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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
“…very unlikely that he will pitch in 2013.” – John Mozeliak, Cardinals GM (about 20 minutes ago) “Well, FU*%!” -Me, just now If it looks like a duck and sounds like a duck, then it’s probably forced retirement in the near future. Grrr.
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 Wednesday and the completion of the regular season was posted yesterday. With Will’s permission, and […]
Posted in: 2012 Cardinals Game Notes,Cardinals Coaches,Current Cardinals,Non-Cardinals
Tagged with: Brandon Belt, Chris Carpenter, Daniel Descalso, Drew Storen, Foley's NY, Jaime Garcia, Jason Heyward, Jayson Werth, Jordan Zimmermann, Kyle Lohse, Lance Lynn, Marc Rzepczynski, Matt Adams, Matt Holliday, Mike Matheny, NYC Redbirds, Shane Robinson, Shelby Miller, Will Leitch, Yadier Molina
Based on what we saw in 2012, feigned knowledge of the minor league system, and some tarot cards someone left in the driveway, I shall attempt to predict the future. Barring an unexpected retirement or alien abduction, the 2013 Cardinals have roughly $89.5M guaranteed in salary to 9 players. Add up some guesstimates for arbitration-eligible […]
Posted in: Cardinals Front Office
Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Allen Craig, Cardinal, Chris Carpenter, Daniel Descalso, David Freese, Jake Westbrook, Jon Jay, Kyle McClellan, Matt Carpenter, Matt Holliday, Pete Kozma, Rafael Furcal, Shelby Miller, Skip Schumaker, Trevor Rosenthal
There exists a gambling fallacy – one that applies to many games, but is especially evident in roulette – in which a player believes that if the bouncing ball has landed on red enough times, black is bound to come up next. There are a few other ways to play this particular gambit on a […]
After the Giants took to Twitter to make some rather unoriginal topics trend on Twitter last night, I think it only right to fight fire with a nuclear unicorn weapon. Of course, the hashtags in use have no impact on the game, but they provide a cathartic release for those of us who are sick […]
Posted in: National League,Playoffs
Tagged with: Allen Craig, Daniel Descalso, Jon Jay, Matt Cain, Matt Carpenter, Matt Holliday, Pete Kozma, Rally Unicorn, RallyUnicorn, Skip Schumaker
To celebrate the Cardinals making the playoffs that infamous person known by the singular name “She” was quoted on the topic of the team making the postseason. Of course, many quotes have been attributed to “She” over the years, but this one makes more sense than some of the others.
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
153 games down and 9 to go with the Cardinals owning a 2 1/2 game lead over the Brewers for the 2nd wild card spot in the National League. Ironically, that’s exactly the same advantage that the Braves held last year over the Cardinals with 9 games to play. That didn’t work out so well […]
Posted in: Current Cardinals
Tagged with: Allen Craig, Atlanta Braves, braves, Brewers, Cardinal, Daniel Descalso, David Freese, Diamondbacks, Fernando Abad, Jason Motte, Los Angeles Dodgers, Matt Holliday, Milwaukee Brewers, National League, Pete Kozma, St Louis Cardinals
David Freese and Yadier Molina both hit the 20 HR mark last night. Based on the practically palpable excitement on the internets, this must have been a record or something. It was. The St. Louis Cardinals as a franchise has been around since prehistoric times – 1882 to be exact (that’s what we call the […]