An Evening with Fox Sports Midwest: Entry and The Truck

by Nick September 22, 2010

This Thursday past, September 16th, I was afforded the opportunity to tag along with some fellow bloggers as a guest of Fox Sports Midwest to the Cardinals’ game against the Padres that evening. The game was fantastic, but far from the highlight of the evening (even though the Cards won, an increasing rarity). Daniel of […]

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Could Cardinals finish below .500?

by Nick September 15, 2010

I realize this probably isn’t a novel thought for most of you, but this team’s tailspin in August and September has been truly epic. To wit: The Cards have played .333 ball since the “season-turning sweep” in Cincinnati (well, it was, just not in the direction we all thought).  That’s a 10-20 clip over the […]

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[Redbird Reveille] Playoff Push, Minor Media, and Lingering La Russa

by Josh September 14, 2010

Starting the final limp to October, this week marks big things for the Cardinals’ family and the PH8 team. My return to the site is just a blip on the radar, but I admit it is good to be back. No one could have predicted the free fall that St. Louis has experienced since the dust-up […]

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PH8 on UCB Radio Hour (09.01)

by Nick September 1, 2010

I dug back into my podcast-rambling bag of tricks tonight and joined Daniel from C70 at the Bat and Mike from Stan Musial’s Stance on the United Cardinal Bloggers’ Radio Hour tonight. I managed to hop on the line just in time to ask a few questions of the night’s special guest, Matt Sebek from […]

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Review: Coveroo MLB branded iPhone 4 case

by Nick August 31, 2010

About two weeks ago, I was delighted to receive an MLB-branded Coveroo case for my phone. First, to be clear, Coveroo is not in the business of making cases. They have partnered with manufacturers and MLB (among other licensors) to print and engrave cases with brands, logos, and other designs. The product I received is […]

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The Problem With Memorable Outcomes

by Andrew August 27, 2010

So Matt Holliday popped up on the first pitch of an at-bat in the ninth inning with the game on the line Tuesday night and everyone freaked out. I’m here to address that. The adage of taking the first pitch has been preached since little league, and it appears that it has stayed with most […]

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Could Randy Winn Have Scored? An Unscientific, Assumptive Look.

by Nick August 25, 2010

Among the many topics being discussed today in the aftermath of last night’s loss to the Pirates is whether or not Randy Winn had a legitimate shot at scoring from second base on Albert Pujols‘ single in the top of the ninth inning.  Jose Oquendo thought not, and held him up, but was it the […]

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Fernando Salas recalled, Frequent Flyer miles update

by Nick August 24, 2010

Matthew Leach has news of Fernando Salas being recalled from Memphis – again – at his blog. Our loyal readers (all three of you) will recall that earlier this month, we started tracking Salas’ frequent flyer miles. Well, the last two trips back and forth from St. Louis are helping Fernando to inch closer to […]

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Shelby Miller video (@ Kane County 08.22.10)

by Nick August 24, 2010

I will have a full write-up on Miller’s performance yet in the next day or so, but wanted to get you some video of Cards prospect pitcher Shelby Miller that I took at this weekend’s game. I apologize for the shakiness at times, I took this on my phone and was holding it between the […]

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Jaime Garcia’s Efficient, Impressive Shutout

by Nick August 23, 2010

Sick of reading about how great Jaime Garcia‘s start yesterday was?  Good, me neither, so here’s some more… Derrick Goold and Brian Walton have already covered how Garcia’s start ranked in efficiency – Bird Land comparing fewest number of pitches for a 2010 MLB shutout, and The Cardinal Nation Blog comparing to other past Cardinal […]

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