How you know you’re an Illini basketball fan…

by Nick March 7, 2010

To wit: Wisconsin: 19 team fouls, 13-20 FT (mostly in garbage time) Illinois: 18 team fouls (mostly in garbage time), 20-23 FT …and I’m still pretty sure the Illini got jobbed by the refs. 🙂 —– In all seriousness, the Illini were just flat today – as they have been for a good portion of […]

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Market for Lugo

by Josh February 28, 2010

Joe Strauss (Ed. note — the purpose here was to give my opinion of where Lugo could be traded based on needs/value. As for the actual trade, I realize I may have offended Bob and others by not being crystal clear — St. Louis would need more than one ‘free’ veteran to get a top-notch […]

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UCB Roundtable: What is your earliest Cardinal memory?

by Nick February 28, 2010

[Ed. note – Once again we are taking part in a United Cardinal Bloggers project.  This month is the ever popular pre-season Roundtable discussions.  You can find the full schedule of roundtable questions and posts at the UCB website. I wrote and sent out this question one week ago, the night before Baby PH8 was […]

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Cardinals Sign Lopez

by Andrew February 27, 2010

The St. Louis Cardinals agreed to terms with free agent utility player Felipe Lopez on a one-year, $2 million deal, as first reported by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. This will be Lopez’s second stint with the Cardinals, after being acquired from the Washington Nationals in 2008 via trade. Since Lopez left Washington he has posted […]

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PH8 Fantasy Baseball

by Josh February 21, 2010

PH8 FB Looking to add an NL-only league to your resume? Stop by and be amazed by how much I borrowed from the 09 FF layout!

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UCB Radio Kicks Off Spring Training

by Josh February 16, 2010

On the heels of their interview with Kyle McClellan, the United Cardinal Bloggers commemmorate the first week of spring training by announcing a full week of internet radio with two special guests. Wednesday afternoon at 4:00 Central, Josh from Pitchers Hit Eighth will be talking with Darren Heitner.  Heitner is the agent for Cardinal farmhand Pete Parise, among […]

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2009 Cardinals Player Grades: Third Base (Josh)

by Josh February 12, 2010

As a failed former third baseman, I know just how crucial and difficult this position can be to a successful club. This becomes even more apparent when multiple players are used to try and lock down the hot corner. Some teams can hide an offensive liability around the diamond but rarely, if ever, does the […]

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Potential 2010 Cardinals Award Bonuses

by Nick February 11, 2010

Thanks to the fine folks at Cot’s Baseball Contracts, we continually have more insight than ever into the contracts and payroll of Major League Baseball. As such, we can put together a list of the potential bonuses the Cardinals could stand to pay out at the end of the 2010 season to certain players if […]

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What can we expect from Rich Hill?

by Nick February 10, 2010

The news is a bit old now, but the Cardinals have given former Chicago Cub and Baltimore Oriole Rich Hill a minor-league contract that carries a non-roster invitation to their big-league training camp. The general consensus is that Hill will compete with other internal options (Kyle McClellan, Jaime Garcia, Mitchell Boggs, P.J. Walters, maybe others) […]

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2009 Cardinal Player Grades: Second Base (Nick)

by Nick February 9, 2010

Let’s once again take a look at everyone who spent time with the Redbirds at second base this season. G GS 2B â–ľ Skip Schumaker 153 128 133 Joe Thurston 124 64 47 Julio Lugo 51 35 30 Brendan Ryan 129 105 19 Tyler Greene 48 29 7 Jarrett Hoffpauir 8 2 5 Mark DeRosa […]

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