Former Cardinals
Ok, I know you’re tired of hearing about the Alex Rodriguez steroid saga. I’ve had more than my fill of it as well. I don’t plan to rehash how Rodriguez has sullied the game, and how he is a liar, a cheat, etc. that has been trumpted across the blogosphere since Saturday’s announcement and Sunday’s [...]
Posted in: Current Cardinals,Former Cardinals,General PH8 Stuff,Major League Baseball,Media,MLBPA,Non-Cardinals
Tagged with: Albert Pujols, Alex Rodriguez, Barry Bonds, Bud Selig, Hall of Fame, Jose Canseco, Major League Baseball, Mark McGwire, Michael Wilbon, MLB Players Association, Pardon The Interruption, PED, performance enhancing drugs, Pete Rose, Peter Gammons, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa, steroids
[Ed. note - I've revised the post to re-order all of the charts, ranked by the column that is the "pertinent information". I'm not sure why I didn't do that in the first place, but it was late when I originally posted, so forgive me. Hopefully this makes the information even clearer. Thanks for reading.] [...]
Posted in: Cardinals Coaches,Current Cardinals,Former Cardinals,Stat Tools
Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Alan Benes, Andy Benes, Anthony Reyes, B-R Play Index, Brad Thompson, Braden Looper, Brett Tomko, Chris Carpenter, Darren Oliver, Darryl Kile, Dave Veres, Donovan Osborne, Dustin Hermanson, Garrett Stephenson, Jason Isringhausen, Jason Marquis, Jason Simontacchi, Jeff Sackmann, Jeff Suppan, Joel Pineiro, Juan Acevedo, Kent Bottenfield, Kent Mercker, Kyle Lohse, Manuel Aybar, Mark Mulder, Mark Petkovsek, Matt Morris, Rick Ankiel, Steve Kline, The Hardball Times, Todd Stottlemyre, Todd Wellemeyer, Tony LaRussa, Woody Williams, Yadier Molina
Today is part two of our look at the Cardinals’ focus on defending the running game. We’ll take a look at how the catchers play a role in slowing down the running game of opposing teams. If you missed part one yesterday, you can catch up before diving into today’s post. Let’s get some simple [...]
Posted in: Cardinals Coaches,Current Cardinals,Former Cardinals
Tagged with: Alberto Castillo, Carlos Hernandez, Danny Sheaffer, Einar Diaz, Eli Marrero, Gary Bennett, Jason LaRue, Mike DiFelice, Mike Mahoney, Mike Matheny, Tom Lampkin, Tom Pagnozzi, Tony LaRussa, Yadier Molina
Ok, maybe only one blown call. The arguments will rage on about the penalty disparities between the Steelers and Cardinals tonight (at least I hope, it was kind of silly until late in the game), but one call made by the officials tonight will stand out. How could the NFL officials assigned to the replay [...]
Posted in: Former Cardinals,General PH8 Stuff,General Sports
Tagged with: Arizona Cardinals, Bill Bidwill, Ed Hochuli, James Harrison, Ken Whisenhunt, Kurt Warner, Larry Fitzgerald, Michael Vick, NFL, Phoenix, Pittsburgh Steelers, Super Bowl 43, Super Bowl XLIII, Tom Brady
Here it is, probably not much anticipated, but I’m excited about bringing it to you. I should qualify my choices for this lineup. Each player must have played 50% of his games at the position listed in the given season and have 450 at-bats for that season. The following is the lineup, based upon the [...]
Posted in: Cardinals Coaches,Current Cardinals,Former Cardinals
Tagged with: Albert Pujols, Chris Carpenter, Delino DeShields, Edgar Renteria, Jim Edmonds, Mark McGwire, Ryan Ludwick, Scott Rolen, Tony LaRussa, Yadier Molina
One of my favorite things to do lately is check in on the Stat of the Day over at Baseball Reference. I’m trying to learn how to properly use their Play Index tool, and the stat of the day page helps to show the power of the PI. This past Friday, the topic was Chris [...]
