Nick
Pitchers Hit Eighth is a proud member of the Society for American Baseball Research, and as such, we feel the need to publicize “SABR Day in America” which is taking place this Saturday. From the SABR press release on the day’s event: “SABR DAY” TO BE CELEBRATED ACROSS NORTH AMERICA ON JANUARY 30 On Saturday, […]
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Tagged with: Bob Broeg, Derrick Goold, Fungoes, Matt Sebek, Mike Shannon, Mike Shannon's Steak and Seafood, Sabr, Society for American Baseball Research, St Louis Post-Dispatch
Picked up this tidbit from the blog Taiwan Baseball: The St. Louis Cardinals are sending a scout (Matt Slater?) to Taiwan, marking the team’s initial presence on the island. Supposedly the scout is interested in CCU RHP Hao-Chun Chiu, Kao-Yuan HS left handed hitter Chi-Hung Hsu, and two kids from Nan-Ying HS. There are currently […]
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Tagged with: Chein-Ming Wang, Chi-Hung Hsu, Chung Cheng University, Hao-Chun Chiu, Hong-Chih Kuo, Kao-Yuan, Matt Slater, Nan-Ying, Taiwan Baseball, Yu-Shan Cup
With names from Cardinal teams past popping up everywhere – Mark McGwire is the team’s new hitting coach and possible pinch-hitter (depending on whether Tony would ever really push for such a thing), and now Jim Edmonds has “challenged” LaRussa to give him a roster spot (believe what you will there) – I thought it […]
Posted in: Cardinals Coaches,Current Cardinals,Former Cardinals,Fun
Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Albert Pujols, Blake Hawksworth, Brad Penny, Brendan Ryan, Chris Carpenter, Craig Paquette, Darryl Kile, Dave Veres, David Freese, Dennys Reyes, Edgar Renteria, Fernando Tatis, Fernando Vina, Garrett Stephenson, Jason Motte, Jim Edmonds, Kyle Lohse, Kyle McClellan, Mark McGwire, Matt Holliday, Mike James, Mike Matheny, Mike Timlin, Rick Ankiel, Ryan Franklin, Ryan Ludwick, Scott Rolen, Skip Schumaker, Yadier Molina
Ed. note: This can be said of really any post here at Pitchers Hit Eighth, but I’d like to make explicitly clear for this one in particular that these are my opinions and mine only. Others may agree or disagree with me, but this is all coming from my brain, not anyone else who may […]
Posted in: Cardinals Coaches,Former Cardinals,Media,Non-Cardinals
Tagged with: Alex Rodriguez, Andy Pettitte, Ari Fleischer, Barry Bonds, Baseball Hall of Fame, Bernie Miklasz, Bob Costas, Bud Selig, Henry Waxman, Joe Posnanski, Jose Canseco, Lane Kiffin, Major League Baseball, Mark McGwire, Peter Gammons, Roger Clemens, St Louis Cardinals, Tom Davis
I’m quite happy to announce the addition of another writer to the suddenly burgeoning stable here at Pitchers Hit Eighth. Andrew joins us directly from the ranks of Twitter, where a number of you may recognize @GoElBirdos for his astute observations on Cardinal baseball and addition to discussions on many topics. Josh and I are […]
Not much to look at here, my apologies – but I wanted to bring up a few loose ends that had escaped my posting here recently… —– I did a Q&A with Simon on Sports in December called “Blogging the Off-season” where Simon asked several bloggers from all of the MLB teams some questions about […]
Before you all lambast me for running down the esteemed new hitting coach before he can work his magic with all of the Redbird hitters, please note that this post is intended mostly tongue-in-cheek, as I know Mark McGwire has had success working with the likes of Skip Schumaker, most certainly not a power hitter. […]
I am firmly in the camp of saying no to no-trade clauses. I think they are never a smart idea for the team giving them (see: Lohse, Kyle) and generally are only a way for players to either a) be able to guarantee they can finish their career in one place (certainly understandable), b) add […]
Well, the commenting has died down on last week’s ballot discussion posts, so without further ado, we present the Pitchers Hit Eighth ballot for the Baseball Bloggers Alliance‘s 2010 Hall of Fame voting (with links leading to our discussion threads for each player. Roberto Alomar – Robbie was a quick yes vote. His dominance was […]
Posted in: Baseball Bloggers Alliance,Baseball Hall of Fame,Cardinals Coaches,Former Cardinals
Tagged with: Alan Trammell, Andre Dawson, Barry Larkin, Baseball Hall of Fame, Bert Blyleven, Cooperstown, Edgar Martinez, Lee Smith, Mark McGwire, Roberto Alomar, Tim Raines
Edgar Martinez Nick: As a National League honk – I’m inclined to just dismiss any player that was primarily a Designated Hitter out of hand. As a baseball fan, I know that I would be dismissed out of hand by fans of the American League. Just because I don’t like the Designated Hitter in baseball […]
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Tagged with: Andre Dawson, designated hitter, Edgar Martinez, Frank Thomas, Hall of Fame, Hall of Famer, Jim Rice, MLB All-Star Game, NL MVP, Ozzie Smith, Rawlings Gold Glove Award, Roberto Alomar, Todd Helton
