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Bouncing Back In Grand Fashion

Last time out, Adam Wainwright struggled against the Mets.  For most of the year, Daniel Descalso has struggled against everybody.  Last night, well, last night was good for everybody.There's no doubt that Dirty Dan is the Hero of last night's...  [Posted on May 22, 2013 7:10 AM]

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Churning Them Out

The Cardinals ran another young pitching prospect to the mound.  The results were delightfully familiar.John Gast threw five scoreless innings before running into a spot of trouble in the sixth.  Even that wasn't entirely of his own making, as two...  [Posted on May 15, 2013 7:10 AM]

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The Upper and Lower Range of a Weekend

The Cardinals threw two of the best games we've seen in a long time Friday and Saturday.  Even with that, though, the weekend was just bittersweet instead of wonderfully triumphant after Sunday's outing.  Can't have it all, I guess.We've already...  [Posted on May 13, 2013 6:45 AM]

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Mopping Up The Brewers

I know, the traditional cleaning implement in this situation is a broom, but sweeping up spilled product from a brewmaster just isn't going to get you very far.  The Brewers were thoroughly cleaned up and out this weekend, so any...  [Posted on May 6, 2013 7:03 AM]

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UCB Weekend 3: Feels Like Home

It's been a week since a majority of the members of the United Cardinal Bloggers met in St. Louis for the third straight year.  This trip, affectionately called UCB Weekend (with its own Twitter hashtag and, this year, Bonfyre dedicated...  [Posted on May 5, 2013 3:07 PM]

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UCB Progressive Game Blog Postgame: Winning The Battle

Welcome into the UCB studios as we recap what happened in today's game, the details of which are thoughtfully supplied by the whole crew, from Aaron Miles' Fastball to Cards Tied For First.  There was plenty to keep people busy...  [Posted on May 4, 2013 8:25 PM]

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Questions Relevant To May The Fourth

A wonderful win by the Cardinals last night, as they use a slew of rookies to put up a 6-1 win.  We'll talk more about that in another post, likely Monday's weekend wrapup.  Also today is the sixth annual UCB...  [Posted on May 4, 2013 11:25 AM]

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

There's a reason while the Cardinals have been recognized as one of the more environmentally-conscious teams in baseball.  Some teams would have seen a six-run lead as something to waste, using that cushion and cruising to a 6-2 win or...  [Posted on May 3, 2013 7:09 AM]

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Going First To (Almost) Third

UCB Weekend was, as always, a completely enjoyable time full of great people, good times and memorable moments.  I hope to sit down and write about the dinner and the event with the Cardinals shortly, but in the meantime, the...  [Posted on April 30, 2013 6:33 AM]

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Coming Out Of The Trance

"And when I snap my fingers, you will realize you can hit Giants pitching."Whomever snapped their fingers and pulled the Cardinals out of being mesmerized by anyone hurling the baseball wearing a San Francisco uniform should have done it a...  [Posted on April 8, 2013 6:44 AM]

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The Wagonmaker Rides High

It sounded like it was only a matter of time.  Thankfully, this time the sounds were right.Yesterday afternoon, it leaked out that the Adam Wainwright negotiations had reached a productive end.  Wainwright will sign a five year, $97.5 million extension...  [Posted on March 28, 2013 6:46 AM]

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Mene, Mene, Tekel, Parsin

While it wasn't as dramatic as a hand appearing out of nowhere and making out the roster on the side of the Jupiter clubhouse, the writing on the wall was starting to become clear.  Yesterday, Ronnie Cedeno was weighed on...  [Posted on March 20, 2013 7:59 AM]

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UCB Project: Playing Pepper

For the fifth straight year, Playing Pepper returns to C70 At The Bat.  If you aren't aware, this series helps get a feel for the other 29 teams in baseball by asking those that follow them the closest--their bloggers.  We've...  [Posted on March 11, 2013 11:00 AM]

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Confirming The Obvious (And Not As Obvious)

You know, during the winter, there were a lot of days where there just wasn't anything to talk about.  Things were slow and we grasped at whatever crumbs we could find.  Yesterday, well, yesterday wasn't one of those days.Let's start...  [Posted on March 8, 2013 6:54 AM]

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The Last Week Without Baseball

