What They’re Saying: From Reds blogs…

by Nick August 9, 2010

With little time remaining before the beginning of an important series for the Cardinals, I did want to provide you with SOME reading – even if it’s from the other team’s perspective. Not surprisingly, there are a lot of similar things being said on both sides of this battle.  Lots of “must-win” type of phrases […]

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Fernando Salas’ Frequent Flyer Miles

by Nick August 6, 2010

Young Fernando Salas has seemingly become this year’s “Yo-Yo Man” for the Cardinals, bouncing back and forth often between Memphis and the big club.  Mitchell Boggs and P.J. Walters have previously seen action as the Yo-Yo Man, being called up as an extra arm, to replace an injured pitcher, or just on TLR’s whims – […]

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Adventures of a Traveling Cardinals Fan

by Nick August 5, 2010

Occasionally real life (read: day job) takes me to various cities (read: airports) across the country, and this Tuesday and Wednesday past happened to be one of those occasions. Thankfully for my baseball habit, the same MLB.tv subscription that I depend on to watch the Cards at home travels with me – on laptop and […]

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A Historical (?) Evening for the 2010 Cardinals

by Nick August 4, 2010

Unfortunately, it’s the wrong kind of history to be setting. From the “if you can’t say anything nice…” files, comes the following graph: Rk Date Tm Opp Rslt IP H R ER BB SO HR Pit Str IR IS BF AB # 1 1925-06-22 STL PIT L 6-24 9.0 21 24 17 7 0 6 […]

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A Good Night Turned Bad

by Nick August 3, 2010

I watched last night’s game while also trying to get some other things done – multi-tasking! – and decided I’d try to keep some stream of consciousness notes on the game so I could easily recall some things to write about today. Well, if you watched the game or have checked the box score – […]

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Check out Rivalroo PH8 Chat tonight

by Nick August 2, 2010

Received an e-mail from the folks at Rivalroo.com about their game-time chat offering and have added it to the site, you can find the link up there in the bar at the top. I plan to be hanging out in the “PH8 Chat presented by Rivalroo” tonight, come join me and whoever else shows up […]

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Can Cardinals stay hot against Astros?

by Nick August 2, 2010

Well that was quite the interesting weekend, wasn’t it? Regardless of how you feel about the Ryan Ludwick / Jake Westbrook trade or how feeble the Pittsburgh Pirates are, three wins were a welcome sight for this Cardinal fan. Can the Redbirds keep up the offensive explosion that was ignited when the Pirates rolled into […]

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2010 Cardinals and shutouts

by Nick July 30, 2010

The Cardinals were shut out yet again yesterday by the New York Mets, leading to some questions (in my brain and from others’ fingers) as to whether the Cards have been shut out the most of any team in MLB in 2010. As so often happens, to borrow a phrase from Mr. Goold, the perception […]

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Mike MacDougal promoted from Memphis, Salas optioned

by Nick July 28, 2010

According to Cards Director of Media Relations Brian Bartow (on Twitter), relief pitcher Mike MacDougal has been called up from Memphis. MacDougal last pitched in the big leagues for the Washington Nationals last season. MacDougal has battled control issues and injuries throughout his career, often bouncing back and forth between the bigs and the minors […]

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Choose the winner for Piniella’s book (and a Coveroo!)

by Nick July 27, 2010

The entries are in – now it’s time for you to choose what Lou Piniella should name his eventual autobiography. In the process, you’ll also be choosing a winner for the great prize from our friends at Coveroo – a free MLB-branded phone cover or case! Without further delay, the choices: Polling closes at noon […]

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