Viva El Birdos (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
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...
AaronGleeman.com (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Realistic Free Agent Options: Third Base Projecting which free agents the Twins will go after is difficult because their pursuit of low-cost options depends upon how the market shakes out and who drops into their price range. In the past five years they've also wasted money on a lengthy list of washed-up veterans like Tony Batista , Livan Hernandez , Ramon Ortiz , Craig Monroe , Juan Castro , Sidney...
AaronGleeman.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Realistic Free Agent Options: Shortstop Projecting which free agents the Twins will go after is difficult because their pursuit of low-cost options depends upon how the market shakes out and who drops into their price range. In the past five years they've also wasted money on a lengthy list of washed-up veterans like Tony Batista , Livan Hernandez , Ramon Ortiz , Craig Monroe , Juan Castro , Sidney...
AaronGleeman.com (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Realistic Free Agent Options: Second Base Projecting which free agents the Twins will go after is difficult because their pursuit of low-cost options depends upon how the market shakes out and who drops into their price range. In the past five years they've also wasted money on a lengthy list of washed-up veterans like Tony Batista , Livan Hernandez , Ramon Ortiz , Craig Monroe , Juan Castro , Sidney...
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...
The Sporting Blog (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
With the playoffs starting today, we give you a series-by-series LDS breakdown. Next up is game three of three today, with the Cardinals and Dodgers facing off on TBS at 9:37 p.m. Eastern. There are a ton of stars in this year’s playoffs, but none may be more fun to watch than Albert Pujols and Manny Ramirez. The Cardinals and Dodgers face off in the late game tonight in what seems to be the...
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...
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) | 09/03/2009
More photos » by Jeff Roberson - AP Are you watching, Mitch? Joel and Ryan were! This is how it's done! (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) Browse more photos » The success of the Cards’ pitching staff this year has come completely out of nowhere. I think we all expected Wainwright to be good but none of us expected Pineiro or Franklin to pitch as well as they have and nearly nobody expected...
Seamheads (Free subscription) | 08/17/2009
A real nice weekend in St. Louis, full of interesting twists and turns. For the most part, the Cardinals took care of business and were able to show that this is a very different team than what we saw earlier in the year. The team earlier in the year probably loses two out of three of these games instead of a Cardinal sweep. Let’s break down the games. Friday (9-2 win) Hero: Adam Wainwright...
Sports In-Depth: Baseball Edition (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009
50+ Innings Pitched (IP), sub-1.00 ERA since 1920 Bill Henry: 1964 (Reds) - 52.0 IP, 0.87 ERA Rob Murphy: 1986 (Reds) - 50.1, 0.72 Dennis Eckersley: 1990 (A's) - 73.1, 0.61 Chris Hammond: 2002 (Braves) - 76.0, 0.95 Dennys Reyes: 2006 (Twins) - 50.2, 0.89 Jonathan Papelbon: 2006 (Red Sox) - 68.1, 0.92 4 left-handed middle relievers & 2 dominant, right-handed closers Chris Hammond is the only pitcher...
Viva El Birdos (Free subscription) | 08/08/2009
More photos » by Gene J. Puskar - AP Aside from wearing that dustbroom on his head, Franklin's one guy we haven't had to worry about in the pen. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) Browse more photos » As I alluded to Thursday, I’m a little concerned about the right side of our bullpen. Of course, many people here know me as the resident pessimist but, now that our offense seems to be improved...
Baseball Digest Daily (Free subscription) | 08/03/2009
This close. This close to a 7-0 home stand. While it’s not good to be greedy, it’s a little disappointing to be so close and not get there. Still, 5-2 against the Dodgers and Astros is pretty solid. Let’s take a look at the last few games: Thursday (Dodgers 5, Cardinals 3 in 10) Hero: Rick Ankiel . Matt Holliday had a good game as well, but Ankiel’s home run tied the game late...
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 07/31/2009
ST. LOUIS, July 30 (UPI) -- Matt Kemp delivered a two-run, two-out single in the 10th inning Thursday that brought the Los Angeles Dodgers a 5-3 win over St. Louis. The Dodgers halted a season-worst, four-game losing streak. Los Angeles took a 3-2 lead in the seventh on a two-run double by Rafael Furcal, but the Cardinals tied it in the bottom of the inning on a homer by Rick Ankiel. Ankiel, however,...
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