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This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

On the face of it, it wasn't a terrible loss.  Most discussion of the next 10 games had the Cardinals going 8-2 if they wanted to make a run, so they haven't ruined that.  Cincinnati lost and so did Philadelphia,...  [Posted on August 25, 2010 8:20 AM]

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Pujols In The City

I think that, if I were the owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates, I would petition Major League Baseball to make sure that the Cardinals never came to Pittsburgh in August.  It'd be bad enough to face Albert Pujols in his...  [Posted on August 24, 2010 8:22 AM]

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Sigh-Inducing

Just when you start to believe in this team, to think that they've finally found that gas pedal on the team car, they stomp on the brakes.  A four game winning streak to get into first place?  Let's follow that...  [Posted on August 18, 2010 8:34 AM]

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Looking To The Future

There may not have been any games on the field last night, but there were some late-night anxious moments anyway.Last night was the deadline for signing picks from the most recent draft.  Without a contract in place by midnight, those...  [Posted on August 17, 2010 8:31 AM]

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Sweeping Our Cares Away

Earlier this year, the Cardinals took the first two games from the Toronto Blue Jays on the road and sent out Adam Wainwright to complete the sweep.  Wainwright, though, had one of his rare off games and the Cards weren't...  [Posted on August 12, 2010 8:18 AM]

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Cardinals Battle To The Top

I think I'm glad I'm not vacationing up in Reds Country this week.  I was only approached a couple of times about my Cardinal attire while I was there on my vacation, but I have a feeling it would be...  [Posted on August 11, 2010 8:09 AM]

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Starting Off Right

"Great, kid!  Don't get cocky."--Han Solo The Cards had a nice inning yesterday.  Skip Schumaker hit a fly ball in the right place at the right time and when you have Chris Carpenter on the mound, you don't really have...  [Posted on August 10, 2010 8:04 AM]

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Frustration Revisted

I thought this was behind us.Whatever corner the Cardinals turned after the All-Star break, they've turned another one or two and seem to be back where they started from--a frustrating team that can't get anything going.  And when the big...  [Posted on July 28, 2010 8:47 AM]

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Streak Stopped, Talk Just Starting

You know that, when Cole Hamels is pitching against your team, you are going to likely have a long night (or, in this case, afternoon).  However, I'm not sure you expect it to be that long.However, this loss was different...  [Posted on July 23, 2010 9:42 AM]

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Who Are These Guys?

Is it possible that, during the All-Star Break, aliens abducted the St. Louis Cardinals and replaced them with clones?  Or that Tony La Russa gives an amazing motivational talk when he has three days to prepare?  It could be, perhaps,...  [Posted on July 19, 2010 10:34 AM]

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Turning The Corner?

It's just been two games.  This team has teased a change before and fallen back into frustrating inconsistency.  However, with these two games, I really think that, at least temporarily, the Cardinals are on the right track for once.Let's start...  [Posted on July 17, 2010 9:29 AM]

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The Long National Nightmare Is Over

It finally happened.  It'd been years in the making.  I was about to start my senior year of college the last time.  Finally, finally the National League won the All-Star Game.Nice to see a little Cardinal influence on the win....  [Posted on July 14, 2010 8:25 AM]

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Looking Back, Looking Forward

The All-Star Break is a great time to start doing a little examination of the team.  You can't use the "it's early" excuse--that gets replaced with the "strong second half" notion, but still, you have a pretty solid notion of...  [Posted on July 13, 2010 8:46 AM]

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Two Series, Then A Break

I can hear you saying, "Break?  You've been gone?"  Sorry, but the work schedule hasn't left me much time for getting my thoughts down here, which was probably good after that Colorado series.  Let's H&G it and see where we...  [Posted on July 12, 2010 11:14 AM]

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Up And Down Weekend

OK, let's hit the game highlights, such as they were.  I've had to take some motion sickness medicine, because this team seems to stop and start like the kids in their first day of driver's ed.  More writeups about the...  [Posted on July 5, 2010 9:35 PM]

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Pujols The Great

Sometimes, it's all sound and fury signifying nothing.Before the game last night, there was a lot of discussion (or whining, depending on your point of view--since I was part of it, I'm going with discussion) about the unorthodox lineup that...  [Posted on June 30, 2010 8:23 AM]

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Mea Culpas

While taking my regular weekend sabbatical from blogging, I got to thinking about some of the posts that I've written this week and I realized I've strayed a little bit from what the general tone of this blog usually is.Back...  [Posted on June 28, 2010 11:48 AM]

