Mike Matheny
Moved to record a new episode after far too much time taken off since the last one, Josh and I blazed our own path without a guest for Episode 8.0. We did however, solicit questions from Twitter just before the show, and wound up discussing topics ranging from Jose Oquendo‘s future with the club, to [...]
I really thought Mike Matheny would make a great successor to Dave Duncan one day – following the same route Duncan did, from catcher to successful pitching coach. Instead, Matheny is now Duncan’s boss. Following a relatively short search, John Mozeliak found his man. He didn’t have to look far, awarding the job to the [...]
The United Cardinal Bloggers‘ January project tasked us bloggers with putting together a Cardinals team made up of the best at each position, in our opinion, during the recently completed decade. Not really any other restrictions placed on this one, other than it was due on Friday. Oops. Better late than never. Not surprisingly, there [...]
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With names from Cardinal teams past popping up everywhere – Mark McGwire is the team’s new hitting coach and possible pinch-hitter (depending on whether Tony would ever really push for such a thing), and now Jim Edmonds has “challenged” LaRussa to give him a roster spot (believe what you will there) – I thought it [...]
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Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Albert Pujols, Blake Hawksworth, Brad Penny, Brendan Ryan, Chris Carpenter, Craig Paquette, Darryl Kile, Dave Veres, David Freese, Dennys Reyes, Edgar Renteria, Fernando Tatis, Fernando Vina, Garrett Stephenson, Jason Motte, Jim Edmonds, Kyle Lohse, Kyle McClellan, Mark McGwire, Matt Holliday, Mike James, Mike Matheny, Mike Timlin, Rick Ankiel, Ryan Franklin, Ryan Ludwick, Scott Rolen, Skip Schumaker, Yadier Molina
[Ed. note - As part of our vacation reading, I asked my Twitter buddy Jake Wagman, political reporter for the St Louis Post-Dispatch, to do a Q&A with us. Happily, Jake obliged. Extensively. We couldn't have asked for better responses. Jake gave us some great insight into the political workings that go along with a [...]
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Tagged with: Adam Kennedy, Albert Pujols, All-Star Game, Ballpark Village, Bernie Miklasz, Bill DeWitt, Bill DeWitt III, Bowling Hall of Fame, Brian Barden, Busch Stadium, Carl Pavano, Centene, Cordish, Dave Duncan, Derrick Goold, ESPN Zone, Governor Jay Nixon, Jeff Weaver, Jim Edmonds, Joe Strauss, Joe Thurston, KTRS, Matthew Leach, Mayor Francis Slay, Mike Matheny, Ozzie Smith, Rick Hummel, Robin Carnahan, Roger Clemens, St Louis City, St Louis County, Stifel Nicolaus, STLToday.com, Troy Glaus, Walt Jocketty, Yadier Molina
Today is part two of our look at the Cardinals’ focus on defending the running game. We’ll take a look at how the catchers play a role in slowing down the running game of opposing teams. If you missed part one yesterday, you can catch up before diving into today’s post. Let’s get some simple [...]
Posted in: Cardinals Coaches,Current Cardinals,Former Cardinals
Tagged with: Alberto Castillo, Carlos Hernandez, Danny Sheaffer, Einar Diaz, Eli Marrero, Gary Bennett, Jason LaRue, Mike DiFelice, Mike Mahoney, Mike Matheny, Tom Lampkin, Tom Pagnozzi, Tony LaRussa, Yadier Molina
One of my favorite things to do lately is check in on the Stat of the Day over at Baseball Reference. I’m trying to learn how to properly use their Play Index tool, and the stat of the day page helps to show the power of the PI. This past Friday, the topic was Chris [...]
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Tagged with: Alberto Castillo, B-R Play Index, Baseball Reference, Benito Santiago, Chris Carpenter, Darrin Fletcher, Jim Palmer, Mike Matheny, Toronto Blue Jays, Yadier Molina
