Arizona Diamondbacks
When Jason Motte gave up a 9th inning home run to Paul Goldschmidt last night, a good portion of Cardinal Nation on the tweeter machine questioned everything from the pitch selection to the height of Motte’s socks. While hindsight may indeed be 20/20, the postmortem approach to analyzing pitch outcomes still leaves some questions unanswered. […]
In the comments, feel free to tell us who you picked for the division winners and the wild cards…
Posted in: Polls
Tagged with: Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Colorado Rockies, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers, Miami Marlins, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, St Louis Cardinals, Washington Nationals
How fitting that in the “Year of the Pitcher” we would be tasked with casting a ballot for the Baseball Bloggers Alliance’s Walter Johnson Award, choosing the top pitcher of the season for the National League. Thankfully, this award is also based upon the regular season, which keeps us within the “Year of the Pitcher” […]
Posted in: Awards,Baseball Bloggers Alliance,National League,Non-Cardinals
Tagged with: Arizona Diamondbacks, Clayton Kershaw, Cliff Lee, Felix Hernandez, Ian Kennedy, Los Angeles Dodgers, Madison Bumgarner, Matt Cain, National League, NL Awards, Philadelphia Phillies, Roy Halladay, San Francisco Giants, Triple Crown, Walter Johnson Award
I’m big on the Giants. Yep, I’m HUGE on the Giants. Giants Dodgers Padres Rockies Diamondbacks They’ve got a full year of Buster Posey, Madison Bumgarner, and they’ve got some potential breakthrough talent (Brandon Belt). Even if Huff drops off a bit this year, they still have the makings of a 95-win team in that […]
Posted in: National League,United Cardinal Bloggers
Tagged with: Adrian Gonzalez, Arizona Diamondbacks, Brandon Belt, Buster Posey, Colorado Rockies, Jon Garland, Los Angeles Dodgers, Madison Bumgarner, Ryan Ludwick, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants
[Ed. Note: Better late than never, we always say at PH8…] The National League West might be the MLB division most up for grabs in 2010. The three teams at the top all have question marks in their own right, and it’s likely that whichever can cover its warts best will wind up in the […]
Posted in: National League,United Cardinal Bloggers
Tagged with: Adrian Gonzalez, Arizona Diamondbacks, Colorado Rockies, Frank McCourt, Jamie McCourt, Jim Tracy, Los Angeles Dodgers, National League West, Petco Park, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants
[Ed. note – While the usual suspect around here is on vacation, we’ve drummed up some great guest posters to take the reins and keep our loyal readers (all three of you) entertained. Today’s guest post is from Brad Taylor. You can usually find Brad writing on his own blog over at bradtaylor.tumblr.com. Thanks Brad!] […]
Posted in: American League,Current Cardinals,Former Cardinals,National League,NL Central Division
Tagged with: Albert Pujols, Alfonso Soriano, Aramis Ramirez, Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Brandon Webb, Carlos Zambrano, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Florida Marlins, Houston Astros, Jason Isringhausen, Kosuke Fukudome, Lance Berkman, Los Angeles Dodgers, Manny Ramirez, New York Mets, New York Yankees, NL Central, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Rich Harden, Washington Nationals
I know, I know – here we go again. Many of you have no doubt read all of the things Tony has done wrong over at the STLToday.com Cards Talk forums. You know the routine over there – “the season is over,” “Tony must go,” “why didn’t they sign a closer?” – those type of […]
Posted in: Cardinals Coaches,Current Cardinals,Minor League Cardinals,Non-Cardinals
Tagged with: Adam LaRoche, Adam Wainwright, Arizona Diamondbacks, Brandon Moss, Brendan Ryan, Cards Talk, Chris Carpenter, Conor Jackson, Dennys Reyes, Eric Hinske, Houston Astros, Jack Wilson, Jason Motte, Joe Thurston, Josh Kinney, Memphis Redbirds, Milton Bradley, Nate McLouth, Pittsburgh Pirates, Redbird Reveille, Ryan Doumit, Ryan Ludwick, STLToday.com, Tony LaRussa, Trever Miller, Twitter
Let’s round out the NL before jumping into the postseason. Los Angeles Dodgers – The return of Manny Ramirez pretty much sealed up this division for the Dodgers. Clayton Kershaw has big-league experience on his resume now, and will confound NL West hitters with his nasty stuff. Joe Torre must be cautious to keep his […]
Posted in: National League,United Cardinal Bloggers
Tagged with: Arizona Diamondbacks, Barry Zito, Brandon Webb, Clayton Kershaw, Colorado Rockies, Danny Haren, Jay Cutler, Joe Torre, Los Angeles Dodgers, Manny Ramirez, Matt Holliday, NL West, Predictions, Randy Johnson, San Francisco Giants, Tim Lincecum, UCB, United Cardinal Bloggers
I try my best to stick with strictly Cards talk here – and try to hold my general contempt for the Cubs as the only topic to a minimum…but this was just too good to pass up. In the interest of full disclosure, I should tell you that I caught this episode of events while […]
Posted in: Media,NL Central Division,Non-Cardinals,Playoffs
Tagged with: Aramis Ramirez, Arizona Diamondbacks, Carlos Delgado, Carlos Zambrano, Chicago Cubs, Dave Campbell, David Wright, Henry Blanco, Jose Reyes, Mark DeRosa, MLB, NL Division Series, Ryan Dempster, St Louis Cardinals, XM Radio
Well, that’s really where it all began, isn’t it? I apologize for my longer than anticipated absence, and in some ways, I’m not that sorry. I barely got to see any Cardinal baseball while I’ve been on ‘hiatus’, and that’s seemingly been a good thing. I hate to go down the path of pessimist, but […]
Posted in: Cardinals Coaches,Current Cardinals,Minor League Cardinals,NL Central Division,Non-Cardinals,Playoffs
Tagged with: Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Bullpen, Chris Carpenter, Chris Duncan, Chris Perez, Houston Astros, Injuries, Jaime Garcia, Jason Motte, Kyle McClellan, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Mets, NL Wild Card, Opening Day 2009, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Rick Ankiel, Spring Training 2009, St Louis Cardinals, Starting Rotation, Tommy John Surgery, Tony LaRussa, Uniforms