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Another Chance To Sweep

Pitching duels are a lot of fun.  At least, they are when you come out on the winning side.  I'm not sure Ian thought last night's game was as enjoyable as we did.Bernie Miklasz Tweeted last night that Chris...  [Posted on June 24, 2010 11:27 AM]

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A Holliday Weekend

It's late in the day, I've already written about my electronic tragedy of the weekend and I've worked up my Baseball Digest column (to be up later this evening, probably).  Let's take a quick crack at this weekend's series with...  [Posted on June 21, 2010 4:36 PM]

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Card Shuffling Proves Effective

The big news prior to yesterday's game was the fancy new lineup that Tony La Russa was running out there.  Matt Holliday was hitting second, Ryan Ludwick was hitting fourth and, to the great joy of some, the pitcher was...  [Posted on June 15, 2010 9:00 AM]

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Caution: Brooms In Use

You know you are in a skid when neither Chris Carpenter nor Adam Wainwright can stop it.Save for Ryan Ludwick's three-run homer, the Cardinal bats were again quiet last night.  Yadier Molina was a bit too powerful in the ninth,...  [Posted on June 10, 2010 11:05 AM]

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Cardinals Struggling In LA

You know, when the offense is clicking, you think things are just going to roll on forever.  However, even with an offense like the Cardinals', when you take out a couple of pieces, the Jenga tower apparently falls down.Another game...  [Posted on June 9, 2010 9:48 AM]

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A Cardinal Weekend

The Cardinals had a good weekend against the Brewers, though it could have been better.  Their slipup last night on ESPN's game of the week dropped them back into a tie for first.  I go over this series and the...  [Posted on June 7, 2010 10:51 AM]

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Cardinal Blogger Shuts Up, Cardinal Offense Heats Up

I sincerely hope there's not a correlation, but since I last regularly blogged last week, the Cards have scored seven runs in all but two games, the first one I missed and the one of the UCB Progressive Game Blog,...  [Posted on June 2, 2010 11:00 AM]

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Their Reputation Preceeds Them

You know that going into San Diego, it's going to be a tough place to score runs.  The park is designed for pitching and the Padres usually take advantage of that with some pretty solid pitchers.  Last night was a...  [Posted on May 26, 2010 7:40 AM]

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Signs Of Cardinal Life

It wasn't a perfect weekend for St. Louis.  Not that it was bad, mind you; anytime you win two of three it's a pretty good set.  However, the signs from this weekend indicate that as nice as this series with...  [Posted on May 25, 2010 7:54 AM]

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Just Enough

The cliche is that, for good pitchers, you have to get to them early or you don't get to them at all.  Apparently Adam Wainwright, if you didn't know, is a good pitcher.After the Marlins scored two in the first...  [Posted on May 21, 2010 8:04 AM]

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Second Rate

After the sweep by the Astros, the Cardinals needed a series win to stay ahead of the Reds in the division standings.  It didn't happen.Friday (4-3 win)Hero: Ryan Ludwick.  Three hits, including a two-run home run that proved to be the...  [Posted on May 17, 2010 8:07 AM]

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A Classic Battle

Sometimes, when it's a hyped pitching matchup, it winds up to be a 9-8 game.  Not last night.I think we can agree that this Adam Wainwright guy is good.  Facing a tough Phillies lineup in a hitter's ballpark, he allowed...  [Posted on May 5, 2010 7:52 AM]

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First Test Passed

There were a couple of things that Cardinal fans wanted to see when the Redbirds got to Philadelphia.  One, if this Cardinal team was legitimately able to claim the title as one of the best in the National League and...  [Posted on May 4, 2010 7:49 AM]

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Redbirds Roll Through Weekend

It was a very busy weekend for me, but the Cardinals did a lot of working as well.  By now you know all about the games, but let's take a quick look at Thursday through Sunday to get our...  [Posted on May 3, 2010 8:12 AM]

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Wishes Granted

In yesterday's entry, I said this:"I'd like to see them get a lead and then gradually increase it"As I've said before, sometimes it's like they read this blog.  Last night, the Cardinals go out and score in the first, add...  [Posted on April 29, 2010 8:00 AM]

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Pitchin' On The Dock Of The Bay

You knew, just looking at the matchups, two things about this weekend's series.  One, it was going to be darn tough for the Cardinals to keep their streak of not losing a series alive.  The second was that if anyone...  [Posted on April 26, 2010 7:49 AM]

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Looking For Some Bats

Whatever you may think of this weekend series against the Mets, one thing is certain: it was definitely memorable.While Saturday's game will be the most talked-about of the three contests, being the type of guy I am I have to...  [Posted on April 19, 2010 11:10 AM]

