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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11 Jun
Coming off one of the worst stretches of Cardinal baseball I’ve ever witnessed, the Redbirds came to my town in hopes of getting back on track against the Marlins. I was in attendance for all three games of the series.
Game one was a nail biter that ended badly with a walk off homer from Jeremy [...]
Posted in Ankiel, Franklin, Motte, Pineiro, Pujols, Rasmus, Wellemeyer by: mikewest
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21 May
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 [...]
Posted in Barden, Carpenter, Franklin, Pineiro, Pujols, Rasmus, Wainwright by: mikewest
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20 May
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 [...]
Posted in Carpenter, Pineiro by: mikewest
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10 May
Sure it’s the Cincinnati Reds, but the Cardinals couldn’t have drawn a tougher assignment. In a three game series, they had to face three of the better starting pitchers in the National League in Johnny Cueto, Aaron Harang, and Edinson Volquez. Not an easy task for any team, but the Redbirds gave it a shot, [...]
Posted in Ankiel, Glaus, Lohse, Pineiro, Wainwright by: mikewest
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