San Francisco Giants
How fitting that in the “Year of the Pitcher” we would be tasked with casting a ballot for the Baseball Bloggers Alliance’s Walter Johnson Award, choosing the top pitcher of the season for the National League. Thankfully, this award is also based upon the regular season, which keeps us within the “Year of the Pitcher” [...]
Posted in: Awards,Baseball Bloggers Alliance,National League,Non-Cardinals
Tagged with: Arizona Diamondbacks, Clayton Kershaw, Cliff Lee, Felix Hernandez, Ian Kennedy, Los Angeles Dodgers, Madison Bumgarner, Matt Cain, National League, NL Awards, Philadelphia Phillies, Roy Halladay, San Francisco Giants, Triple Crown, Walter Johnson Award
I’m big on the Giants. Yep, I’m HUGE on the Giants. Giants Dodgers Padres Rockies Diamondbacks They’ve got a full year of Buster Posey, Madison Bumgarner, and they’ve got some potential breakthrough talent (Brandon Belt). Even if Huff drops off a bit this year, they still have the makings of a 95-win team in that [...]
Posted in: National League,United Cardinal Bloggers
Tagged with: Adrian Gonzalez, Arizona Diamondbacks, Brandon Belt, Buster Posey, Colorado Rockies, Jon Garland, Los Angeles Dodgers, Madison Bumgarner, Ryan Ludwick, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants
As part of the Baseball Bloggers’ Alliance’s yearly awards voting process, we hold the honor of helping choose who wins the BBA’s Willie Mays Award for the National League – the winner being recognized by the BBA as the NL’s most outstanding rookie player or pitcher. 3. Buster Posey, San Francisco Giants Posey was Bryce [...]
Posted in: Awards,Baseball Bloggers Alliance,Blogs,National League
Tagged with: Atlanta Braves, Baseball Bloggers Alliance, Bryce Harper, Jaime Garcia, Jason Heyward, Kyle McClellan, National League West, Rich Hill, San Francisco Giants, Tommy John, Willie Mays
Brendan Ryan is penciled into the first slot in Tony La Russa’s batting order today, facing Barry Zito and the San Francisco Giants. This will be the first time back in the lead-off spot for Ryan since July 1 against the Milwaukee Brewers. Ryan has obviously improved at the plate as the season has gone [...]
St. Louis Cardinals @ San Francisco Giants 8:10 CT TV: Fox Sports Midwest Radio: KTRS-550 Probable Starters: Adam Wainwright vs. Barry Zito The Cardinals dropped an ugly one last night — including two errors, and a .083 BA with RISP — against the always nasty Tim Lincecum. Tonight is a 12-6 dreamers delight, as Adam [...]
[Ed. Note: Better late than never, we always say at PH8...] The National League West might be the MLB division most up for grabs in 2010. The three teams at the top all have question marks in their own right, and it’s likely that whichever can cover its warts best will wind up in the [...]
Posted in: National League,United Cardinal Bloggers
Tagged with: Adrian Gonzalez, Arizona Diamondbacks, Colorado Rockies, Frank McCourt, Jamie McCourt, Jim Tracy, Los Angeles Dodgers, National League West, Petco Park, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants
Many Cardinal fans have experienced increased teeth-gnashing since yesterday’s news that Mark DeRosa is signing with the San Francisco Giants on a seemingly reasonable contract, at two years, $12 million. Is all of this consternation really necessary? I dug into the Bag of Internet Baseball Tricks™ today and put to bed what little concern still [...]
Wa-hey! That’s a winner! After another frustrating night on offense from the Cardinals (don’t know about you, but I find it virtually impossible to tell anymore if the Cardinal lineup is that bad, or if we are just seeing great pitching each night – let’s call it both), the Cards finally were able to make [...]
Posted in: 2009 Cardinals Game Notes
Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Albert Pujols, Barry Zito, Bernie Miklasz, C70 at the Bat, Colby Rasmus, Derrick Goold, Joe Strauss, Mark DeRosa, Matt Cain, Matthew Leach, Rick Hummel, Ryan Franklin, San Francisco Giants, Todd Wellemeyer, Twitter, UCB Radio Hour, United Cardinal Bloggers
[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 Sherwood Farnham. If you're not already following Sherwood on Twitter @Mstrdstr12, you should be. Thanks Sherwood!] I [...]
Posted in: Ballparks,Busch Stadium,Current Cardinals,Former Cardinals,Inter-league,National League,NL Central Division,Non-Cardinals
Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, AT&T Park, Ben Sheets, Braden Looper, Busch Stadium, CC Sabathia, Chicago Cubs, Chris Carpenter, Cincinnati Reds, Cole Hamels, Gil Meche, Jason Motte, Jeff Suppan, Joakim Soria, Juan Cruz, Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, Mitchell Boggs, Pittsburgh Pirates, Predictions, Prince Fielder, Ryan Braun, San Francisco Giants, Washington Nationals, Yovani Gallardo, Zack Greinke
Let’s round out the NL before jumping into the postseason. Los Angeles Dodgers – The return of Manny Ramirez pretty much sealed up this division for the Dodgers. Clayton Kershaw has big-league experience on his resume now, and will confound NL West hitters with his nasty stuff. Joe Torre must be cautious to keep his [...]
Posted in: National League,United Cardinal Bloggers
Tagged with: Arizona Diamondbacks, Barry Zito, Brandon Webb, Clayton Kershaw, Colorado Rockies, Danny Haren, Jay Cutler, Joe Torre, Los Angeles Dodgers, Manny Ramirez, Matt Holliday, NL West, Predictions, Randy Johnson, San Francisco Giants, Tim Lincecum, UCB, United Cardinal Bloggers
