brought the heat and gave us some great insights into the squad the [...]
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It’s one of those rites of spring, one of those signs that baseball is returning. For the eighth straight year, we’re Playing Pepper! We’ll ask six questions of bloggers for each major league team as a way of getting familiar with those teams that don’t wear the birds on the bat. This year, this series will [...]
