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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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A Weekend In Chicago

You know, one loss doesn't necessarily take the excitement out of a winning streak.  Three straight losses, including two to the Cubs?  That'll do it.  Quick look at the three games:Friday (5-0 loss)Hero: Jon Jay.  One for two with two walks....  [Posted on July 26, 2010 2:15 PM]

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Cardinals Continue To Roll

What's been the most encouraging thing during this current Cardinal winning streak is that they keep winning in different ways.  The first couple of games, they slugged.  They've had good pitching performances.  They've had comebacks.  They've beaten pitchers that normally...  [Posted on July 21, 2010 8:51 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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Soup's On? Really?

Derrick Goold has the scoop:"Suppan back with Cardinals per agent."Speaking for a lot of Cardinal fans, I want to say, "Are you kidding me?"Let's get this out of the way.  There's nobody in Cardinal Nation that doesn't like Jeff Suppan...  [Posted on June 10, 2010 3:24 PM]

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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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Dark Horse Comes Galloping Up The Stretch

The Cardinals had a pretty eventful weekend, even with their Sunday game being rained out.  More data points for decisions were made and one possible move was revealed.  Spring training is so much fun, isn't it?The biggest news of the...  [Posted on March 22, 2010 7:56 AM]

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Dealing With The "Rumor"

I guess not surprisingly, the biggest thing coming out of Cardinals camp yesterday was a Seinfeldian discussion about nothing.Look, no one took that "trade rumor" involving Albert Pujols and Ryan Howard the least bit seriously.  No one thought that it...  [Posted on March 16, 2010 8:05 AM]

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Stumbling Out Of The Gate

Well, that wasn't the way Cardinal fans wanted to see things get started.OK, let's put in the usual disclaimers.  It was a spring training game.  Most of the regulars weren't in there, and you can't take a lot away from...  [Posted on March 5, 2010 7:56 AM]

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Cardinals (Finally) Get Their Man

After a sometimes tortuous off-season, when it seemed like there were no other option for each side and would they just make it final already, the Cardinals signed Matt Holliday to a seven-year deal yesterday.(Mindboggling stat of the day: only...  [Posted on January 6, 2010 9:12 AM]

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Time For A Deadline?

The Holliday negotiations drag on.  Right now, you could flip a coin on which will happen first, Matt Holilday signing or Mark McGwire having a press conference.  But don't hold your breath on either.Scott Boras doesn't seem to be in...  [Posted on December 21, 2009 9:34 AM]

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The Beginning of Everything

The general managers get together starting today in Chicago.  While this is a preview of the big "winter meetings" that will be held next month in Indianapolis, there's not expected to be much of a ripple made in the offseason...  [Posted on November 9, 2009 9:04 AM]

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Just When You Want To Give The Front Office Credit

Maybe this is just writer speculation.  Maybe it's Billy Beane trying to drive up the price for Matt Holliday amongst other teams.  Maybe it's a joke that's gone too far.But this report that the Cardinals might be starting to consider...  [Posted on July 23, 2009 11:13 AM]

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A Busy Day in Cardinal Nation

Losing a game in the ninth inning is enough fodder for debate.  A trade, by itself, makes for a big day.  Put them together and you've got a lot of unrest and discussion going on in Cardinal Nation.  Let's take...  [Posted on July 23, 2009 8:41 AM]

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Old Familiar Story

It's like I never left.Even as out of the loop as I've been, last night's game was a pretty familiar tune.  Good pitching, not enough offense, tough Cardinal loss.  Of course, if the Cards had been playing in a real...  [Posted on July 21, 2009 8:12 AM]

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Cardinals Still Searching

After a weekend (and a Monday) where the Cardinals scored eight runs in four games, it's obvious that there are still some issues.  A quick rundown of the games, in the typical style:Friday vs. Minnesota (3-1 loss)Hero: Rick Ankiel.  Two...  [Posted on June 30, 2009 9:17 AM]

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Don't Panic! (Or Should We?)

