Brandon Phillips
Dearest Cardinals fans, I am before you today, a humble basement blogger, asking – nay, pleading – that you stop your incessant booing of Brandon Phillips when he plays at Busch III. Exhibit A: Split G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BA OBP SLG OPS STL-Busch Stad 3 6 26 23 3 […]
If nothing else, the annual Rawlings Gold Glove Award winners remind us that most voters probably don’t actually watch much baseball. If they did, Derek Jeter would not have taken home the award in 2010. If Rawlings has accomplished anything, it’s that they have got one thing right. The additional step of naming finalists for […]
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In case you missed it, Bob Netherton over at the blog On the Outside Corner absolutely made every attempt to paint the black yesterday on a great hot button topic. It’s a must-read before you finish this piece. Go ahead. I’ll wait. Maybe he caught the corner, and maybe he threw a few just a […]
If you love baseball’s “silly season” during which baseball players routinely have the opportunity to injure themselves patting themselves and each other on the back, then the inaugural “Rawlings Gold Glove Awards Show” is just the thing for you. That’s right. ESPN has set aside a whole hour dedicated to an announcement that really shouldn’t […]
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Let’s just dispense with the pleasantries and list them all here, shall we? This way, Cards fans have a repository to come back to game after game, without having to continue to come up with new reasons for a lost season. In no particular order: Moths Ryan Franklin Takashi Saito Rob Drake Tony Rasmus Dan […]
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I am declaring myself the Medium High Emperor of All-Star Game Voting. Why? Why not? Nobody else has declared themselves “Medium High Emperor”, have they? Besides, it sounds good, and I think it will look great on my updated resume. There are no actual responsibilities or powers that come with the title, but it should be enough […]
Posted in: American League,Fun,National League
Tagged with: Albert Pujols, All-Star Game, Andrew McCutchen, Brandon Phillips, Chipper Jones, MLB All-Star Game, National League, Pablo Sandoval, Rickie Weeks, Troy Tulowitzki
…about the 2010 Cardinals? “I’d play against these guys on one leg,” Phillips insisted before the game. “We have to beat these guys. All they do is b***h and moan about everything — all of them. They’re little b***hes — all of them. “I really hate the Cardinals. Compared to the Cardinals, I love the […]
Posted in: Cardinals Coaches,Cardinals Front Office,Current Cardinals,NL Central Division,Non-Cardinals
Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Albert Pujols, Brandon Phillips, Brendan Ryan, Cincinnati Reds, Colby Rasmus, John Mozeliak, Lance Berkman, Matt Holliday, Mitchell Boggs, nick punto, Ryan Franklin, Ryan Theriot, Tony La Russa, Yadier Molina
I’m usually hesistant to predict individual awards, because there is about a 20% chance of getting any of them correct, and I’m all about hitting the 1/4 mark. Then again, this is for the UCB, and I’ll gladly sacrifice quality for quantity in the name of the UCB. American League AL MVP – Robinson Cano […]
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Since this is the 5th installment, I was going to try and make this one really epic. It was going to be a truly monumental work of snark wrapped inside a thinly constructed flaky crust of sarcastic goodness. Then I made myself a bit hungry. I then realized that you can’t spell “epic” without “p i e”, and […]
By my rough estimate, the 6 teams in the NL Central are going to start the 2011 season with a combined $544M committed to team payrolls. Yikes. Check out the breakdown: Cubs ~ $133M Cardinals ~ $109M Astros ~ $91M Brewers ~ $84M Reds ~ $76M Pirates ~ $51M If you split teams 1-3 and 4-6 […]
Posted in: Cardinals Front Office,Current Cardinals,NL Central Division
Tagged with: Alfonso Soriano, Aramis Ramirez, Brandon Phillips, Carlos Lee, Carlos Marmol, Carlos Pena, Carlos Zambrano, Jay Bruce, Joey Votto, Johnny Cueto, Kyle Lohse, Matt Holliday, Michael Bourn, Ryan Braun, Wandy Rodriguez, Worst Contracts