Posted in: Current Cardinals,Former Cardinals,Non-Cardinals,Stat Tools
Tagged with: Alberto Castillo, B-R Play Index, Baseball Reference, Benito Santiago, Chris Carpenter, Darrin Fletcher, Jim Palmer, Mike Matheny, Toronto Blue Jays, Yadier Molina
While some of these wouldn’t necessarily qualify as a “move” in most minds, here are – in my opinion – the most influential moves/non-moves/transactions made by the Cardinals’ brass during the 2008 calendar year. (In no particular order.) Trade Scott Rolen for Troy Glaus. I still wonder to this day if John Mozeliak fell out [...]
Posted in: Awards,Cardinals Coaches,Cardinals Front Office,Current Cardinals,Events,Former Cardinals,Minor League Cardinals
Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Brian Fuentes, Chris Duncan, Chris Perez, Colby Rasmus, Dave Duncan, Felipe Lopez, Jason Motte, John Mozeliak, Khalil Greene, Kyle Lohse, Kyle McClellan, Mark Worrell, Memphis Redbirds, NL MVP, Petco Park, Ryan Ludwick, San Diego Padres, Scott Rolen, Tony LaRussa, Troy Glaus, Yadier Molina
Cage match time at PH8. Ok, not really, but a note from RVB ( Cardinals Diaspora ) on Twitter got me thinking: just how similar are Jon Garland (who I think is somehow destined to wind up a Cardinal) and likely former Card Braden Looper? I figured they would have some similarities, both are durable, [...]
Posted in: Blogs,Current Cardinals,Former Cardinals,Free Agents
Tagged with: Braden Looper, Cardinals Diaspora, Chicago White Sox, Chris Carpenter, Jeff Suppan, Jon Garland, Kyle Lohse, LA Angels of Anaheim, Twitter
Rumors persist among Cardinal fans and scribes that Kyle McClellan is the logical fifth starter if Chris Carpenter can’t go because of persistent injury issues. I’ve gone on record here more than once as being opposed to this idea, and I haven’t changed my tune. As McClellan labored down the stretch, I wrote Save McClellan [...]
Posted in: Cardinals Front Office,Current Cardinals,Former Cardinals,Minor League Cardinals
Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Anthony Reyes, Braden Looper, Bullpen, Chris Carpenter, Jaime Garcia, Jeff Suppan, Joel Pineiro, John Mozeliak, Kyle Lohse, Kyle McClellan, Mike Parisi, Mitchell Boggs, Starting Rotation, thesouthern.com, Todd Wellemeyer, Tommy John Surgery
Today brought us some great posts across the Cardinal blogosphere, not so indirectly focused toward an article that appeared yesterday in the St Louis Post-Dispatch. I don’t have a lot to add to what Pip and C70 have already said regarding the venom being spewed toward Cardinal management, nor about the media’s involvement in provoking [...]
Posted in: Agents,Blogs,Cardinals Front Office,Current Cardinals,Former Cardinals,Free Agents,Media,Minor League Cardinals
Tagged with: Aaron Miles, Adam Wainwright, Alan Embree, Arthur Rhodes, Bill DeWitt, Brian Fuentes, Carl Pavano, Casey Blake, CBS Sportsline, Cesar Izturis, Chicago Cubs, Chris Carpenter, Chris Perez, Damaso Marte, Daniel Cabrera, David Freese, Edgar Renteria, ESPN.com, Felipe Lopez, Francisco Rodriguez, Jamie Moyer, Jason Giambi, Jason Motte, Jeremy Affeldt, Joe Nelson, Joel Pineiro, John Mozeliak, Kansas City Royals, Kerry Wood, Khalil Greene, Kyle Farnsworth, Kyle Lohse, LA Angels of Anaheim, Los Angeles Dodgers, Matthew Leach, Milton Bradley, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Rafael Furcal, Randy Johnson, Russell Branyan, Ryan Dempster, San Francisco Giants, Scott Boras, Skip Schumaker, St Louis Post-Dispatch, Tim Lincecum, Trever Miller, Troy Glaus, Tyler Greene
