Tampa Bay Rays
If you haven’t noticed, the Cardinals are in the middle of a stretch during which they play 16 games in 16 days. That alone is tough enough, but somewhere in the middle of that they are starting inter-league play (aka – “The unbalanced schedule”). Maybe it’s a statistical certainty that over a really long period of [...]
Posted in: American League,Inter-league
Tagged with: Baltimore Orioles, Brad Bergeson, Chris Tillman, David Price, Eric Hosmer, Inter-league play, Jake Arrieta, James Shields, Jeff Niemann, Jeremy Guthrie, Jeremy Hellickson, Jose Bautista, Kansas City Royals, Tampa Bay Rays, Toronto Blue Jays, Wade Davis, Zack Britton
After taking a step back and seriously contemplating what the Tampa Bay Rays have done during the off-season, I was reminded that there are many, many ways to build a baseball team. The options that a front office has to choose from are often limited by factors such as financial, competitive, or internally driven realities. [...]
Posted in: Cardinals Front Office,Non-Cardinals,Offseason
Tagged with: Ben Zobrist, carl crawford, Carlos Pena, Chris Carpenter, David Price, Evan Longoria, James Shields, Jason Bartlett, Johnny Damon, Lance Berkman, Manny Ramirez, Matt Garza, Rafael Soriano, Robert Frost, Ryan Theriot, Tampa Bay Rays, The Road Not Taken
Cubs manager Lou Piniella (also formerly manager of the Yankees, Reds, Mariners, and Rays) has decided to call it quits at the end of the 2010 season. Here’s your chance to name Lou’s eventual auto-biography. The fine folks at Coveroo (www.coveroo.com) have given us the opportunity to award one of their MLB licensed phone covers [...]
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
As part of another United Cardinal Bloggers project, below are our (largely uninformed) predictions for the American League standings in 2009. AL East Just an absolutely brutal division, could easily have three playoff teams if not for that silly “one from each division” rule. New York Yankees – they bought up every player under the [...]
Posted in: American League,Non-Cardinals,United Cardinal Bloggers
Tagged with: AJ Burnett, Baltimore Orioles, Baseball Prospectus, Billy Beane, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, David Price, Detroit Tigers, Erik Bedard, Jason Giambi, Jim Leyland, Kansas City Royals, LA Angels of Anaheim, Mark DeRosa, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Ozzie Guillen, Predictions, Ron Gardenhire, Seattle Mariners, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, UCB, United Cardinal Bloggers, Vernon Wells, Victor Martinez
So by now everyone knows that erstwhile Cardinals second baseman Adam Kennedy went and inked a minor-league deal yesterday with the Tampa Bay Rays. While this is certain to barely register as more than a blip on Tony LaRussa’s radar, who previously said he had “the primary input on this situation. I’m not putting it [...]
Posted in: Cardinals Coaches,Former Cardinals,Media,Non-Cardinals
Tagged with: Adam Kennedy, Akinori Iwamura, Andrew Friedman, Ben Zobrist, Marc Lancaster, Rays Report, Tampa Bay Rays, Tony LaRussa, Willy Aybar
For your viewing pleasure, the reader board at the Tampa airport, heading down to baggage claim: No, I don’t have tickets, nor will I be in town once the game starts. Quick day trip, had hoped to cruise past the Trop but didn’t have the chance. Needless to say, I think the area is stoked. [...]
I’ve been spending most of my Cardinal brainpower lately keeping up with those prolific writers of the United Cardinal Bloggers. These guys are making me think really seriously about what I know about the Cardinals and what I’ve yet to learn. At any rate, I’m throwing my $0.02 in there. Check out the discussions posted [...]
Skip Schumaker has ex-OR-cised the demons! Chris Perez had another solid outing, only needing 5 pitches to get through the top of the ninth and earn his first big-league win. What a great weekend for the Cardinals and their fans. Stan Musial, all-time Cardinal great, was honored today with Stan Musial Day, they unveiled a [...]
