From the category archives:
So Matt Holliday popped up on the first pitch of an at-bat in the ninth inning with the game on the line Tuesday night and everyone freaked out. I’m here to address that. The adage of taking the first pitch has been preached since little league, and it appears that it has stayed with most [...]
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Among the many topics being discussed today in the aftermath of last night’s loss to the Pirates is whether or not Randy Winn had a legitimate shot at scoring from second base on Albert Pujols‘ single in the top of the ninth inning. Jose Oquendo thought not, and held him up, but was it the [...]
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Matthew Leach has news of Fernando Salas being recalled from Memphis – again – at his blog. Our loyal readers (all three of you) will recall that earlier this month, we started tracking Salas’ frequent flyer miles. Well, the last two trips back and forth from St. Louis are helping Fernando to inch closer to [...]
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Sick of reading about how great Jaime Garcia‘s start yesterday was? Good, me neither, so here’s some more… Derrick Goold and Brian Walton have already covered how Garcia’s start ranked in efficiency – Bird Land comparing fewest number of pitches for a 2010 MLB shutout, and The Cardinal Nation Blog comparing to other past Cardinal [...]
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Brendan Ryan is penciled into the first slot in Tony La Russa’s batting order today, facing Barry Zito and the San Francisco Giants. This will be the first time back in the lead-off spot for Ryan since July 1 against the Milwaukee Brewers. Ryan has obviously improved at the plate as the season has gone [...]
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…tonight. And why fiddle around with putting him in a position where he can hit into double plays in obscurity? Rather, the manager has inserted one Pedro Feliz into the fifth spot in the batting order. The spot immediately behind Matt Holliday. Two spots behind Albert Pujols. You know, bait for intentionally walking the two [...]
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With today’s waiver trade for Pedro Feliz, it seems pretty clear that the Cardinals are willing to take whatever offense they can get from the third base position the rest of the year in exchange for potentially upgraded defense. That said, with the offense finding consistency elusive yet again during this frustrating season, it goes [...]
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: purely opinionated motivational coach-speak : The Cardinals need to start compartmentalizing things a bit – focus on winning portions of the game, get a bit more basic. Before the Cardinals start focusing on winning a series, they need to focus on winning the one game in front of them. Hell, before that – focus [...]
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If you watch much Cardinal baseball and read much Pitchers Hit Eighth, you know that Tony La Russa loves to sacrifice bunt and we hate giving away the out when it’s not necessary. On Saturday against the Cubs, the Cards’ half of the ninth provided such an occasion and a prime opportunity to present why [...]
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This weekend’s series was awful. It was a seemingly fitting display for a baseball club that has been so inconsistent this season that they can’t even consistently be inconsistent. One of the popular fan responses and behavior this weekend was to pile onto Kyle Lohse as somewhat of a figurehead for everything that has gone [...]
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