Tyler Greene
The Cardinals’ release of veteran non-roster invitees Alex Cora and Koyie Hill on Sunday wasn’t the type of transaction that jumps off the computer screen at you, but it was another signal of how the organization has changed in recent years. Five years ago, and perhaps even more recently, Cora and/or Hill probably would have […]
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Tagged with: Adron Chambers, Alex Cora, Allen Craig, Brandon Dickson, Bryan Anderson, Chris Carpenter, Cincinnati Reds, Daniel Descalso, Eduardo Sanchez, Erik Komatsu, Jeff Luhnow, John Mabry, John Mozeliak, Koyie Hill, Mark Hamilton, Matt Carpenter, Mike Matheny, Scott Linebrink, Shane Robinson, Skip Schumaker, St Louis Cardinals, Tony Cruz, Tony LaRussa, Tyler Greene, Walt Jocketty, Yadier Molina
What was initially described as an open competition has now become a two-man fight to see who locks up second base for the Cardinals. Incumbent Skip Schumaker may have been the long shot all along, but another setback all but guarantees St. Louis will again have a new face manning the spot on Opening Day. […]
Up until last Sept. 28, when the Cardinals won in Houston and the Braves lost in Atlanta and the National League wildcard spot completed its logic-defying defection to St. Louis, May 1, 2011, would have been as good a day as any with which to sum up the Redbirds’ season. It was a day that […]
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The question has been asked since the day he was hired. “What kind of manager is Mike Matheny going to be?” It was asked of the players, the existing coaching staff, and it was asked of Matheny himself. The players seem genuinely excited about playing for Matheny, as evidenced by Chris Carpenter‘s comments at Winter […]
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Tagged with: Chris Carpenter, Colby Rasmus, John Mozeliak, Kevin Seitzer, Mac-and-Seitz, Matt Adams, Mike MacFarlane, Mike Matheny, Skip Schumaker, Tony La Russa, Tyler Greene
Those media training programs sure do pay off. Now, obviously this falls squarely in the “well, what are they supposed to say?” or “what do you expect them to say?” line of thinking (unless you’re Mark Worrell), but I’ve found it interesting to hear very similar comments from Zack Cox, Ryan Jackson, Jordan Swagerty, Lance […]
If you think back on the Tony La Russa Era of Cardinals baseball (1996-2011), at least one player immediately should spring to mind at each position in the field. Every position, that is, except for one. There’s Yadier Molina at catcher, Scott Rolen at third base, Edgar Renteria at shortstop (or maybe David Eckstein if […]
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Tagged with: Aaron Miles, Bo Hart, Chase Utley, Daniel Descalso, David Eckstein, Delino DeShields, Edgar Renteria, Fernando Tatis, Fernando Vina, Frankie Frisch, J.D. Drew, Jason Parks, Jim Edmonds, Joe McEwing, Kolten Wong, Lance Berkman, Larry Walker, Luis Alicea, Mark Grudzielanek, Matt Holliday, Mike Matheny, nick punto, placido polanco, Ray Lankford, Red Schoendienst, Rick Hummel, Rogers Hornsby, Ryan Ludwick, Ryan Theriot, Scott Rolen, Skip Schumaker, Tom Herr, Tony La Russa, Tony Womack, Troy Glaus, Tyler Greene, Yadier Molina, Zack Cox
If you haven’t already seen Dennis and Josh’s ballots for the Cardinal Blogger Awards, please take a minute to read those as well. Below is my ballot – we elected to have three different ballots so that we could all express our own opinions without having to argue which way to direct a single PH8 […]
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Tagged with: Allen Craig, C70 at the Bat, Cardinal Blogger Awards, Chris Carpenter, David Freese, Eduardo Sanchez, I-70 Baseball, Kevin Goldstein, Lance Berkman, Lance Lynn, Matt Adams, Matthew Leach, Octavio Dotel, On the Outside Corner, Redbird Dugout, Shelby Miller, Tyler Greene
It’s that time of the year again, for the United Cardinal Bloggers’ Fall Roundtable discussions. You can find all of the other question and answer sessions by visiting the UCB site – but yesterday was our turn to do the asking, thus today is the day to do the posting. We asked: It seems with every […]
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Tagged with: Adam Reifer, Adam Wainwright, Adron Chambers, Albert Pujols, Allen Craig, Chuckie Fick, Daniel Descalso, Dave Duncan, David Freese, Donovan Solano, Eduardo Sanchez, Francisco Samuel, Jaime Garcia, Jake Westbrook, Jason Motte, John Gast, John Mozeliak, Jose Garcia, Jose Oquendo, Jose Reyes, Kolten Wong, Kyle McClellan, Lance Berkman, Lance Lynn, Maikel Cleto, Matt Adams, Matt Carpenter, Mike Shannon, Mitchell Boggs, Nick Additon, nick punto, Octavio Dotel, P. J. Walters, Pete Kozma, Pete Parise, Rafael Furcal, Ryan Jackson, Ryan Theriot, Samuel Freeman, Shelby Miller, Skip Schumaker, Tony Cruz, Tyler Greene, Victor Marte, Yadier Molina, Zack Cox
I had the unfortunate displeasure last night of sitting through almost an entire game at Busch Stadium with a loud, obnoxious know-it-all “fan” blathering on and on right behind me. The man looked to be in his early to mid 70’s, and he seemed harmless enough until he claimed that Brandon Dickson had just made his […]
Admit it. Y’all have already huddled around water coolers, in break rooms, or gathered for drinks after work to discuss the state of the Cardinals more than once recently and discussed bringing back Berkman, Albert’s contract, and/or the state of TLR’s mental health. That’s all well and good, but how many of you did your homework […]