Each year, I look forward to a few dates on the baseball schedule.  Topping everyone’s list is Opening Day, of course.  Most fans would say Cubs and Cards at Busch ranks right up there too.  Then the other important dates vary from fan to fan.  Since moving to South Florida back in February of 2006, [...]

We’re going to need more brooms.
First, the Brewers swept the Cardinals in a three game series with their win on Sunday in St. Louis.  Then the Cards did some sweeping of their own, taking all three games from the visiting Chicago Cubs.  And now, there’s a pile of broken glass somewhere under Big Mac Land [...]

Cardinal starter Joel Pineiro isn’t the first guy that comes to mind when you think about a “stopper”, a guy that can pitch his team to a victory to end a losing streak. But, deep in the midst of their May skid, and coming off a winless series against Milwaukee, the Cardinals handed the [...]

The Cardinals former ace and 2005 Cy Young Award winner Chris Carpenter enjoyed an offseason that could almost be called “normal”.  Cardinal fans were hoping for a strong return from the pitcher this year, but most were playing the safe bet that his health would keep him from taking the ball every fifth day.
After a [...]

Cardinal fans everywhere rejoice!  A healthy Chris Carpenter took the mound for St. Louis in today’s series finale against Pittsburgh, and looked a lot like the Cy Young Award winning version we saw back in ‘05.
Before today, the last time Carpenter received a win was in Game 3 of the 2006 World Series against Detroit. [...]

After my trip to St. Louis for another exciting (but dissappointing) Opening Day, and being on an airplane during last night’s game, I was pretty excited to watch my first Cardinal telecast tonight. More on my trip in a minute.
The Cards were hoping to get a solid performance from tonight’s starter Todd Wellemeyer en route [...]