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A Quick Nine
I had the unfortunate displeasure last night of sitting through almost an entire game at Busch Stadium with a loud, obnoxious know-it-all “fan” blathering on and on right behind me. The man looked to...
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United Cardinal Bloggers Roundtable – 2012′s unexpected contributor?
Image by Getty Images via @daylife It’s that time of the year again, for the United Cardinal Bloggers’ Fall Roundtable discussions. You can find all of the other question and answer sessions by...
View ArticleUnder Construction
There is no questioning the results thus far. Cardinals’ GM John Mozeliak has built a good track record during his time with the team. Is there a method to his madness? Maybe. He may not have a...
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FIP’ing The Birds
Pitching wins championships. Defense wins championships. The best defense is a good offense. A watched pot never boils. These cliches make some sense, but there is no absolute truth to be found...
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John Mozeliak’s contract hits and misses
Image by Getty Images via @daylife Reading a couple of posts over at STLCardinalBaseball this weekend led me into a bit of a debate with Ray over whether the Cardinals routinely pay market value for...
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Spend Baby Spend
Protect Sumo David Freese In player payroll alone, the 2011 St. Louis Cardinals cost somewhere around $126.3M, and you may be hard-pressed to find anybody who thinks that the Cardinals failed to get a...
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Take the Lynn, Leave the Oswalt
It’s not personal. It’s business. The St. Louis Cardinals do not need Roy Oswalt right now. They may need him sometime down the road, but they really don’t need him right at this very moment. Some...
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5-2 Roadtrip Not Good Enough For Some Fans
Mike Matheny - Current Member of #TeamDugoutShots Sure, I imagine most Cardinal fans want the team to win just about every game they watch. Heck, they may want them to win every single game they...
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Regression – The Silent Killer
Ask a group of Cardinal fans about why the team sits 1.5 games behind the Reds in the NL Central division, and the 2 words most likely to appear in responses are “injuries” and “pitching”. Certainly,...
View ArticleMitchell Boggs: Guilty By Association
I knew I would see them, just as soon as A.J. Pierzynski deposited a baseball into the stands. They were coming, as sure as the Cardinals would lose the game, and I couldn’t help but search them out....
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Moo-he-cah
The Cardinals just traded Zach Cox for Edward Mujica which naturally produced a “They did what to whom for how many cows?” response. Obviously, this was not the megadeal many in Cardinal Nation were...
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Wanted: Workhorse, Consumer of Innings
Schumaker, Skip – Baller and all-around team player Set aside all concerns about the relative importance of FIP, xFIP, and quality starts. Free your mind of the shackles that ERA and ERA+ seek to...
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Kelly, Rosenthal continue success of rookie relievers in postseason debut –...
HOUSTON,TX – SEPTEMBER 24: Catcher Yadier Molina #4 shakes hands with pitcher Trevor Rosenthal #64 of the St. Louis Cardinals after the final out against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park on...
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Nostradennis
Based on what we saw in 2012, feigned knowledge of the minor league system, and some tarot cards someone left in the driveway, I shall attempt to predict the future. Barring an unexpected retirement...
View ArticleCardinals’ 40-man roster dance and the Rule 5 draft
The games are over, but the roster games are just beginning. There has been activity surrounding the Cardinals’ 40-man roster in recent days, with Kyle Lohse and Lance Berkman filing for free agency,...
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