St Louis Cardinals
[Ed. note – below is one of a series of one question interviews completed before we left for vacation. Please keep in mind as you read that we are still cutting our chops asking “hard hitting questions” so I hope you all find these interesting. Today’s interviewee is John Vuch, Director of Minor League Operations […]
Posted in: Cardinals Front Office,Current Cardinals,Interviews,Minor League Cardinals
Tagged with: Adam Reifer, Adron Chambers, Colby Rasmus, Daniel Descalso, John Vuch, Kevin Thomas, Minor Leagues, Palm Beach Cardinals, Quad Cities River Bandits, Sam Freeman, St Louis Cardinals
I’m probably spitting into the wind asking this question on a site devoted to the Cardinals, but today’s poll question puts to you, the loyal readers (all three of you), what is the best current rivalry in the big leagues? [poll id=”3″]
First, stop by PH8 for a live chat during tonight’s Cardinals versus Mets game on national ESPN. All are welcome, and we’ll even incorporate some Twitter feeds to get all the latest and greatest from Busch III. Then, join the UCB for our weekly Radio Hour podcast at 9:30p over at the Blog Talk Radio […]
Posted in: Busch Stadium,Live Blog,UCB Radio,United Cardinal Bloggers
Tagged with: Blog Talk Radio, Busch Stadium, ESPN, New York Mets, St Louis Cardinals, UCB, UCB Radio Hour, United Cardinal Bloggers
Today begins another chapter in the storied Cardinals-Cubs rivalry, and what better way to kick it off than renewing something that has quickly become a bit of a tradition at Pitchers Hit Eighth? I leave you with this, and go Cards!
Let’s see if I can remember who I picked to win divisions in the previous posts… AL Playoffs Cleveland Indians over New York Yankees When Alex Rodriguez struggles upon his return from hip surgery, ultimately shutting it down in September, the window opens for the Evil Empire to go down. Tampa Bay Rays over Los […]
Posted in: American League,Awards,Cardinals Coaches,Current Cardinals,Events,Former Cardinals,National League,Non-Cardinals,United Cardinal Bloggers
Tagged with: Adam Kennedy, Adam Wainwright, Albert Pujols, Alex Rodriguez, Carlos Zambrano, CC Sabathia, Chicago Cubs, Chris Carpenter, Citizens Bank Park, Cleveland Indians, Cole Hamels, Daniel Murphy, David Price, Eric Wedge, Jason Isringhausen, Joe Blanton, Joe Maddon, LA Angels of Anaheim, Los Angeles Dodgers, Manny Ramirez, MLB, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Predictions, Shane Victorino, St Louis Cardinals, Steve Bartman, Tampa Bay Rays, Tony LaRussa, UCB, United Cardinal Bloggers, Victor Martinez
Well, I must say that at least one of these decisions by GM John Mozeliak and his front office counterparts with the Cardinals was a surprise. The Cards elected to decline to offer arbitration to any of their three “compensatory” free agents – Russ Springer, Braden Looper, and Jason Isringhausen. They also did not offer […]
Posted in: Cardinals Front Office,Current Cardinals,Free Agents,Non-Cardinals
Tagged with: Arbitration, Braden Looper, CC Sabathia, Felipe Lopez, Jason Isringhausen, John Mozeliak, Kyle Lohse, Mark Teixeira, Randy Wolf, Russ Springer, Spring Training, St Louis Cardinals
So I’ve been biding my time, waiting, watching, allowing the news to come to me. As I’m sure my loyal readers know (all three of you), it’s been eerily quiet. Let’s catch up with the goings on… First, I wanted to take another opportunity to publicize the debut and continuing development of United Cardinal Bloggers’ […]
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Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Adrian Gonzalez, AJ Burnett, Albert Pujols, Arthur Rhodes, Atlanta Braves, Ben Sheets, Braden Looper, Brian Fuentes, C70 at the Bat, CardinalsGM, CC Sabathia, Cesar Izturis, Chase Utley, Chris Carpenter, Colby Rasmus, Colorado Rockies, Coors Field, Damaso Marte, Dan O'Dowd, Derek Lowe, Derrick Goold, Don Wakamatsu, Edgar Renteria, Felipe Lopez, Jake Peavy, Jason Motte, Jeremy Affeldt, Jess Todd, Joe Beimel, John Mozeliak, Jose Oquendo, Jose Reyes, Kerry Wood, Kevin Towers, Mark Mulder, Matt Holliday, New York Yankees, NL Gold Glove, NL MVP, Oakland Athletics, Oliver Perez, Orlando Hudson, Phil Sheridan, Philadelphia Phillies, Rafael Furcal, Randy Wolf, Ryan Howard, Ryan Ludwick, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, Scott Eyre, Seattle Mariners, St Louis Cardinals, Tom Haudricourt, Tony LaRussa, Trever Miller, Tyler Greene, UCB, UCB Radio, United Cardinal Bloggers, Will Ohman, Yadier Molina
The announcements are in and Sir Albert has brought home another well deserved MVP Award. You can listen to the conference call, watch video, etc from the link above. Highlights : Elbow is doing good 🙂 Will be cleared to do weight lifting soon, but can’t push too much. Other questions surrounded the fact that the […]
Posted in: Cardinals Coaches,Current Cardinals,National League
Tagged with: Albert Pujols, Bullpen, Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers, MVP, NL MVP, St Louis Cardinals, Starting Rotation, Tony LaRussa
I will be making my first radio/podcast appearance tonight as a call-in guest on the United Cardinal Bloggers’ internet radio show, hosted by CardinalsGM! Here is the link to the show, it will be broadcast live at 9pm CT tonight. An archive will remain up after the show for you to listen if you can’t […]
Ed. Note: My apologies to PH8 contributor StLCards, who put this post up a few days ago, and I didn’t even realize it was here. Please read below. —– Last week amidst all the Jake Peavy rumblings I came across a headline that basically indicated the Rockies were now ready to accept less for Holliday. […]
Posted in: Current Cardinals,Free Agents,Minor League Cardinals,Non-Cardinals
Tagged with: Albert Pujols, Boston Red Sox, Brian Cashman, Brian Fuentes, CC Sabathia, Chicago Cubs, Chris Duncan, Colby Rasmus, Colorado Rockies, Derek Lowe, Felipe Lopez, Garrett Atkins, Jake Peavy, Jeff Kent, Junichi Tazawa, LA Angels of Anaheim, Los Angeles Dodgers, Manny Ramirez, Matt Holliday, New York Yankees, Orlando Hudson, Rick Ankiel, Ryan Ludwick, Skip Schumaker, St Louis Cardinals, Troy Glaus, Yadier Molina