After stops and starts earlier in the week when testing issues kept the Cardinals from the field, it seems like they’ve started to find their rhythm over the last few days. All the workouts and games have been moved to the evening, which makes sense given the blazing summer heat that is running through seemingly [...]
Remember back when this all started we were finishing up our Playing Pepper series? With so many things different now, I thought I’d shoot a few quick questions to a representative of each team to see how things were looking for them. Let’s start with the AL East! C70: Does the shortened season work for [...]
The Cardinals played some games this weekend against themselves. They did some drills. They modified the rules. The press box folks got to fancy themselves play-by-play guys, reiterating once and for all that we really need baseball on our screens instead of in text updates. Everything seemed hunky-dory and things seem to be speeding toward [...]
It’s another trip around the sun for the blog. Back in 2007, less than two months after my second child was born, I fired up Wordpress and started complaining about Kip Wells. 2007 wasn’t exactly the greatest year to start writing a Cardinal-centric blog, what with Chris Carpenter hurt and the World Series fading quickly [...]
It was only a few days ago that we took a look at the bullpen. If it was unsettled then, it’s completely up in the air now. With Jordan Hicks making the right move for him and opting out (the first non-highly paid veteran and the first high-risk player to do so, I believe), things [...]
No Mets, Braves, or Nationals this season for the Cardinals? That’s going to be weird. We continue Playing Pepper 2.0 by checking out those teams with National League ties on the East Coast. C70: Does the shortened season work for or against your team? Kris: Originally, I would have said that the Braves were one [...]
We continue running around the majors by checking in with our American League friends out West. I imagine they, more than any other group, will be glad of the limited time zone changes for their TV watching this season. C70: Does the shortened season work for or against your team? James: I think it works [...]
No late nights, trying to keep your eyes open to see the seventh inning of a Cardinals/Dodgers game in Los Angeles. While there’s some novelty to those games (and Twitter can get fun and weird in them), I don’t think many of us are going to miss them this year. Let’s see what these folks [...]
It’s not the superdivision that we heard rumors of early on in the planning process, but the Cards are going to stay regional and play all the AL Central teams this season. Let’s see what their bloggers think of what’s coming up! C70: Does the shortened season work for or against your team? Samiya: The [...]
If this post runs on schedule, that means we are very, very close to Opening Day. Which means we should take a quick look at the rest of the division because, barring an outbreak, we’ll be seeing a lot of these folks. C70: Does the shortened season work for or against your team? Neil: The [...]
If you’ve listened to the most recent Musial and/or Gateway, you know that I’ve not necessarily been completely transfixed by this whole Summer Camp thing. Maybe that’ll change a little bit tomorrow when the Royals come into town for what should at least approximate a real game, but having to find the game on a [...]
If a fired Cardinal manager returns to Busch Stadium and there are no fans to boo him, does it really happen? Mike Matheny will be in the visitor’s dugout for the first time, at least as an opposing manager. Actually, it’s the only time he’s ever been on that side of Busch III. In 2006, [...]
