We continue our look at the 2011 season. I’d forgotten that Stan’s Medal of Freedom came that year as well! Stan Musial Day Today, we set aside deadlines and contracts and negotiations. Today, we set aside forecasting and expectations. We set all of that aside, at least for a short time, because today is a [...]
As noted earlier, we’re re-running some 2011 posts to mark the fifth anniversary of the last Cardinal World Championship. In 2011, Valentine’s Day coincided with pitchers and catchers reporting, so love was rekindled! Love Is In The Air Today is a day of love. That love that keeps you going. That warms you through the [...]
Before we get into talking about those guys that come after the starters, let’s take a look at how folks wanted to sort out the starting rotation. I will say I was a little surprised, given how his season ended last year, to see Michael Wacha the choice here. Not saying that it’s a bad [...]
As noted earlier, we’re re-running some 2011 posts to mark the fifth anniversary of the last Cardinal World Championship. In this one, we’ve got that regular winter dilemma of wanting to post but having little to post about. No matter the year, that end of winter is always the same! Cardinal Nation Catchup As we [...]
With nothing else to do, let’s do a little group thinking, shall we? When the Cardinals lost Lance Lynn for the year due to Tommy John surgery, they eventually picked up Mike Leake to fill that void. However, few of us immediately slotted Leake into Lynn’s spot in the rotation. Lynn was set up as [...]
DINNER FOR TWO OR SUNDAY BRUNCH FOR CARDINALS LOVEBIRDS ST. LOUIS, Mo., February 5, 2016 – Cardinals fans, grab your sweetheart and head to Cardinals Nation Restaurant and Bar in Ballpark Village for Valentine’s Day. Cardinals Nation Restaurant will be hosting two separate events on Valentine’s Day weekend, one on Saturday night, February 13, and [...]
When the 2011 season started, this blog was 3 1/2 years old and had never actually covered a championship season. That changed during a dramatic season and historic postseason. Now that the fifth anniversary of that run is upon us, I’m going to rerun some posts to relive that run as it happened. I don’t [...]
There are times in the offseason where it seems like there’s just nothing going on, that there’s barely any news, that everything has been hashed and rehashed plenty of times. Then there are times like the last couple of weeks, when you wish for that much. If you caught me on Gateway this weekend, you [...]
Every Wednesday Night until the Regular Season Starts Kids Can Eat Free ST. LOUIS, Mo., February 2, 2016 – Cardinals Nation Restaurant and Bar in Ballpark Village has announced a new Family Night with Fredbird that begins tomorrow, February 3. During Family Night with Fredbird, families will receive one free kids meal for any child [...]
I was trying to come up with something to write, as it has been a while, and I struggled. I read an article by Mark Saxon, the ESPN writer who’s been assigned to the Cards after covering the Dodgers for a while. He talked about Randal Grichuk and Stephen Piscotty. This flashed me back to [...]
I know, it’s been slow around here, but those winter doldrums are just hard to kick. It’s tough to convince yourself to get out of a warm bed well before dawn to sit down and write about….well, not much of anything. You’ve had the various podcasts to tide you over, I hope, and I do [...]
If it’s almost time for spring training, that means I’m sitting down to chat with Jamie Pogue, bullpen catcher for the Cardinals. It’s a wide-ranging talk as we discuss the great pitching from last year, what this bullpen might look like in 2016, and whether there’s more focus on the Cubs than before. Give it [...]
