NL Wild Card
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 […]
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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 […]
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I am, unfortunately, going to be pretty much out of commission for the rest of this week, due to commitments out of my control. Yes, that includes not really being able to keep tabs on what happens in the Milwaukee series. I do plan on returning with a full head of steam during the Labor […]
Cardinal starting pitcher Joel Pineiro gave the team a much needed seven inning start last night against the Dodgers. Pineiro wasn’t particularly sharp early, surrendering three runs in the first three innings, but the big Cardinal fourth inning – puntuated by back-to-back home runs by Albert Pujols and Ryan Ludwick (is there an internal MVP […]
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Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Albert Pujols, Braden Looper, Bullpen, Chris Carpenter, Chris Perez, Jason Isringhausen, Joel Pineiro, Kansas City Royals, Kyle Lohse, Los Angeles Dodgers, NL Wild Card, Ryan Ludwick, Starting Rotation, Todd Wellemeyer, Tony LaRussa