Viva El Birdos (Free subscription) | yesterday
November 18, 2009 - St. Louis sportswriter Jeff Gordon reacts to the news that both Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright were passed over for the Cy Young award in favor of 15 game winner Tim Linececum. View full size photo » before i get into discussion, i would like to say that I do not believe that the bullpen is the biggest issue for the cards in 2010. last season, there was much kvetching...
Stan Musial's Stance (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
This is the third consecutive year for the Blogger awards. and I'm back in the saddle after not submitting a ballot in 2008. It's a fun look back at the past year. The final results of the voting will be put up at Dan's site at some point; I wouldn't expect it to happen tomorrow, but most likely by Thanksgiving. So, on to the voting: 1. Cardinal Player of the Year - Albert Pujols . Could there be any...
Viva El Birdos (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
by Morry Gash - AP Brendan Ryan: the 2009 Cardinals honorary hacker of the year. View full size photo » I just saw "Men who Stare at Goats" last night. Weirdest movie ever. I laughed my ass off throughout the thing, but damned if I knew what it was actually about. Accordingly, I got home late last night, so I don't have time for a full post, but I have a couple of things that I wanted...
Viva El Birdos (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
More photos » by Tom Gannam - AP 4 months ago: Blake Hawksworth pitches in the ninth inning against the Colorado Rockies in a baseball game, Saturday, June 6, 2009, in St. Louis. Hawksworth was making his major league debut. (AP Photo/Tom Gannam) Browse more photos » I know we don't normally get this desperate until December, but where I am right now the only thing on my mind is whether...
Stan Musial's Stance (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
The United Cardinal Bloggers are in the midst of their semi-annual roundtable discussions. Our focus at this time of the year is on roster construction for next year. Or, at least, that's the gist the questions have taken. Links to the transcripts for the first 4 questions can be found here . Friday I posed the following topic for discussion: Let's look at the starting rotation. Currently the Cardinals...
Baseball Digest Daily (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
As you know, there aren’t many things going on right now that are Cardinal related. So you have to pick out the small nuggets that are around and blow them up into talkable topics. Thankfully, I’m a blogger. That’s my job, that’s what I do. For example, there’s a story up at the Post-Dispatch site that the bullpen next year will be pretty similar to what it was this year....
Viva El Birdos (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
I think we, as a community of worriers, are relatively pat about the offense—if anything bad were to happen, be it Pujols missing a chunk of time; Rasmus continuing to be Ramos; or the Cardinals seriously going into the 2010 season with Skip Schumaker and Allen Craig dueling for the chance to be the team's fourth best hitter, it would come as a terrible shock. But the pitchers... well, they were...
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
Apparently Sunday afternoons in October are a slow time for baseball news. Who knew? Here's some links to tide you over for now... Viva El Birdos takes a look at the 2010 rotation options for the Cardinals, both internal and external. Could Kyle McClellan or Blake Hawksworth succeed in the rotation? Roch Kubatko isn't sure that the Orioles are in the market for a left-handed reliever at all, though...
Viva El Birdos (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
My first order of business today is to let everybody know that this will be my final daily post here at VEB. Though I’ve truly enjoyed doing this for the last couple of years or so, I’ve found that it takes too much time away from my family and my job to do this well. It’s simply a matter of priorities and my kids are getting older – they’re 6 and 8 now – and my...
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
So since I really don't have a team to cheer for in the Playoffs this year, I thought I'd find out which teams had Canadians or former Jays or Expos on their team to help me figure who to cheer on. Now for some teams it really doesn't matter, I'm not cheering for the Red Sox unless they are playing the Yankees and I'll never cheer the Yankees unless they sign at least two of my kids to play for them....
True Blue LA (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
More photos » by Jae C. Hong - AP Emperor Palpatine takes questions before tonight's game Browse more photos » NLDS: Cardinals vs. Dodgers Game 1 Tonight Dodger Stadium 6:37pm Game 2 Thu Dodger Stadium 3:07pm Game 3 Sat Busch Stadium 3:07pm Game 4* Sun Busch Stadium TBD Game 5* Oct 13 Dodger Stadium TBD *if necessary All times Pacific All games televised on TBS The Dodgers and Cardinals...
True Blue LA (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
More photos » by Jae C. Hong - AP The fun starts tonight at Dodger Stadium Browse more photos » I wrote a NLDS series preview for The Hardball Times, which can be found here . I picked the Dodgers to win in four games, for these reasons: The Dodgers do have a lot of things in their favor, however. The best record in the National League, at 95-67 The best run-differential in baseball, at...
Brew Crew Ball (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
Current Series Cardinals lead the series 2-0 Mon 09/07 WP: Chris Carpenter (16 - 3) LP: Dave Bush (3 - 7) 0 - 3 loss Tue 09/08 WP: Blake Hawksworth (3 - 0) SV: Kyle McClellan LP: Trevor Hoffman (1 - 2) 3 - 4 loss St. Louis Cardinals Viva El Birdos @ Milwaukee Brewers Brew Crew Ball Wednesday, Sep 9, 2009, 1:05 PM CDT Miller Park Adam Wainwright vs Jeff Suppan Mostly sunny. Winds blowing from left to...
Redbirds Fun (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
Things will go quicker this way... DODGERS July 27, 2009 Los Angeles 1, St. Louis 6 Winning pitcher - Chris Carpenter (9-3) SV - Ryan Franklin (23) July 28, 2009 Los Angeles 0, St. Louis 10 Winning pitcher - Adam Wainwright (12-6) July 29, 2009 Los Angeles 2, St. Louis 3 Winning pitcher - Blake Hawksworth (1-0) July 30, 2009 Los Angeles 5, St. Louis 3 Losing pitcher - Dennys Reyes (0-2) The Cards take...
Viva El Birdos (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
by Morry Gash - AP They call him Lego. And he will destroy all you hold dear. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) View full size photo uploaded September 9, 2009 So apparently this Matt Holliday guy is pretty decent at playing the baseball, huh? On the list of least expected wins of this year, I would have to put that one right up near the top. For eight full innings, it felt like the Cards were just going to let...
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