Tony La Russa
Starting the final limp to October, this week marks big things for the Cardinals’ family and the PH8 team. My return to the site is just a blip on the radar, but I admit it is good to be back. No one could have predicted the free fall that St. Louis has experienced since the dust-up […]
Posted in: Interviews,Minor League Cardinals,Playoffs,UCB Radio,United Cardinal Bloggers
Tagged with: Chris Maloney, Colby Rasmus, Jaime Garcia, Quad-City Times, Shelby Miller, Steve Batterson, Tony La Russa, UCB Radio
I dug back into my podcast-rambling bag of tricks tonight and joined Daniel from C70 at the Bat and Mike from Stan Musial’s Stance on the United Cardinal Bloggers’ Radio Hour tonight. I managed to hop on the line just in time to ask a few questions of the night’s special guest, Matt Sebek from […]
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 […]
If you watch much Cardinal baseball and read much Pitchers Hit Eighth, you know that Tony La Russa loves to sacrifice bunt and we hate giving away the out when it’s not necessary. On Saturday against the Cubs, the Cards’ half of the ninth provided such an occasion and a prime opportunity to present why […]
Some closing notes on the manager’s moves during the Reds series (and not the vomiting part): Randy Winn only had one at-bat. Aaron Miles only had one at-bat, and that was after coming in as a defensive substitution for Skip Schumaker at second base. For the record, I’m okay with that move. Allen Craig was […]
Posted in: Current Cardinals,Former Cardinals,NL Central Division
Tagged with: Aaron Miles, Allen Craig, Cincinnati Reds, Colby Rasmus, Jon Jay, Matt Holliday, Mike MacDougal, Randy Winn, Ryan Ludwick, Skip Schumaker, Tony La Russa
With little time remaining before the beginning of an important series for the Cardinals, I did want to provide you with SOME reading – even if it’s from the other team’s perspective. Not surprisingly, there are a lot of similar things being said on both sides of this battle. Lots of “must-win” type of phrases […]
I watched last night’s game while also trying to get some other things done – multi-tasking! – and decided I’d try to keep some stream of consciousness notes on the game so I could easily recall some things to write about today. Well, if you watched the game or have checked the box score – […]
Posted in: 2010 Cardinals Game Notes,Current Cardinals,Former Cardinals
Tagged with: Albert Pujols, Allen Craig, Brendan Ryan, Brett Myers, Brian Cardinal, Colby Rasmus, Dave Duncan, David Freese, Felipe Lopez, Houston Astros, Hunter Pence, Jake Westbrook, Jason Motte, Jon Jay, Kyle McClellan, Lucas Johnson, Mike MacDougal, Randy Winn, Ryan Ludwick, Tony La Russa, Yadier Molina
Take a look at the win probability graph for last night’s loss from Fangraphs: It’s almost as if this graph, for last night’s game, might as well illustrate the way the Redbirds’ season has gone in 2010. Started out strong, had a couple of early hiccups where the offense sputtered a bit, but ultimately ran […]
An expression is worth what you say? I took this pic with my wife last year during the STL/KC game, and I imagine it is the same look Colby Rasmus gave TLR when the lead-off question came up. The truth hurts, and the Cardinals have only one true option to man the most important spot […]
Color me puzzled. Allen Craig was hitting .051 and doesn’t really have a position. I get it. Not necessarily for Aaron Miles, but that’s not terribly shocking on a Tony La Russa run ballclub. Tyler Greene and Joe Mather have struggled at the plate, it makes sense that their status on the club might be […]