Current Cardinals
The moment Jayson Werth pulled an Adam Wainwright offering to left field for a double, it seemed like the Cardinals might be in for a long, long night. When Wainwright has it all going good, he does not give up a lot of extra base hits. When he doesn’t, you get Bryce Harper following Werth […]
Posted in: Current Cardinals,Playoffs
Tagged with: Adam LaRoche, Adam Wainwright, Bryce Harper, Cardinal, Carlos Beltran, Daniel Descalso, David Freese, Jason Motte, Jayson Werth, Kurt Suzuki, Matt Holliday, Pete Kozma, Ryan Zimmerman, Trevor Rosenthal
Joe Kelly and Trevor Rosenthal made their postseason debuts on Monday, each successfully preventing the Nationals from scoring a run in their respective innings pitched. With the addition of Kelly and Rosenthal to the roll, the Cardinals have employed sixteen rookie pitchers in the postseason since 2000. With one glaring exception (Mike Matthews in 2001), […]
Posted in: 2012 Cardinals Game Notes,Cardinals Coaches,Current Cardinals,Former Cardinals,Playoffs
Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Anthony Reyes, Blake Hawksworth, Brad Thompson, Britt Reames, Bud Smith, Joe Kelly, Josh Kinney, Kyle McClellan, Lance Lynn, Mike Crudale, Mike Matthews, Mitchell Boggs, Rick Ankiel, Trevor Rosenthal, Tyler Johnson
We now stand on the cusp of a great void. We face both a shortage of baseball and an absence of the salty elixir of life known as bacon. MLB’s scheduled time away from us happens every year, and it will return to us after many cold winter months of mourning. Bacon has given us […]
153 games down and 9 to go with the Cardinals owning a 2 1/2 game lead over the Brewers for the 2nd wild card spot in the National League. Ironically, that’s exactly the same advantage that the Braves held last year over the Cardinals with 9 games to play. That didn’t work out so well […]
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Tagged with: Allen Craig, Atlanta Braves, braves, Brewers, Cardinal, Daniel Descalso, David Freese, Diamondbacks, Fernando Abad, Jason Motte, Los Angeles Dodgers, Matt Holliday, Milwaukee Brewers, National League, Pete Kozma, St Louis Cardinals
David Freese and Yadier Molina both hit the 20 HR mark last night. Based on the practically palpable excitement on the internets, this must have been a record or something. It was. The St. Louis Cardinals as a franchise has been around since prehistoric times – 1882 to be exact (that’s what we call the […]
If you watched the Cardinals game last night, you may have heard broadcasters Rick Horton and Dan McLaughlin making remarks about Jason Motte‘s appearance in the 9th inning. Under normal circumstances, a closer coming into the game to protect a 3-run lead would not generate a significant amount of conversation. Motte’s appearance certainly merited no […]
When you your mind is aglow with whirling, transient nodes of thought careening through a cosmic vapor of invention, you must somehow dictate those thought particles or risk losing them forever. Think of it as “situational blogging”. The nearly inevitable post of random unrelated pieces of information and theories of quantum baseball mechanics basically amounts […]
Posted in: Awards,Current Cardinals,Playoffs
Tagged with: Andrew McCutchen, Buster Posey, Cabrera, Dodgers, Kyle Lohse, Melky Cabrera, Posey, Run batted in, Yadier Molina
Feeling like you may have a touch of the 96-hour flu coming on? Have a tummy ache that seems destined to make you feel tethered to your bathroom for a few days? Decided you cannot possibly miss Chris Carpenter’s return to the rotation at 1:20pm on Friday against the Cubs? Wait….wut? Obviously Mike Matheny wasn’t […]
Reading tea leaves, seeking answers in Tarot cards, and checking your horoscope provide no greater insight into the future than a Magic 8 Ball. Even that fortune cookie you crack open on occasion carries no more weight than a roll of the dice. Regardless, there are still times when life requires you to weigh perceived […]
No kidding around this time. Just click the link and vote for Skip. Skip Schumaker is the nominee representing the Cardinals in the annual Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award voting. Maybe you have no idea who Marvin Miller was. Maybe you know nothing about the award. That’s fine. Please vote for Skip anyway. […]