WWU: Cardinals youngsters ready to be versatile

by Nick January 15, 2012

Those media training programs sure do pay off. Now, obviously this falls squarely in the “well, what are they supposed to say?” or “what do you expect them to say?” line of thinking (unless you’re Mark Worrell), but I’ve found it interesting to hear very similar comments from Zack Cox, Ryan Jackson, Jordan Swagerty, Lance […]

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WWU: On Deck for Sunday

by Nick January 14, 2012

Much more to come from Saturday’s goings on at the Hyatt, but looking forward to Sunday, here is some of the Winter Warm-Up lineup for day two: Autographs 9am – David Green, JC Romero, Chris Duncan, Danny Cox, Curt Ford, Chuck Diering 10am – Red Schoendienst, Shelby Miller, Matt Adams, Jim Donohue 11am – Tony […]

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WWU: Adam Wainwright on Albert Pujols’ departure

by Nick January 14, 2012

Well, I’ve got 20 minutes of video from Adam Wainwright‘s appearance in the media room today – unfortunately, I’ve got some work to do to figure out how and/or where to upload it. It only occurred to me after the fact that the file size of 20 minutes of HD video is a bit prohibitive […]

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WWU: Chris Carpenter shares the fishing trip anaconda story

by Nick January 14, 2012

During his media session today at the Winter Warm-Up, Chris Carpenter told his version of the Carpenter, Roy Halladay, Skeet Reese fishing trip/anaconda wrestling story. Here’s the audio: Podcast: Play in new window | Download (922.0KB)

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WWU: Zack Cox enjoying unseasonably warm winter

by Nick January 14, 2012

At an event dubbed “Winter Warm-Up”, Zack Cox said he was happy that the winter has already been unseasonably warm. “Three days ago I think I hit on the field, so that was quite of a, that was a nice little pleasant surprise.” Cox has been back in Arkansas, working out with former Razorback teammate […]

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PH8 at Winter Warm-Up

by Nick January 14, 2012

I am spending today and tomorrow at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Cardinals’ Winter Warm-Up. I hope to bring you as much information as you can handle from player interviews, the various workshops presented, and any other various stories I happen upon. If you are interested in hearing about anything in particular, I’ll […]

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Fool’s Friday: Excited for the New Cards Smell

by Josh January 13, 2012

Needing a good lift to get out of the cold-weather blues, I am looking forward to many things in the coming months. The crazy whirlwind of events since October has left many question marks, as yesterday’s great post here stated perfectly. The first and only good part of being stuck in a hotel away from […]

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Missin’ You: Albert, Tony or Dave?

by HitTheCutoff January 12, 2012

I was minding my own business on Twitter this morning when the must-follow Sam Miller tweeted a link to this post from El Maquino, the results (as of Thursday morning) of a St. Louis Post-Dispatch online poll. Go check them out. Are you done laughing yet? Can I continue? OK, I’ll wait … Let’s get two facts […]

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The Cooperstown Class of 2012

by Dennis January 9, 2012

It’s official.  The Baseball Writers Association of America voters have selected Barry Larkin as the newest member of the baseball Hall of Fame.  Huzzah! Unfortunately, it appears that maybe a few voters were asleep at the wheel.  Check the full results (courtesy of bbwaa.com). That’s a shame.  It seems that maybe a few voters were […]

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ZiPS 2012 Projections: Cardinal Hitters

by Dayn Perry January 9, 2012

Over at Baseball Think Factory, my ESPN Insider colleague Dan Szymborski has been dutifully unfurling his most wonderful ZiPS projections for the upcoming season. Forecasts for our Cardinals, beloved possessors of belt and title, can be found here. So let’s talk about the hitters, shall we? Click to enlarge and regard: ZiPS, to my mind, […]

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