Heads They Win, Tails Everybody Else Loses

by Dennis May 26, 2011

I’m not afraid to admit when I’m wrong, and I don’t have an issue with changing my opinion based on new information.  Where the Albert Pujols contract extension/non-extension is concerned, there are no new facts or even decent speculation, but I’ve come to a new conclusion after some serious contemplation.  I’ll admit that I was […]

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WAR Graph Wednesday: SCRAPGraph

by Nick May 25, 2011

Epic WAR Graph Wednesday today. It’s the SCRAPGraph.  Or GRITGraph.  Whichever you prefer. We’ve got Nick Punto.  We’ve got Aaron Miles.  We’ve got Craig Paquette.  And just for good measure, The Secret Weapon, Jose Oquendo. And believe it or not, there are some fascinating things to be seen (isn’t that always the case with WAR […]

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We Were All Witnesses

by Dennis May 25, 2011

Matt Holliday is leading the NL with a .349 average?  Been there, done that.  Lance Berkman is close behind at .338?  Sure, no problem.  Joey Votto is cruising along with another great season?  Yep, that’s what we’ve come to expect.  Placido Polanco is slapping the ball around consistently enough to post a .335 average?  No […]

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Backup to the Backup’s Backup

by Dennis May 23, 2011

By now, you should be fairly familiar with the Cardinals 25 active roster.  As of the completion of the game against the Royals, it consisted of 13 pitchers, 2 catchers, 6 infielders, and 5 outfielders, although technically Allen Craig was getting playing time as an infielder as of late.  Shortly after the game, it was […]

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Guess how many runs the Cards will score against the Royals, win an AnyDate Newspaper!

by Nick May 20, 2011

Do you like free stuff?  We knew you did. Thanks to the fine folks at AnyDate, we’re happy to be able to provide a free St. Louis Cardinals History commemorative New York Times newspaper for the lucky winner of today’s contest! From the AnyDate.com website, a description of this cool piece of memorabilia: Commemorate the […]

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Take a Swing at ALS

by Dennis May 20, 2011

“ALS” stands for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.  In baseball circles it’s often better known as “Lou Gehrig’s Disease”.  In the tiny part of my brain that entertains thoughts about my own mortality, it’s grouped with things like cancer, tragic accidents, and violent crimes.  If there was a way to humanize such things, I would kick them in the […]

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Inter-League Ploy

by Dennis May 19, 2011

If you haven’t noticed, the Cardinals are in the middle of a stretch during which they play 16 games in 16 days.  That alone is tough enough, but somewhere in the middle of that they are starting inter-league play (aka – “The unbalanced schedule”).  Maybe it’s a statistical certainty that over a really long period of […]

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WAR Graph Wednesday: Lance Berkman and Ken Boyer

by Nick May 18, 2011

After seeing and enjoying similarly titled posts at Splashing Pumpkins, a great San Francisco Giants blog, I asked the proprietor of that site if I could steal borrow the concept here at PH8.  Thankfully, Julian was more than gracious about it, so on occasional Wednesdays I’ll try to find something interesting to show you via […]

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Social Media Night Recap – Dougie Style

by Dennis May 18, 2011

Notice the way this shot was framed magnificently against the backdrop of the Busch Stadium crowd at night.  The warning sign for “Interfering With Ball” marks the boundary, and the foul/fair pole with its ghastly school bus yellow color is matched in the background by its twin.  More importantly, check out the guy in front […]

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Cards see plenty of pitches from Cliff Lee, play defense (?!)

by Nick May 17, 2011

Following the weekend that shall no longer be named, suffering a sweep at the hands of the Reds in Cincinnati that was really making me rethink this post – or, more specifically, my assertion that the 2011 Cardinals were much different than the 2010 version. No sooner had the Cards finished rolling over for the […]

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