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St. Louis Cardinals (90-66) versus Los Angeles Dodgers (93-64)
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Colorado Rockies (88-68) versus Philadelphia Phillies (90-66)
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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 get the second seed today, by [...]
Posted in: National League, Playoffs
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 Cardinal pitching staff [...]
Posted in: Blogs, Cardinals Coaches, Current Cardinals, Media, NL Central Division, National League
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!]
In [...]
Posted in: American League, Current Cardinals, Former Cardinals, NL Central Division, National League
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
I know, I know – here we go again.
Many of you have no doubt read all of the things Tony has done wrong over at the STLToday.com Cards Talk forums. You know the routine over there - “the season is over,” “Tony must go,” “why didn’t they sign a closer?” – those type of posts.
I’d [...]
Posted in: Cardinals Coaches, Current Cardinals, Minor League Cardinals, Non-Cardinals
Tagged with: Adam LaRoche, Adam Wainwright, Arizona Diamondbacks, Brandon Moss, Brendan Ryan, Cards Talk, Chris Carpenter, Conor Jackson, Dennys Reyes, Eric Hinske, Houston Astros, Jack Wilson, Jason Motte, Joe Thurston, Josh Kinney, Memphis Redbirds, Milton Bradley, Nate McLouth, Pittsburgh Pirates, Redbird Reveille, Ryan Doumit, Ryan Ludwick, STLToday.com, Tony LaRussa, Trever Miller, Twitter
Dear Tony: I have to pay for this domain name. It was based upon a promise you made a little over a year ago to strategically get Albert Pujols more at-bats while still getting him into the cleanup spot. I thought it so unique that I ran out and started this site. Now you’re reneging [...]
Posted in: Cardinals Coaches, Current Cardinals, Minor League Cardinals
Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Albert Pujols, Andy Hawkins, Chris Carpenter, Deryk Hooker, Houston Astros, Joel Pineiro, Kyle Lohse, Mike Hampton, Pittsburgh Pirates, Quad Cities River Bandits, Roy Oswalt, STLToday.com, Tony LaRussa, Twitter, Wandy Rodriguez
Posted in: Blogs, Current Cardinals, Media, Media Appearances, Non-Cardinals, UCB Radio, United Cardinal Bloggers
Tagged with: Anheuser-Busch, Astros County, Baseball Musings, Cardinals GM, Chris Carpenter, Colby Rasmus, David Freese, ESPN.com, Houston Astros, LA Angels of Anaheim, LA Times, NBC LA, NBC Williamsburg, Nick Adenhart, North Side Notch, Pittsburgh Pirates, Todd Wellemeyer, Twitter, UCB, UCB Radio, United Cardinal Bloggers
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 not [...]
Posted in: Cardinals Coaches, Current Cardinals, Former Cardinals, NL Central Division, Non-Cardinals, UCB Radio, United Cardinal Bloggers
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
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
Well, that’s really where it all began, isn’t it?
I apologize for my longer than anticipated absence, and in some ways, I’m not that sorry. I barely got to see any Cardinal baseball while I’ve been on ‘hiatus’, and that’s seemingly been a good thing. I hate to go down the path of pessimist, but it’s [...]
Posted in: Cardinals Coaches, Current Cardinals, Minor League Cardinals, NL Central Division, Non-Cardinals, Playoffs
Tagged with: Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Bullpen, Chris Carpenter, Chris Duncan, Chris Perez, Houston Astros, Injuries, Jaime Garcia, Jason Motte, Jerseys, Kyle McClellan, Logos, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Mets, NL Wild Card, Opening Day 2009, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Rick Ankiel, Spring Training 2009, St Louis Cardinals, Starting Rotation, Tommy John Surgery, Tony LaRussa, Uniforms
This has been a tough season to really understand. At the beginning not much was anticipated. Rotation seemed shaky with Carpenter out and three rookies in the outfield and an injury prone 3B taking over for perennial gold glovers Edmonds and Rolen, together with all the uncertainty of Pujols’ elbow, tempered expectations to say the [...]
Posted in: Current Cardinals
Tagged with: Albert Pujols, Atlanta Braves, Ben Sheets, Braden Looper, CC Sabathia, Chicago Cubs, Chris Carpenter, Chris Perez, Houston Astros, Jaime Garcia, Jim Edmonds, Kyle Lohse, Lance Berkman, Milwaukee Brewers, NL Wild Card, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Russ Springer, Scott Rolen, St Louis Cardinals, Starting Rotation, Todd Wellemeyer
