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I had planned to put this up this morning and never found the time.
Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your viewpoint), it now serves as a great distraction from the late innings of Game One between the Cards and Dodgers out at Chavez Ravine.
Assembled below is a wide-ranging smorgasboard of links culled from across the intarwebz [...]
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Brett Wallace.
Clayton Mortensen.
Shane Peterson.
Which one is this go-round’s Dan Haren?
As one would expect, the Cardinals’ trade for Matt Holliday brought about much excitement, for there is a new big bat in the daily lineup. It also brought consternation because of the seemingly exorbitant price.
We can’t add much outside of the opinions already voiced at Future [...]
Posted in: Blogs, Cardinals Coaches, Cardinals Front Office, Current Cardinals, Minor League Cardinals
Tagged with: Bill DeWitt, Brett Wallace, C70 at the Bat, Clayton Mortensen, Dan Haren, Daric Barton, Future Redbirds, John Mozeliak, Matt Holliday, Shane Peterson, Tony LaRussa, Viva El Birdos
First, thanks as always to Daniel over at C70 for setting this up, be sure to check in with his Awards post for links to the other tallies.
Without further ado, my ballot for this year’s Cardinals Blogger Awards:
1) Player of the Year
Ryan Ludwick
Yadier Molina
Albert Pujols
Sure, I could make arguments for Ryan Ludwick’s breakout season being [...]
Posted in: Awards, Ballparks, Blogs, Cardinals Coaches, Cardinals Front Office, Current Cardinals, Former Cardinals, Media, Minor League Cardinals, NL Central Division, Non-Cardinals, Playoffs, United Cardinal Bloggers
Tagged with: 2008 Cardinal Blogger Awards, Adam Wainwright, Albert Pujols, Atlanta Braves, Bernie Miklasz, Bernie's Extra Points, Bird Land, Braden Looper, Bryan Anderson, Busch Birds, C70 at the Bat, Cardinals Diaspora, Cesar Izturis, Chicago Cubs, Chris Duncan, Chris Perez, Colby Rasmus, Cubby Bear, Danny Haren, Derrick Goold, Fungoes, Future Redbirds, Jason Isringhausen, Jess Todd, Joe Mather, John Mozeliak, Kyle Lohse, Kyle McClellan, la Beisbolista, Mark Mulder, Matt Morris, Matthew Leach, Milwaukee Brewers, NL Awards, NL MVP, NL Wild Card, Pitchers Hit Eighth, Ryan Franklin, Ryan Howard, Ryan Ludwick, Scott Rolen, Skip Schumaker, Spring Training, The Rundown, Tony LaRussa, Top 7 Cardinal Prospects, Top 7 Prospects, Troy Glaus, UCB, UCB Roundtable, United Cardinal Bloggers, Viva El Birdos, Wrigley Field, Yadier Molina, You're Not a Golfer
Courtesy of VEB reader Tackle Box in today’s VEB game post, via UmpBump.com, I present you this:
You win Felipe Lopez. Even if you can’t play left field worth a lick, you win.
Which one will show up tonight?
The Cards’ offense has recently exploded for ten runs on Saturday versus the Mets (albeit in extra time) and for twelve last night versus the Braves (albeit versus a rookie, stop-gap starter). Last night they were even without their slugging centerfielder, Rick Ankiel. That could be an ongoing absence, in [...]
Posted in: Blogs, Cardinals Coaches, Current Cardinals, Former Cardinals, Minor League Cardinals, Non-Cardinals
Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Albert Pujols, Arthur Rhodes, Barry Bonds, Braden Looper, Cesar Izturis, Chris Carpenter, Chris Duncan, Clayton Mortensen, Edgar Renteria, Joe Mather, John Grabow, Matt Holliday, Mike Parisi, Nick Stavinoha, Randy Flores, Rick Ankiel, Ron Mahay, Ryan Ludwick, Skip Schumaker, Tony LaRussa, Tyler Greene, Viva El Birdos
Now, before everyone attacks me about this being a rebuilding year and the Cards shouldn’t be giving up propects for rentals, don’t sell the farm, they’re in this position because Walt Jocketty mortgaged the future for now, etc., please listen.
It doesn’t have to be a big move. I’m not talking about shipping out Colby Rasmus [...]
Posted in: Blogs, Cardinals Coaches, Cardinals Front Office, Current Cardinals, Minor League Cardinals, Non-Cardinals
Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Anthony Reyes, Arthur Rhodes, Baltimore Orioles, Braden Looper, Brendan Ryan, Brian Fuentes, Bullpen, CC Sabathia, Chicago Cubs, Chris Carpenter, Chris Duncan, Colby Rasmus, Damaso Marte, Doug Melvin, George Sherrill, Jack Wilson, Jarrod Washburn, Jason Bay, Jay Gibbons, Joe Mather, Joel Pineiro, John Grabow, John Mozeliak, Jon Jay, Kelvin Jimenez, Ken Rosenthal, Kyle Lohse, Kyle McClellan, Matt Holliday, Milwaukee Brewers, Mitchell Boggs, Randy Flores, Ray Durham, Ron Villone, Shane Robinson, Todd Wellemeyer, Tony LaRussa, Viva El Birdos, Walt Jocketty
Before I get too far in, I will preface this post by saying these things:
I am not a huge Chris Duncan fan. I think he is a minus on defense (in the outfield – he doesn’t get enough innings at 1B to make that a reason why he’s on the club). I can’t stand watching [...]
Posted in: Blogs, Cardinals Coaches, Cardinals Front Office, Current Cardinals, Minor League Cardinals, Non-Cardinals
Tagged with: Albert Pujols, Anthony Reyes, Arthur Rhodes, Bill DeWitt, Brian Barton, Brian Fuentes, Chris Duncan, Cody Haerther, Dave Duncan, Jarrod Washburn, Jason Isringhausen, Joe Mather, John Mozeliak, Memphis Redbirds, Mike Parisi, Nick Stavinoha, Richie Sexson, Ron Mahay, Ryan Ludwick, Seattle Mariners, Tony LaRussa, Viva El Birdos
So, it appears that I’ve missed the boat on this one. Half the Cardinal blogosphere is calling for Barry Bonds to be signed.
Kujo over at Rockin the Red was the first one I saw, then Scott Wuerz from the Belleville News-Democrat put a bit on his blog View From the Cheap Seats, InsideSTL.com jumped on [...]
Posted in: Blogs, Cardinals Coaches, Cardinals Front Office, Current Cardinals, Former Cardinals, Minor League Cardinals, Non-Cardinals
Tagged with: Albert Pujols, Barry Bonds, Belleville News-Democrat, Bernie Miklasz, Chris Duncan, Colby Rasmus, InsideSTL.com, Jason Bay, John Mozeliak, Mark McGwire, Rick Ankiel, Rockin the Red, Scott Rolen, Scott Wuerz, St Louis Post-Dispatch, STLToday.com, Tony LaRussa, Troy Glaus, Viva El Birdos
In a fit of frustration Wednesday night, after seeing Rick Ankiel fail to produce in a crucial late-game situation again, I made the foolhardy assertion in a game thread over at Viva El Birdos that Ankiel was regressing to look like Chris Duncan at the plate. I said he was consistently fooled by breaking balls [...]
Posted in: Current Cardinals, Non-Cardinals
Tagged with: Albert Pujols, Baseball Prospectus, Brad Lidge, Chris Duncan, FanGraphs, InsideTheBook, Joe Sheehan, Philadelphia Phillies, Rick Ankiel, Skip Schumaker, Tom Tango, Troy Glaus, Viva El Birdos
