I don’t really follow boxing or any of the martial arts, but my general understanding is you have to be able to take a couple of jabs and avoid the big ones before landing a solid punch of your own. My understanding of Brad Boxberger after last night is that he will allow the big [...]
In what turned out to be largely a week to forget, by far the most impressive stat was that each of the four minor league clubs participated and completed all six scheduled contests. Yes, the results count and can be scrutinized but if that is what you are looking for – this slice of the [...]
You know, I can really get behind this new idea the Cardinals have of sweeping their weekend series. First Cincinnati, then the Pirates, and now Colorado. If they can do it next weekend against the Padres at Petco, that’d be great. It was a series with some very different paths to the same results, though. [...]
ALI SÁNCHEZ OPTIONED TO MEMPHIS (AAA) ST. LOUIS, MO., May 8, 2021 –The St. Louis Cardinals announced prior to today’s game that they have activated catcher Yadier Molina (right foot tendon strain) from the 10-day Injured List and optioned catcher Ali Sánchez to Memphis (AAA). Molina was placed on the Injured List on April 27 and missed 11 [...]
As everyone that has ever been a Cardinals fan knows by now, Albert Pujols was released from the Angels. It was a shocking and ignoble end of The Machine’s time out in Anaheim. There’s no doubt that things had been trending this way for a while, but I never expected anything but Pujols playing out [...]
I think our good friend Alex Crisafulli said it best: So thankful the Pujols news dropped this afternoon otherwise my attention would have been entirely on one of the most unenjoyable baseball games I can ever recall. — Alex Crisafulli (@alexcards79) May 6, 2021 The Albert Pujols news deserves its own post (or more than [...]
The Angels released Albert Pujols just 9.18 seasons into a 10-year deal worth nearly a quarter of a billion dollars. It’s a rather abrupt and unceremonious end to his time with the California Los Anaheim Angels of America, but it’s probably overdue. Fine. The Angels could have at least held the door open as they [...]
OVIEDO OPTIONED TO MEMPHIS (AAA) & ROBLES, Jr. RETURNED ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 6, 2021 –The St. Louis Cardinals announced prior to today’s series finale against the New York Mets that they have recalled outfielder Lane Thomas from Memphis (AAA). The team also announced that right-handed pitcher Johan Oviedo was optioned to Memphis, and left-handed pitcher Bernardo Flores, Jr., [...]
You can’t win them all. Sometimes you can’t win all of them in a single day. The Cardinals pulled a Snoke and split their games with the Mets right in half. (Don’t worry, we aren’t going to continue overloading on the Star Wars references.) They took the early game, running their win streak to six, [...]
1982 World Champion & 1979 Co-MVP Spent His First Ten Seasons In St. Louis ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 5, 2021– The St. Louis Cardinals announced this evening that Keith Hernandez will be inducted into the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame, presented by Edward Jones. Hernandez will join the 2020 Class of Tom Herr, John Tudor [...]
After I left active duty in 2005, my job as an Army contractor took me all over the world. One unexpected benefit of that was having to attend a class at Fort Gordon in Georgia that coincided with Spring Training for the Cardinals. During one of my breaks, I learned another classmate was also a [...]
Growing up around the game of baseball, it was always a treat to make the trip to Davenport right along the Mississippi River to watch potential future stars. This was back in 1994 when the Astros had their affiliate in the Q-C, and little lefty starter Billy Wagner was the next big thing. You didn’t [...]
