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...
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....
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...
6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
Randy Wolf didn't stay on the mound long enough to collect a potential win in his first postseason appearance, but the Dodgers won anyway, with Jeff Weaver coming in to finish the fourth and all of the fifth, getting the win in relief, his fourth in postseason play. It wasn't easy: after Wolf plunked Matt Holliday, Weaver had to face Ryan Ludwick with the bases loaded and two out, with Yadier Molina...
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...
Brew Crew Ball (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
Current Series Brewers lead the series 2-0 Fri 10/02 WP: Braden Looper (14 - 7) LP: Kyle McClellan (4 - 4) 12 - 6 win Sat 10/03 WP: Carlos Villanueva (4 - 10) SV: Trevor Hoffman LP: Kyle Lohse (6 - 10) 5 - 4 win Milwaukee Brewers Brew Crew Ball @ St. Louis Cardinals Viva El Birdos Sunday, Oct 4, 2009, 1:15 PM CDT Busch Stadium Jeff Suppan vs Joel Pineiro Partly cloudy,rain. Winds blowing out to center...
Brew Crew Ball (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
Current Series Brewers lead the series 1-0 Fri 10/02 WP: Braden Looper (14 - 7) LP: Kyle McClellan (4 - 4) 12 - 6 win Milwaukee Brewers Brew Crew Ball @ St. Louis Cardinals Viva El Birdos Saturday, Oct 3, 2009, 12:10 PM CDT Busch Stadium Carlos Villanueva vs Kyle Lohse Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to right field at 10-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 55. Complete Coverage > Sun 10/04 1:15...
Brew Crew Ball (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
W: Braden Looper (14-7) L: Kyle McClellan (4-4) HR: None MVP: Ryan Braun (+.273) LVP: Braden Looper (-.271) Win Expectancy Graph SBNation Coverage Where was this two months ago? For the first six innings, it looked like more of the same for the Brewers tonight, as they fell behind 6-0 and looked lifeless against Adam Wainwright , who was cruising towards his 20th win, which likely would have made him...
iYankees (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
From Tim Marchman (SI): St. Louis Cardinals STARTERS: Chris Carpenter, Adam Wainwright, Joel Piniero RELIEVERS: Kyle McClellan, Ryan Franklin SINCE AUG. 16: 2.42 ERA, 81.2 IP, 58/20 K/BB As much hype as the Cardinals are getting for their pair of aces, they may deserve more. Since Aug. 16, Carpenter and Wainwright have pitched nine games against the Dodgers, Brewers, Marlins [...]
Baseball Digest Daily (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
Sorry for the delay in today’s post, but the power went out at my house last night and, as far as I know, hasn’t returned yet. Perhaps I need to have Mark DeRosa come by. You knew it was going to be a good night when the Cards scored three runs off of Wandy Rodriguez in the first inning. I mean, the Cards had only scored six runs total off of Rodriguez in his four other starts against...
Baseball Digest Daily (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009
If Ryan Ludwick hits a fly ball, the Cards would have won three straight games against the Cubs in the ninth inning. What a weekend series, huh? Let’s recap: Friday ( 3-2 win ) Hero: Matt Holliday . Walk-offs in your first game in the Cards/Cubs rivalry will do that. Goat: Albert Pujols . Don’t expect the only guy that’s hitless to be him, but there you have it. Notes: John Smoltz...
Viva El Birdos (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
More photos » by Jeff Roberson - AP I'm not saying that either one of us ([Chris Carpenter and the towel]) have been on too much of a high but it brings you back down to where you're supposed to be." Browse more photos » Let's pull that Ryan Franklin quote again— I'm not saying that either one of us ([the Cardinals and their fans]) have been on too much of a high but it brings...
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