Yesterday’s action certainly focused on the Sunday Night Game, but there was also an important outing in Peoria for a rehabbing starter. The outing was a success for Jake Westbrook, who now looks to join St. Louis on the road this week. Early indications point to Friday’s opener in Miami and would signal a chain [...]
As a military veteran, I am familiar with being in the enemy’s backyard, and my wife has been introduced to the life as well. Christi and I celebrated Memorial Day in Kansas City, but that can hardly be categorized as hostile territory. The Royals are used to seeing Kauffman going ‘red’ plus St. Louis typically [...]
The Cardinals are also no stranger to the 28th selection in the MLB First Year Player Draft. In odd years from 2001-2005 the Cards selected Justin Pope, Daric Barton, and Colby Rasmus in that order. (Now that I’m typing this, perhaps the departure of all of these players from the organization is not a good [...]
With the 19th selection in this season’s First Year Player Draft, a selection that has produced benefit for the organization in multiple recent drafts, (also Michael Wacha last season) tonight the Cardinals selected another pitcher in the same 19 slot – LHP Marco Gonzales from Gonzaga University. (It’s Gonzales with an “s” at the end, [...]
Yes, I’ve felt the pressure of trying to write something great to mark my first post at the Conclave. No, I’m not certain that I’ve succeeded. Nevertheless, I *have* clicked around on Baseball Reference a ton this afternoon and evening, which should count for something. What I learned in all of that clicking is that [...]
Three times since 2006 the Cardinals have sought out a college reliever within the first three rounds of the draft but only one, Chris Perez, was actually used in that role. But can you name the other two? Here’s a hint — one of the pair was included in Part 2 over at PH8. Well [...]
Yeah, yeah, I’m the crazy one. “Why in the name of Tony La Russa would you want a pitcher to hit eighth in a Major League lineup?” Well, I’m glad you asked. Because I wrote a lot about it once. I started Pitchers Hit Eighth in May of 2008 after finally moving far enough north [...]
