BBA HoF Ballot Discussion: Andre Dawson

by Nick December 30, 2009

[Over the next few days, Josh and I will be discussing the Hall of Fame merits of the players on this year’s ballot for the purpose of creating our ballot for the Baseball Bloggers Alliance HoF voting.] Andre Dawson Nick: I’ll let you lead off on this one – I don’t even know where to […]

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BBA HoF Ballot Discussion: Bert Blyleven

by Nick December 30, 2009

[Over the next few days, Josh and I will be discussing the Hall of Fame merits of the players on this year’s ballot for the purpose of creating our ballot for the Baseball Bloggers Alliance HoF voting.] Bert Blyleven Nick: Is there a more discussed name on the Hall of Fame ballot right now?  Blyleven […]

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DeRosa to the Giants is net gain for the Cardinals

by Nick December 29, 2009

Many Cardinal fans have experienced increased teeth-gnashing since yesterday’s news that Mark DeRosa is signing with the San Francisco Giants on a seemingly reasonable contract, at two years, $12 million. Is all of this consternation really necessary? I dug into the Bag of Internet Baseball Tricks™ today and put to bed what little concern still […]

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BBA HoF Ballot Discussion: Harold Baines

by Nick December 29, 2009

[Over the next few days, Josh and I will be discussing the Hall of Fame merits of the players on this year’s ballot for the purpose of creating our ballot for the Baseball Bloggers Alliance HoF voting.] Harold Baines Nick: For a guy who spent more games at DH than any other position on the […]

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BBA HoF Ballot Discussion: Roberto Alomar

by Nick December 29, 2009

[Over the next few days, Josh and I will be discussing the Hall of Fame merits of the players on this year’s ballot for the purpose of creating our ballot for the Baseball Bloggers Alliance HoF voting.] Roberto Alomar Nick: I believe I allowed my opinion of Alomar’s “extra-curriculars” cloud my judgment of just how […]

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PH8 Votes for the Hall of Fame (kind of)

by Nick December 28, 2009

As with our previous 2009 player awards, the members of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance have chosen to log our votes for this year’s Hall of Fame class as well. While we’re almost certain not to agree with the official voters, this exercise will be fun for the BBA members, and particularly Josh and I here […]

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The Odds on Matt Holliday Signing

by Nick December 19, 2009

While it may not look like it at first, according to Scott Boras, the competition for landing Matt Holliday in free agency appears to be a very tight race between two teams… In case you can’t read the ridiculously small legend at right, I’ll give you the goods here: I’ve got the Cards in red. […]

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UCB: 2009 Cardinal Blogger Awards

by Nick November 23, 2009

1. Cardinal Player of the Year Matt Holliday Albert Pujols Brendan Ryan Write-in: __________ Is it really necessary for me to write this one up?  Mang raked again this season, carried the team through the first half.  Will he seek the dollars or the championships in seasons beyond 2011?  Or both? 2. Cardinal Pitcher of […]

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UCB Roundtable: Mark McGwire as hitting coach, a circus?

by Josh November 5, 2009

This one fell into my lap, and who am I to not to jump at the chance to get everyone’s feelings… The Monday (10.26) night Radio Show was just the start, and the UCB crew takes a lot of pride in our work. With that being said, how much of a circus is it going […]

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UCB Radio Hour with guest P.J. Walters

by Nick November 4, 2009

Join Josh and I tonight for another UCB Radio broadcast over at Blog Talk Radio, 9:30pm Central Time. Tonight we’ll be chatting with Cardinals pitcher P.J. Walters. Call in at 929.646.1758, listen live at BTR, or download the podcast at iTunes later!

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