Listen to UCB Radio Hour

by Nick January 8, 2009

Last night’s UCB Radio Hour proved very successful, Matthew Leach was great, answering questions with some insight we generally don’t get “on the outside looking in” during the first 20 minutes of the show.  I popped on later for some discussions about the outfield, the infield, and management. Listen to the podcast via iTunes by [...]

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Matthew Leach on UCB Radio

by Nick January 6, 2009

Tomorrow night marks the return of UCB Radio – back from holiday hiatus.  Show starts at 10pm CT. This week we have a special guest joining us for the first portion of the show (I’m told probably the first 15-20 minutes), Matthew Leach from MLB.com.  Matthew covers the Cards for MLB.com and also keeps his [...]

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The best take on Aaron Miles

by Nick January 5, 2009

Matthew Leach, Cardinals beat writer for MLB.com, put up a post today about the Aaron Miles “situation” on his blog Obviously, You’re Not a Golfer. First, if you don’t read Matthew’s blog, you should. When he does write over there (yes, that’s an open poke at Matthew to get him to write there more) it’s [...]

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Who is left in free agency?

by Nick January 2, 2009

Now that Tony LaRussa’s self-proclaimed primary focus in the free agent market has signed on for several millions with the Los Angeles of Anaheim, Orange County, California, USA Angels – where do the Cardinals turn next? The Cardinals have, at least in the opinion of this humble scribe, several holes yet to fill as they [...]

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PHE now simulcast at Cards Clubhouse

by Nick January 2, 2009

Obviously if you’re here reading, you may not find this helpful, but Pitchers Hit Eighth has partnered with Cards Clubhouse to ‘syndicate’ our content (if you will) on the forums over there. Hopefully this arrangement will bring a number of readers and opinions back and forth between the sites to make the discussion more lively [...]

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UCB: Top 5 Cardinals Stories of 2008

by Nick December 31, 2008

As part of yet another great United Cardinal Bloggers project, I give you my top five stories of 2008 as pertains to the St Louis Cardinals. 1.  Lohse signs late, then signs early Kyle Lohse was on the rader of GM John Mozeliak for most of the winter prior to the 2008 season.  Lohse was [...]

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Pitching – How do we stack up

by StLCards December 13, 2008

Always hard to follow along with all the moves, so I’m hoping this gives an indication of where the Cardinals pitching is at within the central division. I’m going to use the depth charts at mlb.com as the reference. They are fairly up to date as they show Greene at SS already. Cardinals - SP: Wainright, Lohse, [...]

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Increased opportunities and the Khalil Greene trade

by Nick December 10, 2008

So I’ve been banging these ideas, ‘theories’ if you will, around in my head since the Khalil Greene trade was announced late last week.  I decided that some of them were just too ingenious to keep to myself. Everyone knows and acknowledges that one of the Cardinals’ priorities heading into this season was finding middle [...]

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UCB Radio, Twitter from Vegas, and some belated thanks

by Nick December 9, 2008

Just wanted to note for those of you interested, I will be co-hosting a portion of United Cardinal Bloggers Radio tomorrow night.  The show starts at 10p CT and is scheduled to run for two hours.  I will be chiming in on the second hour.  Take a listen and call in with any questions for [...]

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Set the Lineup

by StLCards December 8, 2008

Let’s get an early jump. Based on what we have now and what we know about Tony let’s try to set the lineup for 2009. You can enter names or stats or just general wants. Leadoff, RF, Skip Schumaker. – Schumaker really proved himself as a leadoff hitter last year. In fact, Shoeman batted .309 [...]

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