07 Mar
After losing three straight to start the spring, the Cards got in the win column today. In a home game against the Marlins, St. Louis got good pitching from Kyle McClellan and Rich Hill and clutch hitting from Joe Mather to win 7-4.
It was nice for the Cards to get a win as the team [...]
Posted in Cardinals, Hill, Mather, McClellan by: Ryne Gery
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19 Feb
With Spring Training underway for the Cards, a few storylines have developed. Besides McGwire’s recent talks and the hovering cloud over the rookie hitting coach, the Cards made some staff additions and the competition for the fifth spot in the rotation is becoming clearer. Here’s what we have learned in the first few days of [...]
Posted in Boggs, Duncan, Kinney, Matheny, McClellan, McGwire by: Ryne Gery
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02 Feb
A hot topic this offseason for Cardinals fans has been the changes in the rotation. The top two are rock solid, probably the best in the bigs. After that, there are plenty of questions to be answered. Hot Stove posed one of these questions to me yesterday: “Did you agree with the Cardinals’ decision to [...]
Posted in Boggs, Cardinals, Duncan, McClellan, Penny, Pineiro by: Ryne Gery
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21 Jan
As the steady and dependable Joel Pineiro heads for Anaheim, the Cardinals are still looking to find an apt replacement. Pineiro was consistent in his short time for St. Louis. He threw strikes, rolled ground balls with his sinker, and kept the Cards in every game. Pineiro has an impressive year in 2009 for St. [...]
Posted in Cardinals, McClellan by: Ryne Gery
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25 Apr
What started out as a well pitched and well played game, got a little sloppy towards the end of the game. Adam Wainwright pitched 7 solid innings striking out 7 and giving up 3 runs, 2 were unearned. Ryan Dempster was able to baffle the Cardinals until the 5 th inning when Joe Thurston doubled [...]
Posted in Cardinals, Duncan, Franklin, Greene, Ludwick, McClellan, Molina, Pujols, Schumaker, Thurston, Wainwright by: davidfrissell
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