Let's get last night's game out of the way. There's not a lot of positive things to say about it, and I hate to dwell on the negative.As I mentioned a couple of days ago, the Cards have only rallied...  [Posted on June 4, 2009 8:54 AM]

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New Month, Same As The Old Month

You could hope that, with the calendar changing, perhaps old habits of lackluster offense could be put away.  However, the Cardinals carried that baggage into June as well, taking it to the extreme by struggling against a Cincinnati bullpen that...  [Posted on June 2, 2009 9:10 AM]

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Keeping Milwaukee Decent

Always good when you can beat the Brewers so they don't start removing clothing on the field.  I don't think there's anything in baseball (not counting Chicago) that riles Cards fans up more than that whole untucking of the jerseys...  [Posted on May 28, 2009 12:02 PM]

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Let The Offense Come Forth

Here we go now!The Cardinal offense, which had been dormant for weeks now, finally broke through the barriers in Milwaukee last night, totaling 8 runs in getting the Brewer monkey off of their back.  To put it in perspective, that's...  [Posted on May 27, 2009 9:16 AM]

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Cardinals Win One, Possibly Lose One?

There was some great news out of yesterday's ball game.  Too bad it was overshadowed, at least in part, by the news that came out afterwards.The Cardinals announced that Chris Perez was having arm troubles.  Now, when you hear "injury"...  [Posted on March 19, 2009 9:01 AM]

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The News Starts Flowing

As we start to hear the pop of the mitt and the crack of the bat, the other sound we here is the scratch of a pen on paper.  When the players start getting together and the media is there...  [Posted on February 16, 2009 7:54 AM]

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One Last Poke of the Hot Stove

First off, thanks to all that read through the UCB blog swap entries yesterday.  To identify the writers, Erik from Play A Hard Nine wrote here, Pip from Fungoes wrote at Cardinal Diaspora, Nick from Pitchers Hit Eighth wrote at...  [Posted on January 31, 2009 8:11 AM]

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Chatting Up The World

GM John Mozeliak sat down to the keyboard yesterday and answered some questions.  While the impoliteness and crudeness of some fans seems to have taken center stage, let's take a look at some of the other things he said.First off,...  [Posted on January 22, 2009 7:57 AM]

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False Start

I thought I'd write today about the news in Derrick Goold's Twitter feed that the Cardinals were interested in Kris Benson.  I figured I'd look up numbers, toss in the whole Anna Benson/chemistry bit, talk about the reputation the Cards...  [Posted on January 15, 2009 7:55 AM]

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Talking Cardinal Finances

Rick Hummel sat down and talked with John Mozeliak.  The resulting discussion wasn't really what anyone wanted to hear, but I doubt many were surprised by it.The way that the article is presented, though, seems a little strange.  It's as...  [Posted on January 7, 2009 9:34 AM]

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Some Things Change, Some Things Stay The Same

Welcome back!  Now that we've gotten all the holidays out of the way, we can get back to the daily grind.  (Wait, is this a good thing?)  If I'm right, I think it's 40 days until pitchers and catchers report...  [Posted on January 5, 2009 8:59 AM]

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Looking Ahead To 2009

Happy New Year!  I hope everyone had a fun and safe evening and were able to sleep in today before doing whatever it is you do on the first day of a new year.  For lots of people, that's football. ...  [Posted on January 1, 2009 9:00 AM]

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Closing Down 2008

If you've not read it, here's the link to the main post today.  Some great picks on the other sites.But, as sometimes happens with these big UCB projects, real news that demands--well, suggests, at least--a response happens.  And it looks...  [Posted on December 31, 2008 1:48 PM]

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Around the Blogs: Year End Edition

When you can't come up with something original to say, steal from those who do.  Let's see what everyone else is talking about.This whole gimmick is inspired, in part, by the fact that Fungoes' 12 Days of Christmas is going...  [Posted on December 30, 2008 9:11 AM]

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Twas the Night Before Christmas, Cardinal-Style

This isn't necessarily one of my better parodies (I mean, it's no Pujols At The Bat) but I liked it enough for a Christmas break that I thought I'd share.  Enjoy and Merry Christmas!******Twas the night before Christmas, and...  [Posted on December 23, 2008 5:45 PM]

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Holding Pattern

Yesterday was my ninth wedding anniversary, which explains why there was no blog post.  The total lack of Cardinal news didn't hurt either.  I was hoping that the day I was away from the internet, something would shake loose, but...  [Posted on December 19, 2008 9:49 AM]

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Cardinals Continue To Slow Play

Hey, I've left out a lot of the gambling metaphors so far this week.  You can only expect that to go so far.  (Besides, I've got my big year-end game this weekend, so that's starting to be on my mind...  [Posted on December 10, 2008 8:57 AM]

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Cardinals in Vegas, Day 2

No deals done on the first day of the winter meetings, but a lot of talk going on.  Lots of it, according to Joe Strauss's latest article.First off, John Mozeliak shot down the Burnett idea, which isn't terribly surprising given...  [Posted on December 9, 2008 10:36 AM]

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Vegas, Baby!

