31 Jan
Here we are still four days away from the Super Bowl, and I’m already sick of the thing. Luckily, there are guys like Bernie Miklasz, of the Post Dispatch, that can somehow mix in a little baseball with his media day coverage. He talks about Tony LaRussa’s relationship to Patriot’s head coach, Bill Belicheck. It’s [...]
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30 Jan
Pujols is in the news again. Phillies’ first baseman, Ryan Howard, is arbitration eligible, and is comparing himself to Cardinals’ slugger Albert Pujols. Apparently, there is a $3 million difference in exchanged figures for the arbitration case, but Howard is seeking a long term deal worth somewhere between Pujols’ contract and Alex Rodriguez’s last bounty. [...]
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29 Jan
The Cardinals reached an agreement with the last of their arbitration eligible players today. Pitcher, Todd Wellemeyer signed a one year, $1 million contract, which includes $100,000 in possible incentives for starts or innings pitched. Rick Hummel has the full story here.
Wellemeyer was picked up off waivers from Kansas City last May. After joining the [...]
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28 Jan
The excitement of buying my Spring Training tickets has yet to wear off. This spring is my third year of attending the games in Jupiter, which is only an hour from my place. My excitement, along with the lack of Cardinals news, allows me to take this time to get a little personal.
I moved [...]
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27 Jan
Cardinals Spring Training tickets went on sale this morning at 8am. If you’re anything like me, you were sitting in front of the computer, credit card in hand, waiting for the hour. I bought tickets to four games so far, but don’t worry if you haven’t ordered any yet. Check out Stubhub. There’s a link [...]
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