The Cardinals have spent most of this season playing with house money, and they know it. The $8M they bet on Lance Berkman may have been the best signing of last offseason in terms of risk/reward. A good bit of Cardinal Nation is now drinking the Kool-Aid, and I don’t have a problem with that […]
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“If there’s something wrong, those who have the ability to take action have the responsibility to take action.” ~Ben Gates (Nicolas Cage) in National Treasure. There is seemingly no shortage of “something wrong” in this world, so it’s just a matter of choosing your particular pet peeve and taking action. As you might imagine, my list of […]
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Prior to departing for vacation in the nation’s capitol city, I did a significant amount of preliminary research about the Washington Nationals in preparation for a blog piece that would most certainly result from my trip. Yep, I sure was. Okay, I was actually just doing my homework to ensure that I could match wits with […]
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There are plenty of blog, sports sites, radio shows, and tv programs that will dedicate time and space to previews of the Cardinals/Pirates series. Some will give you fancy charts, high definition video clips, expert analysis, and a multitude of reasons why each team will win. Others will hedge their bets and provide mind-numbingly neutral-sounding rationale backed […]
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There is no shortage of talking heads asking the same question right now – “How are the Pirates leading the NL Central?” The answers given are varied yet predictable. The Pirates have had really, really good pitching, and pitching wins. Yes, the Pirates have allowed a division low 357 runs, but they have only scored […]
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The original “Untruths, Misrumors, Disprognostications” appeared on this blog back in March, and it was a lighthearted attempt to debunk some silly things that were being circulated by various media outlets and linked to the Cardinals. Since there is no lack of silly rumors and ideas floating around the interwebs, UMD (not to be confused with OMD for […]
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The Brewers went out and traded for Francisco Rodriguez (K-Rod) from the Mets. That means that the Cardinals need to respond with a trade of their own, right? Wrong. The team’s needs haven’t changed just because one of their main competitors for the division title made a move. Instead, the management team will see the […]
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46 home games with a total attendance of 1,698,759. If you divide B by A, carry one on the small toe of the left foot to the middle toe of the right foot……that’s about 36,929 per game. At that pace, the Cardinals should be right at the 3 million attendance mark by the end of the season. […]
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Before the haters out there get too excited, this isn’t really about pitting the two against one another. Instead, the point of this post is to try to explain why Jon Jay has such a positive perception among fans while Colby Rasmus produces more of a mixed reaction. When fans of Jon Jay laud his […]
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Cardinals vs Reds. Chris Carpenter vs Johnny Cueto. The July 4th game had all the media hype of a WWE event. What did fans see? A pitcher’s duel that ended 1-0. Nobody got accidentally brushed back a little harder than usual. Nobody was drilled in the ribs. Heck, the only pitch close to the batter’s box […]
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