Viva El Birdos
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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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
