[Redbird Reveille] Opening Day, ESPN Fail, MLB At Bat and Roku

by Nick April 6, 2010

Ah, it feels good to write a “day-after-game” post again. Who enjoys having baseball back? Cardinals 11, Reds 6 What injuries? Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina both homered, Pujols twice and Molina’s a grand slam, in yesterday’s game.  Seems they’re feeling alright, eh? Skip struggles. Skip Schumaker booted a short-hop ground ball that he probably […]

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Opening Day PH8 Odds and Ends

by Nick April 5, 2010

A few things have been going on with the Pitchers Hit Eighth team that we felt obliged to pass along to you loyal readers (all three of you), so here goes… Sports Hot Corner “Cardinal Blogger of the Week” Pitchers Hit Eighth was recently nominated and received the Cardinal Blogger of the Week nod at […]

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2010 NL Central Groupthink Follow-Up

by Nick April 5, 2010

As mentioned at the end of our big NL Central Predictions project, we followed up the original request for predictions and comments with a set of questions about the teams in the divisions. Here are the questions, and the responses that we received, for your enjoyment on this 2010 Opening Day: 1.  The St. Louis […]

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2009 Cardinals Player Grades: Pitcher (Josh)

by Josh April 5, 2010

While not something I originally planned on including today, it is important for all of us here at PH8 to express our condolences to the Walters family. We were fortunate to get to know P.J. while interviewing him on UCB Radio, and I look forward to watching him overcome this tragedy and again honor his […]

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2009 Cardinals Player Grades: Outfield (Josh)

by Josh April 4, 2010

Aside from Albert and Yadier, the one standard on recent St. Louis teams has been pop from the left side via the outfield. 2009 was shaping up to be no different, at least before the injury bug turned the Cardinals’ OF into a MASH unit. August brought a completely revamped look to the outfield, as […]

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First PH8 Live Blog of 2010

by Josh April 2, 2010

Stop by and say hi! Cards v. Twins Live Blog

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2010 Cardinal Fan’s Guide to Twitter

by Nick March 31, 2010

[Update 04.01.2010: Guess I could’ve included the Twitter accounts for everyone here at PH8 in the original post, eh? @PitchersHit8th, @aprfool79, @andrewdmoses – follow us!] After seeing a wonderful post at metsgrrl.com outlining the basics of following New York Mets Baseball on Twitter, I decided something similar was necessary for Cards fans. So with a […]

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2010 National League Central Predictions Groupthink

by Nick March 31, 2010

In an effort to put a new spin on making preseason predictions this year, we decided to get outside input from those who know the division best – other folks writing about the NL Central.  It just so happens this falls in line with the United Cardinal Bloggers’ 2010 Predictions project as well, so two […]

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UCB 2010 Predictions: National League East

by Nick March 30, 2010

The National League East has been dominated by the Philadelphia Phillies in recent history, and bad news for the rest of the teams, 2010 will be no different. Philadelphia Phillies Atlanta Braves New York Mets Florida Marlins Washington Nationals Phillies: The best team in the National League made the blockbuster move of the off-season, trading […]

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UCB 2010 Predictions: American League

by Nick March 30, 2010

It is a necessary evil during our United Cardinal Bloggers’ prediction project that we take a look at the Junior Circuit and pontificate on how they will finish. As such, here is my list of the American League divisions and my expected order of finish in each. AL East New York Yankees Tampa Bay Rays […]

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