Carlos Beltran
Pitchers Hit Eighth has the distinct honor of calling the third inning action in the United Cardinal Bloggers’ 2013 Progressive Game Blog. If you’ve not seen one of these things before, here is the gist of it, from the UCB site: If you’ve never read one of our Progressive Game Blogs before, you are in […]
Posted in: 2013 Cardinals Game Notes,Current Cardinals,Non-Cardinals,United Cardinal Bloggers
Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Allen Craig, Carlos Beltran, Jean Segura, Kyle Lohse, Matt Carpenter, Matt Holliday, Rickie Weeks, Ryan Braun, United Cardinal Bloggers, Yovani Gallardo, Yuniesky Betancourt
Sometime in mid-August (ok, August 12 to be exact – it’s right there on the Tweeter box) Cardinal fan Will Leitch began a dialogue “with” the Cardinals. Er, maybe AT the Cardinals is more appropriate. The first installment was posted yesterday. With Will’s permission, and maybe he’ll chime in with some of his own feedback […]
Posted in: 2012 Cardinals Game Notes,Cardinals Coaches,Current Cardinals,Non-Cardinals
Tagged with: Adam LaRoche, Adam Wainwright, Allen Craig, Carlos Beltran, Darwin Barney, Davey Johnson, Dee Gordon, Fernando Salas, Jason Motte, Joe Blanton, Jon Jay, Jose Valdez, Josh Harrison, Josh Vitters, Luis Valbuena, Marc Rzepczynski, Mike Matheny, Mitchell Boggs, Pete Kozma, Shelby Miller, Skip Schumaker, Trevor Rosenthal, Will Leitch, Yadier Molina
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 […]
Posted in: Awards
Tagged with: Aaron Hill, Adam Jones, Adam LaRoche, adrian beltre, Adrian Gonzalez, AJ Pierzynski, Alex Avila, Alex Gordon, American League, Andre Ethier, Andrew McCutchen, Aramis Ramirez, Austin Jackson, brandon inge, Brandon Phillips, Brendan Ryan, Bronson Arroyo, Carlos Beltran, Carlos Gonzalez, Carlos Ruiz, Chase Headley, CJ Wilson, Clayton Kershaw, Darwin Barney, David Murphy, David Wright, Desmond Jennings, Drew Stubbs, Dustin Ackley, Dustin Pedroia, Elvis Andrus, Eric Hosmer, Freddie Freeman, Giancarlo Stanton, Ian Desmond, Jake Peavy, Jason Heyward, Jay Bruce, Jeff Francoeur, Jeremy Hellickson, Jimmy Rollins, jj hardy, Joey Votto, Jon Jay, Jose Reyes, Josh Reddick, Mark Buehrle, Mark Teixeira, Martin Prado, Matt Wieters, Michael Bourn, Miguel Montero, Mike Moustakas, Mike Trout, National League, Platinum Glove Award, Predictions, Rawlings Gold Glove Award, robinson cano, Russell Martin, Ryan Braun, shin-soo choo, Tyler Greene, Yadier Molina, Zack Cozart
The moment Jayson Werth pulled an Adam Wainwright offering to left field for a double, it seemed like the Cardinals might be in for a long, long night. When Wainwright has it all going good, he does not give up a lot of extra base hits. When he doesn’t, you get Bryce Harper following Werth […]
Posted in: Current Cardinals,Playoffs
Tagged with: Adam LaRoche, Adam Wainwright, Bryce Harper, Cardinal, Carlos Beltran, Daniel Descalso, David Freese, Jason Motte, Jayson Werth, Kurt Suzuki, Matt Holliday, Pete Kozma, Ryan Zimmerman, Trevor Rosenthal
Happy Father’s Day to all of you dads. I spent the mid-afternoon of my Father’s Day at the local swimming hole with the young boy PH8 and Wife PH8 – who, bless her heart, advised me to start the Cards game from the beginning once we returned home and nap-time had ensued. *sigh* Little did […]
Posted in: 2012 Cardinals Game Notes,Busch Stadium,Cardinals Coaches,Current Cardinals,Non-Cardinals
Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Adron Chambers, Alex Gordon, Allen Craig, Billy Butler, Bruce Chen, Carlos Beltran, Chris Getz, Father's Day, Jarrod Dyson, Jason Motte, Jeff Francoeur, Jonathan Broxton, Matt Holliday, Mike Matheny, Ned Yost, Tim Collins
Cardinals attempt to rock the vote by swaying voters using rather old-fashioned tactics that involve sensory overload of some kind. In this case, they have started the “Vote to send Cardinals to All-Star Game” ad campaign with a questionable list of choices. According to this screenshot taken from the Cardinals.com website just a few days […]
Think the Cardinals have at least average to above average players at every position on the field? Think again. According to the metric “Team Runs Saved”, the Cardinals rank in a tie for 6th in the NL with a -4 runs saved for the season. Ranking 6th out of 16 teams sounds pretty good, or […]
Posted in: Current Cardinals,Stat Tools
Tagged with: Brendan Ryan, Cardinal, Carlos Beltran, Houston Astros, Kyle Lohse, Matt Holliday, Pitcher, Rafael Furcal, Twitter, Yadier Molina
Evidence that many members of Cardinal Nation have already jumped the proverbial shark abounds, and the perception seems greatly deviated from the reality. The Cardinals remain a division leading team, yet they have recently played like a farm club. On paper, they still look like a potential playoff team. On the field, they appear to […]
Have an opinion about a particular player, coach, manager, team, or franchise you wish to express? Try tossing stones 140 characters at a time on Twitter, and then wait for every keyboard jockey with a view contrary to yours to find you. Either nature or some universal law entitles everyone to their own opinion, and […]
Posted in: Cardinals Front Office,Current Cardinals
Tagged with: Boggs, Carlos Beltran, Chris Carpenter, dan uggla, Daniel Descalso, David Freese, Ian Kinsler, Jaime Garcia, Jon Jay, Lance Berkman, Matt Holliday, Mitchell Boggs, Rafael Furcal, Skip Schumaker, Tyler Greene, Yadier Molina
In this crazy world of ours, where nuclear war could break out at any moment, one must be ready for the worst at all times. Baseball is no different, and if any team should be doing as many duck-and-cover drills as infield drills, it’s the Cardinals. This is part of the deal when you stock […]
Posted in: Current Cardinals,General PH8 Stuff,Minor League Cardinals
Tagged with: Allen Craig, Brandon Dickson, Bryan Anderon, Carlos Beltran, Chris Carpenter, Daniel Descalso, David Freese, Eduardo Sanchez, Eugenio Velez, Jon Jay, Kyle Lohse, Lance Berkman, Lance Lynn, Matt Carpenter, Pete Kozma, Rafael Furcal, Scott Linebrink, Shelby Miller, Skip Schumaker, Tony Cruz, Tyler Greene, Yadier Molina