Chris Carpenter
I jokingly speculated back in December about what it would take to pry Chris Carpenter loose from the Cardinals. HINT: A lot. I take it all back (or at least wish I could). “But there’s many a slip twixt the cup and the lip.” ~William H. Bonny (Young Guns) Translated into baseball talk, that means […]
Blame the guy who hired the messenger. I’m nearly the last person on Earth who would normally consider defending sports agents, because I don’t exactly consider them to be the last bastion of altruism. Agents represent clients. More precisely, agents attempt to represent their clients’ interests. They do a lot of other things such as […]
After taking a step back and seriously contemplating what the Tampa Bay Rays have done during the off-season, I was reminded that there are many, many ways to build a baseball team. The options that a front office has to choose from are often limited by factors such as financial, competitive, or internally driven realities. […]
Posted in: Cardinals Front Office,Non-Cardinals,Offseason
Tagged with: Ben Zobrist, carl crawford, Carlos Pena, Chris Carpenter, David Price, Evan Longoria, James Shields, Jason Bartlett, Johnny Damon, Lance Berkman, Manny Ramirez, Matt Garza, Rafael Soriano, Robert Frost, Ryan Theriot, Tampa Bay Rays, The Road Not Taken
On the morning of January 19th, I started collecting links – as many as I can find with minimal effort – that discuss the Albert Pujols contract discussions. Why? Who knows, yet here they are. Oh, and to serve you all, our three loyal readers! The Daily Pujols certainly won’t be a comprehensive list, but […]
Posted in: Blogs,Current Cardinals,Media
Tagged with: Albert Pujols, Alex Rodriguez, Bernie Miklasz, Chris Carpenter, Daily Pujols, Dustin Parkes, Joe Frisaro, Jon Bois, Marlin Maniac, Mike Bauman, SBNation.com, Scott Wuerz, Stan Musial, The Sporting News, Travis Hafner
No, I’m not suggesting that MLB shorten the game to 7 innings. That would be plain silly, and it would leave less time for the consumption of ballpark food. If anything, I’m a proponent of having more baseball on a given night as opposed to less. No, I’m simply suggesting that the Cardinals could practically turn some […]
“I say and I say it again, you’ve been had. You’ve been took. You’ve been hoodwinked, bamboozled, led astray, run amok.” ~Malcolm X (Malcolm X – a Spike Lee joint) I couldn’t have said it better myself (probably because Denzel Washington has a way better speaking voice, and he’s well…Denzel). Someone has tried to pull the […]
Posted in: Cardinals Front Office,Current Cardinals,Free Agents,Major League Baseball,Non-Cardinals
Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Albert Pujols, aldous huxley, Allen Craig, Aubrey Huff, Cardinal Nation, Chris Carpenter, Colby Rasmus, denzel washington, kiener plaza, Lance Berkman, malcolm x, Rickie Weeks, shin-soo choo, Yadier Molina
Yes, I’m pretty sure the Cardinals have gone to plaid, but I’ll explain that later. Focus on poker first, because I have a serious poker/baseball question to ask. Are the Cardinals going “all in” for 2011? For those of you who aren’t familiar with the phrase “all in”, it’s a poker term that refers to a […]
Posted in: Cardinals Front Office,Current Cardinals,Former Cardinals
Tagged with: Aaron Miles, Adam Wainwright, Albert Pujols, Chris Carpenter, Gerald Laird, Jake Westbrook, Jose Oquendo, Kyle Lohse, Lance Berkman, Matt Holliday, Ryan Franklin, Ryan Theriot, Skip Schumaker, Trever Miller, Yadier Molina
Kid 1 (Cardinals fan): Okay, I’ve got a Wade Boggs and two Dwight Gooden rookie cards in pristine condition, and they are in sleeves. Heck, they still smell like gum. Kid 2 (Mets fan): I’ll give you any 3 Cardinals cards and a pack of gum for one Gooden card. Kid 1: I’ll take the […]
Just when I thought it was safe to venture into my backlog of blog pieces, I remembered the December project for the United Cardinal Bloggers (UCB). The project is the top 5 stories of 2010 in Cardinals baseball, and it shouldn’t be a difficult piece to write. 5. Cardinals sign Albert Pujols to mega-deal extension […]
I’m sorry. I know you’re ready to move on, and so am I. But first, I wanted to address Dennis’ post from Friday – The Fall Guy. I started to gather my thoughts for a well-written response as a comment to that post, but it quickly became clear it was going to be too long-winded […]
Posted in: Cardinals Coaches,Cardinals Front Office,Current Cardinals,Former Cardinals,Offseason
Tagged with: Albert Pujols, Brendan Ryan, Chris Carpenter, John Mozeliak, Kyle Lohse, Ryan Theriot, Tim McKernan, Tony La Russa