“A man walks down the street, He says, Why am I soft in the middle now? Why am I soft in the middle? The rest of my life is so hard! ” ~You Can Call Me Al (Paul Simon) Paul had it right. Why are the Cardinals so soft in the middle? The answer […]
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It’s Thursday, and it’s simply too hot outside for clever titles. Before the freakin’ cicadas can take over the earth, I wanted to publish something to get all the random Cardinal baseball thoughts organized and out of my brain. Also, it would be nice to get the sportscaster voices to stop the play-by-play in my […]
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Based on everything I read on blogs and saw on television last night, I was starting to form the impression that Albert Pujols was missing in action until his recent home run spree. I couldn’t disagree more. The big fella has been there all along. At approximately the 1/3 mark of the season, Pujols was on track to […]
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It’s possible that you’ll read a lot about how Lance Lynn pitched a lot better than the box score indicates, and he deserved a better fate. Indeed, he really did pitch better than the numbers show, but don’t think it’s all rainbows and fluffy bunnies, either. Sure, he received no help from Ryan “Iron Skillet” […]
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Daniel Shoptaw of C70 At The Bat joins us to discuss United Cardinal Bloggers, Baseball Bloggers Alliance, Cardinal baseball and Baby Birds. On the agenda for Ep 2.0 – Kyle McClellan, Matt Holliday, Lance Lynn, Maikel Cleto, Shelby Miller, Zack Cox, Carlos Martinez, Chris Carpenter, Ryan Franklin, Chris Duncan – AND OH SO MUCH MORE. […]
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Rumor has it that the Cardinals have inquired about the Padres’ all-world closer, Heath Bell. Why not? What team wouldn’t want a guy with a sub 2 ERA, a WHIP hovering around 1, and who strikes out more than 9 batters every 9 innings? Add that to fact that he’s blown just 1 save all season, […]
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I believe I’m about to embark on what some around St. Louis might call heresy. Still reading? Ok, then let’s continue… Today’s WAR Graphs compare the most recent Cardinal center fielders of significant tenure – Jim Edmonds, Ray Lankford, and Willie McGee – all three with over one-thousand games played in center for the Redbirds. […]
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Chris Carpenter once again pitched well enough to win, yet received a no-decision. See, it’s not that Carpenter hasn’t been pitching well – or well enough to be better than his 1-5 record shows, given his 3.57 FIP (including last night’s game) – it’s that he’s seemingly working harder than ever to be “successful”. Take […]
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Hellooo, TLR! Is this thing even on? Has anybody besides me noticed that Matt Holliday hasn’t exactly been pounding the ball since going 3/5 on May 13th against the Reds? Since that day, he’s gone 4/31 and dropped his batting average from .398 to .344. A hitting slump alone isn’t cause for concern, especially when […]
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Number 2. Numero dos. Deux. The 2 spot. Second in command. The backup to the lead man. Best supporting actor. That was what Chris Carpenter was supposed to be this season. Instead, he’s been pushed to the forefront, and he’s suddenly perceived as being the “ace” once again to many fans. There’s just one problem. […]
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