Please don’t be frightened. This will only hurt for a moment. I’m going to write briefly about the subject of sabermetrics as though you’ve never heard anything about it. There will be definitions. There will be new terms introduced and foreign acronyms put on display. Do not be alarmed. I come in peace. If you’ve read […]
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If you haven’t read Tim McKernan’s article with Kyle Lohse on InsideSTL.com, then I suggest you click here for the goods. I’d include some quotes, but it’s really worth a read, especially the part where Lohse claims to like Brendan right before he throws him under the team bus with a shot across the professionalism bow. […]
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You’ve probably heard that the New York Yankees are a team scorned, and they are in search of a top shelf starting pitcher. The Cardinals just happen to have a couple of those, and one just happens to be nearing the end of his contract. He’s ‘s already spent 6 seasons pitching in the AL, […]
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Why wait until Spring to make silly predictions? I can make silly predictions now, and maybe everybody will forget my predictions long before the season even gets here. Better yet, I can make absolutely outlandish predictions before the hot stove ashes are even cool, and a few might even pan out. Thus, I’m inspired to […]
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Before any of you get any bright ideas, I’m most definitely NOT talking about Meg Whitman’s housekeeper. Instead, I’m actually referring to the cheap labor that most major league teams rely on to round out their rosters after they throw millions of dollars at superstars, stars, and established veterans. The current system works to keep […]
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Yes, I’ve just “coined” a new term, and it’s named the “Pujols Coin”. Like most coins, it has both a “heads” and a “tails” side, and I’m using it to represent the two sides of the debate over whether or not the Cardinals should sign Albert Pujols to a contract extension. There are probably dozens of well-written articles […]
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Seriously, why not just trade Brendan Ryan for a bucket of baseballs? The bucket of baseballs would be more useful to the 2011 Cardinals than Maikel Cleto. That’s no knock on Cleto. He may turn into a fine pitcher, but it’s unlikely that he’ll be a fine pitcher any time soon. Actually, it’s unlikely that […]
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Conspiracy theories aren’t my thing. I’ve been to the famous grassy knoll at Dealey Plaza in Dallas, and I’m confident that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone shooter. It’s not that I did some complicated and expensive re-creation using a computer simulation or watched a really detailed re-enactment of the event. It’s just that I’ve […]
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In just about anything you do, it often pays to at least be thinking one step ahead of everybody else. That doesn’t necessarily mean that you have to be prescient to the point that you can call the next pitch. Sometimes it is as simple as preparing for a rainy day or anticipating needs before they appear. That’s […]
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If you’re Lance Berkman (and you’re probably not), the title is probably quite representative of what you get when you consume any kind of sports news content generated recently regarding “Big Puma” and the St. Louis Cardinals. Left field or right field. Which one should he play? Bernie Miklasz weighed in on the subject in his column, Bernie […]
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