Brendan Ryan to lead-off against Barry Zito, Giants

by Nick August 22, 2010

Brendan Ryan is penciled into the first slot in Tony La Russa’s batting order today, facing Barry Zito and the San Francisco Giants. This will be the first time back in the lead-off spot for Ryan since July 1 against the Milwaukee Brewers. Ryan has obviously improved at the plate as the season has gone […]

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The Pedro Feliz Era begins…

by Nick August 20, 2010

…tonight. And why fiddle around with putting him in a position where he can hit into double plays in obscurity? Rather, the manager has inserted one Pedro Feliz into the fifth spot in the batting order.  The spot immediately behind Matt Holliday.  Two spots behind Albert Pujols.  You know, bait for intentionally walking the two […]

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Pedro Feliz Versus Cardinals’ Remaining Opponents

by Nick August 19, 2010

With today’s waiver trade for Pedro Feliz, it seems pretty clear that the Cardinals are willing to take whatever offense they can get from the third base position the rest of the year in exchange for potentially upgraded defense. That said, with the offense finding consistency elusive yet again during this frustrating season, it goes […]

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What should Cards’ mindset be?

by Nick August 18, 2010

: purely opinionated motivational coach-speak : The Cardinals need to start compartmentalizing things a bit – focus on winning portions of the game, get a bit more basic. Before the Cardinals start focusing on winning a series, they need to focus on winning the one game in front of them. Hell, before that – focus […]

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Giving Away Outs (or Brendan Ryan’s Sacrifice Pop Out)

by Nick August 17, 2010

If you watch much Cardinal baseball and read much Pitchers Hit Eighth, you know that Tony La Russa loves to sacrifice bunt and we hate giving away the out when it’s not necessary. On Saturday against the Cubs, the Cards’ half of the ninth provided such an occasion and a prime opportunity to present why […]

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Some Misconceptions About Kyle Lohse

by Nick August 16, 2010

This weekend’s series was awful.  It was a seemingly fitting display for a baseball club that has been so inconsistent this season that they can’t even consistently be inconsistent. One of the popular fan responses and behavior this weekend was to pile onto Kyle Lohse as somewhat of a figurehead for everything that has gone […]

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How bad did Tony want to beat the Reds?

by Nick August 13, 2010

Some closing notes on the manager’s moves during the Reds series (and not the vomiting part): Randy Winn only had one at-bat. Aaron Miles only had one at-bat, and that was after coming in as a defensive substitution for Skip Schumaker at second base.  For the record, I’m okay with that move. Allen Craig was […]

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Link: 40 Years Ago – Bob Gibson goes 14

by Nick August 12, 2010

Chris Jaffe of The Hardball Times e-mailed me this morning with a link to his latest piece at that site, reflecting on Bob Gibson’s 14-inning victory 40 years ago today. My favorite part of Jaffe’s post is what he calls his favorite as well: My favorite part came in the eleventh inning. In the top […]

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A Childish Response to Brandon Phillips

by Nick August 11, 2010

Dear Brandon Phillips, I hold plenty of respect for your teammates, but you sir, have embarrassed yourself. You went two-for-fourteen against the Cardinals while on the losing end of a three-game sweep. In honor of your “performance,” I would like to present you with the following. (Language NSFW.) Love, PH8.

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Carpenter and Ryan: They’ll Get Over It

by Nick August 10, 2010

I’m going to take a different approach to this.  Everyone clearly has their opinion of whether Chris Carpenter‘s “aside” with Brendan Ryan last night was appropriate or not, and forced to give *my* opinion, I’d probably side with a little bit of what everyone says. Carp is a little extreme sometimes.  About pretty much everything. […]

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