I know Daniel wouldn’t do this, but in his stead, I’m making an emergency executive decision. Goat first. Goat: Whoever called that consarned bunt in the bottom of the seventh inning. Yes, I’m looking at you Carlos Beltran and/or Mike Matheny (in no particular order). Matheny refused to directly answer questions about the bunt in [...]
What a shame that the Cardinals couldn’t score double-digit runs on Saturday evening, right? After dropping the first four games in Pittsburgh to run their losing streak to a previously unimaginable seven games, the Cardinals’ offense exploded while Joe Kelly did his part in a 13-0 rout. The intrepid C70 has been keeping tabs on [...]
They said it couldn’t last. They said that “statistics” and “math” required that this could not go on forever. The Cardinals defied a lot of brilliant people for a long time. Then on Friday in Atlanta, math, probability theory, and regression came calling for the Cardinals. The results have been ugly, just by the eye [...]
Time to let go, folks. It’s been time to let go for a while now. Many of you have. I have. But there seemingly remains this element, a relatively quiet minority really, that gets louder with each mention of Albert Pujols‘ name across the ticker at the bottom of their television. OH MY GOODNESS JOHN [...]
Last month, the UCB made recommendations for the design of the soon-to-be-completed Cardinals Hall of Fame, part of the Ballpark Village project. This month, we weigh in on which persons should be enshrined in said Hall of Fame. The rules for this undertaking were pretty clearly laid out, anyone on the wall at Busch III [...]
Oh goodness, not another trade deadline post! Yes, it’s another trade deadline post. Well, sort of. It could also just as easily be a “player A optioned, player B recalled” post. What am I talking about? Who’s not pulling their WAR? (Are you done with the sophomoric jokes now? Good, me too.) By definition, a [...]
A day after being informed that Mitchell Boggs was no longer in the St. Louis plans, my Dad shared much better news tonight. The Cardinals have announced that Chris Carpenter will begin the trek back to the majors by joining the Springfield club on Monday. I’m certain the Post-Dispatch will be covering the event as [...]
Off-days are boring, right? Especially ones that come after a loss, and a rather protracted streak of more losses than wins. I like to use this time to catch up on my reading. Now, most (if not all) of it is still about the Cardinals, so I’m not totally abandoning ship here, but I thought [...]
This week’s WAR Graph is very flattering to a current Cardinal, not so much to former. Matt Carpenter, of course, is a second baseman of necessity, not by trade – as was a predecessor. It seems safe to say at this stage that Matt’s taken to it a bit better than the previous player to [...]
Monday nights have been dedicated to two things in my house for the last calendar year. I made the decision to finish my degree 15+ years after graduating from high school, and my school weeks start on Tuesday. So much like most former reporters, deadlines have become my curse with the Cardinals my support system. [...]
With Pitchers Hit Eighth “reborn” in a sense here at the Conclave, I thought I’d bring back a feature I always loved writing but fell by the wayside. (Which is a shame, because it’s fun, interesting, and as importantly – easy to do.) Welcome to WAR Graph Wednesday of Pitchers Hit Eighth (at the Conclave). [...]
An interesting e-mail came into PH8 headquarters yesterday, one that I felt obligated to share with you loyal four readers. Brandt, a self-described “baseball fan free agent” wrote in asking why he should root for the Cardinals. A novel concept, having someone else sell you on their favorite club. Obviously, this was a task completely [...]
