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When it’s over That’s the time I fall in love again -Sugar Ray If you’re still following @PitchersHit8th on Twitter, this post will come as no surprise to you, and is actually long overdue. If you loyal four readers are REALLY loyal and only come here, well, then I apologize for the lack of updates […]
With Tuesday night’s impressive performance – again – Tyler Lyons (who is this guy, really?) has continued the success of Cardinal rookie starting pitchers in 2013. Leading all of baseball in 2013 with nine wins from rookie starting pitchers, the Cardinals have relied on one pitcher they hoped would have this success, Shelby Miller, and […]
Posted in: Cardinals Front Office,Current Cardinals,Former Cardinals
Tagged with: Dizzy Dean, Harvey Haddix, Jack Harper, Jaime Garcia, John Gast, John Mozeliak, Johnny Beazley, Jumbo McGinnis, Lance Lynn, Michael Wacha, Paul Dean, Shelby Miller, Silver King, Tyler Lyons
The Cardinals’ starting pitching rotation is on this week’s cover of Sports Illustrated. Well, what WAS the Cardinals’ starting pitching rotation. Two-fifths of that photo are now on the disabled list. One for the season (Jaime Garcia) and one indefinitely or until the medical staff runs out of elbow injections (Jake Westbrook). Damn you Sports […]
As the Redbirds prepare to begin another road series, this one their first trip to Wrigley Field in 2013, they bring with them a 2013 MLB best seven-game road winning streak. By virtue of a three-game sweep in the nation’s capital and four games worth in Milwaukee, the Cards head into Chicago with an opportunity […]
Pitchers Hit Eighth has the distinct honor of calling the third inning action in the United Cardinal Bloggers’ 2013 Progressive Game Blog. If you’ve not seen one of these things before, here is the gist of it, from the UCB site: If you’ve never read one of our Progressive Game Blogs before, you are in […]
Posted in: 2013 Cardinals Game Notes,Current Cardinals,Non-Cardinals,United Cardinal Bloggers
Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Allen Craig, Carlos Beltran, Jean Segura, Kyle Lohse, Matt Carpenter, Matt Holliday, Rickie Weeks, Ryan Braun, United Cardinal Bloggers, Yovani Gallardo, Yuniesky Betancourt
Dearest Cardinals fans, I am before you today, a humble basement blogger, asking – nay, pleading – that you stop your incessant booing of Brandon Phillips when he plays at Busch III. Exhibit A: Split G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BA OBP SLG OPS STL-Busch Stad 3 6 26 23 3 […]
[ED. note – I am not a pro-fesh-un-ul scout nor do I pretend to be one. I am far from qualified to be giving advice to big-league pitchers. That said, here are some things I would consider, were I in a position to communicate things to the staff in charge of said advice and/or improvement […]
Shelby Miller: 6.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 8 K Adam Wainwright: 8.1 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 9 K Three total innings of relief in two games. This is an opportunity for the much-maligned Cardinals bullpen and their manager to reboot. Reset expectations. Survive and advance […]
Posted in: Cardinals Coaches,Current Cardinals
Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Edward Mujica, Fernando Salas, Joe Kelly, Marc Rzepczynski, Mike Matheny, Mitchell Boggs, Randy Choate, Shelby Miller, Trevor Rosenthal
Oh, you thought it was going to be of hits?
[Ed. Note – the following post is sponsored by PH8 Partner DraftKings.com – we encourage you to visit their site and participate in this fantastic contest that offers our wonderful readers the opportunity to win $50,000! Thanks for reading.] Baseball season is here and that means one thing—fantasy baseball is upon us! We know you’ve […]