Look at the calendar.  We're always working for the weekend, of course, but more so this week than most.  See that, right there on Saturday?  Yep, that's the first spring training game of the year, a little tilt with those...  [Posted on February 18, 2013 7:57 AM]

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The End Of An Era

When word of a press conference came out yesterday morning, there was a lot of general speculation.  Had the club bought out David Freese's arbitration years?  Was John Mozeliak a stealthy ninja, settling the Adam Wainwright situation while we weren't...  [Posted on February 6, 2013 6:59 AM]

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Cardinal Bloggers Awards: 2012 Ballot

Every year about this time, the United Cardinal Bloggers make their selections on who should win the Cardinal Blogger Awards.  This is the sixth time we've handed out these awards and each year is as much fun as the last.The...  [Posted on November 30, 2012 2:12 PM]

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Stan Musial At 92: Still The Man

As you know, tomorrow is Thanksgiving.  Many of us will gather around tables with family and friends, pausing to give thanks for all that we have.  If you are a Cardinal fan, when your head is bowed, likely a passing...  [Posted on November 21, 2012 7:35 AM]

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Westbrook's Woes Continue

In retrospect, when you see stories like, "Jake Westbrook gets to sleep in his own bed, maybe that'll make a difference in his pitching outing," you catch a little whiff of desperation there.  It's not exactly sound sabermetric reasoning, at...  [Posted on May 30, 2012 11:15 AM]

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Put A Lid On It

The Diamondbacks closed the roof Wednesday night.  That kept the balls in the yard, but it didn't change the outcome and, for once, the Cards were able to complete the sweep.  Nice to see that the brooms can work...  [Posted on May 10, 2012 7:03 AM]

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The State of Cardinal Nation, 2012

Ladies, gentlemen, fellow Redbird fanatics:Last night was the annual State of the Union address, given from the White House in Washington.  It was an (inspiring/depressing) speech, full of (uplifting messages/political malarkey) but it didn't address a major point of life in...  [Posted on January 25, 2012 6:51 AM]

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A Cardinal Christmas Carol, Revisited

"Merry Christmas, Mr. Mozeliak."John Mozeliak, the current general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, turned toward his door.  He'd been standing at his window, staring out and thinking.  Seems like he'd been doing a lot of that this week."Merry Christmas,...  [Posted on December 15, 2011 11:45 PM]

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Farming It Out: UCB Top 7 Prospects

Every September, the United Cardinal Bloggers split off into their respective corners of the internet and come up with their list of the Top 7 Prospects in the Cardinal system.  Then we put them into one big pile and come...  [Posted on September 16, 2011 12:00 AM]

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Starting Again

Everybody good?  Rested up over that break?  Good, because if indications are right, this second half could be a doozy, so you'll need to buckle down and be ready to go.The Cardinals start play today 1/2 game ahead of...  [Posted on July 15, 2011 11:29 AM]

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UCB Weekend Part 2: Bloggers In The Ballpark

I stayed Saturday night at the home of a high school friend of mine, repaying his hospitality by giving him the other ticket I had to join in Sunday's activities.  While Andy is not a blogger nor has any designs...  [Posted on April 8, 2011 12:00 PM]

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Let's Go: It's Opening Day!

Can you feel it?  That shift in the air.  You woke up this morning feeling a little different, didn't you?  Today had that extra bounce, that extra excitement.  Call it Baseball Easter, call it the real New Year, call it...  [Posted on March 31, 2011 7:33 AM]

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Actual Cardinal Baseball

It's what we've been waiting for since the end of last season--real, actual baseball games.  Sure, they don't count in the standings and the big guys won't get many at bats, but it's the Cardinals versus another team and that's...  [Posted on February 28, 2011 10:27 AM]

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Miscellaneous Tidbits

There's nothing much going on in Cardinal Nation, so here are a few things that have shown up in my mailbox.Before we get to that, though, I realize that I've not weighed in here about the return of the coaching...  [Posted on November 1, 2010 10:06 AM]

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First Place Again

Well, the offense wasn't strong last night, but since the Cardinals were able to put together enough runs to win, I'll take that as an indication that it's OK for me to stay with this blogging thing.  (I was going...  [Posted on June 3, 2010 8:02 AM]

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