Ryan Ludwick
Honk, Honk, Honk, Honk, Honk, Honk, Honk One for each magnificent inning pitched by PH8-adopted starting pitcher Jaime Garcia. Jaime was brilliant again last night, striking out five while only walking one and allowing four hits over seven strong innings. His pitch count got up into triple digits (102), which mildly concerns me, and should […]
Aside from Albert and Yadier, the one standard on recent St. Louis teams has been pop from the left side via the outfield. 2009 was shaping up to be no different, at least before the injury bug turned the Cardinals’ OF into a MASH unit. August brought a completely revamped look to the outfield, as […]
During the 2008-2009 off-season, Ryan Ludwick spent the majority of his time conditioning to put on more muscle and bulking up, but he hindered his swing by doing so. Though he was also plagued by an injury, a majority of his problems arose from struggling to drive balls to the opposite field because his added […]
[Ed. note: Once or twice throughout the season, the United Cardinal Bloggers undertake a roundtable discussion via e-mail that involves and answers various questions from the bloggers taking part over the course of a few weeks. We’ve spent most of our writing time answering those questions and taking part in those discussions (gladly, I might […]
Posted in: Blogs,Cardinals Coaches,Current Cardinals,United Cardinal Bloggers
Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Albert Pujols, Brendan Ryan, Colby Rasmus, David Freese, Matt Holliday, Ryan Ludwick, Skip Schumaker, Tony LaRussa, Yadier Molina
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 […]
Posted in: Current Cardinals,Former Cardinals,United Cardinal Bloggers
Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Albert Pujols, Cardinals All-Decade Team, Chris Carpenter, Chris Duncan, Darryl Kile, David Eckstein, Edgar Renteria, Fernando Vina, J.D. Drew, Jason Isringhausen, Jim Edmonds, Matt Morris, Mike Matheny, Ray Lankford, Reggie Sanders, Ryan Ludwick, Scott Rolen, So Taguchi, Steve Kline, Woody Williams, Yadier Molina
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 […]
Posted in: Cardinals Coaches,Current Cardinals,Former Cardinals,Fun
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
Once again the United Cardinal Bloggers are undertaking our fall Roundtable discussions via e-mail. Josh will be moderating a discussion on a question of his own in a few days, so keep an eye out for that. My question to the group has already made the rounds, and there were some interesting (and some predictable) […]
Posted in: Blogs,Cardinals Front Office,Current Cardinals,Minor League Cardinals,United Cardinal Bloggers
Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Albert Pujols, Blake Hawksworth, Brendan Ryan, Colby Rasmus, Daniel Descalso, Daryl Jones, Jamie Garcia, Jarrett Hoffpauir, John Mozeliak, Josh Kinney, Kyle McClellan, Lance Lynn, Matt Holliday, Mitchell Boggs, Ryan Ludwick, Skip Schumaker, UCB Roundtable, Yadier Molina
[Ed. note – As a charter member of the St. Louis Cardinals chapter of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance (BBA) (along with fellow UCB members C70 at the Bat, Fungoes, and Stan Musial’s Stance), PH8 been afforded the honor of carrying an official vote for a couple of the BBA’s 2009 MLB Awards. You can find […]
Posted in: Awards,Baseball Bloggers Alliance,Blogs,Cardinals Coaches,Current Cardinals,National League
Tagged with: Adrian Gonzalez, Bud Black, C70 at the Bat, Chris Carpenter, Clint Hurdle, Colorado Rockies, Fungoes, Jim Tracy, Kyle Lohse, Matt Holliday, NL Manager of the Year, Ryan Ludwick, San Diego Padres, Stan Musial's Stance, The Hardball Times, Tony LaRussa
While the Cardinals and Brewers were going back and forth toward putting up four runs a piece heading into the seventh inning (yes, I tuned in just in time to see Matt Holliday’s three-run jack) tonight, I was finishing up some work around the house, dinner, and feeding my curiosity with the Shaq Vs. television […]
Posted in: Cardinals Coaches,Current Cardinals,Former Cardinals,Fun
Tagged with: Albert Pujols, Dave McKay, Frontier League, John Mabry, Pujols 5, Pujols Family Foundation, River City Rascals, Ryan Ludwick, Shaq Vs., Shaquille O'Neal, T.R. Hughes Ballpark
In another game that many would argue the 2008 Cardinals didn’t have a chance in, the 2009 Redbirds emerge victorious to win another series against the Dodgers, their fifth win this season in the seventh and final regular season matchup with the NL West leaders. Notes Adam Wainwright was brilliant early, then seemed as if […]
Posted in: 2009 Cardinals Game Notes,Cardinals Coaches,Current Cardinals,Minor League Cardinals,NL Central Division
Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Albert Pujols, Andre Ethier, Brendan Ryan, Casey Blake, Clayton Kershaw, Dennys Reyes, foxsports.com, Gerry Fraley, Jaime Garcia, John Smoltz, Los Angeles Dodgers, Mark DeRosa, Matt Holliday, Mitchell Boggs, NL Central, Orlando Hudson, Rafael Furcal, Ryan Franklin, Ryan Ludwick, Tony LaRussa, Yadier Molina