The Cardinals (and the media) are in Vegas.  But the initial reports don't sound like they'll be rolling the dice much while they are there.Joe Strauss's article today seems to indicate that the "aggressive" Mozeliak may not be around anymore. ...  [Posted on December 8, 2008 9:07 AM]

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Holding Pattern

It's like the beginning of Casablanca--we wait....and wait....and wait.....Matthew Leach has an article up about what the Cardinals plan and want to do next week in Vegas.  Wouldn't it be fascinating to have a poker game for the players?  Winner...  [Posted on December 3, 2008 9:02 AM]

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None? None At All?

So the Cardinals decided not to offer arbitration to any of their free agents.  As we discussed yesterday, the only options were Springer and Looper, really.  The case against Springer stems from his age and the fact that the right...  [Posted on December 2, 2008 9:04 AM]

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Thanksgiving, Cardinal Style

(First off, I want to acknowledge that Mike on the Cards got their CBA ballot up.  While it didn't change many things, it did break the Best Individual Blog tie in Fungoes favor.  I don't plan to edit the post...  [Posted on November 26, 2008 9:44 AM]

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Cancelled Holliday

So the Matt Holliday trade is dead, per Mr. Mo.  I think one of the more interesting points of the story is the following:Mozeliak did not disclose what caused a breakdown in talks, but a source familiar with the process...  [Posted on November 10, 2008 8:21 AM]

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Mozeliak's Live Chat

He just wrapped it up over at the PD.  Let's go to the highlights:Wing: Mo -Any interest in Furcal at SS next season if the Dodgers don't resign him before he hits FA?Are there any potential trades to look at...  [Posted on October 29, 2008 2:32 PM]

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Odds and Ends

Not much going on, but let's post anyway!First off, there will be a chat with John Mozeliak at the Post-Dispatch site today.  No matter your opinion of Mo, at least he gets out there and interacts with the fans.  I'm...  [Posted on October 29, 2008 8:30 AM]

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Idle Speculation

Finding blogging topics at this time of year is pretty darn hard.  You almost were spared an entry today, until I followed a link at St. Louis Sports Magazine to this article.  The relevant quotes: Axelrod made one concrete stipulation...  [Posted on October 15, 2008 9:34 AM]

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Grading the Cardinals III: Starting Rotation

We’ve done the fun part, looking over the surprisingly productive hitters .  Now we start excavating through the remains of a pitching staff.  Today’s subject group of starters was pretty good, though, which is one of the reasons the Cards...  [Posted on October 8, 2008 8:00 AM]

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Grading the Cardinals I: Management and Infield

The end of the season, especially one where St. Louis didn’t make the playoffs, is the ideal time to look back at what happened in 2008, both good and bad.  In an homage to those pieces of paper some of...  [Posted on October 6, 2008 8:00 AM]

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The Final Wrapup

Sadly, the season is now over.  Let's take a quick look at the last four games.ThursdayHero: Albert Pujols.  3-3, a HR, 4 RBI.....what else do you want from him?Goat: Wow, tough to find one in a 12-3 win.  In possibly...  [Posted on September 29, 2008 8:07 AM]

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The Final Nails

Wow.  Don't blog for a while and see what happens.  The Cardinals had been able to fool themselves that they were on the fringes of a wild-card race.  The last five days took care of that.WednesdayHero: Albert Pujols.  Two for...  [Posted on September 15, 2008 8:14 AM]

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The Bleeding Stops

At least for one night, all was right with the Cardinal world.Casey Stengel once said, "I don't like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three."  The Old Professor would have been very fond on Adam Wainwright...  [Posted on September 3, 2008 7:54 AM]

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Turn the (Calendar) Page

If you were of the belief, as I was, that the Cardinals needed to sweep this series to have a viable chance for October baseball, it seems like the Redbirds are now kite flying, because they are playing out the...  [Posted on August 27, 2008 7:46 AM]

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That's More Like It

At least the bats showed up in Busch last night.  Now they'll have to make sure to stay hot for Friday.Big night for Skip Schumaker, who had three hits and a walk from the leadoff slot, scoring three runs.  Lots...  [Posted on August 21, 2008 8:02 AM]

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The Big Day

For the second time this year, a start was highly anticipated, with ramifications for the rest of the season.  Unlike Mark Mulder's implosion, though, Chris Carpenter's night was much more of what we wanted to see.Four innings was a little...  [Posted on July 31, 2008 8:00 AM]

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