February 2009
The UCB Preseason Roundtable discussions continue, with Deaner over at Cardinal Nation Globe posting today about choices for a franchise building block – Albert Pujols exempted. Tomorrow features a great question from Josh at That’s A Winner – I won’t spoil it, but it’s very pertinent to the Cardinal outlook for coming years. —– Tomorrow [...]
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Tagged with: Albert Pujols, Cardinal Nation Globe, Derrick Goold, Matthew Leach, Site Updates, Spring Training, That's A Winner, Tony LaRussa, UCB, UCB Radio, UCB Roundtable, United Cardinal Bloggers, WP Greet Box, WP to Twitter
Once again the United Cardinal Bloggers undertake a Roundtable project, a way to pass the time during Spring Training while waiting for Opening Day. We had the honor of leading off this time around, so here goes: In light of the way the free agent market has progressed, do you think the Cards jumped the [...]
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Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, AJ Burnett, Ben Sheets, Brad Penny, C70 at the Bat, Cards Diaspora, CC Sabathia, Chris Carpenter, Dave Duncan, Derek Lowe, Five O'Clock Blogger, Joel Pineiro, John Mozeliak, John Smoltz, Kyle Lohse, la Beisbolista, Mark Mulder, Oliver Perez, Randy Johnson, Redbirds Fun, Scott Boras, Spring Training, The Cardinal Virtue, Todd Wellemeyer, Tom Glavine, UCB, UCB Roundtable, United Cardinal Bloggers
First, if you don’t read Joe Posnanski (that link is only his blog, you can find him in the KC Star, national pubs, etc), you must start. Poz is a brilliant writer, on many topics ranging from baseball to beyond. Today’s topic from Posnanski on Sports Illustrated was particularly poignant for Cardinal fans. Poz addressed [...]
The boys were back at it again on UCB Radio Hour last night. The first show since the Cardinals reported to Jupiter was sure not to disappoint. I was unfortunately unable to join the fray but you can listen in to the rest of the United Cardinal Bloggers, as always, via iTunes by clicking the [...]
So by now everyone knows that erstwhile Cardinals second baseman Adam Kennedy went and inked a minor-league deal yesterday with the Tampa Bay Rays. While this is certain to barely register as more than a blip on Tony LaRussa’s radar, who previously said he had “the primary input on this situation. I’m not putting it [...]
Posted in: Cardinals Coaches,Former Cardinals,Media,Non-Cardinals
Tagged with: Adam Kennedy, Akinori Iwamura, Andrew Friedman, Ben Zobrist, Marc Lancaster, Rays Report, Tampa Bay Rays, Tony LaRussa, Willy Aybar
Ok, I know you’re tired of hearing about the Alex Rodriguez steroid saga. I’ve had more than my fill of it as well. I don’t plan to rehash how Rodriguez has sullied the game, and how he is a liar, a cheat, etc. that has been trumpted across the blogosphere since Saturday’s announcement and Sunday’s [...]
Posted in: Current Cardinals,Former Cardinals,General PH8 Stuff,Major League Baseball,Media,MLBPA,Non-Cardinals
Tagged with: Albert Pujols, Alex Rodriguez, Barry Bonds, Bud Selig, Hall of Fame, Jose Canseco, Major League Baseball, Mark McGwire, Michael Wilbon, MLB Players Association, Pardon The Interruption, PED, performance enhancing drugs, Pete Rose, Peter Gammons, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa, steroids
[Ed. note - I've revised the post to re-order all of the charts, ranked by the column that is the "pertinent information". I'm not sure why I didn't do that in the first place, but it was late when I originally posted, so forgive me. Hopefully this makes the information even clearer. Thanks for reading.] [...]
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Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Alan Benes, Andy Benes, Anthony Reyes, B-R Play Index, Brad Thompson, Braden Looper, Brett Tomko, Chris Carpenter, Darren Oliver, Darryl Kile, Dave Veres, Donovan Osborne, Dustin Hermanson, Garrett Stephenson, Jason Isringhausen, Jason Marquis, Jason Simontacchi, Jeff Sackmann, Jeff Suppan, Joel Pineiro, Juan Acevedo, Kent Bottenfield, Kent Mercker, Kyle Lohse, Manuel Aybar, Mark Mulder, Mark Petkovsek, Matt Morris, Rick Ankiel, Steve Kline, The Hardball Times, Todd Stottlemyre, Todd Wellemeyer, Tony LaRussa, Woody Williams, Yadier Molina
Today is part two of our look at the Cardinals’ focus on defending the running game. We’ll take a look at how the catchers play a role in slowing down the running game of opposing teams. If you missed part one yesterday, you can catch up before diving into today’s post. Let’s get some simple [...]
Posted in: Cardinals Coaches,Current Cardinals,Former Cardinals
Tagged with: Alberto Castillo, Carlos Hernandez, Danny Sheaffer, Einar Diaz, Eli Marrero, Gary Bennett, Jason LaRue, Mike DiFelice, Mike Mahoney, Mike Matheny, Tom Lampkin, Tom Pagnozzi, Tony LaRussa, Yadier Molina
Strangely (or perhaps fittingly), our two-hundredth post arrives today, on a day that we begin our most aggressive undertaking in this site’s brief history. Today marks the beginning of a three-part series here at Pitchers Hit Eighth (hopefully it is only three) taking an in-depth look into the Cardinals’ approach to defending the running game. [...]
Ok, maybe only one blown call. The arguments will rage on about the penalty disparities between the Steelers and Cardinals tonight (at least I hope, it was kind of silly until late in the game), but one call made by the officials tonight will stand out. How could the NFL officials assigned to the replay [...]
Posted in: Former Cardinals,General PH8 Stuff,General Sports
Tagged with: Arizona Cardinals, Bill Bidwill, Ed Hochuli, James Harrison, Ken Whisenhunt, Kurt Warner, Larry Fitzgerald, Michael Vick, NFL, Phoenix, Pittsburgh Steelers, Super Bowl 43, Super Bowl XLIII, Tom Brady