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Two Up, One Down

It's all about patterns.  The Cardinals, in the early going, have alternated day games and night games.  So far, they've kept up a two win, one loss pattern with their series as well.I'm not exactly sure what kinda mojo Bud...  [Posted on April 16, 2010 7:48 AM]

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A Cardinal Red-Letter Day

The Cardinals opened up Busch Stadium yesterday.  Albert Pujols closed the door on a hex.Pujols, who has always had trouble with Wandy Rodriguez, apparently did some studying in the offseason, driving in a run in the first with a solid...  [Posted on April 13, 2010 8:00 AM]

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Dramatic Weekend

Well, that was an interesting Brewers series, wasn't it?  Lots to talk about in it, but let's hit last night's game--and its most troubling aspect--first.I knew something was off with Chris Carpenter in the first inning.  Sure, the leadoff home...  [Posted on April 12, 2010 8:04 AM]

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Just Two Games

Just two games.  Just two games.It's sometimes hard to stay focused on the here and now when the team has played so well in all facets these first two days.  Your mind start wandering to big summer leads and a...  [Posted on April 8, 2010 8:01 AM]

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The Real Work Begins

Opening Day is a great time, a wonderful time of spectacle, of renewal, of pomp and circumstance.  Today, however, it's time for unadorned baseball.The story in the Post-Dispatch this morning is talking about the bullpen trying to figure out its...  [Posted on April 7, 2010 8:09 AM]

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Cardinals Continue To Battle Injuries

Things were rolling along.  Matt Holliday was back from his rib cage injury and starting to find his groove.  Albert Pujols was back from his back, relieving a lot of worries in Cardinal Nation.  Everything was great, until yesterday's game,...  [Posted on March 25, 2010 9:56 AM]

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Back Against It

The biggest news from Cardinals camp yesterday didn't come out of the matchup between the Cards and the Red Sox, between Chris Carpenter and Josh Beckett.  The news of the day was made before the game even started and hopefully...  [Posted on March 9, 2010 7:55 AM]

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Those Sweet Words

What did you say?I know what you were singingBut my ears won't stop ringingLong enough to hearThose sweet wordsAnd your simple melodyI just have to hearThose sweet wordsSpoken like a melodyI just want to hearThose sweet words    --Norah Jones, "Those...  [Posted on February 17, 2010 9:21 AM]

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UCB Project: All-2000s Cardinals Team

As I sit with the winter weather falling around me, it seems an appropriate time to do some reminiscing.  The United Cardinal Bloggers are coming together today to look back at the last decade and pick out their All-Star team from...  [Posted on January 29, 2010 11:30 AM]

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UCB Project: Top 5 Stories of 2009

There is no doubt that 2009 was a very eventful one for the St. Louis Cardinals. From the surprising dismissal of Adam Kennedy right before spring training to the continued pursuit of Matt Holliday as the year comes to...  [Posted on December 31, 2009 9:27 AM]

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A Time Of Thanks

Cardinal Nation breathed a bit of a sigh of relief yesterday as Albert Pujols won his well-deserved third MVP.  Pujols not only didn't lose the award, but he was one of the rare unanimous selections in NL history.  Which, of...  [Posted on November 25, 2009 9:13 AM]

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More Thoughts On The Cy Young

If you've not seen them, my selections for the Cardinal Bloggers Awards are below.  The votes are coming in from across the blogosphere and we should have some results maybe this weekend.I briefly touched on it yesterday, but I want...  [Posted on November 20, 2009 9:24 AM]

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My 2009 Cardinal Blogger Award Ballot

For the third straight year, the United Cardinal Bloggers are voting on the Cardinal Blogger Awards.  (It's probably best that we do it, instead of having the Dodger bloggers vote for the CBA.)  If you want to see the past...  [Posted on November 19, 2009 10:30 PM]

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Cy Not In The Cards

(OK, I'm sure that'll be a headline used by just about everyone.  Nobody's ever said I was creative.)The news is out, and Tim Lincecum won another Cy Young, beating out Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright.  It was a ridiculously tight...  [Posted on November 19, 2009 2:26 PM]

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Big Day In Cardinal Nation

Today's the day that Cardinal fans have been anticipating since the end of the season.  We knew that Colby Rasmus wasn't going to get the Rookie of the Year award.  We knew that Tony LaRussa might make a good showing,...  [Posted on November 19, 2009 11:08 AM]

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Still Marking Time

The dead period continues, as a few rumors might trickle out during this period before the official start to free agency but not much else.  Just a slow time for a baseball fan.There's not even much Cardinal-related on MLB Trade...  [Posted on November 16, 2009 8:44 AM]

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