This time of year, it’s all about tradition. From now until then end of the calendar year, we’ll do a lot of the same things we’ve always done, get together with the same people we’ve always gotten together with, eat the same foods that we always eat, and expect nothing less, getting irate if things [...]
If you’ve read here long, you know that I have been involved with the Baseball Bloggers Alliance since its inception. Through that, I’ve gotten to know a lot of great folks that blog for other teams. That’s been exploited in the Playing Pepper series, to be sure, but every once in a while someone asks [...]
If you threw from the sinister side and were a part of the Cardinal roster, chances are you made some news this weekend. We start with Sam Freeman, who was dealt Saturday to the Texas Rangers. We’d been talking about something like this for a while now, since Freeman was out of options and the [...]
The Cards played a couple of games against the Twins this weekend. Both of them were on FOX Sports Midwest, which was great for fans that don’t get to watch many middle-of-the-afternoon games during the week (i.e., most fans with a job). While nothing came out of the games that cemented a job or eliminated [...]
Well, that was happily anticlimatic. The tests and examination of ace Adam Wainwright showed that he just had an abdominal strain and would be fine with a few days of rest. Given that the Cards were already planning to lighten his workload in the spring anyway, this basically plays right into their hands. I know [...]
I sit here able to see the couple of inches of snow that fell yesterday. I sit here iced in, at least for the morning, keeping me from heading to work. (Yes, I know, you Northerners are a hale, hearty lot that would head to work on your Tauntaun. Yet 90 degrees this summer will [...]
A lot of things happened back in 2009 here at this blog. That was the first spring that I did the Playing Pepper series, which will be returning in a couple of weeks. However, that was also the first time I did the Cardinal Approval Ratings. Apparently, I had a lot of time on my [...]
Once the Giants had disposed of the Nationals and were set as the other half on the NLCS, I reached out to Craig of THE San Francisco Giants Blog (fine title until you note the URL) to see if he’d answer a few questions for me. Not only was he up for that, but he [...]
Fireworks, Jim Edmonds Bobblehead, Broadcast Auction and Star Wars Night highlight the sixth homestand of 2014 ST. LOUIS, MO (July 3, 2014) –Tomorrow, the Cardinals kick off a seven-game homestand with a bang as the game ends with a 4th of July fireworks display at Busch. During the week of games, the Cardinals will host the Miami [...]
You might remember Justin Jabs from Baseblog. He’s been a part of the Playing Pepper series for a number of years and I had some guest posts on his site last summer. Given the fact that the two teams are meeting up this weekend, I thought this would be a great time to test out [...]
When talking about the last man in the bullpen, we’ve tended to focus on what is already in camp with the Cardinals. After all, it’s not a position that is so valuable you’d have to trade for a guy if something didn’t work out. There was no reason to think that another variable would be [...]
Another day, more moves that clarify the picture for the 2014 Cardinals. Given that we now have less than a week until Opening Day (everyone party!), this clarity should be coming fast and furious over the next few days. The biggest news of the day was that Michael Wacha would be starting the home opener [...]
