Bud Selig
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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Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Al Hrabosky, Albert Pujols, Alex Anthopoulos, Arthur Rhodes, Ballpark Village, Bill DeWitt, Brandon Phillips, Brendan Ryan, Brian Tallet, Bud Selig, Busch Stadium, Colby Rasmus, Corey Patterson, dan lozano, Fernando Salas, Heath Bell, Jaime Garcia, Jake Westbrook, John Mozeliak, Jon Jay, Keith Law, Mark McGwire, Marty Brennaman, Matt Holliday, Miguel Batista, Miller Park, Milo Hamilton, Mitchell Boggs, Pete Kozma, Rob Drake, Ryan Franklin, Ryan Theriot, Shelby Miller, Takashi Saito, Tony Rasmus, Tyler Greene
Cardinals vs Reds. Chris Carpenter vs Johnny Cueto. The July 4th game had all the media hype of a WWE event. What did fans see? A pitcher’s duel that ended 1-0. Nobody got accidentally brushed back a little harder than usual. Nobody was drilled in the ribs. Heck, the only pitch close to the batter’s box [...]
Let’s call a spade a spade for just once and admit that Bud Selig is after the Dodgers. Sure, he’s going after the team under the guise that an ownership transfer is in the best interest of baseball. That one is right up there with oceanfront property in Arizona and a bridge I’d like to [...]
…Don’t Fix It! Also, don’t add another round to the playoffs, either. Oh, I don’t just sit around the #ManCave all winter long trying to dream up ways to eat large burritos with plastic sporks. I also concern myself with the national pastime and the different ways people propose meddling with it. Consider the possibility [...]
I detest the phrase “perfect game”, and I think it should be removed from the baseball vernacular for good. Why? In it’s current form, it’s used to denote a winning effort that lasts a minimum of nine innings in which no opponent reaches base. Basically, a “perfect game” is a “no-hitter” + “shutout” + “walk free” [...]
Posted in: Former Cardinals,Major League Baseball
Tagged with: Armando Galarrago, Bob Forsch, Bob Gibson, Bud Selig, Bud Smith, Instant Replay, Jesse Haines, Jim Joyce, Jose Jimenez, Lon Warneke, Paul Dean, Ray Washburn
[Ed. note: Once or twice throughout the season, the United Cardinal Bloggers undertake a roundtable discussion via e-mail that involves and answers various questions from the bloggers taking part over the course of a few weeks. We've spent most of our writing time answering those questions and taking part in those discussions (gladly, I might [...]
Ed. note: This can be said of really any post here at Pitchers Hit Eighth, but I’d like to make explicitly clear for this one in particular that these are my opinions and mine only. Others may agree or disagree with me, but this is all coming from my brain, not anyone else who may [...]
Posted in: Cardinals Coaches,Former Cardinals,Media,Non-Cardinals
Tagged with: Alex Rodriguez, Andy Pettitte, Ari Fleischer, Barry Bonds, Baseball Hall of Fame, Bernie Miklasz, Bob Costas, Bud Selig, Henry Waxman, Joe Posnanski, Jose Canseco, Lane Kiffin, Major League Baseball, Mark McGwire, Peter Gammons, Roger Clemens, St Louis Cardinals, Tom Davis
Ok, I know you’re tired of hearing about the Alex Rodriguez steroid saga. I’ve had more than my fill of it as well. I don’t plan to rehash how Rodriguez has sullied the game, and how he is a liar, a cheat, etc. that has been trumpted across the blogosphere since Saturday’s announcement and Sunday’s [...]
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Tagged with: Albert Pujols, Alex Rodriguez, Barry Bonds, Bud Selig, Hall of Fame, Jose Canseco, Major League Baseball, Mark McGwire, Michael Wilbon, MLB Players Association, Pardon The Interruption, PED, performance enhancing drugs, Pete Rose, Peter Gammons, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa, steroids
As if watching the late-August and early-September swoon of the Cardinals hasn’t been bad enough, it appears no one else wants to take the NL Wild Card spot in the playoffs. The Mets lost to the Cubs tonight, allowing the Cardinals to mathematically remain “in the race” regardless of their outcome versus Arizona tonight (and [...]
Posted in: Cardinals Coaches,Cardinals Front Office,Current Cardinals,Former Cardinals,Major League Baseball,National League,Non-Cardinals,Playoffs
Tagged with: Albert Pujols, Arizona Cardinals, Bud Selig, Chicago Cubs, Florida Marlins, Houston Astros, Hurricane Ike, John Mozeliak, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Mets, NL Wild Card, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, St Louis Cardinals, Tony LaRussa, Walt Jocketty