Cincinnati Reds
With little time remaining before the beginning of an important series for the Cardinals, I did want to provide you with SOME reading – even if it’s from the other team’s perspective. Not surprisingly, there are a lot of similar things being said on both sides of this battle. Lots of “must-win” type of phrases [...]
Cubs manager Lou Piniella (also formerly manager of the Yankees, Reds, Mariners, and Rays) has decided to call it quits at the end of the 2010 season. Here’s your chance to name Lou’s eventual auto-biography. The fine folks at Coveroo (www.coveroo.com) have given us the opportunity to award one of their MLB licensed phone covers [...]
As mentioned at the end of our big NL Central Predictions project, we followed up the original request for predictions and comments with a set of questions about the teams in the divisions. Here are the questions, and the responses that we received, for your enjoyment on this 2010 Opening Day: 1. The St. Louis [...]
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In an effort to put a new spin on making preseason predictions this year, we decided to get outside input from those who know the division best – other folks writing about the NL Central. It just so happens this falls in line with the United Cardinal Bloggers’ 2010 Predictions project as well, so two [...]
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NLDS St. Louis Cardinals (90-66) versus Los Angeles Dodgers (93-64) NLDS Colorado Rockies (88-68) versus Philadelphia Phillies (90-66) —– The Phillies and Dodgers continue to play similar to the Cards, that is, relatively poorly compared to their prior months. Philly is 4-6 in their last ten, with the Cards and Dodgers both 5-5. Philadelphia would [...]
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Tagged with: Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Colorado Rockies, Florida Marlins, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers, NL Playoffs, NL Wild Card, NLDS, Philadelphia Phillies, St Louis Cardinals, Wild Card
Chris Carpenter’s fine outing against the Cincinnati Reds last night had me wondering: The Cardinals’ starting pitching staff has been phenominal (with a few hiccups) in the last month or so, but are they clearly distancing themselves from the rest of the league in that regard? Well, classic metrics tell us it is so. The [...]
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Tagged with: Aaron Harang, Adam Wainwright, Bill James, Bird Land, Bullpen, Chicago Cubs, Chris Carpenter, Cincinnati Reds, Edinson Volquez, Game Score, Houston Astros, Jake Peavy, Joel Pineiro, Johnny Cueto, Kerry Wood, Kyle Lohse, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers, NL Central, NL Central Division, San Diego Padres, Starting Rotation, Tony LaRussa, Twitter, Yovani Gallardo
[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
[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 Sherwood Farnham. If you're not already following Sherwood on Twitter @Mstrdstr12, you should be. Thanks Sherwood!] I [...]
Posted in: Ballparks,Busch Stadium,Current Cardinals,Former Cardinals,Inter-league,National League,NL Central Division,Non-Cardinals
Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, AT&T Park, Ben Sheets, Braden Looper, Busch Stadium, CC Sabathia, Chicago Cubs, Chris Carpenter, Cincinnati Reds, Cole Hamels, Gil Meche, Jason Motte, Jeff Suppan, Joakim Soria, Juan Cruz, Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, Mitchell Boggs, Pittsburgh Pirates, Predictions, Prince Fielder, Ryan Braun, San Francisco Giants, Washington Nationals, Yovani Gallardo, Zack Greinke
The Cards took two of three from the Wee Bears this weekend, continuing their strong play at home. Sunday was a different story at Busch III unfortunately, but we’re choosing to stay on the postitve side regarding overall outcome of the series. A few quick hitters this morning, then we focus on the Braves: —– [...]
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Tagged with: Albert Pujols, Alfonso Soriano, Atlanta Braves, Blaine Boyer, Busch Stadium, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Jose Oquendo, Khalil Greene, Kosuke Fukudome, Pittsburgh Pirates, Rick Ankiel, Ryan Ludwick, Skip Schumaker, Todd Wellemeyer, Tony LaRussa, Trever Miller, Washington Nationals, Yadier Molina
Today marks that usual part of the year where we try like hell not to be homers, and usually fail to some extent. Without further delay, our predictions for the NL Central standings in 2009: Chicago Cubs – Anyone not picking the Cubs at the top of this division is fooling themselves (sorry Sarah!). That’s [...]
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Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Barry Bonds, Chicago Cubs, Chris Carpenter, Chris Duncan, Cincinnati Reds, David Freese, Drayton McLane, Dusty Baker, Houston Astros, Jason Motte, Jim Edmonds, Kerry Wood, Lance Berkman, Mark DeRosa, Milton Bradley, Milwaukee Brewers, Neal Huntington, NL Central, Pittsburgh Pirates, Predictions, Pudge Rodriguez, Roger Clemens, Roy Oswalt, Troy Glaus, UCB, UCB Radio, United Cardinal Bloggers, Walt Jocketty, Yovani Gallardo
